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Rest in nature

10/6/2016

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​Today I am feeling the effects of a flu-cold-snuffle reality. The type that drains the body and condenses the will power back to the basics. I am using  pillow-slips for  handkerchiefs - all the other soft cotton type of things in our house have absorbed to their limit and are in the laundry awaiting cleaning. My head hurts - my eyes want to stay  closed.....
Today I am feeling the effects of a flu-cold-snuffle reality. The type that drains the body and condenses the will power back to the basics. I am using  pillow-slips for  handkerchiefs - all the other soft cotton type of things in our house have absorbed to their limit and are in the laundry awaiting cleaning. My head hurts - my eyes want to stay  closed.

Today we also had the return to the Weekly Nature Meditation. So what better way to honour this commitment and the current cold-flu realities than sink into restful restorative practices. Helpful when you are cold-sick or tired-busy-stressed-sick. The applications of nurture and nourish are beautiful.

Snuggled deep into many layers of jumpers, beanie, blanket I set out on a gentle walkabout in our 'home space' at Little Paradise Falls . In my achy hazy state I am surprised to notice new features and colours in this familiar landscape - a striking hollow in a tree we have often walked past, the scrubbed out scratching's  of leaves moving against smooth bark, wildflowers a-blooming.

Atop of the lookout - flat slabs of rock are the perfect nestling space for a restorative yoga practice. I set up a snuggle space on the rock and follow a restorative sequence inspired by The Practical Mystic.  Soothing, restful, peaceful = restorative. Practicing Viparita Karani in this setting, my legs up a very special rock wall.

Beautiful restful sketches below from The Practical Mystics blog page.
I slowly wander down through the 'Guardian Rocks' (still, tall rocky outcrops that it seems to me tower around the falls themselves - creating a necessary pathway of quietening and reverence as one enters the space of the cave below the falls).

Here I crawl into the foetal position, on a patch of dry earth - slotted deep back in the cave. I watch the tumbling waters with curious eyes. My still and steady body resting, breathing. My eyelids close - I feel the direct embrace of the earth itself - the arching rocky rooftop just millimetres above me, the grains of crunchy earth pushing upward from the floor. I rest in this loving embrace, the sound of constant water fall soothing and drumming me to sleep.

On the return back up the hill, I stop and gently place my aching head on the smooth bark of a gum tree. I bow down to both rest and gentle activity and recognising the natural space for both .
6 Comments
Carmel
10/7/2016 03:09:03 pm

Heal well .... Read this and was there with you 😊

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Kate Gilson
10/7/2016 07:04:51 pm

Carmel - lovely to have you with me - I feel the presence of those further afield each week. Luckily I am well on the path of healing - enjoying a beautiful day here in our lovely Valley. Best and restful wishes to your red earth centre spirit.

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Lori Bacigalupi link
10/10/2016 06:11:05 pm

Rest your starry peepers and fiery muscles my friend. Wish I could be there to fix you a cup of ginger tea. Surely you are already feeling better.
Isn't it lovely to drift off to the mad quiet of nature's rhythm?
Thank you always for your sensual blog.

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Kate Gilson
10/11/2016 09:00:13 pm

Peepers rested, fire in muscles cooled. Thankynou! Ginger tea with you any time would be wonderful. I shall put a cuppa on now and sit down and toast to you.

And yes the mad quiet of natures rhythm's is the perfect place to drift.

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Sara link
10/12/2016 04:44:22 pm

Dearest Kate,
I am sorry for my delayed response, because there are now 5 days of my life that haven't had this beautiful post in it <3. I love that you took my simple little practice out into the healing arms of nature, and that you have the kind of connection to yourself that would allow you to do such a thing. Beautiful xo

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Kate Gilson
10/15/2016 02:44:41 am

Sara - so lovely to see you here - I think a while back you followed the blog, but technological blips and I lost you. Ah - your healing practice, in the healing arms of nature - healed me in a hurry. I was soooo much better by the next day. Ooooh I love inspiration towards such practices - thanks for being an ongoing and consistent source of such soul nurture. Kate

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