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Gratitude
Thank You All ~
My Gratitude for a most Extraordinary Esalen Adventure has confirmed my Vision….any lingering Doubt…gone…I confidently move forward…without worry…
Intentionality is Real…Life is Yummy, Beautiful & Wonderful….HmmmHmmmm…..Beautiful ~
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things”
Albert Einstein
I awoke a few hours earlier than usual this morning and began pondering Goals. I recently read a blog entitled the best goal is no goal. I am a firm practitioner of Simplicity and Going with the Flow as I have not really had a Goal until recently, when the metamorphosis grew into a Cocoon.
I had this song playing on Pandora yesterday, have heard it many times…yet never really listened to the lyrics…last night at Lodge, someone was singing it…and I have not been able to get it out of my head since….
message in Lodge last night for entire planet ‘we need to get back to the Simple Ways’…back to the Garden ~~~
Well, I came upon a child of God
23 Days; I Arrive at Esalen…
Maria Lucia Bittencourt Sauer will be my first workshop leader…
A Sweet Giddy Nervousness Pervades my Being…like the first time I went to summer camp…
“Cheerfulness gives Harmony to the Soul and is a perpetual song without words”
~ St. Paul
A-HO! Another Bright and Beautiful Day here in the Land Afar (Cleveland) hahahahaha
Brilliant blue sky brings Eastern Gift of Glorious Sun and warms thy heart with Gratitude
Happy 3 Holiday DAY!
Groundhog’s Day, Candlemas & Imbolc
Another Bright and Beautiful Day here in the land Afar (Cleveland) hahahaha
Eastern Sunrise lights up body, mind, heart and spirit with Simplicity
Last night’s Lodge was quite intense, funny how each sweat is so entirely different…a few new attendees and both have a connection to Esalen….***Smiling***
As the Western door was opened and healing energy circulated, I could smell Pacific mist and hear prominent waves rolling to and fro…
Thank You Albert & All Here
A few days ago the modem on my computer had an ‘injury’... after the tech ‘healed’ my internet heartbeat I was unable to log into ithou. I did not know if the site had been interrupted or if my connection at home was off due to the previous modem issue.
The next day, I checked ithou while at work and was able to log in. A total AHA moment of relief! And got me thinking about how much I appreciate the powerful connectedness of ithou
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I am wildly exhilarated!!! Callahan's Gestalt Practice Manual has ARRIVED!!!
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining
~ John F Kennedy
Aho…Another Bright & Beautiful Day here in the land afar (Cleveland) hahahaha
Marshmallow snow sparkles in the glorious sunlight bringing Joy & Perseverance
Sweat Lodge Ceremony 1/14/2012
Preparation
Together As One
Belief Song
Esalen: Ever Evolving, Ever Growing, Ever Transforming
Another Bright and Beautiful Day here in the land Afar (Cleveland) hahahaha
Last month a good friend of mine gifted me with Anna Halprin’s ‘Dance as a Healing Art’ as she knows I am on sabbatical from university study to pursue inquiry in Human Potentiality. I Love Anna! A few chapters in her book and I am on fire with dance experimentation & healing.
Increase Your Vitality
Workplace Wellness (don’t have a budget? all you need is a space, some chairs, cd player, markers, paper, pins, 30 min, and lots of laughs (those are free)
30 min. Midday Dance Party!
I have been pondering the idea of having 25min dance sessions as part of our Workplace Wellness program and gave it a shot yesterday- no structured dance moves, just a few deep breaths, stretches ...and the dance begins....intuitively moving where your body, mind, spirit and heart desires...
Qi-ssage & Stress
Funny, as I review all the wonders of massage (Mosby) I pondered the question… ‘If I were going to rename massage…what would I call it?’ ….After a few moments I wrote ‘Qissage’….as I continue to practice Qigong, naturally I incorporate Qigong practice into the massage experience (guided visualization, awareness breathing, circulating positive life energy flow…). I thought ‘better google it first’….sure enough, Qi-ssage is already being practiced under the same name! Wonderful! I LOVE Qi-ssage!
Breathe in.....breathe out....sight, sound, touch, smell, taste....nestled comfortably back to bark hugging form fitting oak tree...breathe in...breathe out....sun glistens through forest sihouette....breathe in....breathe out....awake and aware...breathe in...breathe out....gentle chickadee sings.....breathe in....breathe out....palm caressing cool, damp forest soil.....breathe in...breathe out....fresh geosmin aroma.....breathe in....breathe out.....revitalizing ginger chew warms palate...breathe in.....breathe out....joyful gratitude brings smile & tear....breathe in....breathe out....
"Lose your head and come to your senses"
~ Fritz Perls
Winter Solstice ~ 2011
12:30am (EST)…..Longest Night of the Year, Shortest Day of the Year…
Happy Winter Solstice!!!~~~
How I LOVE Celestial Holidays! And this is why:
Don't foget to check out the Total Eclipse of the Moon on Saturday!!!
Nearly half way through ‘The Upstart Spring’ and ‘The Future of the Body’ at the same time I wrap up this semester of graduate study in Public Health. It has become clearer to me that I must move onward, outward, inward and forward to Esalen. While I ‘should’ be studying my Public Health courses, I find myself devouring my new books of Human Potentiality…I just can’t get enough!
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
Thank You All!
~~~ I simply love Holidays…Celebrations…Feasting…~~~
'Sitting Kills!' hahahha...no, really it does. I am not trying to be funny, yet, when I say it with adamant gusto to my colleagues...well, they smile and nod their heads ...then I add 'Sitting is just as bad as Smoking!'....hahaha..then they laugh. Nope, not trying to be funny, this is true: Sitting Kills.
Over the summer I gave a Workplace Wellness presentation for staff and faculty titled 'Increase Your Vitality- Get Fit While you Sit! '. HR let me know registration was filled the first 48 hours it was posted; my presentation was more attended than any other. Vitality is slowly...sloooowly deecccrreasing as work hours get longer, (esp. for those who have not been layed off...or 'let go') and depression is on the Rise.
The Vision
Life had gotten me into a rut ~ my relationship was not fulfilling, I felt stuck, depressed, my home was no longer my sanctuary and my energy had dwindled ~~~ I was merely going through the motions……that was two months ago.....
