In Between Poses

When you think no one’s watching
When the moment takes over
When you forget what you’re thinking and say what you really feel
When you’re in between poses
And when your laughter takes over
That’s when you’re floating with the angels…
…You’re beautiful.
- In Between Poses by Jen Foster [click link to hear song]

Who are you when you’re “in between poses” – in those times when pretense slips away for a moment, and your internal artwork is expressed?

And who would you be if you allowed others to see the core of you that appears when you’re in between “poses”?

The moment after you hang up the phone.

The moment you shut the door after a loved one leaves your home.

The moment you notice the early morning sunlight through the autumn leaves

The moment backstage before your show … or speech … or award acceptance.

The moment before the elevator door opens.

The moment before your first morning cup of coffee.

The moment after meditation.

The moment in between poses, when your eyes express a thousand thoughts, and your body shows its full array of emotion, and your essence shimmers through every pore.

The moment in between poses, when you are simply YOU.

Terrifying.  Freeing. Transformative. Magical.

When you’re in between poses
And when your laughter takes over
That’s when you’re floating with the angels…
…You’re beautiful.

Still not convinced?  Hear the words to music… listen to the whole song [here], then go find yourself, your beauty, in between poses

What will you find?

What will you find… when you make room for different today?

What will you find … when you stop the frenzy of DOING and open up to BEING?

What will you find… when you step into stillness and experience yourself there?

What will you find… when you greet yourself at the mirror as though you’re your own dearest friend?

flower in globe vaseWhat will you find… when you step to your edge, then take one step more?

What will you find…when you press your hands to your heart and thank it for giving you life?

What will you find…when you put pen to paper and let the words flow?

What will you find…when you reach out your hand, palm open to give and receive?

What will you find…when you give your shadows a taste of your sunlight?

What will you find…when you refuse to go against your inner knowing?

What will you find…when you decide to believe?

What will you find… ???

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all text and photos by Starla J. King of OutWrite Living unless otherwise noted.

Mo(u)rning

I’ve been working with my dear dear life mentor/coach, Nancy (from the Big Fish Nation program) on understanding my reactions to transitions in my life. All sorts of transitions: moving from one season to the next, from one type of work to the next, from one way of Being to the next.

I tend to stumble over transitions as though they were emotional potholes, and I’m starting to create a smoother road for myself simply by noticing those potholes. Awareness is a powerful thing!

sjk1One of my biggest transition potholes is…ugh… MORNING. For as long as I can remember, I have been emotionally tossed around by morning transitions from the sacred comfort of Sleep to the wearying expectations of Awake.

While I know part of this is a residual effect of my ongoing struggle with depression (more on that some other time), I’m tired of morning emotional surfing. I’m ready to make friends with those Morning Transitions, as I suspect there’s some real Beauty in the confluence of emotion in the raw early morning times.

Of course then I turn to writing for my own understanding… and perhaps even yours as you hear my words in your own voice.

So…I wish you all a Good Morning in the deepest sense of the phrase, and offer you this:

Mo(u)rningmorning1

Don’t push me
to feel or act or think
I’ll get there
in my own time

Soon.

Let me first
marinate
in my very own quiet
Gently caressing my thoughts
into waking
Holding
each precious beat of my heart
delicately
carefully
tentatively
until I know that today
Today
the balance will tip to the blessed side of
Full…
Enough…
Extra…

so when our paths cross
and your heart is thirsty
I simply pour us each a sparking glass of
Full…morning5
Enough…
Extra…
and together
Together we drink the healing nectar of
Love.

So don’t push me
to feel or act or think
I’ll get there
in my own time

Soon.

Now.

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Today’s scent: Lavender Nature's Prayer

Today’s Song:  When It Don’t Come Easy (Patty Griffin)

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