!! ! ! ! ! "#$#%&!'()$! *+$#,-+./!01$23(,!45$6!7845! ! 4 Listen to your body This is an allbody awareness. Which means we need to first have reverence for the body we were born with—an undeniable challenge in our society. Yet, we cannot expect entertainment or anyone outside of us to change their ways or opinions. We have only control over our own. This, like much of what I’m saying, is an inside job—cliché as that sounds. Look for ways that allow you to feel appreciation for your body. Exercise, eat well, get bodywork. Once you have a reverence for your body, you will more easily listen to it and trust when it tells you something by putting a knot in your stomach, creating tingles of excitement or when something just feels right in your bones. 9(:(3,+$;&!?2,:-@;-(!?+:-2,>! A-#1+$;2&! ! "$!B;$&(.!C(+-2@)!! 92%%#&;$.!'+,%! 5 Let go of what you think you are Positive and negative labels put limita- tions on you that you may otherwise outgrow. By dropping any preconceived notions of who you are, you make room for being in the moment and awake to your potential. Labels also put filters on your experience, altering your perception of what is happening. Without knowing ahead of time what and how you are to interact, you are more available to spontaneity. It is easy to blame our current predicament on technology. However, my guess is that the separation started long before technology existed. Perhaps the beginning was with the invention of agriculture, or the birth of verbal language. Regardless of where it started, my call out to you is to shift your focused attention that technology and language need and expand it so it includes all that surrounds you. Become a participant of life, centered in your body while allowing your ancient, wild self to awaken. Know deeply that you are an integral part of the whole and be aware that you belong—not because of what you do, but because of what you are. And what you are is alive. Enjoy it. Katrina Clay founded the Upstate New York’s wellness publication, The Healing Springs Journal in 2002. She is also a public speaker, writer, workshop facilitator, and co-director of SIPN (Saratoga Integrative Practitioners Network). Every full moon, she hosts a modern shamanic journey that is open to the public in different locations throughout Saratoga. She deeply believes that humans will thrive when they reclaim their ancient nature. ! 77D!?()$!"E(F/!*+,+$2<+! ! 44!+%GD!H%! ! 'IAA!"JCK**K0L!!! ! M*2%(!+1$;E;$;()!+&-!>22-!@;::!6+E(!12)$N! *6((H!*6(+,(,! !",$;)+&!O,(+-!C+P;&!B,(.! !'22-! T,#1P)! !C#);1! !X(&-2,)!+&-!C2,(Y!!! ! ! 9+::!Z4[GZ[\G]^\D!>2,!%2,(!;&>2F! ! Healing Springs I #104 I July/August ‘19 25