Tag: nature
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Bird song
Bird song creating culture in relationship with place One generation to the next making meaning through movement Instruments of change tuning from dawn unaware of their dancing with the winds every step contributing to the universal music present in the past and future flapping of their wings Their flight, emergent every-when at once, fill the Read more
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Unbound
Invitation A soft animal coming out of its den at its own rhythm A gentle bird sitting on a branch not quite ready to sing A flower blooming in the sun yet to find its own fragrance A lake at the bottom of your surrender well A power that moves through and expands you Until Read more
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grey lorikeets
Some days, rainbow lorikeets are grey The clouds cannot see them for their colours Only loud shapes moving So many of them have come before None of their songs are new Day after day chirping Anxiety creeps in for all the inefficiencies For all the missed connections That could have saved time and lives In Read more
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The map and the guide
I am feeling tired this morning and giving myself the space to rest and linger in bed. It’s a cooler morning and the birds are too taking longer to wake up. After a while, the clouds dissolve and the melodic chirping begins: red wattlebirds, rainbow lorikeets and finally, my dear currawongs. Leaves, gently swaying in Read more
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Kumano Kodo
Spending the past two weeks in Japan, walking 150 km through cities, villages, mountains and forests in the Sakura season, brought reflections on the nuances of walking, experiencing and building paths. Walking along the Kumano Kodo – a Japanese pilgrimage trail built over a 1000 years ago – reminded me of how much we are Read more
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Forest bathing
A few kind humans spent last Saturday morning forest bathing, guided by the gentle Arya Padey. Most of us were looking to slow down, connect with nature (out and within) and for an embodied experience. As I was trying to collect my reflections, rocked by the soothing sway of the train taking me home on Read more
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The Awakened Brain
I’m trying out a new thing – a sort of written highlights of great books currently on my mind – to help: This learning highlight is about the wonderful work of Dr Lisa Miller (LM) – professor in the Clinical psychology program at Teachers college, Columbia university, founder and director of the Spirituality mind body Read more
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The currawong, the leaf blower and the dog owner
New neighbours A family of currawongs moved to the neighbourhood a few months ago. Until a couple of weeks ago, I had only heard and seen four to five of them at a time – in the local park, by my window or in a neighbouring tree – and I considered myself lucky. Thanks to Read more
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Waa
What we are about to become, dancing with the shadow of what we used to know about ourselves What we are not answering, looking for the beautiful question that refuses to rush our seasonality What we are withdrawing from, finding another ground from which to see and step into the unknown What we are transforming, Read more
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In dialogue with life
Walking on thin air blind to your own regeneration you cannot see the path Walking on thin air losing sight of your meaning searching your house of belonging Walking on thin air freed by your suffering found, harvesting its presents Walking on thin air youthful revelation at the cliff of grief and celebration Walking on Read more