Movement is Earth’s Original Language. Let’s Move, as We Give Gratitude and Blessings
Join me in the video below, giving honor to our more-than-human neighbors!
“I give thanks to the great mystery, who was once a hidden treasure that longed to be known. Gratitude to the One whose light illumines the universe as well as our own minds. This One Love is the force that carries swirling galaxies and births stars, which has placed my life and the lives of all beings into this shimmering sphere, the Earth. Much gratitude to the mineral beings that form the stream bed outside my kitchen door, and to the mountain waters that sing of many moods and seasons. Gratitude to the scented pines and grace-filled tulip poplars, to the foxes that bark at dawn and the owls hunting beneath the stars. To the countless beings who teach us goodness, beauty, reciprocity, generosity, joy, persistence, forbearance, resilience, truth and so much more. They are a living litany of wild graces.”
The quote above is how the Acknowledgements page for Rewilding the Human Heart begins. A few pages later we find this: “Movement, like song, is a primal language spoken by countless beings. Certainly, we speak through movement too. Neuroscience, as well as our own experience, shows that rhythmic, continuous movement soothes the soul. Outer harmonious movements bring harmony to interior body rhythms; here we find comfort and rest. Dance has spoken volumes since the dawn of creation. Think of the bird-of-paradise’s elegant courting dance or the playful grooming, chasing, bumping and tumbling of coyote mates. David Abram, the celebrated cultural ecologist and geophilosopher, encourages us to dance with the wild, a depth ecology movement and arts practice which he calls Place Dancing. As we settle more deeply into relationship with our earth-elders, let’s playfully move the way they do. Stand up and allow the breezes to ruffle your hair, spread your wings and feel the lift of wind, feel that your bones are filled with air.”
Join me by participating with the video, in which we use Movement as a way to offer gratitude to the winds and waters, the forests and animals that make our life possible. This link takes you to You Tube; join me there, or in the video below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2McsZLwX-GI
Photo: Hubble Telescope
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