The Yogabliss, Your Heart Life on-line Moving into Meditation classes met this morning. We explored mindful embodiment and listening for the “baseline symphony” of our inter-being: the body’s landscape of ease. In this landscape we can use our “companion calls” to keep track of each other and “to affirm and reaffirm the wellness of the world.” Like the birds, we can call out:
Where are you?
I’m here . . . You there?
I’m here . . . You there?
We oriented by meditation teacher, Tara Brach’s, definition of “radical compassion.” Her book, Radical Compassion, offers many practices for times when we are facing life’s difficulties.
Poet and author, David Whyte, describes “embodiment” in his book, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. David reminds us of the fleeting nature of our embodiment.
We heard poet, Marilyn Peretti’s poem, Still Living. Marilyn reminds us of the enduring nature of our aliveness. We are born of Earth, we return to her and new life emerges.
We were inspired by Seattle poet, Lisa Well’s wonderful Orion Magazine essay, The Sounds of Silence. She describes her experience of being intimate with nature. She uses magical terms like “baseline symphony” and “companion calls” to affirm our inter-relatedness. She lives in Seattle and is an editor for The Volta and Letter Machine Editions. She is the author of Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World.