BODY LAND - Metaphor Medicine

We call on the concept of “image” in poetry to approach embodiment and bring in the Nat Geo jellyfish to feel all the feels toward: safety, breath, and inner calm.

Together we look to the movies to inspire our immune system to fight with swords. Then we clean up and take a long qi shower. We are using our imaginations to help us feel better.

Your immune system is more complex than a symphony. Let's make sure it's awake, empowered, and appreciated.

The world feels suddenly turned upside-down but we are in it together people. Let's bring it back to the body, mind and spirit, and use our knowledge and put our creative energy toward our own benefit so we can be stronger and more aligned in ourselves for ourselves and for others. This Season, some episodes will be GVs (guided visualizations) and some will be Talks (on Chinese Medicine, plant medicine, innovation, and cultural observations). There will also be an opportunity for you to call in for a customized GV which we will share on the podcast. Please consider making a donation (B0DYLAND Venmo account) to support this effort. $1/episode is a great place to start. Thank you! Liz

Dive into the deep yin of darkness to let go of static emotional states through some wild and colorful methods. There's a little explanation first and then it shifts into the meditation. Art Rx for all the Feels: Artists who paint themselves and others flying and floating: Faith Ringgold Marc Chagall Check out the cosmic connectivity of Chani Nicholas https://chaninicholas.com

Juice up your jing, which, in Chinese Medicine, is your deep essence goo, kinda like how oil is the deep essence goo of the Earth. People with BJE (Big Jing Energy) live long, love hard, and run strong. Art Rx for your jing: El Anatsui's shimmering stunning wall hangings made from discarded bottlecaps, metal liquor wrappings and soda tabs (most impressive clean up pollution result ever) https://www.jackshainman.com/artists/el-anatsui/ Remember this Joy Harjo poem: Remember https://poets.org/poem/remember-0 Lizzo's album "Cuz I Love You" slings straight into to your juicy jing resevoir.

In this guided visualization, let's get basic and be trees together. We'll go through the seasons and feel all the shedding and growing and windfall and snow. Get ready to get leafy and stuff.  Want to see cool stuff? Here's you Art Rx:  Look up Aerial View Photography on pinterest Check out artist Nils-Udo  Read about artist Agnes Denes in the New York Times

Got a sore knee, elbow, wrist, kip, ankle, shoulder, back? Let's start at the source of your pain and see if we can use your imagination to shift the way you are holding tension there.   Hey btw, FIRST-- if you don't have an image come to mind when you hear me say: atom shape -- google 'atom' first, so you can see it and have it readily accessible in your mind. :-)   Your Art (and Wildlife) Rx: Livestream honey bee hive (link on website) Artist Hilda af Kimt   The poem What's Broken by Dorianne Laux 

Really, it would be more accurate to call this “Let’s Get Unreal About the Diaphragm! For real, when your diaphragm is in a pinch you can feel all kinds of crummy symptoms: anxiety, shortness of breath, heartburn, ribside pain, poor circulation, headaches, and more, but I'll stop there. Sheesh. Let's ambush the diaphragm with lots of imagery to help you release tension from this beast of a muscle.  (P.S. the diaphragm is particularly influenced by creative expression, that's why we are going this route. P.P.S. Never worry if you are visualizing something different or at another angle from what I'm trying to describe. Just let your imagination do its thing.)   Art Rx for curious people who want to look stuff up:  Images of treetops and a phenomenon called crown shyness Listen to Chavela Vargas, one of the most expressive singers ever  Artist Hiba Schabaz  imagines the self immersed in natural 

We're going old school, all the way back to pre-school for this one, mixing memory into our senses and embracing wonder while we bloom bloom bloom the diaphragm. Curious for more? This episode's Art Rx is full of delights: Agnes Pelton (1881-1961)- abstract artist with spiritual vibes http://www.phxart.org/exhibition/agnes-pelton Eiko and Koma's Delicious Movement Manifesto http://eikoandkoma.org/deliciousmanifesto Using Memory and Sound to Regrow https://www.npr.org/2019/12/01/783932607/to-help-coral-reefs-come-back-fake-it-with-sound-till-fish-make-it