Quiet Reflections and Deep Dives
The space between
We live in an age of almost constant noise and motion, yet few stop to ask, ‘how do we measure the value of a pause?’
Poets and musicians have marked time - and space - in their compositions for many centuries. From the caesura’s in ancient texts, to more conventional marks such as the dashes and dots that demark space in the written word, an array of rests of various length, give shape and expression to musical notation. And yet the value is not in the length of the pause, but in its relational quality, context, and the interpretation of reader and musician.
When learning a new piece of music, I’ll often begin with marking the score, shaping phrases, highlighting breaths - both for expression of words and intake of breath - giving shape and direction, and leaving space for the music to grow. The pencil would be there for as long as needed, impermanent markings that become embodied and changed over time. There is room for creativity and choice.
But how often do we choose to pause, and how are we relating to the spaciousness and quality of length and time?
Clarity
I loved the quote in the bookshop window: ‘You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.’ Andre Gide. Sometimes finding the courage to step away from the shore is even more acute when the way ahead is emerging, to be discovered, or even simply opaque!
Sea calling for sea change
In this post I share some reflections and thoughts around my recent and biggest life transition. Or transitions… several things happened all at once!
We can get all theoretical about transitions, but I wonder what it might mean instead - at least some of the time - to go barefooted into an unknown future, to embrace our child-like curiosity and courage, open heartedness and compassion?
Will we encounter discomfort or vulnerability? Perhaps. Will we find joy, freedom and gentleness? Most certainly, if we choose and nurture it. Can we discover a deeply connected presence, and a creative and safe space to wonder and test the water as our wisest and most aligned self? Absolutely! Blue Health and mBIT Coaching will help you to do this in a wonderful and unique way.
As a practitioner in both modalities I can help you in make heart-led, aligned and coherent decisions, and together we can co-create next steps forward. In transition and change we can walk on this new and sacred ground, and find the way that your river becomes as vast as an ocean.