"Mr Duffy lived a short distance from his body".
This is a quote from a short story by James Joyce. This week we discussed "embodied awareness". Many of us live cut off from the wisdom and insight our bodies have to offer. We attempt to extinguish painful feelings with addictive behaviors and disassociating from what is going on in our inner world. We may have negative attitudes to parts of our bodies, longing for so called perfection. Donna Farhi reminds us that aliveness lives in the body. In order to enjoy the richness of being alive we must return to living in the body and not in our heads with an executive ego that controls the body. When we come into the body and the breath, it is a coming home to what is real, coming home to who we are with all our uniqueness and imperfections and knowing that we are always changing. We can then make choices from that "embodied awareness".
About Me
- Maureen Braun
- Bellingham, Washington, United States
- I am a certified yoga teacher, artist and avid knitter. I have been teaching yoga since 1994 and currently do three large group classes, one small flow class and several private classes each week. Currently in the art realm I am working on my watercolors with the goal of completing one painting a week. However it varies from month to month. My new ART BLOG is my way of staying current with my intention of making art a priority in my life and sharing it with others.
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