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Under the Pale Half Moon

At sunrise, no matter how cold, I put on my robe and head out to my little hot tub and sit. These days my sitting meditation entails internalizing, kinesthetically and physically, characteristics of certan animals.

First, I internalize the largeness and roundness and softness of the bear.

Then, I internalize the large and powerful back of the Silverback gorilla.

 

Then, the wingspan of the red tail hawk which nests in a tree but 150 metres from my house.

As my outstretched arms, now my wings, were weightlessly floating upon the water, I opened my eyes.

Before me, 10 metres ahead, under the pale half-moon hanging in the blue morning sky, was a red tail hawk staring straight into my eyes.

The next instant, he’s right over my head, his outstreched wings directly above my outstretched wings. Same exact length.

There, then gone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNEu_f7cVas

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Bruce

Written by Bruce Fertman

Bruce brings 60 years of study as a movement artist and educator to his work having trained in gymnastics, modern dance, ballet, contact improvisation, the Alexander Technique, Tai Chi Chu’an, Aikido, Chanoyu, (Japanese Tea Ceremony), Argentine Tango, and Kyudo (Zen Archery). For the past 30 years, Bruce has been helping people experience the interconnectedness of physical and spiritual life. He founded the Alexander Alliance in 1982 and Grace of Sense in 2019, his online community-school. Author of Teaching by Hand, Learning by Heart, and of The Way In ~ The Way Out, Bruce is currently co-authoring a book with Michael Gelb for New World Library entitled, Walk – How to Discover Comfort, Vitality, and Inspiration in Every Step.
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