Reflections - Movement Exploration Day 2

It was a cold, windy, rainy, summers day in south wales, grey clouds, gusts and heavy showers were presented to us by mother earth.. I was hit instantly by the energy of the sea, it was tempered, waves curling and crashing.. Then I was hit by the sounds created by such energy, the sound of the sea and the wind, roaring and howling, together creating a perfectly orchestrated sound..

Moving with explorations offered in 'The Dynamics of Flow: The Fluid System of the Body' Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (1993).

'The fluids can be explored through visualizing and sensing their presence and through feeling them in movement..' 'begin by opening and closing your hand..' 'Improvise with swing-like movement, rising and falling and rebounding..' 'produce sound with and/or from a free-flowing and loose quality' (Bainbridge Cohen: 1993).

I stood on the shore, feet sinking, melting down into the sand, into the earth.. The wind was blowing so strong I felt I could lean back and be supported by its force. Waves danced vigorously to my right side, whispering in my right ear.. The sand, the earth held firm on my left side and the sun pepping through the clouds in front of me; the wind blowing behind pushed me forward while the sun in front pulled me from my heart centre. The sound of the sea filling my right ear, entering the ear canals and travelling down into my belly, filling deep in my belly, filling and curling in my sacral chakra; the energy centre associated with the element water and colour orange..

My movement was more vigorous, less clam and peaceful to what it had been on day 1. The sea was clam on day 1 and therefore, perhaps so too were my fluids within? I believe that the seas energy today enhanced my fluid energy, this can be observed in the video documentation of the two explorations visit www.vimeo.co./lucindaalexstone and view 'The Shape of Water' Somatic Movement Exploration 1&2, or simply click the following link http://vimeo.com/26377179

Barry Island, The Vale of Glamorgan

The sea was also surprisingly warm, warmer than day 1 when it was still; energy creates heat, creates warmth.. My fluid system was in tune with the earths fluid, moving intuitively with its mood, feeling, sound, presence, energy...

'Water connects us to the rhythms of the natural world.. As we observe crashing of waves, tumbling waterfalls, or a drop of rain running down a pane of glass, our bodies respond' (Olsen 2002). I felt my body respond to the waters energy and the natural rhythms of the sea & cosmos today...

Dancing the Sun Out

As we left the seas side (my dear friend Diane accompanying me and being a wonderful camera woman) the cloud and rain cleared. The sun shone high in a clear blue sky as we sat bathing in its energy in Diane's garden and I said 'we danced the sun out...'