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Resistance Is Futile

Posted in: Body Prompts Blog | May 5, 2014 at 21:44 , by Carol

Resistance Is Futile
For as long as I can remember, I have had an undercurrent of pain that flows wide and deep through my life. Sometimes it flows swift and hard, other times it softly meanders – but it is always there. I have hated it, loved it, sat in it,...

Who Do You Want to Be?

Posted in: Body Prompts Blog | February 24, 2014 at 18:11 , by Carol

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Who Do You Want to Be?
Have you ever been in a situation where it seemed justified to act like a horse’s pa-toot? You know, those situations where someone is being completely out-of-line, obnoxious, rude, unkind, insensitive, bullying . . . so much so that you feel justified in being a...

Steady On

Posted in: Body Prompts Blog | February 4, 2013 at 18:27 , by Carol

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Steady On
Being a two-legged human being is quite the balancing act. There have been many hikes on uneven terrain where I wished for four legs instead of two! Not that I don’t enjoy being upright, having arms and hands with opposable thumbs (miracle!) – I do! But two legs come...

Rest (by David Whyte)

Posted in: Body Prompts Blog | January 28, 2013 at 15:52 , by Carol

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Rest
Rest is the conversation between what we love to do and how we love to be. Rest is the essence of giving and receiving. Rest is an act of remembering, imaginatively and intellectually but also physiologically and physically. To rest is to give up on the already exhausted will as...

No Separation

Posted in: Body Prompts Blog | October 14, 2012 at 21:53 , by Carol

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No Separation
We tend to think of the mind and body as two separate and distinct entities. And we usually think of them as being at odds with each other. Not so much . . . they are in constant, cohesive rapport with one another, working in unison to create a...