Dear Friends in the Wholeness of Life,
The days are getting shorter. The light has a dim and ethereal quality. Nights are cold, long and invite me to curl up with a book and candles.
I usually turn to Nature to be reminded of the importance of listening and attuning to the cycles of the seasons…the cycles of the breath…the cycles of life and death…the cycles!
I am acutely aware that we, humans, name the processes we witness in Nature with so much ease and flare.
I am sitting with the word Abscission (from Latin ab- ‘away’ and scindere ‘to cut’) is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed. In zoology, abscission is the intentional shedding of a body part, such as the shedding of a claw, husk, or the autotomy of a tail to evade a predator.
How is it we are so good at naming things and when It comes to myself I have difficulty even knowing how to shed what is not needed any longer!!!
I invite you to join us in community explore ways of cutting away, shedding, letting go so we can discover the new growth already budding underneath!
I invite you discover in your own body what needs to be dis-membered in order to re-member we are part of a larger whole.
I invite you dive into these words…
“Everything begins and ends with breath.
I enter….I inhale.
What happens in between is the story of our lives.
Our breath maintains us through the twists and turns of life on Earth…
I exit…I exhale.”
Emilie Conrad, Life on Land, pp. 134/5
I invite you to join us to celebrate Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere in community through the teachings of Continuum brought forth by Emilie Conrad!!
Continuum invites us to oscillate between opposites with no preference simply following the innate wisdom of the fluids that pulsate inside us!
Following the rhythm of our own breath, we make it audible inviting simple sounds.
We use our touch to augment and direct the effects of our audible breath, allowing places of holding and resistance to melt and express in new, unfamiliar, nourishing ways.
We invite our attention to remain open to perceive the body sensations expressing through the language of our fluids.
We follow movement. We follow ripples. We follow waves. We follow the wisdom expression of our inner river with no agenda, no maps….just allowing it to come to fruition and then let go….come to fruition….let go…come to fruition…let go!
Looking forward to diving with you into the mystery!
Warmly,
Marcella
We love for you to join us in December for
BRINGING WHOLENESS TO SOLSTICE
Form, Formless and the Merging of Opposites
December 21, 2024 ~ 10:30am-1:30pm PST
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