Creativity – Gifts from the Trail

The Gift of Surrender

The Gift of Surrender ©Stella Body 2020 A man runs back and forth just off the shore, trying to get airborne with a small sail. For hours he submits to being dragged, dunked, wrenched off his feet by the waves. Still he won’t let go. The apparatus to which he clings looks like a GreekContinue reading “The Gift of Surrender”

The Gift of Soaring:Live class- Animism and how it Heals

I came home from the soaring in which I lost myself. I was song, and the refrain which is God is still roaring in my ears. -Rilke, Love Poems to God The Gift of Soaring Animists in the original sense believe the divine is present in all things, and celebrate that with their lives andContinue reading “The Gift of Soaring:Live class- Animism and how it Heals”

Light-hearted Words for Spring

From members of our virtual writing infusions Areta Marshall: Love is like an oak tree Strong Surviving the cold of winter Rebekah Lazarski: Lonely beats the heart That has long since forgotten Spring follows winter Mother Spring Gathers gently all Her lonely children Linda Cassidy: on a trout stream a wedding boat drifts after darkContinue reading “Light-hearted Words for Spring”

Did you miss Yoga for the Mind? LIVE REGROUP 2:30pm today Sunday Apr.19

We’re sorry if you missed Yoga for the Mind yesterday. Many early-birds meant that Zoom sealed our class right at start-time. Some latecomers may have been left out. For you, we’ll opening a live Regroup 2:30pm today(Sunday Apr.19). Email thenaturespath28@gmail.com by 2pm today to confirm and we’ll send you an admission link. How to getContinue reading “Did you miss Yoga for the Mind? LIVE REGROUP 2:30pm today Sunday Apr.19”

The Gift of Focus

The Gift of Focus ©Stella Body 2020 You don’t know the one who is right before your eyes, because you don’t know how to search into this very moment. -Jesus, quoted by Stephen Mitchell in The Enlightened Mind The Zen concept of ‘present-moment awareness’ is one that seemed strange to me at first. My earlyContinue reading “The Gift of Focus”

A Gift you can use Today: The Creative Pause

In Unfamiliar Woods (Intro) Copyright Stella Body 2020 Learn of the green world what can be thy place. –Ezra Pound In unfamiliar woods, I turn suddenly, lookContinue reading “A Gift you can use Today: The Creative Pause”

Yoga for the Mind: Free Virtual Class for Creative People

In a deep ravine, far from the town and trails, I take a rough route over ground that, a month ago, was creek-bed. After waking to more news of Corona virus, I’m restless, need to keep moving. Then I come to an obstacle. A huge tree, struck by wind and rain, fallen overnight from theContinue reading “Yoga for the Mind: Free Virtual Class for Creative People”

The Gift of Sleep

Sleep A day with the Earth. No other voice. And now, in the last hour, her presence grows stronger. Instead of fading into darkness, the Earth makes herself felt deep within me. In what meditation calls ‘the still centre’, the hollow just below the navel, I feel filled and fulfilled. Earth’s stillness becomes my stillness. Continue reading “The Gift of Sleep”