(My partners in crime: Kevin Kling and Patricia Francisco at the Egg and I in Minneapolis.)
Do you know that feeling when everything feels the same but you know that you passed through something, that something changed in you, maybe something important. Yet there is not perceptible difference….not yet. I had that feeling today. I was flying home from the Yoga Service Conference at the Omega Institute. I taught a short class on Friday night and presented a keynote this morning and then hopped on two planes to come home.
Flying over some incredibly beautiful clouds between Albany to Atlanta, I felt a tiny but seismic shift, like an invisible crack appearing in a coffee mug. Something moved, ever so slightly, just for a flit, and then back to the smooth surface of nothing. And yet, I know something happened. I do not think that it was caused by the conference. I did read in public from the book I’m writing for only the second time. But that doesn’t feel right either. Not quite. I felt myself ‘become.’ Not with fanfare or flare but with the passing tick of a clock.
I have come to recognize these moments, when something pops but just outside of my awareness, even when they seem to have no content. A story happened, but I am not sure what it was. Not yet. This might have been an important story – I have that kind of tickle. Only the rest of my life will tell. But I know there is a story to be forged or realized or however stories come into being. I can feel it like an itch under my skin. I will eventually tell this story, if only to myself.
Our stories matter. Learning to find stories in their infancy, before they were even a sparkle in our eye is a skill. It is an ability that can be honed and practiced. And oh how recovering the stories of our lives enrich the meaning of our living.
Mind Body Solutions is hosting the first ever a Body.Mind.Story weekend workshop June 2nd-5th. It will feature internationally famous storyteller, playwright, and author Kevin Kling, renowned author and writing professor Patricia Francisco, and me…a guy who felt the inkling of a potentially life-changing story present itself through his body in a flash on a plane. This transformational workshop sold out online in 38 minutes. There is, however, a public event in which Kevin, Patricia and I will be sharing some stories of our lives; and slinky, sexy, and yet somehow completely proper Simone Perrin will be singing some delectable songs. The free event is called Breaking New Ground and will be Thursday night, June 2nd. (See link below)
I have to tell you…I am really proud that weekend is happening. It has been about 23 years in the making, but that is a story for Thursday night. (I don’t use the ‘P’ word very often.) I believe that finding the stories of our lives is the best hope for human survival. Why? Because our stories matter. Because coming onto the pages of our lives is the only way things truly change. Because realizing the role the body plays within human consciousness has transformative potential. I have dedicated my life to this notion. I hope you will join is in the ground breaking evening on June 2nd.
If not this year, then in the years to come.
Here’s the link for the info: http://www.mindbodysolutions.org/breaking-new-ground/