Group photo after our first outdoor Shintaido keiko since…you know. Joined by Rob, Kesh, Annelie, and Virginia via zoom. Thinking of Joe Z under the big blue sky…
You Enter the Sword
Part of my morning routine at Mann’s Pond — an exercise where you imagine you are entering the sword/staff, then the staff entering you (hoshi otoshi in Shintaido). In beautiful nature, you are entering the world, the world is entering you.
When you finish a meditation, and open your eyes…
After a dance in the woods, a meditation on the beach, to find something inside, as the sun goes down, and you open your eyes, and it’s a new world.
Almost Rumi
I couldn’t think of a haiku for this, but it would have had something to do with isolation and finding inspiration or longing in nature, with an eye toward the poetry of Rumi. It would have been good.