Somatic mysticism, diet and returning to my ancestry…. The hungry ghosts know. Listen. I like using “somatic mysticism” to explain my experience because I feel everything deeply in my body. I can feel my cells doing their work quite often and I feel all manner of metabolic movement and I feel far more than I can even begin to really know from a biological standpoint. Still when I listen and pay attention I collect data, information to act on.
This is my experience after what, at this point, amounts to thousands of hours of mindful presence with the chaos in my body. ~~ Chronic illness, pharmaceutical injury ~~ One learns when one focuses attention. One learns a whole lot. That is meditation. Focused attention. So, my experience of chronic illness: Chronic illness is the body saying no to the toxic societal structures that we have internalized…healing from chronic illness is healing the whole human shebang. ~~ To be clear healing does not mean curing. There is no cure to this being human. ~~ ....
Discrimination against those with DSM labels in the health professions. Health care providers discriminate. Yes, this is generally true among mental health professionals as well as health professionals and healers in general. It’s true among psychiatrists and therapists, and social workers too. It’s true among those who are part of the medical model and it’s true of those who are critical of psychiatric drugs as well. Discrimination in mental health professionals runs the entire spectrum of care.
Walking and yoga: video short ~~ This video was made a few years ago. it shows how I incorporate yoga into every moment of my life. sometimes it's subtle and sometimes not. Yoga and movement can morph from distinctly hatha yoga flows. They might become more like Qigong. Later, they can even move into ecstatic dance. I use walls and furniture and door frames and trees and anything around me as props for modifications as necessary. I have not been fit nor do I look like a conventional yogi. My body is my only teacher now. Yoga seems to be in my DNA. It is, in my mind, a science of the body. Movement keeps my body going as I continue to find what healing looks like in this body.
I got privy to this (social murder as shared in the graphic) when I ended up homeless for two weeks in Dec of 2020. A wild tantric journey in which I stayed in a residential hotel with short -term rentals to homeless folks. I was transported into their lives and saw this happening. My heart broke all over again into a million pieces. I've worked with folks who end up on the street my entire life. 15 of those years on the streets of San Francisco with various social service agencies...it's getting worse, not better.
Breaking Echo Chambers: The Need for Discourse. No one wants to talk anymore. everyone wants a podium. When you fear discussion the smaller your world gets, the less you allow yourself to be challenged the tinier you will become. (at this time in history this is frankly dangerous)Echo chambers are death chambers. Meet your edges. Grow.
Yoga off the mat is everything you do in your life. It's not just hatha yoga. It's a holistic approach to all things in surrender to life the way it is presenting to us right now. yoga off the mat: living ritual. I call it environmental yoga. Wherever I find myself dictates what will be done, said, eaten etc. It is part of living in surrender. It is tantra. Incorporate therapeutics into your day. Let every moment be a healing one. ... commentary and links to more info
Narrative and story are tools of interpretation. They do not and cannot represent absolute truth. Within the evolving persons life a narrative can change many times. Alternately one might apply a multitude of narratives to a single issue so that in effect one can see themselves simultaneously through many prisms/perspectives and thus have a more holistic and profound understanding of their experience. Imposing our narrative on another is violence, just as having a narrative imposed upon us can be.
we are being called to radical alchemy. the marriage of opposites…healing requires bringing together a great diversity of all aspects of our lives.
mmm... raw smoothie time ...I just made an incredible smoothie/cold soup sorta drink. It's odd, but when it gets cold at this time of year, I need these sorts of raw fruit and veg smoothies. In general cooked food is better for me, across the board...but there are periods of time in which I do a lot or all raw for brief periods. Right now this is just my lunch today. I had a pure carnivore breakfast. The infections have ruined my gut and it's often easier and better for my gut to do mono meals. ....
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