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An Affair of the ... Body

3/5/2016

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Yesterday I found myself diving into the depths of the earth - down, down, down into the fathomless, bottomless, infinite earth. Around me were other meditators diving down their own chutes. Yes, this is San Francisco, the land of the experimental. And yes, we’ve been know to explore some interesting landscapes. Only this time we were taking a journey with, and into, our bodies.

The idea of this body-focused meditation is this: by imagining you’re falling, you leave behind your regular or habitual thoughts, and discover who you are - when you’ve just got your body for company. It’s quite an eyeopener really. You're forced into an intimate relationship with this one and only familiar ‘friend’, way down there.

Similarities with the journey of menopause abound. There's that falling feeling when the bottom drops out, flailing in the dark depths, coming face-to-face with each ache and pain in your joints, in your heart, in your temperament.  It's in the dark that your body begins to talk to you. 
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Bodies talk really, really quietly and really, really slowly. So you have to tune in to hear it, especially if you're doing a lot of running around.  If you ignore it - like when you don't get enough sleep or when you hang out with that person who doesn't treat you kindly - it has to start raising its voice so you pay attention. Then one day you begin to notice ... ​

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    New Blog Collaboration!

    I've joined the inimitable Lynette Sheppard on her renowned, award winning Menopause Goddess Blog.  

    For the last 10 years, Lynette's been the voice of sanity through the storm of trends that have brought our menopause experience out of the dark and into common vernacular. With the depth of her holistic medical knowledge, her zero tolerance for B.S. and, most importantly, her seriously irreverent humor, she's helped literally 100's of 1000's of us navigate this often mystifying, downright frustrating and sometimes scary journey through midlife.  
    It's little wonder The Menopause Goddess Blog's been nominated for Best Menopause Health Blog for the last few years. 

    I'm honored and delighted. Join us there to get her take on post-menopausal joy!  
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    The vision of a world where women adore their bodies ignites Ashley’s fire.  And taking on our society’s deeply entrenched taboos is her path to this world.

    Ashley Ross is an author, teacher, counselor and speaker, as well as a loving mother of young adult triplets, two girls and a boy.  She's the author of The Cycles of Life: A Journal for Women. Understanding the physical, emotional and spiritual influences of our hormones.

    Ashley  is committed to using whatever means at her disposal to contribute to women-loving, holistic, real, accessible and inspiring information to women around the world.  

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Ashley Ross (AMFT # 102641, supervised by Chris Tickner, #42576)

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