Sounding as a practice…

on Apr 24, 2021

Sounding… The practice of using our voices to heal and engage goes back, well, probably as far as we do as a species. Through Continuum, I have deepened into my understanding of how I can use sound to meet myself in more and more subtle ways. I have also seen how this ability to explore and engage through sounding in particular has helped me to discover and know things that go well beyond this body. So today, I thought I would share some thoughts on sounding.   We are creatures of connection, sounding is one of the ways we can do this. It is one of the ways we touch the world, offering something of ourselves. It is one of the ways we exchange with life inside our own living system and each other- through voice, body sounds, or vibration. Whether we make any vocalization or not, our bodies are already sounding.  If a body is alive, that body is making sound. Whether that is in a...

Listening, Loving, Honoring

on Apr 18, 2021

I’ve been doing some healing work. In one of my “sessions” in the tub the other day I asked myself the question, “What am I planting now?”. Here’s what came: Relationship with my womb… for me. One of listening, communion, safety, trust. I’m building trust now by even taking the time to do this. Making the time for a bath when I need a break, instead of pushing through and getting out to get groceries. I’m building trust and faith that when I take the time to listen, what needs to will get done. I’m also intentionally connecting my heart to my womb. They have operated, or not operated, separately for some time. I am cultivating safety and pleasure and strength in my system. I am listening, loving, honoring. Suddenly, with this acknowledgement I see pink petals appear and begin to wrap around my womb.  I see green, bright green,...