i love that sense of connection too, isn’t it great how you find it more frequently once you expect to find it?

When I was at Uni I took a unit called ‘Learning & Creativity’ and in one class our teacher gave us all a neck adjustment based on the Alexander technique. I remember being impressed by his description of it too. thanks for reminding me, I’ll have to check it out.

Hello Maya,

I loved hearing that you use the non-dominant hand writing. I loved hearing how you use it to connect with animals. What a great intuitive tool

Thanks so much for visiting!

Hi My Mane in the Wind,

‘Quiet that mind and magic can happen’ Yay for that! Hope you find the sidewalk chalk–it’s great. (I actually have another post brewing all about drawing with sidewalk chalk.) I’d love to hear how it goes.

Cheers,
Dave

Dave, this is EXACTLY the way I feel! Thank you for writing such a beautiful and thoughtful post. I happened to read this this morning after having woken up with an all-over headache that was so painful in the middle of the night. My head is beyond heavy this morning and I am trying to honor where I am at – the best I can.

I so appreciate your description of what it is like to be without a head. I meditate and visualize regularly. I think I may start posting about my experiences with checking in with myself and the info I get and the beautiful visuals that come along with it. I am always deeply humbled by how connected I can feel when I stop myself long enough to sit and really check-in.

I also use non-dominant hand work to write. Especially if I am trying to tune in with myself about a certain issue/subject that I can’t get clear on – aside from my active mind trying to always figure things out.

I have also used the non-dominant hand writing when trying to connect with animals and communicate. Especially the ones that have lived with me and are trying to tell me something important – such as when they were ill and what they needed.

The animals that have been the closest to me are sometimes the hardest for me to connect with in a free-flowing, non-biased way. My mind kicks in with ALL KINDS of shoulds and shouldn’ts.

Brings to mind something someone told me once:
“You shouldn’t should on yourself.” Ha!

Yay non-dominant hand work in art of all kinds!

Thank you again, Dave!

I am also actually considering taking the CED challenge…thinking…no wait….going to stop and check in now – in a head-less sorta way.

Keep writing! Maya

I started reading, and quickly realised it wasn’t about the Alexander Technique at all… although, actually it could have been. Centering in the body, getting out of the head – both central AT principles. Once again, perhaps the thousandth time, I’m struck by this almost magical sense of connection that exists in the world. Thank you for sharing some of yours x

Aren’t bears great? they totally nailed the whole ‘coping with winter’ thing. I find it hard to do the body centred things sometimes too, I get it all happening for myself and then fall away again. Maybe that’s a kind of hibernation thing too.

Hi Lynn,

Yay for blissful, mindful baths!

Hi Stephanie,

A small part of me always resists the non-dominant hand thing but when I do it I get back some of that childlike joy in the drawing act, and lose some of that drive for each picture to be ‘good’.

Thank you all for stopping by