- sit in the sun without anything to do, feel the heat of the rays hit your skin, realize that this sunlight has travelled a very long way to reach you
- Walk around barefoot and try to feel as much of the ground under your feet as you can, notice every rock and blade of grass
- Sit quietly for a while and notice the touch of breath in your nostrils, feel how the air gets cooler as you inhale and warmer as you exhale
~ sara, from “ways to start feeling again”
Notes:
- Inspired by: “The silence that lives in the grass / on the underside of each blade / and in the blue space between the stones.” ~ Rolf Jacobsen, from “The Silence Afterwards” in The Roads Have Come to an End Now: Selected and Last Poems of Rolf Jacobsen
- Photo: Michael with Cloud Explosion
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so crucial to get in touch with feeling again, as we have steeled ourselves, locked down and in defense mode.
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Yes…
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Right on target …. Simple ways to try to get back to ‘normal’!!
Sara, from “ways to start feeling again”
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Getting out in nature has been my saving grace these past few weeks. Offers such a vital sense of connection that I am starving for at present….
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Call this crazy time a gift. One that is telling you to slow down and be, feel, breathe… and then when life gets back to some new semblance of normal, remember to keep taking the time.
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That’s it…
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Yes.
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• put your cell phone away…
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Let’s not take this too far! 🙂 🙂
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I didn’t mean it for you or me, it was meant for other people… 🙂
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Of course!!!
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🙂
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Beautiful 👏 and a daily practice for me that I am so grateful for! 🙏🏻💕💚🌈
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Good for you!
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Wow, re-reading this in Oct. 2022.. what a hell of a time we’ve been through, and how kind are people when being gentle can save a psyche. ♥️
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So agree!!!!!!
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