Tag Archives: expansion and contraction

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,...

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...

An Unlikely Cue

Posted in: Body Prompts Blog | January 14, 2013 at 16:16 , by Carol

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An Unlikely Cue
Do you often find your shoulders up by your ears - perhaps during exercise, working at your desk or just having a conversation? This is definitely worth paying attention to, since having shoulders that are habitually on the rise can cause a great deal of tension and pain...

Up & Down, Down & Up

Posted in: Body Prompts Blog | October 22, 2012 at 15:15 , by Carol

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Down & Up, Up & Down
Gravity – the force that holds us to the earth in every moment of every day. Do you ever think about that? I've been contemplating it for quite some time - intrigued by this potent mystery, so essential to life on this planet. Not only does...