Oooh yeah that can be nice, too. Recently I came across a practice called active rest, or maybe it was called constructive rest, that you might like. I’ll look through my bookmarks and find it
Stillness is a myth, indeed! I notice that even in a quiet peaceful wood the trees are all in various degrees of movement: growing, falling, toppled and leaning, cracked and stripped and eaten, decomposing, sending out pollen and seeds and leaves, welcoming an onslaught of small visitors from burrowing insects to birds. Such chaos and yet such peace in one place!
Thank you for your insightful observations, Faye. I enjoy your posts!
Oh, what beautiful imagery. Finding place and peace in the chaos, seems like the same we're all playing. Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful comments, Don!
Yes, yes! If we look close enough, there is no such thing as stillness. Fully agree. The more we try to zoom in on the fundamental particles of nature, the more they don't seem to be particles at all, but waves. Dances.
Love the treatment you give the concept here. Splendid assonance.
My newsletter is called Iterations for many reasons, but one of them is because I like to notice the sinusoidal, vibratory nature of all things. What comes up must come down and then back around again, and again.
I'm intrigued by your unification of verbal and nonverbal expression. I think there's really something to that.
Wow, I feel so much overlap with you, Mike. And thank you for the kind feedback. I've always been quite a rhythmic writer, though I never studied poetry formally. I sense that most of my poetic inclinations came from my love of music and dance and getting into the rhythm of my body. It just feels... right.
Much of my writing comes through my experiences of movement, dance, sex... the presence I find within those spaces. I find connection to the abstract in the nonverbal realms and the ability to name things that might otherwise go unseen. I want to investigate and express with my whole being what the muse brings forth. Make the abstract a reality.
I'm so excited to read more of your writing and feel your connection to the dance. And P.S. thanks for the new vocab - sinusoidal! I don't know that I'd ever have come across that word without you bringing it to my attention.
I feel, too, that movement is life. Rudolf Laban said, "In rhythmic waves regularly spreading, the ether trembles, the small, most minute particles of matter tremble." It is quite a thing to feel the ether trembling in those moments of pause.
I feel that. After years of doing traditional seated meditation, I realized it wasn’t the practice for me and moved on to making my movement practice a meditation in itself. Same underlying purpose - becoming more aware - while also honoring my body’s desire to move.
Oooh yeah that can be nice, too. Recently I came across a practice called active rest, or maybe it was called constructive rest, that you might like. I’ll look through my bookmarks and find it
Stillness is a myth, indeed! I notice that even in a quiet peaceful wood the trees are all in various degrees of movement: growing, falling, toppled and leaning, cracked and stripped and eaten, decomposing, sending out pollen and seeds and leaves, welcoming an onslaught of small visitors from burrowing insects to birds. Such chaos and yet such peace in one place!
Thank you for your insightful observations, Faye. I enjoy your posts!
Oh, what beautiful imagery. Finding place and peace in the chaos, seems like the same we're all playing. Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful comments, Don!
Yes, yes! If we look close enough, there is no such thing as stillness. Fully agree. The more we try to zoom in on the fundamental particles of nature, the more they don't seem to be particles at all, but waves. Dances.
Love the treatment you give the concept here. Splendid assonance.
My newsletter is called Iterations for many reasons, but one of them is because I like to notice the sinusoidal, vibratory nature of all things. What comes up must come down and then back around again, and again.
I'm intrigued by your unification of verbal and nonverbal expression. I think there's really something to that.
You might like this one: https://mikesperiosu.substack.com/p/on-the-purpose-of-music
Wow, I feel so much overlap with you, Mike. And thank you for the kind feedback. I've always been quite a rhythmic writer, though I never studied poetry formally. I sense that most of my poetic inclinations came from my love of music and dance and getting into the rhythm of my body. It just feels... right.
Much of my writing comes through my experiences of movement, dance, sex... the presence I find within those spaces. I find connection to the abstract in the nonverbal realms and the ability to name things that might otherwise go unseen. I want to investigate and express with my whole being what the muse brings forth. Make the abstract a reality.
I'm so excited to read more of your writing and feel your connection to the dance. And P.S. thanks for the new vocab - sinusoidal! I don't know that I'd ever have come across that word without you bringing it to my attention.
Ah, yes, stillness. Life, I feel, is movement. We pause to take it all in, but there is movement still.
I feel, too, that movement is life. Rudolf Laban said, "In rhythmic waves regularly spreading, the ether trembles, the small, most minute particles of matter tremble." It is quite a thing to feel the ether trembling in those moments of pause.
Maybe this explains why it’s so hard for me to be completely still even when meditating…lol
I feel that. After years of doing traditional seated meditation, I realized it wasn’t the practice for me and moved on to making my movement practice a meditation in itself. Same underlying purpose - becoming more aware - while also honoring my body’s desire to move.
I’ve been lying down for it because it feels more natural to me than sitting
https://alexanderteachingstudio.com/constructive-rest/ found it!
Thank you!!!
my pleasure :)))