Limbic Space

Racism stems from our most primitive self, the limbic brain (fight flight response), much deeper than our cognitive and rational intentions. The implicit biases are embodied; centuries of domination, slavery, colonialism, separations are not of the past - they are actively here, in our bodies.
Recognizing and healing white supremacy applies to each and every body, because this very behavior is what continues to perpetuate violence within, self betrayal and self sabotage.

Alongside the potent mass media effects, I am witnessing our community face extreme changes in their work or living situations due to covid19 related budget cuts. With prayerful thoughts, I am in observation of mother earth. I am witnessing important people in my life confront their vulnerabilities and anxieties in ways I have not seen them engage before. And Reiki, shared yoga + meditation, honoring silence have stepped forward as primary tools of communication, connection this week.
I am holding silence with people mourning the sudden losses of their jobs, living situations, from which they had been suffering or seeking some form of change for a long time. Change can be overwhelming and it cracks us wide open for more potentials, pathways.
I honor silence this week, as I open my heart to my own changes coming in. I sit in silence with trust in our growth, mother earth, father sky. I welcome tears to bring movement, empathic clearing, and grounding in our bodies.

Honoring the adaptive survival responses thru trauma sensitive yoga.

Heart opener poses are particularly difficult & telling after a period of defensiveness, feeling the need to prove myself.

Back bends allow me to release my somatic responses; my defensiveness and self criticism show up in mild nausea as I bend back, tightening chest and throat as I invite my heart to open, forward. Breath is medicine here - it genuinely feels like tiger balm.

I combine this with a split to listen in on my survival fear instinct to run, leap and hide. As I channel my flight response, Gaia roots me.

Hold.

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