the old crone
I discovered a woman who practices Chi Nei Tsang an hour from where I live.
I was looking for an acupuncturist (just because I enjoy a little tune-up to tune in with my soul!) and found Lucie Liénard.
Chi Nei Tsang is a deep-tissue massage that stimulates the abdominal organs to release stagnant energy and emotions. It’s a Taoist practice of creating space to metabolize memories and experiences.
I experienced visions, nausea, sharp pain, and flashes of insight during the treatment - especially as my kidneys were palpated.
The emotion associated with the kidneys is fear.
No one is attracted to me: I don’t belong; I will never find a partner; I will be the old crone that no one wants.
That was my body's story as I exhaled at my right kidney.
When this surfaced, it was the final palpation; my kidney kicked back at Lucie. Something inside of me resisted and pushed her away. I felt confused and angry.
Who’s story is that?! Whose narrative has steeped so deep into my bones that my soul is poisoned by this patriarchal nonsense?
We all have fears, perhaps placed so deep we are unaware of them. I’ve been taking long walks with the butterflies and doing powerful kriyas to clear!
If you want a kidney cleanse, join me for a yoga class this week. Details and links are below.
Sending you love and light,
Seraphina
JULY YOGA SCHEDULE
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KUNDILATES - THURSDAY
7am pst | 10am est | 4pm cet | 5pm trt
VINYASA - TUESDAY
7am pst | 10am est | 4pm cet | 5pm trt
KUNDALINI YOGA - SATURDAY
8am pst | 11am est | 5pm cet | 6pm trt
Aging
by Rumi
Why does a date-palm lose its leaves in autumn?
Why does every beautiful face grow in old age
Wrinkled like the back of a Libyan lizard?
Why does a full head of hair get bald?
Why is the tall, straight figure
That divided the ranks like a spear
Now bent almost double?
Why is it that the
Lion strength weakens to nothing?
The wrestler who could hold anyone down
Is led out with two people supporting him,
Their shoulders under his arms?
God answers,
“They put on borrowed robes
And pretended they were theirs.
I take the beautiful clothes back,
So that you will learn the robe
Of appearance is only a loan.”
Your lamp was lit from another lamp.
All God wants is your gratitude for that.
C u R r e n t l y
What I’m reading:
◇ Poetry by Rumi.
What I’m listening to:
What I’m practicing:
◇ Kriya for the Kidneys.
Quote of the Week:
If you weep, the crone will move closer to you. Laugh, and she wants to hear the joke. Dance, and she wants to dance with you and in you … More so, she has help for the hurt heart and for the one poisoned by bitterness, and she can pull the thorn from the breast; she can tattoo your scars with flowering boughs.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
3 questions to brew on:
What are your deeply rooted fears? Name them.
What is a story (belief, value) you’re ready to release?
Where did this fear/story come from - what are it’s origins? Is it yours, or did it belong to someone else and you inherited it?