Harvesting Hunger

With the loss of loved ones, a hunger grows for a past that included them, and for a future that assumed them. The newly posted Shakti Yoga Dance, “Last Farewell” shaktidances.com moves from a twisty tango of loving and longing. During its construction, we said ‘goodbye, in different ways, to three wonderful friends, binding a deeply emotional perspective into the choreography. Dancing “Last Farewell” is a reminder that healing comes in many ways. Each time I move into the breath and steps of this tango-tune, the weight of longing lifts and beckons a rich harvest to flow through my body, soothing grief and celebrating memories. It reminds me to cherish what is, and to love who remains. This harvest is a soulful bake from ingredients of loneliness and deprivation.

I hunger to bake rich, golden bread, to succor bodies starving for peace. The world is seeking redemptive harvests as we are all starved for being. The high cost of only doing has taken over ~upping the scarcity of mindfulness. This is a difficult hunger, like having a small-minded point of view. It’s tough to separate wheat from chaff, and discern a good bake from the bad. I can sink into a mire of over-doing, old perspectives, and self-absorption until I’m downing under their weight. But when I harvest their stupidities, I am drop kicked toward new vistas. These hungers offer me densely rich breads, leavened from my pettiness, angst, and mindlessness.

In wanting to be an artist of the ordinary, a baker of breads, a two-stepping dancer, a creature seeking its ‘being’, I ask you ~how do you hold the magic of loving what is? Why does it take misfortune to reveal joy? Does life only become visible and viable through suffering and loss? How do you not take daily tender mercies for granted? Why can’t I show up already grateful for the wonder at my fingertips? Is it that we cannot deep-dive, nor collaborate with the gods until we hunger? Is it this burden of recognition that guides us toward artistry? As a baker of breads, a dancer with two feet, and a creative creature, I want small daily rituals to become holy habits. I want to turn loss into healing practices, I want, I want, I want to harvest my hungers.

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Thank you so very much!