In this together
This morning I did an outrageous number (162) of undulating sun salutations that I call sundulations, for RBG, and for the collective.
And there was also a great deal long slow stretching, for the collective.
STRENGTH & AGILITY & FOCUS for the collective.
My monsters said it was a waste of time, but I reminded them that doing anything for the collective means everyone benefits. It’s fractal.
We all gain from this concentrated effort and presence.
I believe that because I choose to believe that. Or I imagine what it would be like to believe that.
For The Collective!
My friend washed her hair, like a star, which reminded me that I do not even remember how long it’s been since I’ve done that.
INSPIRATION & CLARITY & LEONINE GLAMOUR for the collective.
Another friend cleaned her porch, like a star, which reminded me that I can do some light gleaming ops for the new moon and to improve my mood.
SPARKLING & GLEAMING for the collective.
Another friend is planting seeds.
GOODNESS & HOPE for the collective.
Another friend is learning about plants.
WISDOM & DISCERNMENT for the collective.
My wise uncle is re-committing to at least three naps before lunch.
REST & RESTORATION & REJUVENATION for the collective.
Let’s play.
Can we imagine today that everything we are doing and not-doing is serving the collective, that we are lovingly supporting each other from afar in every moment?
What qualities and superpowers are we embodying for the collective today and what do we need more of? Maybe someone else is taking care of that for us.
May we all feel the glow of companionship & community even in circumstances of worry and isolation. You are invited to share what you are up to and imagine what glorious qualities are being GLOWED FOR THE COLLECTIVE!
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Taking my vitamins FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Making tea FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Going outside and talking to a butterfly FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Washing dishes FOR THE COLLECTIVE!
Baking waffles. Sweetness, softness and crispness for the collective!
Going for a walk. Sunshine and movement for the collective!
Drinking tea. Taking a break and warming up for the collective!
So many lovely things for the collective!
? I planted flowers & veg with a pup’s help today. Cleaning some tomorrow. Right now, taking an epsom salt bath. Baked zucchini cake yesterday.? glad to hear about all of your days.?
Question marks are heart emojis in disguise!
Zucchini cake for the collective! Heart emojis in disguise for the collective!!!
Oh gods, this is exactly what I needed
right now. I know because I immediately started bawling which is a sure fire, if inconvenient and embarrassing, indicator of what is deeply needed.
Today I did Zoom Zumba, despite intense technical difficulties, for the collective. Long live (which autocorrect turned into Long Love) the power of dancing in our living rooms) for the collective.
Today I watched a movie/story that I had been joyfully anticipating for months (Miss Fisher and the Crypt I’d Tears) and it brought me delight, may that delight benefit the collective.
Long Live and Long Love Zoom-ba for the collective!!!! Delight in service of the collective! Yes! Love it!
y’all I was gonna spend the day outside with my excellent leashcats, down by the lake, maybe making jewelry, maybe not
FOR THE COLLECTIVE
but then I got my van stuck in the mud & had to walk most of a mile back home WITH THREE LEASHCATS
FOR THE COLLECTIVE
so yeah the lot of us got a bunch of walking in anyway
Getting in those miles FOR THE COLLECTIVE, you and the cats are heroic stars!!!
Having microwave problems, so my lukewarm coffee became iced coffee–but that is some SUPERPOWERS OF CREATIVE PIVOTING For The Collective!
Reaching out to different friends every day–love and compassion For The Collective!
Moving my chair to be in the sun–solar power For The Collective!
CREATIVE PIVOTING For The Collective is the most amazing superpower of all time?! I am so inspired by this! LET THERE BE more Creative Pivoting!
TODAY I will be rescuing the van FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Which will involve more walking, though without cats, & then Great Ingenuity! FOR THE COLLECTIVE!
After which I will TAKE A SHOWER, which is FOR THE COLLECTIVE but also FOR ME because y’all I can smell me, & I don’t smell good.
I am very inspired by your shower for the collective, and I am going to try to be inspired enough to shower FOR THE COLLECTIVE as well.
Here’s to Ingenuity and A Good Rescue! In the meantime, I am eating chocolate FOR THE COLLECTIVE (Energizing For The Collective) and writing a blog post (Words! For The Collective!) and wishing you well (Wishes! For The Collective!)
This is brilliant.
Today I created a short sing-along video and am uploading it now, For The Collective! Last week I created and posted an even shorter music relaxation video, also For The Collective!
Now I am slogging through my email inbox! Absolutely, For The Collective!
Oooh, I want to do a sing-along video! Can you share a link? SLOGS FOR THE COLLECTIVE!!! You are an inspiration!!!
For several days I’ve been lighting a candle while I work FOR THE COLLECTIVE, and also for soothing my own small soul.
{a soft pause for my work as an essential government employee (working at home) that sometimes involves very hard choices for the collective}
BIG SIGH and a few tears. Oof.
Right now I am sitting on the couch wrapped in numerous blankies with Cuddle Doggo, sipping my tea and actually eating some food FOR THE COLLECTIVE! 🙂
Before that, I asked a provider on Instagram about a link to an online workshop which wasn’t working for me, and it apparently wasn’t working for anyone, so the link got fixed and people can join the soul song circle = ASKING QUESTIONS FOR THE COLLECTIVE!!
Attending the workshop is also FOR THE COLLECTIVE! of course. 🙂
Spouse is out procuring groceries FOR THE COLLECTIVE! and Eldest Offspring is pruning roses and perennials FOR THE COLLECTIVE! (and for cash, lol) and Offspring the Younger is playing games and caring for his reptile & amphibian friends FOR THE COLLECTIVE!
The cuddle doggo is soundly resting FOR THE COLLECTIVE!
And later today, depending on conditions on the ground, I will switch the house altar from
A Celebration of Winter & Water & Snow & Returning Light
to
A Celebration of Spring & EVER INCREASING LIGHT! & Growing & All Powers of Healing to the People & Health Energy Strength to Health Care Workers & Food Suppliers
The altar is led always by Grandmother Spider, The One Who Hears the Cries of the World, and Our Friend Raven.
Thank you, Havi, for this post. I can attest to the fractal power of your sundluations. Every morning I could feel the buzz in the dome when the powerful work began. <3 <3 <3 always to you and to everyone here and TO THE COLLECTIVE! 😀
I love this!!!! EVER INCREASING LIGHT!!! Newness for the Collective!!!
So much softness for the tears of hard work and Asking Questions for the Collective! Thankyou–I/we need both x
Pulling up brambles FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Planting chives FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Wearing dangly purple earrings FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Drinking Lady Grey tea FOR THE COLLECTIVE! Unpacking boxes FOR THE COLLECTIVE!
YES!!!!!!! I can feel it! It all helps!
Today I took a shower FOR THE COLLECTIVE and put together a small load of wash to do tomorrow FOR THE COLLECTIVE. And ate a thing I don’t usually eat, and more of it than I usually do … I was visited by a monster suggesting I was being gluttonous to which I replied THEN TODAY IS THE DAY FOR GLUTTONY!!! The collective needs to eat! <3
That might be the most amazing monster-response I have ever read, my monsters are sitting here flabbergasted with no way to counter that, you are right, THE COLLECTIVE MUST BE NOURISHED!!!!
Omgoodness, “Today is the day for Gluttony” made me swoon! Today is the day for Collapse, for Bad Thoughts, for all the less-than-perfect acts Good and Kind people commit! Today is the day I push back at my monsters for all their harsh judgement of my lapses!
Thankyou for role modelling this for me *closes eyes gratefully*
Ohhh! Surreptitiously curious and coy heart emojis! *love*
Today, I repotted an exhausted little fern that had lost its former magnificence in a cruelly contagious outbreak of something sinister. (Oh.) The Collective was nurtured and given hope of a new life, despite the decimation.
Today, I cried with Overwhelm. I thought it was just my Overwhelm, but clearly I was expressing not just mine but the Collective’s. (May you feel some Ease and Letting Go relief.)
Today, I cranked the music up and moved until I sweat out some of the toxic stress chemicals that keep infiltrating our Collective bodies.
Today, I cared more deeply than I wanted to care, felt everything more deeply than I wanted to feel… but now thinking of it as it as for the Collective is soothing. (Though I still think our “leaders” should do more of the caring and feeling than have us do it for them!)
Oh, so then I also rebelled for the Collective *narrows eyes and gets feisty fighty look* And now I will fight for the Collective!