Here it is the end of week 3. I won't be posting much, as I am getting ready to head back to Chicago for Lora's graduation (Yeah!) from CTS. I am looking forward to seeing many members of my family (although I will miss Kaitlyn, Luke and Susan) this weekend. This has been a busy week, and we haven't even found time to go grocery shopping, so Heidi and Kimi will have to do some foraging to get by this weekend.
One of the assignments that I am working on is a reflection piece for Rick - and I was up early (before 5am) yesterday to capture some of the thoughts that I woke up with before they were shifted out of my working memory. It is an interesting assignment, and I am not sure if it will turn out as he (or I expected). An added benefit of doing that assignment is a more macro-level reflection on all that I am experiencing here, and how it integrates with my life experiences to this point.
So, after an early morning gmail chat back home on some of these thoughts, I am working with a new medium of creativity. (Thanks, Susan, for your encouragment, and believing that I can actually write poetry.) In lieu of photos and a day-by-day report of the activities of this week, I'd just like to share this with you.
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Untitled (15 May 2008)
First time together
Uncertainty
Expectations
Electricity
Noticing the other
Sparkle in the eye
Twitch in your nose
Noticing my self
Can't catch my breath
Shiver down my spine
Flutter in my stomach
Can we touch?
What do you feel like?
How do I feel to you?
Oh, you like it? Me, too.
Can we do this again?
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Hope you all have a great weekend!
This is a blog of the adventure of going to Colorado to learn to listen to horses and learn equine massage
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” Henry David Thoreau
What time is it in Loveland?
Weather in Loveland
Not so quiet, but fun -- click on each of the horses
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Why "Finding Quiet"?
You may be wondering why a blog of a 2-month stint in Colorado to learn equine massage would be called "Finding Quiet"....well, I have to admit that there are many reasons that I am here, the obvious ones:
1) to learn a vocational skill to spin into a component of my massage practice;
2) to have an opportunity to work closely with horses.
Although, the other reasons are more aligned with the title of the blog:
3) to be in situations where I am pushed to learn to listen
a) to my intuition;
b) to my clients (which in this case will not have words to tell me what they think);
c) to everything around me.
So, although this is an opportunity for learning a new skill, I am also setting the intention for it to be an opportunity for personal discpline and spiritual growth.
1) to learn a vocational skill to spin into a component of my massage practice;
2) to have an opportunity to work closely with horses.
Although, the other reasons are more aligned with the title of the blog:
3) to be in situations where I am pushed to learn to listen
a) to my intuition;
b) to my clients (which in this case will not have words to tell me what they think);
c) to everything around me.
So, although this is an opportunity for learning a new skill, I am also setting the intention for it to be an opportunity for personal discpline and spiritual growth.
2 comments:
Liw Liw, hope you had a good flight, leave a trail of crumbs at the airport so I can find my way back.
Holly in the Wood
Nice poem, Sis.
Enjoy your blis.
Try not to miss
Me, your Sis
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