The River Teaches

The Rivers Teaches

Sit comfortably  or lay down  and open the map with the rustle of intention, unfolding it in your hands like parchment, its edges soft and inviting.  Follow the path  to the River of Release, here tension dissipates with a deliberate act: listen to the sound of water gurgling over stones. Unclench your jaw, soften your gaze, roll your shoulders free from their perch near your ears. Breathe deeply—the kind of breath that anchors, where the inhale expands like a sail catching wind, and the exhale trickles down your spine like cool water. The river flows only as you empty the burdens you carry. Name them, silently or aloud, and feel their weight dissolve. The air thickens with the taint of your toxic burden, to be overlaid with the scent of lavender and warm earth symbols of cleansing and release. Dip your fingertips in the river’s surface, noticing the silk-thread coolness  the swirling ripples that invites you to let go. With each ripple, tension unwinds; with each touch, a knot loosens. As you continue to breath deeply , slowly, rhythmically. The landscape ahead glimmers with soft greens and warm golds, a promise of softness, of ease felt in the soles of your feet.

Poem from the Four Arcs of Belonging.
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