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New Moon Musings

5/27/2017

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“Change rooms in your mind for a day.”  - Hafiz


I attended a circle a few nights ago that was centered on connectivity and relating in a concrete format — meaning it had a system and was a bit formalized. It was my first experience.

One deep gem that I walked home with I’m going to share with you here -  a bit paraphrased & rewritten to capture the essence of the moment without reiterating the minutia:

A man in the circle decidedly sat hands splayed, in a gesture of openness. The group asked him questions about his feeling state, he answered.

At one point a woman commented: “I noticed that your hands began splayed open, and then depending on what we were talking about sometimes they curled closed, and right now they are open, but also kinda closed — and I would say they seem to be in a gesture of connection, to your self.”

His hands were loosely in jnana mudra — effortlessly.

I have also noticed, when I sit down into a yoga or a mindfulness practice, I have to invite myself to sit back a little to get my sits bones on the mat. I just did it again as I typed that sentence; relax back. I have begun to notice that I often lean forward, sitting just a bit before the moment. 

On the drive home from the circle, and into the next morning I really thought about that correlation - open and connected, not splayed out unstable and uncertain - whether in posture or in mindset.  That is the space of new horizons, and easier compassion, rooted in the self - but open to the moment, occupying both the downwardness of rooting and the openness of a heart horizontal — the expanse of the day and the life that we have created. 

So much more is available, it feels, when we sit back and relax into It.

Happy New Moon + Have a Great Holiday Weekend,
Kate
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