Can’t help but think how lucky your kids are to grow up with a mom who understands the foundational wisdom of the body like you do. I can’t wait to see how it unfolds for them over time.
We. Shall. See. I've learned to toe the line gently and am still learning to never expect them to be as enthusiastic as I am about the body. If they feel me trying to "teach" them anything (especially one of my daughters), resistance comes on in a big way. And, as with any framing or way of being a parent is folded into, it does seep into them. I once had a friend tell me that she overheard my daughter (who was maybe 4 or 5 at the time) telling her daughter about the functions of a uterus while they rode in the car to some activity. That same daughter will use the word "vulva" so freely with her friends (as in it doesn't phase her at all, it's as normal a word as apple) but will also roll her eyes at me when I talk about loving the feeling of how my legs spring up and down. I'm learning, especially through being her mother, that I just be me and she will take what she wants and discard the rest: teaching or showing or elaborating doesn't work for her.
Molly, I had chills reading your waking transcription, felt the echo of questions I have chewed for some time myself. I want to move. And I am tired. I want to write and dance and make love and cook but also lie the fuck down and sleep. I want to write my novel but it feels stuck and sucky. So I walk poems and have also been on the hunt for a simple transcription. And I also stumbled on the stone of but wait, maybe these words are not meant to be expressed visually. So. Thank you for voicing and creating this circle. Yes. We are not/never in isolation. There are so many ways and bodies.
Annie, beautifully said. Thank you for sharing. Yes, it truly felt like stumbling on a stone, as you say. I could feel the energetic confusion inside me!
Oh I love this so much. My body has been one of my most profound spiritual teachers, in all the ways. I can’t imagine what I’d do without it’s wisdom 🙏🏼
Can’t help but think how lucky your kids are to grow up with a mom who understands the foundational wisdom of the body like you do. I can’t wait to see how it unfolds for them over time.
We. Shall. See. I've learned to toe the line gently and am still learning to never expect them to be as enthusiastic as I am about the body. If they feel me trying to "teach" them anything (especially one of my daughters), resistance comes on in a big way. And, as with any framing or way of being a parent is folded into, it does seep into them. I once had a friend tell me that she overheard my daughter (who was maybe 4 or 5 at the time) telling her daughter about the functions of a uterus while they rode in the car to some activity. That same daughter will use the word "vulva" so freely with her friends (as in it doesn't phase her at all, it's as normal a word as apple) but will also roll her eyes at me when I talk about loving the feeling of how my legs spring up and down. I'm learning, especially through being her mother, that I just be me and she will take what she wants and discard the rest: teaching or showing or elaborating doesn't work for her.
You are so cool. Thanks so much for sharing your process and self with us. Love reading these.
Thanks Carina. :)
Molly, I had chills reading your waking transcription, felt the echo of questions I have chewed for some time myself. I want to move. And I am tired. I want to write and dance and make love and cook but also lie the fuck down and sleep. I want to write my novel but it feels stuck and sucky. So I walk poems and have also been on the hunt for a simple transcription. And I also stumbled on the stone of but wait, maybe these words are not meant to be expressed visually. So. Thank you for voicing and creating this circle. Yes. We are not/never in isolation. There are so many ways and bodies.
Annie, beautifully said. Thank you for sharing. Yes, it truly felt like stumbling on a stone, as you say. I could feel the energetic confusion inside me!
Oh I love this so much. My body has been one of my most profound spiritual teachers, in all the ways. I can’t imagine what I’d do without it’s wisdom 🙏🏼
Eliza, I love how you phrase that: "I can't imagine what I'd do without its wisdom."
This consistently makes my body wonder if we should only be sharing our voices in real time.