Posted by Anita Bondi on July 5, 2011 under Anita Bondi | 
….between your eyebrows with your fingers, throw your hand up in the air and say, “WHEE!”
This is the gift of letting go of my hard focuser and taking a soft or easy focus. The peripheral vision has to be engaged and more of what I am looking at invited in. When I see only what is in front of me I am extremely limited. My fears can run rampant and make me believe that, nobody likes me, everybody hates me.
remember that childhood song? it ends with, “I’m gonna eat some worms…big fat juicy….ok, you get the idea.
My time at the InterPlay Leaders’ Gathering was an amazing exercise in letting go of fixation and my belief that the world is conspiring against me.
well, maybe just a few people, but “world” sounds so much more dramatic!
While at the gathering, I decided to use my tools and apply them to myself: noticing, witnessing, body wisdom, and incrementality. I let go of a bit of fear, allowed myself to be vulnerable, and wonderful things began to happen: people showed up to support me, meaningful connections were born, and The InterPlay Inspiration Deck found a whole new audience.
The principles and practices of InterPlay work, if you use them! When I make them more than just words on the page, or concepts that I study and memorize to spew out at appropriate times, especially to show how “wise” I am, then life shows me its magic!
hmmm, maybe life is conspiring for me and not against me.
Like all the other wonderful things that I have learned, read, and studied over the years, I am finally at a place of truly living and embodying the teachings I have spent years studying. It is a daily practice as some days flow and some days don’t. Many times I am in awe and just as many in tears. I see myself behaving in new ways and also see the same old me, doing the same old sh_t!
As Easy Focus says,” Good noticing Anita. Now, get on it , get off it, and get over it!”
Okay, here I go. Wanna come along?
Posted by Susan Bradford on June 17, 2011 under Susan Bradford |
Somehow it all comes together, and keeps coming together. My past, present and future. The chance to share my art work, my ability to practice and teach Reiki, the deep need to stay connected with dear friends, the desire for jazz. Feels so complete, familiar, safe. But let’s not forget the humidity, the allergies, the poison ivy. The reality. It’s all here in Delaware Water Gap, all around me. All OK. Somehow it works. Four times a year. Coming back. Time after time.
Posted by Stan Stewart (Sawyer) on January 20, 2011 under Stan Stewart |
When sun glints off snow
It is a
Brilliant
Moment of
Creativity.
This creative force
Does not have to “think”
For a moment to
Make such
Wonder.
There is no gigantic
Effort required.
All of the requirements
Were already
Around — available, if you will –
And at a moment’s notice
Become — are made into — a
Bright
Beacon.
All we have to do
Is open our eyes.
~ by Stan Stewart
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Posted by Stan Stewart (Sawyer) on January 12, 2011 under Stan Stewart |
it’s easy to not understand
that seems to be the simpler of the two options
to simply protest that the other is
not coherent or understandable
and so often i hear this approach
used as the end of the argument
though it has nothing to do with
arguing and more to do with writing someone else off
“you didn’t do it”
“you didn’t say it”
“you forgot something”
“it was your fault”
“you don’t make any sense”
you’ll quickly note that one important element
in this sort of discourse
(oh dear, there i’ve gone and given it the credence of being part of discourse!)
is the pointing of the finger at the “other”
i’m sure that i forget as quickly as the next
person that each time i point the one finger at the
proverbial “you”
i’m pointing at least three fingers back at myself
there is another option
maybe it’s just as simple
too
understanding
hearing the other’s story in a way that i can at least
grasp and acknowledge
even if it may not be “my way”
this is the option for which
i am striving
more and more
and as i strive to understand you
and you and you and you
i find to my surprise that what i’m really learning and understanding
is me
~ by Stan Stewart
Copyright © 2011 by Music for the Moment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Posted by Stan Stewart (Sawyer) on April 10, 2010 under Anita Bondi, Stan Stewart |
Something beautiful is happening between Anita and me: we’re falling in love again. Maybe it’s the seven year itch finally bearing fruit — we’ve been together for about nine years. Maybe it’s that we’ve actually managed to practice what we preach by using the tools we have learned over the years in our own day-to-day relationship. We’ve even remembered to pull a card from Anita’s own InterPlay Inspiration Deck or role Gretchen Wegner’s MuseCubes a few times recently!
Mostly, I think it’s been about each of us learning to be more playful — both individually and in the ways we relate with each other. One of our playmates is our “rescue dog,” Scout. In addition to loving to hike, run in circles (usually around Anita or me), and play games with his stuffed toys, Scout likes to sing and talk. Sometimes these vocalizations just sound like grunts and sometimes they form random melodies. However they may sound, they always draw our attention to him.
A few days ago, we were involved in this deathly serious discussion. Anita was getting focused — I could tell because of the furrow in her forehead — and I was getting sad — and showing it. Suddenly, Scout stretched and performed one of his delightful little vocalizations right between us. We both laughed. And the moment was transformed.
So — unless you have a dog or a child to shift the mood — roll the dice or draw a card and relax into your life. Join us on a Monday night to experience the tools we use.
Playful blessings!
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