Shake it Up

2011-02-16T08:04:00.000-08:00

"Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives."

I felt like an earthquake needed to happen, so I could learn to rebuild. It came on quick and shook me into a greater state of awareness of my energy, vitality, and own healing power. Husband and I were going to go for a massage, trading off the care of our two little ones - yes, Son was born on July 12th hence the lack of attention to this blog - while the other was getting rubbed down. Husband didn't seem to think that there was any difference to going first or second until I reminded him that the first massaged would walk into toddler-land and have a greater chance of tensing up.

Then I ate my words...

I started a pretty ridiculous tiff, and while we resolved it before we left the house it still left a knot of yuck in my stomach. I felt like I was going to throw up. Quickly, I pleaded to go first on the ride to the Massage Therapist's Office. I also asked the therapist if it would be okay if I tried jin shin jyutsu in place of the more standard Swedish massage. She saw my anxiety and was open, loving, and ready to facilitate healing.

The massage was simply intense and intensely simple. The short of it is that she applied light pressure on certain points to clear my meridians. I have a hard time having bodywork done without visualizing what it happening, so I put that into practice and saw the light come back into my body. I left feeling happy, healthy, and holy.

The unexpected consequence is that it has shaken up the physical toxins in my body. For four days straight, I went through a cyclical pattern of eliminating toxins and feeling lethargic, achy, and worn down. I knew these toxins were fighting to get out of my system. I had loose plans to alter my diet to help manage my health, and this experience was an opportunity to leap onwards. Gluten-freedom! Nary to Dairy!

Tangents
* Jin Shin Jyutsu
* Energy Meridians
* Gluten-free Vegan Family Blog

ReBlog: Replace, Rethink, Replace, Regenerate, Revamp

2010-03-13T01:26:00.000-08:00

"Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed."
~Heraclitus~

This is the second time that I've deleted all the posts off the blog to start afresh, marking yet another crossroad. The first purge came after I ceased working at Literacy Source to be a full-time SAHM and wanted to track my fitness goals and outcomes. This deleterious action marks the end of my brief preoccupation with exercise and my refocus on the general meanderings of a woman who eats, breathes, and savors the many different flavours of life.

A synopsis of my life right now: Daughter and I wake up at 7ish to eat breakfast with Husband before he goes to work; I get her dressed; on most days, I get out of my pajamas too; and what follows depends on what storytime, playtime, errands, or meet-up we have planned. We've changed our phone plan (cutting back on our minutes) so now after forcing myself to be more conversational on the phone, I have to go back to texting or talking in shorthand: "Fine. We're good. Baby's crying, gotta go, bye." I'm growing new life in my body once again, and have come to terms with the fact that I am too preoccupied to feel every little kick. I am trying to build a beautiful and productive garden this year which explains why I stalk coffee shops for coffee grounds to build my compost up. I have a newfound love of Pink Lady apples. I am reading more than ever. I like to grumble, but I am the happiest I've ever been.

Tangents:
* Pink Lady Apples
* Heirloom Apples in New England (where I wish I was sourcing my apples from)
* Apple symbolism, Wikipedia

The Endless Tangent

Shake it Up

ReBlog: Replace, Rethink, Replace, Regenerate, Revamp