Chapter 132
Gosh. It’s a bit crazy isn’t it? What an impact we are having on this planet… it really is getting to the point where it’s almost too late. If things don’t change drastically in the next 10 years, we are going to be toast. Literally. We will not be able to undo the terrible effects that we humans have had on the globe since the Industrial Revolution transformed us into unintentional abusers instead of the symbiotic beasts we once were.
After the “Great Pause” of 2020 we might have expected better of ourselves and our leaders. How short human memories are. Same old in-fighting; politicians pointing fingers, scientists being held to ransom by pharmaceutical companies, an endless stream of conflicting information and so-called evidence to support commerce and ‘development’. What we, as a species, ought to have learned is that the globe is desperate and needs us to wake up to the anguished cries it’s emitting.
On another note… it’s good to see the Farmers’ Market in Bragg on a Sunday. Now you can pop across to the Community Centre parking lot at the weekend and pick up locally grown fresh vegetables, explore yet more talented local artisans and creative folk. I saw there was a seafood stall last weekend – how cool is that? Lots of great ideas coming into the ‘Creek – please support local efforts, support your local producers, check out the little market and help it grow.
My own efforts to support and grow, after a long period of recuperation, are hopefully transmogrifying into a resurrection of my rural yoga classes. After a ten year hiatus during which I gamboled about the planet soaking up wild and wonderful experiences, it’s time to share the benefits of all the inspirational leaders and teachers I had the great joy to meet.
I am fortunate to have taught in exotic and inspiring places with people of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds: One of my most exciting teaching experiences must have been when I was smuggled across a border between Jerusalem and Bethlehem after dark, to pop up in a totally ‘normal’ health center and teach yoga to a bunch of lovely women from all over the world.
I taught a class in the centre of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, only discovering half-way through that my audience was a bunch of hardcore Ashtanga teachers and advanced practitioners. That was a tad intimidating.
I taught a bunch of giggling happy, enthusiastic and amazing Filipinos in Manilla, small groups in Australia, California, Germany, workshops all over the place. I’ve attended Yoga Conferences and Festivals all around the world and the ideas, changes and shifts in perception that all these experiences bring, I hope have seeped deep into my psyche so I can share them all with others!
Returning to the Foothills each and every year to get together and share what I can, now I’m up for a new challenge with y’all – bending, stretching and challenging our bodies, minds and breath – just a little. My Covid Couch Potato solution… coming to a rural area near you. Still pinning down details and hoping for the best, we’ll be connecting in lovely spacious places to meet and play such as Red Deer Lake, Priddis and Square Butte.
Please drop me a line if you are interested, we need subscriptions in place to make
it all happen.
With gratitude and love,
Kat Dancer
bodymudra@gmail.com
403.931.3866 (h), 415.525.2630 (c)
