Openings…
Not one of us has emerged from the pandemic as we went in.
Amid these cataclysmic shifts, personal and global strife, the time is ripe for awakening. We are all emerging from this experience as different people, learning to re-acquaint with the world, uncertain of ourselves and worn down from the tireless pace of change. Recent times have brought a vast expansion to push beyond the invisible borders, an opening to reveal a tenderness that remains to be healed.
I recently took a trip overseas, the furthest I have travelled in over two years. My initial taste for adventure gave way to apprehension, then spiralled into a knotted clump of anxiety, too dense to unpick. I lay on the cold wooden floor of my Berlin apartment, attempting to calm the static within. I tried to self-soothe with breath, touch and sound- utilising the instrument of my body to come back into focus and touch the edges of this aura. Then I felt the aperture of the lens begin to widen, welcoming the pain and unbearable beauty breathing beside it; an unexpected opening.
I share this as a beacon of connection, to shine the truth on what is rising beneath the surface—the lingering residue and insidious effects that remain. Although free to travel to far off landscapes and across time zones, there is much healing to be done in the homeland of our hearts.
Each tender step we tread should be celebrated, each simple act honoured. We are all in this together, peeling back the layers, shedding while re-rooting finding our way in this world as we re-become.
Remember dear one, that you are not alone.
Together we heal…
