We affirm our truth

Last Sunday we celebrated our Island Within... our SAFE Place... our inner TRUTH. Through song, story, and careful reflection we investigated this place of POWER, and expressed our selves creatively - with poetry, movement and collage. 

The Island Within

" Breathing In I go back to the Island within myself. 

There are beautiful trees within the island, there are clear streams of water, 

there are birds, sunshine, and fresh air, breathing out I feel safe.

I enjoy going back to my island." -  Thich Nhat Hanh

Layering vocals and percussion, MUSIC was an exercise in mindful merriment, as we followed our conductor's guide and created an ebb and flow of volume, and tempo. The Island Within by Thich Nhat Hanh was the INSPIRATION for our rhythmic exploration. This beautiful song, is an excellent reminder that STOPPING and taking care of our feelings with a time-out, doesn't have to be boring or unpleasant - quite the opposite! Connecting to our inner place of PEACE can be as wonderful and magical an experience as each of us can dream up.  

Here are our friends Julian & Chad with their funky you tube version, as they weave it together with another. It's a song you'll want to keep humming! 

For POEM & Stretch this week, we composed our own snowy reflections. It was fun to recite & EXPERIENCE the snow through each other's words & movements. 
Click here to see all of our snowy reflections

Lyrical and DREAMLIKE, Nancy Tillman's The Crown on Your Head set our imaginations in motion & filled us all with a powerful sense of WELL BEING. Her magical illustrations create an atmosphere of pure POSSIBILITY, & naturally  encourage each to explore the places of WONDER within. 

During our MEDITATION, Eline Snel describes A Safe Place as "a place where you can't be disturbed, a place where you can be yourself". With her GENTLE guidance we are reminded that we can find PEACE and quiet inside by traveling in our mind to a place, real or IMAGINED, that we feel completely safe. "A place where you are perfect just the way YOU ARE. No need to think or do or take care of anyone - just BE in this safe place where things are GOOD and warm, and nothing needs changing." It felt good to just REST there.

AFTERwards we shared with one another some of the places of peace and wonder we visited during the MEDITATION. "Running on the BEACH", "Sitting on a CLIFF overlooking the ocean", "under my BED", "In a SECRET room", "SNUGGLING with my family", to quote a few.

WE dragged our ART Room out onto the floor as we continued our LIFE SIZE self portraits. This week we added our peaceful places using markers, COLLAGE, and paint to express and create! NEXT week we will finish them up, so come and share your inner world.


NEXT SUNDAY we will explore the present moment with Eckhart Tolle's book Milton's Secret , and Eline Snel's guided meditation The Conveyor Belt of Worry. Come relax, CREATE, and practice with us, we love to spend our SUNDAY Mornings with you!