http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/06/may-day-ly-practice-4/ not an oxymoron Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:43:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/06/may-day-ly-practice-4/#comment-74 Sonia Thu, 08 May 2008 04:03:22 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/06/may-day-ly-practice-4/#comment-74 Thank you for your sharing. I love the daily practice. It gives me motivation to be accountable. I have not done the shadow and light pratice yet either..... but the perpetual motion is wonderful. I too have been tired and blobbed onto the couch for resting over the last two weeks. Moving increases my energy and awareness. I feel responsible to nurture this body and fully house spirit in this great gift of flesh, and what better way to do it. I have been feeling a great urgency lately toward this notion. Tonight I really got into some deep breathing with movement and fully, deeply centered. At this point emotion spilled out, because I knew this was "home" and this is where I need to be..... Aware, fully cenetered and present. In this moment of awareness I saw contrast in myself. Rejoice in the homecomeing and remorse for the time away. I feel so peaceful in this state of being and overcome with sorrow that I slip in and out of it and have yet found a way to maintain this state of being in all I do. I felt out of balance, I felt desire and regret and yet a sense of life, knowing and presence. Thank you for your sharing. I love the daily practice. It gives me motivation to be accountable. I have not done the shadow and light pratice yet either….. but the perpetual motion is wonderful. I too have been tired and blobbed onto the couch for resting over the last two weeks. Moving increases my energy and awareness. I feel responsible to nurture this body and fully house spirit in this great gift of flesh, and what better way to do it. I have been feeling a great urgency lately toward this notion. Tonight I really got into some deep breathing with movement and fully, deeply centered. At this point emotion spilled out, because I knew this was “home” and this is where I need to be….. Aware, fully cenetered and present. In this moment of awareness I saw contrast in myself. Rejoice in the homecomeing and remorse for the time away. I feel so peaceful in this state of being and overcome with sorrow that I slip in and out of it and have yet found a way to maintain this state of being in all I do. I felt out of balance, I felt desire and regret and yet a sense of life, knowing and presence.

]]> http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/06/may-day-ly-practice-4/#comment-73 ann Tue, 06 May 2008 23:56:45 +0000 http://blog.dancemeditation.org/2008/05/06/may-day-ly-practice-4/#comment-73 I love this sharing as for me the retreat and my preparation for it has begun. I haven't tried the shadow and light practice yet, I just read these practices...but I have been doing a 'jump start motion' practice. Whether I feel like moving or not, I would begin or incorporate into my practice a portion of faster motion in standing and moving between levels. I also noticed in myself perhaps too much of a tendency to nap, being busy, tired and stressed, and so I began deliberately moving, which is a different style for me. I did feel it increasing my connection to myself! I love this sharing as for me the retreat and my preparation for it has begun. I haven’t tried the shadow and light practice yet, I just read these practices…but I have been doing a ‘jump start motion’ practice. Whether I feel like moving or not, I would begin or incorporate into my practice a portion of faster motion in standing and moving between levels. I also noticed in myself perhaps too much of a tendency to nap, being busy, tired and stressed, and so I began deliberately moving, which is a different style for me. I did feel it increasing my connection to myself!

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