Daily Nourishment for August 21, 2024: Gentle Repetition with Guidance from Nicole Parsons
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 10-15 minutes
“Direct your heart upward.”
Pause.
In a quiet place with some privacy, settle into a comfortable place (standing or sitting) where you can spend 3 minutes in a gentle repetitive movement. You might sway or rock, twist your torso left and right while swinging your arms — even breathing intentionally is a gentle repetitive movement. Take three minutes to enjoy some rhythm.
Prompt.
For three minutes, write down all the one-syllable words you can think of. Keep your hand moving. You might say the words out loud as you write them, feel the consonants and vowels in your mouth.
Practice.
With these rhythms and cadences still stirring in you, write for 10 minutes about rhythm.
Where do you feel rhythm and how do you experience cadences in your body and world. Where are the places in your life that have a strong rhythm? Where are the places in your life that have no rhythm? What is the difference like? Try to keep your hand moving at a steady pace, maybe even a rhythm. See what comes up.
Want More?
Experience the interplay of rhythm and metaphor in this read/sung/translation of a Rumi poem by Haleh Liza Gafori
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Today’s Daily Nourishment was provided by Nicole Parsons in 2023 before we began to offer Daily Nourishment on the website. Nicole Parsons is a spiritual director with an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction, and almost everything she knows she learned from stories. Learn more about Nicole and her writing here.
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