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Rivers
flow along in a continuous stream of movement; day follows night as
night follows day; trees allow their roots to spread out into the earth
in order that they can grow up strong and well supported.
Flowing is this state of continuous movement, of being fluid, and being
flexible. Flowing connects us to the flow of our individual energy.
We are connected to the earth and in harmony with her rhythms, cycles,
moods and seasons. In flowing there are no separations or distinctions
between things, there is only continuous change, continuous movement.
The movements are rounded and fluid, curves and circles with no definable
beginnings or ends. Our feet are firmly rooted on the ground where we
find our support to be ourselves. It is the rhythm where we feel grounded
and earthed.
Flowing
is very much the rhythms of babies; they eat, sleep, laugh and cry.
It is the rhythm where they get used to being in their bodies. It is
the same for us adults. We tune into the flow of our energy each day,
we tune into our instincts knowing when we are tired, hungry, happy,
sad, bored or lonely.
Unfortunately
many of us have become alienated from our instincts; we have lost the
ability to be aware of our needs or the ability to pay attention. We
can be completely out of touch with ourselves and unable to truly pay
attention to anyone else. Because our bodies reflect the state of our
minds when we feel worthless our chests sink in and our heads hang down.
The body never lies.
In
flowing we learn how to inhale, how to take in: compliments, put-downs,
gifts, intuitive hunches, space, and music .We learn how to "go with
the flow" and not build our lives around resisting or wishing it were
different. It is an energy field in which the feminine aspect of us
is revealed. The shadow side of flowing is apathy, inertia and at its
darkest, depression. |