This morning I woke tired.
My dance was heavy, my tummy was achey, my movements slow
I judged it. I definitely judged it.
I wanted to stop. To dance when I felt better.
But thankfully that is not my practice.
My practice is simply to dance.
Every day,
With whatever is…
At the end my tummy was better, my movements freer
It was still a heavy tired body
But guess what, even heavy bones can dance
Even heavy bones enjoy to dance!
And so my little lesson this morning was
to Engage
Gently
with whatever the reality of the moment is
The less I engage something,
(and especially when I have pre-judged it to be bad)
the more likely it is to stay as it is
When I do engage I invite new realities to come forth
Gently connecting
with what is
As it is,
allowing deeper movement to arise
however awkward
In that meeting
I allow something new
and altogether different
to come into being
It is literally a meeting
And in meetings
new things can come to be
It is Not about engaging in order to
change or fix,
but simply allowing what is
and dancing with it
It is a kind thing to do
And here I am stepping into the rest of my day
willing to engage gently with my tired mind 🙂
heavy body, cold feet,
and the brilliant autumn sun of Southern Africa
Dancing Universe 