A gold coin slipped to each of us ©Stella Body, 2021 Those for whom light is blood … -quote from Tim Bowling Today, as I step into the morning kitchen, my arms leave me to lift and stretch outward – my own body surprising, involuntary, sibling-stemmed as a young plant. Single andContinue reading “For Siblings Day”
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The Gift of Solitude
A Light Touch ©Stella Body 2020 Among silvery-nude sumac branches and the sun-bronzed, stemless torsos of coltsfoot, I walk steeply, beautifully alone. So much, that when something startles out of the poplars, my mind receives it lightly, as though it were blown by the wind. My limbs absorb its dance into their own moving, raisingContinue reading “The Gift of Solitude”
Gift of a True Voice
Gift of a True Voice (The Uncounted) Copyright Stella Body 2020 “All things sing you: at times we just hear them more clearly.” – Rilke, Poems to God A southern wind swirls around the dark-planed walls of the city, loosening its angles, lifting the light into a roundness. We raise our eyes to findContinue reading “Gift of a True Voice”
A Mindful Way to remember Mother’s Day
Today it is Mother’s Day, 2020. There are red-winged blackbirds singing, and apple blossoms to to see with my family, but I have something else on my mind. I’m wondering how long my family will continue. I want to alert Canada’s mothers to a situation which is threatening to destroy the future of every oneContinue reading “A Mindful Way to remember Mother’s Day”
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 Flow
The Gift of FLOW ©Stella Body 2020 “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy…” –Rumi (14th Century Persian mystic, from The Soul of Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks) I first encountered the adult concept of ‘flow’ when my son was a curly-haired three-year-old with deep, sloe eyes. WeContinue reading “The Gift of Flow”
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”
Element of Being Nourished
After many years in a cold country, I’ve learned to drink steamed soup from a clear bowl, both hands cupped around the translucent sea, eyes watching the sun-coloured limbs of carrots, the acrid yellow of peppers, the bold swell of snow peas in their deep green pillow case. Only moments ago, I felt starved, myContinue reading “Element of Being Nourished”
Gifts from the Trail 