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Don't bother plugging it into your surf engines, friends. So far as I know, guit-chi is an Arfian original. It wasn't on the web the last time I looked. It is just one of my strictly personal coping tools. Just a just-a-patient works in progress. Please do not forget that I am a multiply certified nut-job. I am willing to re-certify if you are willing to cover the cost of re-certification. Don't be surprised if I send you a bill for my time investment.
The Family Drama Cycle is still running at Category 5 levels. Everybody from my geezer baby to my feather babies are being blown by the gale force winds. Allot more not-all-that-interesting detail than my arthritic old hands care to type. Tune into the Lifetime Movie Network and you will find most of our family drama details in there somewheres. Tonight's episode is moving at a pace that has left me too exhausted to sleep. I am frizzling to the core of my being.
When I strap on my guitar and pace with it, sometimes singing, sometimes just holding and carressing it while I stare off to internal spaces, I believe I combining breathing exercises, tactile grounding, channeled expression of my emotions. Often I can re-frame those emotions as I move from one set of tones to the next.
Thoughts? Reality checks?
The Family Drama Cycle is still running at Category 5 levels. Everybody from my geezer baby to my feather babies are being blown by the gale force winds. Allot more not-all-that-interesting detail than my arthritic old hands care to type. Tune into the Lifetime Movie Network and you will find most of our family drama details in there somewheres. Tonight's episode is moving at a pace that has left me too exhausted to sleep. I am frizzling to the core of my being.
When I strap on my guitar and pace with it, sometimes singing, sometimes just holding and carressing it while I stare off to internal spaces, I believe I combining breathing exercises, tactile grounding, channeled expression of my emotions. Often I can re-frame those emotions as I move from one set of tones to the next.
Thoughts? Reality checks?
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
in the meantime,please do indeed practice whatever healthy ways you can to find solace,and to really feel the ground beneath your feet...
sending you strength,peace,and support..
Maybe Chia-Pet?
***dodges ceramic covered with vegetation***
Guess where the guitar's sound box rests when it is strapped on. I am pretty convinced the tones from the sound box reach places a proctologist can only imagine.
"Gut chi" works.
hope you feel better soon. heating pad works for me
Extra gentle compassion while you process the onset. Not an event I would wish on my worst enemy. Be gentle with yourself.
So I understand how holding your guitar can help process thoughts and emotions.
Go see it in action, if you ever get a chance. Deaf dancers combine the expressive accents of sign language with the artistic creativity of people who have no choice but to live outside mainstream. Poetry in motion.