Move and Be Moved - Mirrors

Fallen Warrior

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:45:32 +0000

I was walking out the door a few hours before the start of Mirrors when my back went. It is a chronic injury that flares up once a year but the timing was hard to ignore. Little did I know that three weeks later, not the typical three days for me to recover, that my back would still be in a weakened state.

Since our work was to surface our ego's, one of mine was predominant. Meet Justin Fine. Justin was often heard throughtout the workshop to be saying, "I am just fine." In reality, I was not fine...still am not.

To acknowledge that took humbling...a process that took 8 days when I finally could not make it to the workshop even after having a day off the day before. One of the learnings was how does one move in a movement workshop with an injured back, which I was trying to do? In my days as an EMT, 20 years ago, coming up on a back injury meant immediate immobility, unless of course, there were a life threatening situation present. Well, duh, the answer was not to move!

I upon discovering that, I actually experienced one person who was tending to me trying to get me to move and walked away when I said "no" when asked, "Don't you want to move it?"

Still, I knew there was locked up energy and ready to be moved! I knew I needed to let it out and the only thing I could do in the moment was feel it, not knowing how the energy would move but trusting my body would find a way. As chaos unfolded, my frustration at not being able to dance one of my favorite rhythms began expressing itself. I also began feeling the pain of my back. I was immobile on the outside but internally my body was seizing and sending waves of energy inside me toward my mouth.

And something beautiful came shortly after I had said "no" to moving. One of my close male friends placed himself beside me. He had told me earlier that day I was avoiding him. And I realized I was, not wanting to show my pain near him or others for fear of being weak. I asked him then to come to me if he saw I was loosing it and he did.

photos from Claire

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:00:15 +0000

Photos

Our Dreamtime

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:35:43 +0000

Peter Fodera took a significant number of photos of our dreamtime sessions during Mirrors 2006 Tiburon. They are amazing. Here's another slideshow:

Dreamtime

My Mirror's Photos

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:37:11 +0000

Here are slideshows of photos I took during the Mirrors workshop.

Sunset Cruise

Dancing in Tiburon

The Rest

Kabba's Mirrors Photos

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:01:38 +0000

Kabba sent these photos via email to post on the site. They include photos from the Tiburon center, Muir Beach Party, Sunset Sail, and Dancing in the Streets of Tiburon.

Kabba's Slideshow Set

Mirrors Installations

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:27:18 +0000

Photos of the installations created by Byron and Peter at Mirrors. Mirrors Installation

Our Dream

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:15:01 +0000

I still dream our dream
in my day
in my night
my snake slithers
leading me through
shedding
opening
being free again
leaving handprints
leaving footprints
through the universe of sacred paths
towards the center
of wholeness
the center
of our connection
into the depths of our soul
and I am reminded of
the universality of our existence
we together dream our world
through the palm of our hands
and the souls of our feet.

Mirrors, 2006 Tiburon

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:47:22 +0000

See a slide show of the Muir Beach gathering during Mirrors 2006, Tiburon Muir Beach

Pre-Mirrors Sailing

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:02:01 +0000

Sailing is a tremendous way to transition from your everyday life into a 5Rhythm 10 day workshop. Some of us from Mirrors, Tiburon August 2006 met and sailed the day prior. It was cold and wild, sunny and uplifting. Beautiful spirits and good company.

Check out a slideshow of our day. Pre-Mirrors Sail with Mark Bonder

Marc, Mieke, Emily

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:12:32 +0000

My lovelies
mirrors, day and night
still reside within my spirit
nurturing, stretching
loving, giving
through light and shadow
into eternal moments of
life exploration
and dispersing into the ether
with deep gratitude
and tremendous love
my friends,
my soulmates
love
life
kiss

Untitled

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:48:47 +0000

I am settled in my little piggies,
holding the weight of all life.
Releasing to the flow of all life.
Opening to the experience of all life.
Pushing forward the energy of all life.
Until fullness,
and emptiness,
mean the
same
always.

Led by my feet into all
the crevesses,
and bounty,
of my soul.

Deep knowing
oneness with life,
Oneness is love.
Oneness is being.
and I come
back to fullness,
and emptiness
into grace.