Comments on: Self-Exploration Through Persistence in Sedona’s Canyons http://www.viewfromthepier.com/2009/11/05/11052009/ Connecting with self, others and a sense of wonder through travel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:53:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cathy http://www.viewfromthepier.com/2009/11/05/11052009/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Cathy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:16:37 +0000 http://www.viewfromthepier.com/?p=1947#comment-82 I was so struck by your mother’s spontaneous reaction to being on the Airport Mesa that I simply had to share with you the meaning that it had for me. In the Nia White Belt Training for new teachers, co-founder Carlos Rosas talks quietly of his study with an Indian Shaman who greatly influenced Carlos and ultimately Nia as well. The Shaman (whose name I hope to provide later) told Carlos, that if there were only one particular movement he could do every day, it would be to shake. It is easy to understand, of course, because we know that whether standing, sitting or lying down, shaking the body is both invigorating and relaxing, and can both energize us and de-stress us at the same time. More interesting, though, is that in many cultures, this body movement goes beyond the body into the spiritual realm. I have attached a link that describes the ecstatic bliss and “awakening of the original mysteries” that is reflected in this practice. The article describes the practice as rapturous, taking us beyond the secular into the realm of the sacred. What both delighted and fascinated me was that your mother did this spontaneously, her joy of movement contagious to you. Her sensitivity to the “transformative powers” you described was completely natural, whether physically or spiritually instinctive, and not learned from anyone. That is a huge “wow” in my book, and caused not a few little shivers of my own. This is the web site I mentioned. http://shakingmedicine.com/shaking-medicine/shaking-medicine.php I was so struck by your mother’s spontaneous reaction to being on the Airport Mesa that I simply had to share with you the meaning that it had for me. In the Nia White Belt Training for new teachers, co-founder Carlos Rosas talks quietly of his study with an Indian Shaman who greatly influenced Carlos and ultimately Nia as well. The Shaman (whose name I hope to provide later) told Carlos, that if there were only one particular movement he could do every day, it would be to shake. It is easy to understand, of course, because we know that whether standing, sitting or lying down, shaking the body is both invigorating and relaxing, and can both energize us and de-stress us at the same time.

More interesting, though, is that in many cultures, this body movement goes beyond the body into the spiritual realm. I have attached a link that describes the ecstatic bliss and “awakening of the original mysteries” that is reflected in this practice. The article describes the practice as rapturous, taking us beyond the secular into the realm of the sacred. What both delighted and fascinated me was that your mother did this spontaneously, her joy of movement contagious to you. Her sensitivity to the “transformative powers” you described was completely natural, whether physically or spiritually instinctive, and not learned from anyone.

That is a huge “wow” in my book, and caused not a few little shivers of my own.

This is the web site I mentioned. http://shakingmedicine.com/shaking-medicine/shaking-medicine.php

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