Integrative Bodywork

a solstice prayer

 

With the shorter days

Comes a whispered wish, 

A breathed prayer,

Come back!

Desperate yearning for light’s return

is sweetened by faith:

It will.

Hope stands on this.

 

 

Breathing through the Holidays

As holiday preparations escalate, anxiety stifles our breath --- dampening  enjoyment of festive gatherings.  Take this opportunity to find an inner oasis of calm in the swirl of the season. Discover spacious containment in the breath:  a resource that keeps flowing on beyond the New Year.  Continuing to explore bottom-up wellness, we’ll be using hands-on contact, restful play, and movement to invite learning.

1 pm - 3 pm Sunday 27 November at Claremont Yoga

204 N. Yale (second level)

Reserve your spot at www.claremontyoga.com

or contact me at 909.239.8313.  Class is $25.

 Download Flyer BREATH

Five Days of Holiday Stress Relief

Counter inertia with a tool.

Could be a paddle, to push away water.  A shovel in the garden.  Spoons, for cooking or making music.  Or just feet, to get the hell out of Dodge.

Eight Days of Holiday Stress Relief

Oops!

Plans not well-laid -- well, not even made!

Today:  Playing it by ear.  Playing by faith.  Playing. Hoping these notes lead to the next notes, turning from single dropped notes to rippling lines of notes.

Listening for tomorrow's melody.

Nine Days of Holiday Stress Relief

Discovery:  I have stuck my neck out!  Accountable for 8 more days!  To write about relieving stress, I start right here:  Anxiety.  

Anxiety makes me want to go in circles.  Accountability makes me feel tied down. 

Can I just hang out, in-between? 

In-between,the circles become like waves; the ties, more elastic.  Anchoring. Supporting. Forgiving.

Writing.

10 Days of Holiday Stress Relief

What's next? 

Anticipating.   In one long-drawn in-breath of incessant drumbeats the internal pressure increases making my head hurt till finally -- no more space to expand -- the wave crests, ahhh, sailing, exhaling, freely surveying as I look 'round from the other side. 

Preparing for holidays I naturally notice anticipation building.  But while busying about, I can change up the rhythm by breathing OUT first and then later, breathing in.  So that's "Out ...pause...'N In." 

Prepare ye.  Look 'round. 

12 Days of Holiday Stress Relief

Simple things matter.

Take a step back: 

Is it simple?

Does it matter?

If not, leave it.