This morning, as I began to make my way from dreamland to the fully waking state, I found myself mentally getting ready for the morning routine: wake up, yoga nidra, breathwork, body sensing, sitting meditation, ice bath, stretches, exercise, yoga, spend time with kids, take kids to school, walk dog, etc…

As I was going through the mental paces, I heard my body say, “Be gentle with me, today.”

It was such a tender and yet firm message.

In the past, I have often ignored messages like this if they go against my plans and goals.

In fact, I probably didn’t even consciously recognize the voice of my body for most of my life.

This morning, it meant refraining from my planned physical activity and instead just sitting on the sofa upstairs with a book in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.

Right now it means honoring the simplicity of life and the confidence that come as we move from living as unconscious servants of reactive “doing” to conscious Being(s) who responsively monitor and direct all doing.

And right now it means not too many words because there is an eclipse about to happen and I will stand in sun and moon-shadow for some time and just be with it all in silence.

Thanks for the reminder, Mary Oliver:

“April”

I wanted to speak at length about

the happiness of my body and the

delight of my mind for it was

April, night, a

full moon and --

but something in myself or maybe

from somewhere other said: not too

many words, please, in the

muddy shallows the

frogs are singing.

Mary Oliver, from Swan: Poems and Prose Poems, Beacon Press.

Peace