The Real Earth Dance
Get knocked down 9 times; get back up 10
When in angst - MAKE ART.
Once upon a time, I tore my meniscus.
A year-and-a-half later, I REALLY tore my meniscus and displaced the entire joint. In fact, I nearly gave myself spontaneous meniscus surgery with one little skirt-flick. The original tear took a 90-degree turn, leaving only one tiny flap in the corner that was still attached. We’re pretty sure that loose flap got folded over and lodged inside my knee for an entire week.
It was May 2019, and both of my chiropractors just happened to be taking vacation at the same time. Medicaid also never sent me crutches, so…yeah. We had a bit of an adventure until I could get in and have my knee put back in place.
This incident derailed everything I’d been working on for months. It was supposed to be the grand launch of a project I’d been working on for a decade. The injury happened on Day 1 of shooting what was supposed to be my introductory videos to Earth Dance. Instead, I wound up on the ground, once more in ashes so my Elements System could instruct ME.
Because what I learned about the Earth Track of my own System?
Invaluable.
Earth Dance is not always pretty. It can be. Eventually, it will be once we get to all the fruiting and the flowering and the leafing out fun-time. But what happens in the initial moment when the seed cracks open, deep down in the dark is something quite different.
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EARTH: Bioenergetic Shaking
Once upon a time, a happy-go-lucky bunny rabbit got snatched out of the grass by a hawk. It happened quickly, without so much as a squawk. The talons—they gripped. But then, no—they slipped! And Bunny fell free, all a-gawk.
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