I practice because...

I know what I'm like without it

Hi there,

Today, an invitation to practice together —

because you want a pause in your full life to hear yourself,

because you haven’t heard from your body lately (or you hear from it all the time and know you need space to listen),

because something always comes forward on the page that you need to hear,

and because this is how you want to be in relationship with yourself: letting it all move, following the thread only you can follow.

I’m right there with you, following my own thread, too.

Warmly,
Anna

The movement portion of our practice is done from standing. If you have something you can press your hands into like a wall, chair seat, or table, that will be helpful, but it’s also fine if you don’t. Everything else you need is in the video!

The poem I shared today (with much gratitude, as always) is You’re Panicking at the Wrong Disco by Amy Kay.

What I wrote to the prompt:

Go ahead — be messy, be weird* — how much time do I think I have left? Take the risk on the bigger pivot, the one you know is actually calling, not the one that makes more sense. It’s actually not too late.

I don’t know when I was messiest in my life, nor how I would definite it — physically, emotionally? I haven’t had much access to either, so it feels — not hard exactly, more like unknown.

When I was on sabbatical now almost a year ago, I made more space to let my interests blend. I put everything I read and listened to and learned into conversation. I drew in my notebook, even painted. I have a lingering dream of being an artist. Does everyone? Or a writer, which I am in some ways and not in others.

At what point will I let myself loose?

At what point will I let myself feel what that would be like? And I mean really feel it. Because another thing I didn’t have access to for a long time is feeling. So now that I have more access, long worked for, what else do I want to do with it?

Paid members, do your thing — let us know what the practice was like for you, share a line that feels alive, or you’re also welcome to share your whole piece!