- 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
so crucial to get in touch with feeling again, as we have steeled ourselves, locked down and in defense mode.
Yes…
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Right on target …. Simple ways to try to get back to ‘normal’!!
Sara, from “ways to start feeling again”
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….
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.
That’s it…
Yes.
• put your cell phone away…
Let’s not take this too far! 🙂 🙂
I didn’t mean it for you or me, it was meant for other people… 🙂
Of course!!!
🙂
Beautiful 👏 and a daily practice for me that I am so grateful for! 🙏🏻💕💚🌈
Good for you!
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. ♥️
So agree!!!!!!