06/30/2024
Prompt #3 -Oneness
I was once asked, "If I could speak without mentioning something related to yoga"
I've carried that conversation with me for awhile.
At the time, I didn't have the words to answer, but over the years they surfaced.
No I can't.
Yoga is not just a physical regime I do on a mat at a studio.
It doesn't end when Savanasa is over; it's a way of life.
It's woven into how I breathe & how I chose to live.
There is no separation.
This Fire Alchemy flow prompt challenge: Oneness
No surprise that yoga asanas, intention setting, and grounding techniques merge with my version of fire medicine.
There is no room for separation here either. It would be to dangerous. Flesh & nature are to vulnerable to the transformative power & speed of fire.
The prop, the fire, the tree, me, you- we are all an extension of each other in experiencing, living, being- in a different vessel, dancing through life.
As you breathe out - I breathe in.
I'm aware of the support of nature beneath my feet to ground my energy, I'm aware of not burning the tree's limbs as I breathe in the oxygen it provides to fuel my body. I'm aware of the power-lines, to not disturb those who I haven't met. I'm aware of not forcing or doing anything to fast to feed the flame, but to move slowly with respect.
And for the sacred interconnections that we can not see with our human eyes. I'm aware of and one with the Pagan women before me who were murdered by fire, I'm one with the women who are not allowed to move their bodies because control has deemed it 'sinful', I'm one with those who remain wild.
I'm grateful for my connection to the flame, it's music, it's medicine.
Most of all I am grateful to my fire family for awakening this baby dragon.
💛
-the bayou Firefly
