I message my friend “I hate this full moon nonsense”, she asks what’s going on and I tell her that I couldn’t sleep because thoughts that I should be doing somatics wouldn’t leave me alone. Because she is very wise she pointed out that the moon had nothing to do with my subconscious desire, it was just lighting up what was already inside of me. I said I was going to go back to ignoring all this woo nonsense because it was easier that way.
After a week off work, I go to clear my home working desking and see tarot cards, oracle cards, sage and my horoscope birth chart. The metaphor of having to clear away all this stuff to do my work is not lost on me. I have a daydream of having my own movement space and being able to have an alter where these things could be a feature of my work.
I don’t believe in God as an white man with a beard living on a cloud sitting in judgement. I do believe that there are unseen forces shaping our lives. For me, it is more a collective spirit that is bigger than each individual and yet part of us.
I’ve wanted to work with movement in healing for about 25 years. As I prepare my approach to half a century on this lump of space rock, maybe it’s finally time to embrace the woo and work with my desires. Maybe