The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong
and feelings never put to rest,
so that the lift of life may give buoyancy to the soul.
— Thomas S. Monson
One aspect of email I greatly appreciate is how it makes it easy for students to let me know about their experiences during and after a private lesson or group class. The feedback is immediate and often extraordinarily intimate. For instance, here is what someone just wrote to let me know how she felt after her recent hands-on Feldenkrais session:
I feel obnoxiously good. I feel a buoyancy in me that is striking. The only time I’ve ever felt something like this was while scuba diving. When you’re about 80 feet down, the pressure around you is more or less equal in every direction. The feeling is like the universe is embracing you in a gentle hug. The pressure feels heavenly to me.
Very deep inside, I feel that I soften. It is not conscious, yet I clearly sense that I no longer have any necessity to hold on deep inside in the same way. I breathe much deeper and more fully . . . I am full and light and floating in me in a way that feels like I could move in any direction without any extra effort. I have never felt this on land. It is quite remarkable.
The photo in today’s post was taken by Dassel; I found it on Pixabay.com.
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Responses:
Moira Bayne -November 15, 2023
Yes! *That* feeling!!!
Larry Goldfarb -November 17, 2023
Exactly!
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