#movelikewater

[rach-againstthemachine]

Happy Cinco de #Mermay! Today's prompt was #fluid, and who is more fluid than #Beau from #criticalrole? She's got that #coolmonkshit! #dnd #5e #monk #fighter #fighterclass #mermay2018 #cincodemayo #bettafish #betta #fightingfish #movelikewater

[dpomalescreative]

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DPoMLiVe...at #daytonabeach Getting some well deserved #zentime ...#belikewater #movelikewater #beachlife (at Residence Inn Daytona Beach Oceanfront) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFU1XMXB7cI/?igshid=1v5c8kcza8rzq

[qicherie]

Qigong mirrors the movement of water, quote from Lee Holden #movelikewater #qiging #taichi #beinthenow https://www.instagram.com/p/B21zVEQnmCu/?igshid=4n7cvbyzrsk2

[qicherie]

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Flow like dolphins! #gowiththeflow #naturesbeauty #dolphins #movelikewater #oceanlife #calming #relaxing #beachlife #lifeforce #takeitonedayatatime #peaceful https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PMkMqHMQX/?igshid=12k760kh99jqs

[dpomalescreative]

Spent the last 3 days watching the surf crash onto the shore!!.. Trying to realize the meaning in the saying... #movelikewater Took every moment to watch its movement!!!....(over and over) #repetitive #relaxing #rhythmic #relentless (taking it ALL in internally!!) What I took from this is .. (1) You must choose the body of water (force of movement: river/stream/ocean/lake)... you wish to #emulate !!!.... (2) Determine the turbulence or surge you wish to create... so that the #ebbandflow will match your #intensity (3) Your #determination .. #passion and #drive will determine your impact /influence... #momentum #dpomology #movementtherapy #atlanticocean #daytonabeach (at Residence Inn Daytona Beach Oceanfront) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvznY2JAEBE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qxycivvd81m5

[sotongpandai]

this time one year ago, i was in the midst of maybe the toughest semester of college out of the four years of being here. in the moment, i could identify the tears, the darkness, the breaking as having to do with three major Very Bad Things that were going on, all at the same time. happening to me, i called it. it was infuriating and terrifying to constantly feel and be in spaces of unsafety, to inadvertently shoulder the precarity of loved ones, to keep unlearning and relearning who to trust and how, to be caught in the middle of the deeply ugly things marginalised people do to one another in the guise of survival.

the tension, nastiness and unsolvable nature of it all wore me down, seeping deep into my bones. i staggered out of that chapter feeling a lot older, weary, like those four months were a lifetime in themselves and i would no longer be surprised by anything else that could follow. i joked yesterday that maybe i freak out less now because i am more tired, but H laughed and reminded me that i have very much been capable of both being tired and still freaking the hell out. okay.

it was on a friday night, at dinner with dearly loved friends, old and new, that a realisation slipped into my consciousness: after another meandering year of living, i am no longer angry at the people who directly hurt me and made me feel unsafety a year ago. i think of them and don’t feel anything that intense anymore. A asked if i meant i’d forgiven them; i don’t think there’s anything to forgive, really. it just feels like i’m miles away from that chapter now and those things don’t matter anymore. i think about how we are each deeply flawed beings and how community practices of trust, critical compassion and restorative justice are still things i am reaching for. a year later, i feel like i could even sit down with these people and talk – honestly, lovingly, patiently – about what happened and not at all feel like shit. maybe i actually want to do that; to what end, i don’t know yet, but that’s what my gut’s telling me.

last summer, the second most significant lesson i encountered (coming in right after “less is more!”) was to move like water. i met dancers, artists, inspired and lost people who had this uncanny ability to encounter curveballs and move around, above, under, through them. fluid, changing, always in motion. i wondered what they had gone through to arrive at the beliefs and practices that they had. i guess important moments of learning often creep up on you when you don’t expect it, offering themselves during the in-between moments. i’m learning to be as here, as present as i can to take it in.

[tap-root-yogini]

Within yourself, no fixed positions: Things as they take shape disclose themselves. Moving, be like water, Still, be like a mirror. ~ Attributed to Guanyin Good morning! I know I should be thinkin' green but I have a Blue Mind and after all water gives life to what would be green. 😉💚 #movelikewater #stillbelikeamirror #waterlover #thisadorablewildlife #myyogiclife #bluemind #bolsachicawetlands #reachingwithoutseeking

[noahjulian]

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Some less than perfect ring routines and locomotion on a perfectly cool autumn afternoon. Listening to some #billevans #taoistmanimal #phillyareayoga #phillyyoga #acro #architecturalyoga #movementmeditaton #movelikewater #calisthenics #autumn #octoberfest2015 (at Gorgas Park)