Every door that closes opens another door

Every door that closes opens another door

by | Feb 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Closing some doors so that other doors can open. Ending a chapter writing a new one…

Closing 2024 for 2025 to open. Saying goodbye to habits, stories, and beliefs that don’t serve anymore and welcoming other parts of ourselves.

The last two years have been challenging, yet inspiring years for me. I have met parts of myself that I have learned to embrace with initial resistance, I have met parts of myself that rock and fill me with pride…  I have done things I never thought I would have the courage to do, pushed my limits, and set some firm boundaries.

I have lost friends and found new ones. I have said goodbye to stubborn beliefs and welcomed new insights. I discovered the power of wonderment as I explored uncharted areas of my heart.

I start this year with a heart that slowly dares to open to what was once frightening.

A delicate dance between inward and outward, old and new, closed and open, tight and loose.

Which chapters will you close? Which doors will you open?

What uncharted areas of your heart are waiting to be explored?

Let us take root in the here-and-now of our sentient, sensuous bodies and soar courageously and free with the winds of 2025. May we boldly invite the unknown that unfolds behind the door that opens and receive its surprise with curiosity and wonder.

 

Where do you focus?

Where do you focus?

by | Dec 27, 2023 | Changing the story, Somatic Awareness, Uncategorized

“Focus on your difficulties and you have difficulties for life.” (Moshe Feldenkrais)

Yesterday I prepared a Feldenkrais awareness through movement explorations for a little group of people of all leaps of life. An exploration to release tension in the neck and shoulders and free the head and spine.
Tension and blockages in the body often are good companions of thinking in difficulties. They are very attracted to each other. If they didn’t think and act the way they do, they would probably dance a very passionate tango.

I have this little exploration of 1 minute to think about something that is fairly unknown to you. Maybe you have a dream you want to realize… What are the first things that come up when you think of the possibility that your dream could be a reality?

Are you thinking:

  • I think I can’t do it.
  • What happens if it goes wrong?
  • I think I am not good enough.
  • It is too difficult, there are only challenges because of this and that, etc

Or are you thinking:

  • What is all possible?
  • I am going to sort this and that out.
  • I am going to learn this, discover that…etc
  • How can I connect the dots?
  • I have never done this before so I think I can do it

And feel in your body (whatever way you think) what happens. What do you feel in your belly, your jaw, your neck, and shoulders?  Your lower back, and the connection of your feet with the ground? Just experiment with different thoughts…

Feldenkrais explorations are designed to help the nervous system create new possibilities and connections. The nervous system has the ability to create endlessly when we bring the right input: creativity, curiosity, quantity, quality, variation, and quality. And when this happens we move on a highway towards unlocking our full potential.

My inner sparkle feeds on dancing the highway of my potential and so I pay close attention to what I feed my mind with.

Where do you focus on today?