Musings & Movement

A free monthly mind and body connection to help inspire art and create care for the writer.

January’s Notes

If you’re like us, you might be feeling stuck on larger things such as responding to the world’s suffering or climate change or global violence.

You also might be experiencing stuckness with what feels like smaller things—writing, water intake, self-care.

Often, this “smaller” stuckness sometimes feels trivial when juxtaposed with the world around us.

We must remind ourselves that we live in the intersections between these worlds—the outer and inner worlds, the larger and smaller worlds.

We must attend to both if we want to help in any capacity.

The world needs our gifts for the common good.

~

Writer’s Mudra

In On Being Stuck by Laraine Herring, she offers several powerful practices. One of her exercises is the writer’s mudra.

The Movement: Supine Bridge with Side Reach

Lie flat on your back, knees bent, heels on floor.
Keep arms by your sides, palms down and tuck your tailbone slightly as your life your hips. Your body should form a straight line from shoulders to knees.
Keep your core tight.
Holding the bridge position, reach one arm overhead and across your torso.
Return.
Repeat on the other side.