MU - IN THE CORNER

This is my brother's band - their sound has got to a good place...

my nervous system discovers watsu

i haven't drawn for months... just haven't been able to sit down and draw... 


 

The strong desire to feel healed in this body

Then, last week, I had the experience of water therapy (watsu) which blew my mind and body. I began to draw again after the first session.

Still feeling alien in this body.

The water and movement was immensely healing.  Cannot believe it took this much time to discover something so good for my nervous system! I wish I had been introduced to this as soon as I had completed my treatment. 

The very soothing feeling of softly being with the heart supporting it with my hand.

Here are some of my drawings after being dipped and turned and pulled and spun in the water... felt so playful! It was an incredible experience to feel so soothed throughout my nervous system....and it brought up a lot of compassionate sadness (which is immensely healing)

Surrendering the body to the water and the movement.  

Soothing to the nervous system.

Learning to be compassionate to myself : the journey of cancer treatment was very tough and really sad.

Feeling my nervous system.  When it jars and when it flows.

post-it

I need to remind myself constantly of these words : 

 

"You are the sky. Everything else - it's just the weather." 

                                                             - Pema Chodron

watering can

About to put in place the first stages of creating an environmental awareness program for grades 3-8...

one step at a time...

drawing again

om om om

text : may wisdom grow in the heart of each human

being on this planet

text: breathe

a favourite quote of the day

‎"More fundamental than religion

is our basic human spirituality.

We have a basic human disposition towards love,

kindness and affection, irrespective of

whether we have a religious framework or not.

When we nurture this most basic human resource –

when we set about cultivating those basic inner values

which we all appreciate in others,

then we start to live spiritually."

Dalai Lama

Feeling the world in a rainforest

I had a most profound experience during the visit the virgin rainforest in Tamil Nadu, these last few days.

Here are a few pix. The first one is Ramana's grandfather and his temporary home, while he guards his family's fields of mountain rice (very soon to be harvested).

Here is Ramana climbing the root of a tree during our walk. He's just completed 10th grade at school and now works full time for his family (4 generations live under same roof).

Afternoon walk deep into the forest where the air was cool.

Our morning walk earlier in the day.