Continuum is a form of movement originally developed for people suffering from spinal injuries. Its geared towards small movements - microscopic - for those who don't seem to be able to move at all.
Today I call on its breath work as I balance first on one leg, then on my protective boot. I start to sprout wings. I struggle with flight. I wobble. Sure enough, I'm doing a stork dance, albeit clumsily.
Most people would not call this dance. Its slow, my eyes are mostly closed, I'm feeling my way across the land. I rely on my breath to guide the movement. I'm opening to a wave of spirit immanent in the land.
Nothing awakens me like dance. I can feel my foot relaxing, letting its energy open into the earth. When I first started this practice I would begin by putting my hands flat on the ground chanting "my heart in the earth, the earth in me, my heart in the earth, the earth in me..." Now I let my healing foot do the communion. I feel into the wound and extend my attention down into the center of the earth.
That step alone helps quite a bit. Its natural to pull back from a wounded part of yourself, we don't like to feel our own damage. Spending time there doesn't hurt, it just reminds me that I'm hurt. But the more time I spend there, the better every part of me feels. Shock and stress disappear, the healing power of the land comes forth.
I will be practicing my stork dance for another few weeks before the pin holding my big toe steady is removed. Then I will walk barefoot on the land again as I work to regain my strength. Then the real healing begins.
Image: Stork Flying Low by Håkan Dahlström from Flickr, used under
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