March Thaw part one - Release
Part One - Release
I am walking around Keene. No hat, no gloves, no long johns. It is a mild March morning, and yesterday we had some rain. There are puddles and streams everywhere. The living energy of the water that has held still in the ice and snow for months is releasing.
The roads become streams and the sound of trickling and dripping surrounds me. I pass only one other person and when I say “hi,” she lights up with a big smile and bright eyes and says, “spring is in the air!” It’s exciting.
The asphalt is now the bed for a temporary stream that flows by in waves
It’s a gush. Winter is not over, but this is our first big thaw after a couple months of deep cold and everything is wet.
There are no crocuses popping up. It is not that day. It is the day when the glistening water is alive and on the move. The static shapes of the ice and snow are releasing, dissolving and disappearing.
There is a layer of ice beneath the swollen stream
When the next big gush arrives in your life, how do you want to live through it?
Much of us is water. We have our seasonal March thaws. Things we are holding tight can release, dissolve and disappear. It may come with a big cry, a huge sigh of relief or rolling on the floor with laughter.
Sometimes we are not ready, like a surfer who loses focus and misses a great wave. But if we trust that the bigger, eternal part of ourselves is not at risk, we can allow the release, the gush, and stay centered in our deep inner knowing.
A beautiful exercise from Spacial Dynamics® called The Silhouette, offers a way to explore release - you could say, “to practice the process”, so you are ready when a big thaw comes.
Allow your hands to gently and slowly flow down over your head and temples, then down your neck. Continue down your body and at the hips, flow to the back of the legs down to the heels. Keep the gentle flow moving over the tops of your feet and toes.
Repeat 3 to 5 times
Go slowly and stay present. Flow with your water nature down through your body and through the spaces around you.