The Floor as a Body!

This morning.
I was lying on the floor as usual.
Preparing to move. Some dancish, yogaish, feldenkrais-y---wake up my body movement. 
And I put on this song by Kamai. 

Whale sounds.
Yummy.

The vocalizations began entering my body. I wasn't just hearing. My body was in full listening mode.
My head began to turn, my shoulders moved up and down, my chin dipped and swayed and suddenly my body was dancing with the floor, not dancing on the floor.
A subtle, super powerful shift in the moment. 
My awareness of the floor as my dance partner.
The floor taking my weight and lifting it off.
Oh my. 

Acknowledging the floor as a partner to be in relationship with is not a completely novel idea. I sense that partnership when I lie down on in the Grassy Meadow under a Tree in the Spring time, or when my body is floating buoyantly in a Mountain Lake.

However today for whatever reason it felt reborn. Reawakened. Reimagined,  in such an awe inspiring delightful way, that before the 11 minute song was over, I turned to dance with the air around me. 

I/we are wired for relationship.
And in this time, for many, of limited contact with other humans a relationship with the floor, or air, while perhaps sounding crazy, is also such a gift to receive.

Try it!!

I encourage you to take a 4 minute break sometime today.

Lie on your back on the floor.

Put on this song. (or pick a favorite of yours!)

Close your eyes. 

Let the sounds enter your body.

Let it lead your body to begin to move.
Imagine the floor is your partner. 

How do you move with it now. 

Small or big gestures. 

Simply play. Explore. 

Turn over on your front and try it.

Have 4 minutes of unabashed exploration.

Notice how you feel afterwards?

Because guess what? 

I think we are in relationship with everything around us.
Even when I forget and need to be reminded by the floor and the hauntingly beautiful sounds of whales.  
It's a moment of time to treasure.
In the annals of life as we know it.

And speaking of relationships.
And intimacy. My Wonder upRising co-creator Casey and I, are about to launch two new guidebooks on relational intimacy. Guidebooks designed to retrieve wholeheartedness and lift up our relational selves!
They were designed to explore human to human relationships mostly, however I realized this morning -- sated from the revolutionary moments of relationship to air and floor, they can be so much more. As always. Where my heart tends to lead me...I follow.

We’ll keep you posted about the launch and launch party in case you are interested in checking them out. Or you can click on this post!

Many blessings to you,

Carol