One of my friends is a coach and energy worker. She does a good job at staying stable, sane and above the fray. However, last week with the fires raging in her hometown of Santa Cruz, the ash and smoke, she was struggling. I understood as, being human at this moment in time is especially challenging. With the multi-directional stimulation, it takes work to rebalance and continually come back to center.

These last few days for me have been intense with feelings of anger, sadness, and despair. It’s the despair that I’ve found to be scary as it can feel like a bottomless pit. Needing a jolt, this morning I took a zoom dance class and realized I’ve been holding my breath a lot as if hanging onto dear life. It’s amazing how quickly the movement and music extricated me from mental habits and ensuing emotions and brought me back to breathing and awareness of my miraculous body.

Charcoal Dance: