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| Photo by Jan McCorkindale |
Adrienne led a Noticing our attitude to the undercurrent practice, introducing it with Well of Grief David Whyte
Bev took a writing prompt from Keneth Steven's poem "Coracle":
slow fishponds and the deeper creeks
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And now for some of
YOUR WRITING:
Spring-time Desk
by Denise Steel
Melded into the water glass –
two green shapes
organic, shining.
Reflection makes
a lily pad
torn of stem
free-floating
life-shortened
sheered
of flowering
but present still
and pleasing –
inviting deeper
inviting finding?
Or else return
to the waterless glass
sat prosaic
on my spring-time desk.
(inspired by David Whyte’s The Well of Grief & Kenneth Steven’s Coracle)
by Kay Ritchie
we walk mindfully
blether beneath blowsy blossoms
branches boughed
weighed down with apple cherry
cream pink
we think Japan
plan a picnic
find an empty bench
guzzle delicious cakes from Delizique
an apple tart a cherry frangipani
we talk politics parties power
a far-away war
gaze out across the gardens & the pond
where coots now nest in
towers of wood & weed
each island woven as
defence against their enemies
petals fall like April showers &
we walk home
slow
through drifts tender as snow
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Thanks to you all ...
... for your heartening feedback as always!
Doreen: Happy Blossom Day
Doreen: Blossom Watch Day (that should have been)
Doreen: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/blossom-watch
Giovanna: Thanks Doreen
Kay: a perfect start to the weekend thanks x
Linda: The ‘calm’ app. Has 5, 10, 15 mins etc guided mindfulness meditations. X
Karen: Great mindfulness session- I was truly gone…x
Angie: I tend to find that I practice mindfulness between 3am and 4am in the morning because I wake up most nights at this time feeling anxious and the mindfulness helps to keep my noisy brain/emotions quiet.
Jo: doodling the date is an excellent mind settling exercise for me.
Giovanna: Thanks everyone, this is really helpful
Bev: slow fishponds and the deeper creeks
Karen: Thanks everyone, beautiful morning. Lots of love ❤️
Giovanna: Another gorgeous session, huge thanks Bev, Adrienne and everyone
Jan: Thank you, thank you everyone.
Jo: Thanks Bev, Adrienne and all
Angie: Thanks again Have a great week everyone. xx
Kay: a wonderful session thanks to everyone kx
Y Ioan: Wonderful morning xxxx
Thanks to funders
Lapidus Scotland gratefully acknowledges the support of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership's "Wellbeing for Longer in Glasgow Fund" (managed by Impact Funding Partners).