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Linda Hartley's avatar

Beautiful reflections. Thank you Katsura and Cherry for sharing them

Linda Hartley's avatar

Thank you Danguole - what a lovely translation !

Rachel Gomme's avatar

Thank you for this beautiful practice, Linda. A reminder that although I invite many nature-beings into my home, and also spend time with them outside, I too rarely spend time taking in their extraordinary eachness, the deep thrill and wonder of all the myriad lives alongside mine, stars in a galaxy

Linda Hartley's avatar

Beautifully said. Lovely to hear from you Rachel

Danguole Venslavice's avatar

Thank you, Linda. I’ve read the article a second time. It is a beautiful practice, I have also translated it, to movement, feel which movement calls for being expressed, very delightful…🤗🙏🏻

Eline Kieft, Ph.D.'s avatar

Thank you for weaving movement, earth-love, ecology, poetry and practice together so beautifully!

Linda Hartley's avatar

Thank you Eline. I see that all of these things are present in your work too 🌱

cherry Cooke's avatar

Katsura, yes, we surely can connect with personal, collective and planetary. My Tibetan Buddhism background over 40 years, suggests that we begin with compassion for oneself, let's say, the personal symptoms that may come up.

Katsura Isobe's avatar

Compassion - deep listening to the symptoms and working intimately together for the rises and falls. Thank you Cherry x

cherry Cooke's avatar

Katsura, mm deep listening - that sounds difficult.

I was walking downstairs, this morning, and quite spontaneously said to myself,

"I am beautiful....I am lovable...... and... I am loved...."

The last phrase "I am loved" I know is true. It gives me purpose to be here, it gives me strength and confidence.

Katsura Isobe's avatar

❤️ to you Cherry

Katsura Isobe's avatar

Can I become friends with the personal symptoms and then the collective and planetary ones? - This is the question I ask myself after participating in your workshop and now reading this post. The process of becoming and being friends with symptoms feels, to me, emotional and perhaps effortful sometimes. And I am there with the symptoms.