welcome! as we settle in, notice and allow the music to move in and through your body

notice where you feel it, what might want to move, what wants to be still, what’s vibrating or buzzing … etc

Thank you Rocky!!

wooooottt yoshi schepping nachas!

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aleph ^

shin: ש

mem: מ

We’re in the year of the Water Tiger!

either way my legs are very engaged

stretches different muscles

I didn’t want to spend very long in rigid spine

released some neck tension!

In rigid spine I held my breath

The mmmm helped me release the rigidity

I liked spending time in rigid spine, with the shhh sound

reminded me of gaga dance movement

My body was popping along to the music — nice to release all of that

I liked the chant that was shared along with it. I was able to internalize that idea.

thinking about “rigid” spine not being tense, and “loose” spine not being unintegrated

movement takes spoons but if I stay present I can find movement that also brings pleasure at the same time as it taking energy to do

https://www.gagapeople.com/en/

The invitation to move however feels good actually felt like a possibility because there wasn’t a “correct” option

Rigid spine is ballet and water spine is modern dance

Spoons as an intentional analogy for capacity, physical, emotional, spiritual from the disability justice community

*spoons is a shorthand for limited energy reserves that some disabled folks have

thanks Leroy!

first I thought no way my knees and feet can handle that exercise but I tried a very micro version of it and am glad I did.

I was keeping in my movement the movement of the sun circling around the earth

this exercise made me realize that in this new home I equate 'forward' with south for the first time! I've always felt east and north as 'front'/ 'forward' WILD and something to continue noticing

that's neat Jack!

I'm imagining being the plants that are sleeping under the snow

mmm yeah @jack i felt myself avoiding turning toward the south, it felt like "back" - love this teshuvah practice of embodying turning intentionally toward the south & looking at it directly

Like trees during winter, my body isn’t dead when it’s winter, it’s just sleeping. Resting is important. Normal. Health-ful.

all this stillness that's present in my life right now is part of a healing process

I loved Skye’s thought, the music made me feel like a plant sleeping under the snow (:

thank you so much Yoshi, this was lovely and nourishing <3

my breath connected to the shma (both energetic/sound) shin was my inbreath, mem was the continuation of breath and aleph was back to the top of the breath

I like that "nature as chavruta- a learning partner"!

thank you Yoshi!

I don’t always want to be still but my body likes it 🙂

Aleph feels like big potential space inside that I can notice more in stillness

This has inspired me to put music on in the morning and do some movement with my son in the morning

Thank you! Can we have that playlist?

thank you Yoshi!

i loved seeing weeding positions as flowing dance

Thanks Yoshi!

Thank you, what a perfect way to start the morning!

Thank you Yoshi!

Thank you!

https://www.jewishfarmernetwork.org/2022liveschedule

Thank you!

🙏

thank you beloved

I also want the playlist! I liked the release chant

thank you!! feeling better going into the rest of the day:)