June 2025 ~ Full Moon
It's been soggy and grey in Findhorn, with a cold wind. The plants are happy, but my heart is heavy. So much to contend with in the world.
When I was teaching in Santander last week, I saw these sculptures. They spoke to me of different states of readiness: waiting, preparing, diving in, watching (supporting?) from the sidelines. They seemed playful.
Paz, my host and friend, told me the name of the statues, "Los Raqueros", means 'the beachcombers'. They illustrate a time in history when wealthy people would throw coins into the water for fun and watch poor and orphaned children dive in to retrieve them. A tale of wealth inequality, still rampant in our world. There is a debate about whether the statues should remain or be removed. Pros and cons.
Sculpture credit: Los raqueros (1999) by José Cobo (Santander, 1958)
I was teaching 'Beyond Polarities'. Using the Dragon's Gate score (part of our OF Curriculum), we explored a theme collectively (rather than individually) that everyone in the room resonated with: shifting our lens from the personal to the systemic.
So much to do to make a difference in the world, requiring expending a lot of energy, never-ending lists, with a forward outward-focused drive.
A need for rest, and to lean into spaciousness, ease, and simplicity.
The collective experience worked 👏🏼🎉 and amplified a sense of belonging in the group. People were surprised when vast amounts of energy and creativity were unleashed, once the need to rest, be quiet, and inward was acknowledged and tended to.
“I’ve found a comfort that comes from the fact that the opposite is no longer hard, rigid, or frozen. I think I’ll be able to dance within the opposites.”
”....my body, my feet, led me precisely to the side my mind was rejecting.... I loved stepping out of that space and inhabiting other spaces.”
Whilst polarisation and division are increasingly apparent (and encouraged), may the dance floor provide a place for you to experiment, pause, rest, change positions (literally!), and be rejuvenated in daily life.
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