Halfway through my 20-minute Nia workout this morning, (Soul with Britta Von Tagen), I realized I was smiling. It occurred to me that on a cellular level my body has no awareness of the news cycle — election news, war news, local tragedies, environmental mayhem. My muscles and joints know nothing of these. What the body “knows” (in my personal narrative) is feeling. When I learn information about what’s happening in the world and feel things about that information, the feelings go into my body.
Dancing reverses that process for me, sending feelings into my mind. I love pondering this, and I think I’ll spend some chunk of today in sensory awareness mode, looking and listening and smelling and touching. Gardening, aroma therapy, music, that kind of thing. What will happen when I lead with physical awareness?
Last night a sliver of moon rose in the night sky, and if I find myself slipping into anxious thinking, I’ll try to bring back the moon, its influence pulling me in a different direction.
At some point I know I’ll need to reconnect intellectually with the community — locally, nationally, globally. Things will need to be decided and done.
But maybe not for a while yet.
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 
4 responses to “Talking senses”
yes — wise indeed. Thank you, Susan!
You are welcome, and thank you for reading.
Thank you Susan for this very wise and inspiring post.
Thank you for giving us Joy on Tuesday and continuing your gentle leadership style.