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Waves as Spiritual Metaphor

I take time to settle into a quiet, grounded, spacious pause.

I recall the feeling of Hook-up, perhaps floating in a vast warm salty sea…

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Timed Pauses

Explore the effect of timing, pacing and dosing

Invite your body into a practice session about finding a better balance between weight and lightness, using movement and sensory inquiry interspersed with timed pauses.

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Connecting the Breath and the Arm

The rules of the game are...

sitting in a comfortable position, easily upright, lower back supported

before doing anything.

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Ideas for Playful Movement Exploration

Play in time with tempo, rhythm, pace, cadence, “formata”/suspension, repetition, incremental variation

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Taking Out the Slack in Our Breath

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Feeling Connection and Support Through Shoulder

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Morning Practice on Softness

Be soft with yourself. Cradle your inner child with gentleness and solid reliability.

Be soft with your adult body. It is serving you every day in myriad ways, ways you are not aware of as well as ways you are aware of. It is letting you know what feels good, what feels better than good. So, ask your wise body...What feels safe, easy, effortless? What feels richly challenging? But also... What feels too challenging at this moment? What feels effortful, uncomfortable, or rushed?