Before you begin the next sequence, move along the shore.
As you do so, personalize your movement with embellishments. Maybe you want to turn and spin occasionally, taking in not only the body of water, but the space around it. When you have made it about a quarter of the way around the shoreline edge, you can begin the next sequence:
GROUNDING
Standing at the shoreline, look across the water. Can you see the opposite edge of the shore?
What kinds of grasses, trees, and flowers are growing? Find one tree in particular and hold its gaze.
The next movements you’ll take will be informed by the movements this tree has taken over the span of its life. The tree has sent roots deep into the earth, shooting in all directions, anchoring itself into soil and rock. The deeper this tree has rooted into the earth, the higher it can reach towards the sky.
Standing at the shoreline, extend your arms over the water, so you can see their reflection. Looking at their reflection in the water, separate your fingers from one another, allowing them to branch out in directions away from each other.
Keeping your gaze on the reflection of your fingers, separate and extend your toes in a similar manner.
Now, using your legs, anchor into the ground. You may do this by using your legs to scrape away at the topsoil, and physically root into it, or you may, without moving a muscle, be able to perform this anchoring by just feeling the weight of your body being pulled downwards by gravity.
To further this grounding, lower your arms to your sides, with fingers still extended from one another. Now, with both hands in sync, bring your fingers together towards the center of your palms, and then extend them out again (on repeat) with hands pointed towards the ground.
Once you feel anchored, you can end this motion with your hands, and raise your arms higher, imagining that each is a strong branch. Like the tree across the water from you, you are able to reach towards the sky, now that you’ve rooted so deeply.
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GROUNDING
Standing at the shoreline, look across the water. Can you see the opposite edge of the shore?
What kinds of grasses, trees, and flowers are growing? Find one tree in particular and hold its gaze.
The next movements you’ll take will be informed by the movements this tree has taken over the span of its life. The tree has sent roots deep into the earth, shooting in all directions, anchoring itself into soil and rock. The deeper this tree has rooted into the earth, the higher it can reach towards the sky.
Standing at the shoreline, extend your arms over the water, so you can see their reflection. Looking at their reflection in the water, separate your fingers from one another, allowing them to branch out in directions away from each other.
Keeping your gaze on the reflection of your fingers, separate and extend your toes in a similar manner.
Now, using your legs, anchor into the ground. You may do this by using your legs to scrape away at the topsoil, and physically root into it, or you may, without moving a muscle, be able to perform this anchoring by just feeling the weight of your body being pulled downwards by gravity.
To further this grounding, lower your arms to your sides, with fingers still extended from one another. Now, with both hands in sync, bring your fingers together towards the center of your palms, and then extend them out again (on repeat) with hands pointed towards the ground.
Once you feel anchored, you can end this motion with your hands, and raise your arms higher, imagining that each is a strong branch. Like the tree across the water from you, you are able to reach towards the sky, now that you’ve rooted so deeply.
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