Hello,
“Suppose there was a book full only of the word
let – from whose clipped sound all things began: fir
and firmament, feather, the first whale – and suppose
we could scroll through its pages every day
to find and pronounce a Let meant only for us –
we would stumble through the streets with open books,
eyes crossed from too much reading: we would speak
in auto-rhyme, the world would echo itself – and still
we’d continue in rounds, saying let and let and let
until even silent dreams had been allowed.”
I wonder what it would be like if I owned such a book and scrolled daily through its pages. What could happen if I oriented around an endless invitation to let? If I turned towards steady encouragement to get underneath rote, refined and conditioned notions of what I want to let in, let shine and let go of? What might it feel like to let out untamed, never-before-spoken-dreams?
As we move through winter’s final weeks along the path to spring, what silent dreams would you like to let – out? shine? be? go? grow? And what, deep down, do you desire to let in?
In this newsletter you will find updates about my June nature meditation retreat and weekly Yoga Nidra classes. I am also taking a quick poll around interest for an on-going coaching group, and running a celebratory special-- see below. Finally, further down I share a book about letting the natural spaces around us be wild.
In appreciation,
Ashley
