BODY LAND - Metaphor Medicine

Build an assemblage in your body so that you can focus your breath. This is a guided visualization based on Dutch still life painting from the 1600s and Surrealist still life painting from the 1930s.   Curious to see some examples of still life painting?  Check out: Still Life with Peacock Pie, Pieter Claesz, (Dutch) 1627 (vegans avert your eyes!)  And Surrealist Still Life (Pirate Souvenirs), Pierre Roy (French), 1930 and also his Andromède Prisonnière Read article: How Artists Have Kept Still Life Painting Alive Over Thousands of Years, By Kelly Richman-Abdou 

Distilling the classic microcosmic orbit into a water cycle for all you nature + seltzer lovers. +++ Do you love fresh water? Me too. Do you want to help others who don’t have fresh water? Me too. Here are some organizations where you can make a donation to help give fresh clean to water to those without: Navajo Water Project  Flint Michigan  UNICEF

Is your spine a column of bones or is it a pearl necklace? You be the judge. (Hint: it can be both!) Curious about artists who paint the body in imagined and mystical ways? Here's your Art Rx: Frida Kahlo (check out google's arts and culture exhibit) Wangechi Mutu (at Victoria-Miro) Frank Moore (also on google arts and culture)

It's current to be a current. Relax and restore with a fresh river guided visualization. +++ We have a lot of work ahead of us to make our rivers as clean and fresh as they are in our imaginations. If you feel called to make a donation, here are some organizations doing deep work:  Native American Rights Fund  Center for Biological Diversity  The Ocean Clean Up

Is it new to feel this old? This episode's Art Rx: René Magritte Angélica Dass - Humanae Project Ancient Cave Art at getty images

If you are like me, a creative thinker who is a touch high strung, then you've probably had anxiety influence your mood and your body. Have you ever invented a catastrophe and felt your stomach flip, sweat break out, or your chest get tight...or worse? All you did was invent a story…and let it play out in your mind, and your body reacted as if it had happened (at least a little bit.) Just the thought made you sick. That's how powerful the imagination is. Stories do affect our bodies. So, let's tell ourselves some stories that help us feel more safe, more creative, more calm, more grounded, and more aligned. Then we can put the imagination to use to help us feel better. 

Do you ever get invaded by discomfort, constriction, or negativity? When those restricted states hit your mind they can affect your body- and vise versa. They affect the way you see others, the world, and your own experience—and they influence the level of comfort your have in your body. How different is it when you feel relieved, restored, or even exhuberant? Those feeling states can offer your body and mind a chance to push the reset button on negativity and constriction. Listen for a bit more on this topic.

Feel the vibes of outer space as a free-floating astronaut in your own cosmos.   Be a galaxy. Then nat geo the night sky with roses blooming on loop at your pain points.    Curious? Want to get inspired? Check out:    Beautiful homemade videos of flowers blooming (feel these in your body when you watch!)  Mystical feminist artist Paula Duro Artist Vija Celmins depicts nature in her prints and drawings including the night sky.

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