may your cup floweth
Happy Thanksgiving, friends.
What to say on a day of gratitude? There is so much to be thankful for. But let’s not pretend: some days you just don’t feel good. If today is one of those days for you (it was yesterday for me), you’ve got company.
Fake it ‘til you make it, some people say; my version is move it ‘til you lose it (“it” being icky stuck feelings). Last night, as I recorded this and swayed to Avicii’s lyrics wooing me to ~fly like a dragonfly out in the sun~, all of the stuck emotion, anxiety, and self-doubt that crept into my day did not suddenly disappear. But by moving through those emotions and filling the space with expansive poses, I was lifted physically. In that great altitude, gratitude and a more relative orientation toward my problems began to settle.
Some heartfelt words from the late neurologist Oliver Sacks’ epitaph:
“I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude.
I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written… Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
Friends, I wish you all the same. Sending you warmth, good vibes, and an overflowing cup of gratitude.
Move: I choreographed this sequence after two tries, so it’s silly. Power Poses Galore. Standing Splits, Star, Goddess, Dancer. I look hella weird and ungraceful but who cares! Move through your emotions. Just move. Groove. The goal is to feel good. Try this when you are feeling stuck and powerless.
Meditate: I feel good, I feel free, I feel fine just being me.
Message: May your cup floweth.
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