This post is written a day late because I have literally had to catch up with myself.
It has been a difficult few days and I feel like I'm living in a heightened state of fear.
I know that I am not alone. And I am not directly threatened by the travel ban. But I am indirectly affected and I will be directly affected by an executive order soon.
My solution has been to think of the good things; to write about good things.
I have been finding that hard for two days now.
Even with the crowds of brave people protesting, the amazing federal judges who have been ruling this unconstitutional and the ACLU and other volunteer lawyers who have been literally sleeping at airports just to see travelers are allowed entry.
I am amazed by the courage and energy and bravery and as President Obama says "heartened" by the community protests. These are amazing not just good.
It is still difficult to not feel traumatized and exhausted and constantly angry.
So last night I went to a Sound Bath in Brooklyn with music therapist Katie Down at The Maha Rose Healing Center in Greenpoint
http://www.katiedown.com/
http://www.maharose.com/products/sound-bath
This is a delicious enveloping experience where the deep and resonant tones of crystal and brass Tibetan sound bowls are played in sequence as people rest on yoga mats in a dimly lit room.
The experience is like a twilight sleep, where your awareness is so trained on the tones that your mind is cleared of anything else as in a deep meditative state. You awake only to hear the tinkling of a new bell and your whole body fills with these tones which washes away tension and strain.
I have been having trouble sleeping, but last night slept like a newborn and retained that sense until I heard the strains again on the morning news.
It has been a difficult few days and I feel like I'm living in a heightened state of fear.
I know that I am not alone. And I am not directly threatened by the travel ban. But I am indirectly affected and I will be directly affected by an executive order soon.
My solution has been to think of the good things; to write about good things.
I have been finding that hard for two days now.
Even with the crowds of brave people protesting, the amazing federal judges who have been ruling this unconstitutional and the ACLU and other volunteer lawyers who have been literally sleeping at airports just to see travelers are allowed entry.
I am amazed by the courage and energy and bravery and as President Obama says "heartened" by the community protests. These are amazing not just good.
It is still difficult to not feel traumatized and exhausted and constantly angry.
So last night I went to a Sound Bath in Brooklyn with music therapist Katie Down at The Maha Rose Healing Center in Greenpoint
http://www.katiedown.com/
http://www.maharose.com/products/sound-bath
This is a delicious enveloping experience where the deep and resonant tones of crystal and brass Tibetan sound bowls are played in sequence as people rest on yoga mats in a dimly lit room.
The experience is like a twilight sleep, where your awareness is so trained on the tones that your mind is cleared of anything else as in a deep meditative state. You awake only to hear the tinkling of a new bell and your whole body fills with these tones which washes away tension and strain.
I have been having trouble sleeping, but last night slept like a newborn and retained that sense until I heard the strains again on the morning news.
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