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I am moving around in my body ready to dance!
Yesterday I was given the total gift of two hours with Doug Heel, a wonderful, physio-magic man / Muscle Activation specialist. Whatever Steve had said to him in asking him in making an appointment about my frozen back, must have worked. Doug sensed that the right thing to do was to come over – and he did - on a public holiday. I was totally captured by this young, radiant, focused and visionary man who has such brilliant skill.
With deft touch (read: "ouch-aaahhhh!) and sense of humour as well as superb understanding of a whole other level of how the body works… He moved me from living in an ever-shrinking space in my body to returning to the whole of it! Joy and tears to reconnect once again with a body that has done its best to survive and keep me going these many years, within the feeling and thought strictures that I have unknowingly imposed on it. I loved one of the things he said, which I cannot quote exactly, but was about him enabling people to free up their bodies into full activation so that their true selves could be well-housed. Thank you Sam for the connection to him.
And as they say on TV, "But that is not all..." Last night we Skyped Deborah and she told us that she is arriving in Cape Town November 15 - Her generous bosses bought her a ticket! What a wonderful way to show how they value and appreciate her to have done such a generous thing. And of course and they have gifted US immensely.
It is with this sense of delight that I am moving toward 60! I have not decided whether I am going to shave my head then or wait a little more. I am enjoying this haircut and look. I hope that I will enjoy the bald look as much.
When I was 24 and living at our first communal home called Twin Valleys, I learned about the power of genuine thankfulness. I remember that I decided to try that attitude and see how it worked. It has remained a core part of the way that I choose to live. It is easy to express gratitude for the gifts that come, like the ones I describe above.But to practice thankfulness as a way of being, builds core strength of a whole different nature. I am thankful because I am here. That is good.
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Dear Dancing sister... your words always a treasure and as I carry them into my day, they ripen in me. I love to open your site up in the early hours as I begin my day with candles and prayers. You probably also have a memory of that old soldier-gatherer George Bullied ringing his school belll in the communal dining room, booming in that voice of his: Don't HAVE a good day; BE a good day. Did we really all live that movie?
ReplyDeleteMaryse you always inspire!
ReplyDeleteLove that muscle activation! So glad it worked well for you.....we've done it and it's like a miracle.
ReplyDeleteBald will be beautiful on you because your radiance will shine thru everything!
Hi Maryse and Steve
ReplyDeleteIt is so inspiring to read your words and I would like to thank you both for bringing us all in to your journey and experience. So often we don't know how to react, contribute and convey our thoughts and love to others in such a situation, and here you have created the most incredible opportunity for just that....easing everyone along the way. This is a time of thankfulness, and while I am mindful of appreciating the greater powers out there, I would like to thank you both for your generosity of spirit and love. Gmar chatima tovah and lots of love to you both, Deborah and Talia. Love Natalie and big hugs from Cliffy.
Hello, dear Maryse and Steve (whose mighty Birthday I hereby celebelate. It's really good to catch up with you via this blog. While Di and I were away travelling the W & E Cape on our holiday I sometimes thought of you and sent you a small parcel of whatever by air mail. The Maryseness you share through this blog comes as a fresh reminder that life is truly a miracle.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, we found a wonderful book in Graaff-Reinet called "The Griqua's Apprentice" by Antoinette Pienaar, who apprenticed herself some years ago to an extraordinary herbalist/healer/farm-hand out in the deep Karoo at a time when she was profoundly sick. If you can't get hold of a copy easily let me know and I'm sure we can lend you ours. It's profound and very practical.
Lots of love to you both.