Tag Archives: body

over time

3.29.2020        [over time] skin, eyes, hearing, bursa, back, hips, disk and spine, gums and hands, fingers, thumb, trigger fingers, toes that numb. fuzzy throat, coughs that wheeze, tickle that requires unease. stomach sensate, heartburn thrall, prostate danger, urine small. … Continue reading

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present to the moment – February 10

2.10.2017 stretched body lifts sternum to heart height   downward dog swooping arch raises to above.   pillow block percussion scanning for the sensate   present to the moment. ————————–

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MRI anxiety – August 6

8.6..2016 MRI anxiety knockings and bang rattles buzzings fill the ears   but stay calm, do not move it is only your insides   that we are scanning for things that you would rather have   not show up. ———————

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deep water – January 29

1.29.2016 long languid strokes stretch easy down the pool   overhead pipe keeps the body in line through the scull.   breathe. slow, steady unhurried. pace, pace, pause.   let the mind drift while the body moves.   calming minutes … Continue reading

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grounded – July 26

7.26.2015 oppressive heat switches off brain cells, the body shutting down blood flow to sustain.   grounded to our physicality despite all our protestations to being above it all   we can fool our minds but the body knows. ————————-

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hand in hand – January 1

1.1.2015 new year’s day walk stretches muscles, sinews and lungs. . the hand in hand beside makes it better. ———————-  

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afternoon nap – November 24

11.24.2014 afternoon nap soothes heart, soul, body even as the day goes on   the mind shutting off consciousness to focus on the heart song. ———————–

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there are aches now – August 31

8.31.2014 there are aches now regular as rising   pains that shoot across a thigh or beneath an ankle   creams, gels, pills and stretches to welcome each and every day   making me aware of the Gift of my … Continue reading

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acupuncture – June 6

6.6.2014 tiny needles quiet music settle mind and body alike   nerve ending glidings unknown to western ways   cleansing and healing through pathways born   in the mind of God. —————-

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