What do I want?

Class started with the question to each person:  What do I want in coming to this class?  Some responses were:  Fun, Exploration, Revelation, To become free and uninhibited in moving around others, Transformation, Creativity, Play, More movement in my life, to get un-stuck. 

The Bones

In partnership, with no intent other than to feel and trace the hardness of the bones, we took about 10 minutes for each person and simply explored the bones. 

The healing and transformational significance of this exercise has a few layers.  First, there is intelligence in the bones, very ancient intelligence.  The intelligence of forward motion, strength, integrity, and determination is in the bones.  Secondly, this intelligence can be accessed.  There is revelation and guidance in the bones.  Another aspect of the bones is the instant integrity and wholeness that is available to us.  When spaced out, confused, pulled apart, or mentally and emotionally fatigued, go to your bones.  It is a puzzle of parts that remains in tact.  Focus your attention and receive the simple connectedness of your bones. 
 

Transformational Motion

Someone brought up the motion of the worm, wiggling, and that he was drawn to this motion.  I mentioned that the motion of the worm is a motion from left to right, like a sail boat tacking across the water.  The motion left to right, left to right is how forward motion happens.  For the human being it is the same both internally and externally.  Outwardly this is obvious, left foot, right foot, walking, running, pedaling, etc.  Inwardly we move from left to right as well.  The inward motion is the motion that all human behavior is based upon.  Our learning, our transformation, healing, creativity, and productivity is founded upon this simple motion from one side to the other.  In the brain we refer to left and right side activity.  Left side being the more logical and linear, the right side being the dreamy, visionary, and intuitive side.  The two must work together.

Pain and Discomfort

We talked about pain, and not being suckered into the “location” of pain.  There is a reason for the pain or discomfort.  Focusing intently upon the site will not bring resolution.  We have to “feel” what is happening to our inner life.  What emotions, what feelings, what discouragement to forward motion is occurring?
This is one reason to use the exercises of bones and joints.  Instead of focusing on the site of discomort – go to wholeness.  Go to your body, the whole thing.  Don’t get stuck in one part.  And allow yourself to honestly express what is going on.  Talk aloud, talk to the open air, talk to someone else, write, find expression

Thank You

Thanks for coming.  I really enjoyed the class, and I appreciate your patience.  Next week will be our last Wednesday class.  I will be focusing on the entire sequence of transformation:  Bones, Joints, Direction, Balance, Space, and Adornment.     

 
The Blindfold
The exercises were centered on using a blindfold to enhance focus and concentration on movement.  After beginning with a review of The joints, everyone used a blindfold so that we could enjoy the feeling of not being watched and go deeply inside.  We then proceeded to pair into partners so that we could expand […]

 
Love
Mark has prostate cancer which has spread into other parts of his body.  In his healing exercises he has been asking the question:  What do I want?  He is to walk, talk aloud, and then write down what he wants.  His lists always include something about his new love.  He is separated, divorce pending, and […]

 
Self
Self is filled with life.  Life is filled with all the attributes we seek.  Strength, vitality, healing, love, joy, freedom, they are all there in life and in self.  We can deliberately harvest these attributes.  But like the hunters and gathers that helped shape human kind we have to go out and look, hunt, pursue, […]

Strength
We are strong beings, strong in many ways.  We have tremendous will power and force of intention.  We are concentrated, dedicated, and sometimes pigheaded.  We are determined and devoted.  That is our nature.   We have ways of gathering strength, each of us.  We know what we want and need.  We know how to feel good.  […]

 Pioneer
Dr. Brodnax was a true pioneer.  And like most pioneers he couldn’t help himself.  He simply looked out on the unknown territory ahead of him and had to go.  He had the skills and confidence for the adventure and of course there was that unmistakable desire to see the wonders of life firsthand, to peer […]

What to Expect
Reading the Body can bring you toe to toe with the core challenges that keep you stuck in a cycle of illness, pain, or depression.  Everyone reacts a little differently to this prospect.  You may be absolutely ready and willing to address these core challenges and jump right into the healing process, or […]

The Power to Heal
A teaching presentation, entitled The Power to Heal, is scheduled at The St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, Maine, on April 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pm and will last approximately one hour.  The presentation is in the theater and will include music, movement, and casual lecture with visual aids, plus […]

 
Connected by a Thread
We all share the same thread of life.  We all share the same resources of life, and we all share the same Healing Intelligence.  When reading by proxy the practitioner works on the client through another person’s body.  This is possible because we all share the same Healing Intelligence.  Actually, every living […]

Partnership with God is not about believing or not believing. 

Partnership is about experience.

Everyday
As I write about healing, union, freedom, God, and other lofty and semi-sacred topics, I realize that I tend to regard them as everyday experiences.  How can the experience of God be an everyday experience?  Isn’t freedom, union, and healing the […]