metal
Posted on Jul 7th, 2008
by 
jess
jess
joy joy joy, and rest.
i can feel the treatments that dr fran is giving to me are really connecting me back together. it started with a jolt from my new zealand friend and chinese medicine master - she got me in two spots that reconnect the spirit back into the body...i was getting way too floaty. it has to do with my metal element - this is one of the 5 elements in daoist/natural way of things. metal represents the mountains, the inspiration, the spirit, the heavens, this is metal. gold, treasure, lines that ascend, gems...i was so in excess that my daily life floated above my body. but we are born into a body and so it is good to live in it, nurture it... take care of the body.
it's easier now for me to connect all the thought, the theory and the divine with my daily life, which before seemed so far, so out of reach. now i can fathom the actual action of things, and as long as i am well rested, the doing comes easy. my legs still feel at times at the end of the day as though they cannot support my weight; this is the disconnect between torso and legs, and thru the work i'm doing with fran, and with myself, i am grounding down.
last night while singing jazz at east shore with my quartet, i was reminded by my arms of something fran commented about me on stage with junglecat (my other band). she said that all my energy is lingering in my chest, throat, diaphram and core, but isn't going down the legs. it's all tight up in my torso. so while moreno was solo-ing last night i remembered to think about my feet, about the way they feel, the heels, the ground below them (or first my high heel shoes oy) and honestly, today when i woke up, for the first time, i didn't feel completely wrecked after my sunday night gig. i actually functioned today - went to rehearse with junglecat. it is only now that i am truly looking forward to my thai oil massage that i am about to go for. my legs and low back are tired.
the work continues tomorrow with another 2.5 hour class with max strom. he's visiting from the US - the most influential teacher i have in my yoga practice. he is being peace. his teaching is clear, concise, kind and filled with amazing knowledge. (www.maxstrom.com) he's living up in oregon i think but comes over here to do trainings and workshops (thru www.yogayard.com, where i teach in beijing).
regular practice for me is vital to grounding down thru my legs. this continual reconnection is really helping me to feel capable of things i am dreaming about. i am able to do.
how are you?
mindful breath, peace and love for your journey...enjoy!
i can feel the treatments that dr fran is giving to me are really connecting me back together. it started with a jolt from my new zealand friend and chinese medicine master - she got me in two spots that reconnect the spirit back into the body...i was getting way too floaty. it has to do with my metal element - this is one of the 5 elements in daoist/natural way of things. metal represents the mountains, the inspiration, the spirit, the heavens, this is metal. gold, treasure, lines that ascend, gems...i was so in excess that my daily life floated above my body. but we are born into a body and so it is good to live in it, nurture it... take care of the body.
it's easier now for me to connect all the thought, the theory and the divine with my daily life, which before seemed so far, so out of reach. now i can fathom the actual action of things, and as long as i am well rested, the doing comes easy. my legs still feel at times at the end of the day as though they cannot support my weight; this is the disconnect between torso and legs, and thru the work i'm doing with fran, and with myself, i am grounding down.
last night while singing jazz at east shore with my quartet, i was reminded by my arms of something fran commented about me on stage with junglecat (my other band). she said that all my energy is lingering in my chest, throat, diaphram and core, but isn't going down the legs. it's all tight up in my torso. so while moreno was solo-ing last night i remembered to think about my feet, about the way they feel, the heels, the ground below them (or first my high heel shoes oy) and honestly, today when i woke up, for the first time, i didn't feel completely wrecked after my sunday night gig. i actually functioned today - went to rehearse with junglecat. it is only now that i am truly looking forward to my thai oil massage that i am about to go for. my legs and low back are tired.
the work continues tomorrow with another 2.5 hour class with max strom. he's visiting from the US - the most influential teacher i have in my yoga practice. he is being peace. his teaching is clear, concise, kind and filled with amazing knowledge. (www.maxstrom.com) he's living up in oregon i think but comes over here to do trainings and workshops (thru www.yogayard.com, where i teach in beijing).
regular practice for me is vital to grounding down thru my legs. this continual reconnection is really helping me to feel capable of things i am dreaming about. i am able to do.
how are you?
mindful breath, peace and love for your journey...enjoy!
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5 elements
August 2008 