Like a lover returned on an unexpected furlough, I want to lick up every inch of his summer-like days.
Kelly Salasin, October
Category: Seasons
Summer’s Goodbye
Deer in the North
Owl in the West
Geese in the sky
Crickets in the grass
Clouds above
and below
as I float on the pond
Waters pregnant
with Summer’s Goodbye
Wondering,
like a Nursing Mother,
Will this be the last time?
~Kelly Salasin, New Moon, September 2011
my gift to you…
FLOOD RELIEF
for body, mind & soul
Thursday, September 29, 2012
Route 9, Marlboro, Vermont
5:30 pm
Like the Little Drummer Boy, I’ve humbly asked, “What can I give in the face of so much devastation?”
But the best I’ve had to offer is my presence; which pales in comparison to those with hammers and shovels and know-how.
Physical labor has never been my passion. But I do like to move. To music. And I could offer that to you. And it would feel good. And you would leave restored–body, mind & soul.
The first class of my fall YogaDance session at Marlboro Elementary School on the miraculously restored Route 9 is Thursday, September 29 at 5:30 pm; and I’d like to offer that class as a gift to all of you.
There’s nothing you need to bring, except for maybe a water bottle. You can dance barefoot or with clean, non-marking soles (like sneakers), and you can dress comfortably with layers to peel off as needed. You don’t need any skill or experience, and basically the music does what it needs to do– inside of each one of us.
What I bring as the instructor (besides a rocking sound system) is what I offer in my writing–deep presence to what is alive in me and what is alive around me–in you. In this way, I create a soundtrack that is always eclectic, bold, soulful, soothing–and just plain fun.
I begin with something quiet, maybe some classical cello, and then move into blues or jazz or funk before opening into something really powerful–rap, world, rock; and then shifting again– into the sweet sounds of the heart, before really ramping it up with something energizing and FUN.
As the hour ends, the music turns inward again–with a ballad perhaps; and then we sink into final relaxation with notes that transcend thought.
This is what I’d like to offer you. To all those touched by flood, murder, and all manner of trials.
If you’d like to come just show up–or drop me a line with questions or anything else that comes to mind. (See form below.)
Details:
- FREE Community YogaDance Class
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm
- Marlboro Elementary School gymnasium, Route 9, Marlboro, VT.
- Bring a water bottle, dress comfortably to move, dance barefoot or with clean sneaks.
Absolutely no charge. This is my little drummer boy gift to you. Given freely. In the hope that it will serve all who come.
Pass it on. The space is expansive, and so is the heart of the people in Vermont.
Kelly Salasin, September 2011
For more about YogaDance, click here
or ask a question/RSVP below:
Surrendering Summer
Ask around and you’ll find that I have a hard time surrendering summer, and that’s putting it mildly. As soon as we pass the Summer Solstice and the days begin to grow shorter, my pond cronies tease me about the sun dropping behind the mountain a minute earlier each night.
As flirtatious June heats up into toasty July and then releases into cooling August, true friends hush others when words like “autumn” or “school ” are spoken in my vicinity; while others openly mourn along with me.
But this year is different, at least this morning–midway through September. Today, I am willingly relinquishing my rules for prolonging summer (and I am almost welcoming the changes the new season brings.)
Maybe I’ve evolved. Or maybe this is just an intermission of enlightenment, and tomorrow I’ll be back to my old ways–chasing after summer with flip flips or pond dinners and alternately taking her departure personally.
It may be that I’ve had my fill of sadness this summer–from my son’s diving accident at the pond; to my best friend’s collision at the beach; to the loss of innocence at our community Co-op; to the devastation that rocked my state.
I don’t want to spend any more time being sad. I feel so much appreciation and love and tenderness; and in the grace of that flow, even I can surrender summer.
Kelly Salasin, Marlboro, VT 05344
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