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”
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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”
The Healing Power of Memoir
The Healing Power of Memoir Copyright Stella Body 2020 I feel it now: there’s a power in me, to grasp and give shape to the world. -Rilke There are many ways to remember. Linda Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way, suggests that if we are not yet comfortable with words, we can start with aContinue reading “The Healing Power of Memoir”
Sisters
Sisters, We are being warned, right now, to keep the different ages of our families apart, so the young do not infect the old. This feels unnatural, but it allows us time to create, to communicate in more mindful ways with each other. This means I will be spending more time on nature’s paths, andContinue reading “Sisters”
Nature Infusion
Element of Space ‘Simple as milk’, I think, as I see a Queen Anne’s Lace flower growing by the trailside, dancing like a country lass with any breeze that blows through. Yet the ignorance is all mine. When I trouble to move closer, I find no plain-spread apron, but a zodiac in her lap. OrbitsContinue reading “Nature Infusion”
Gifts from the Trail 