Posted on December 12, 2022
by Gaye Abbott
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“A very young voice filtered out from the trees at the local Nature Park where I walk every morning, only 2 blocks from my home. 4-year-old Liam and his father were out in nature for some father and son time this cloudy Sunday morning.
When I engaged with Liam, back pack on and a map in his hand, he told me that they were looking for acorns to plant in the park so more trees could grow. ….”
Category: Embodied Wisdom, Natures GiftsTags: Artistry of Aging, Breathing Spaces, Breathing With Nature, Conscious Aging, Dancing With Life, Elder Artistry, Elder Wisdom, Green Renaissance, interconnection with nature, Mindfulness, Wildly Free Elder
Posted on May 26, 2022
by Gaye Abbott
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“When we consider that the cosmos is doing our breathing for us it reflects an unlimited potential for freedom. The deep interconnection with everything around and beyond us feeds and nourishes our individual and interconnected lives at a level so vast that it is rather mind boggling to me. Imagine that when you are asleep (and awake!) there is…..”
Posted on January 23, 2022
by Gaye Abbott
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“What I have learned, and keep learning – it often takes repetition! – is that the moments at any stage of life are to be taken one step at a time. Being mindful of the words and thoughts we repeat to ourselves, that often squeeze the joy of simply being into the contracted small containers of judgement – of ourselves and others – worry, anxiety and fear. It seems easy to do these days….”
Category: Artistry of Aging, Natures GiftsTags: Artistry of Aging, Breath of Life, Breathing and Relationship, Breathing Spaces, Breathing With Nature, Conscious Aging, Expanded Breathing Spaces, Finding wholeness, Power of Words, Sonoma Coast, Trusting Life, Wildly Free Elder, Writing Practices
Posted on December 29, 2021
by Gaye Abbott
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“Our instinctual body knows exactly how to breathe and move with optimal grace and fluidity – like the moon shining without telling it to. You, as a piece of the moving, breathing natural world – as the landscape you walk upon. Have you fo forgotten?”