Feeling the Earth
Posted on Apr 18th, 2006
by 
Maile
Maile
The rain finally stopped yesterday, and though it's still a little cold, I went to the park and felt the earth, finally, beneath my bare feet.
It's been so long! There are many tree-lined streets in Berkeley, many lush flowering yards and gardens--plenty of 'nature' to look at, but so little to touch unless you go to the parks. And with the rain, the trails have been too muddy to hike without damaging them, same for the grassy fields. So I've lived, in my shoes, on the pavement or in my third-floor condo, barefoot on the carpet, doing my best to stay connected to the ground.
It wasn't until I took off my shoes yesterday morning (and again today. So wonderful!) and did qigong in the grass that I realized how much I had lost touch. It was beautiful, glorious, happy. Mud! Grass! Trees! Breath! Intoxicating.
It's been so long! There are many tree-lined streets in Berkeley, many lush flowering yards and gardens--plenty of 'nature' to look at, but so little to touch unless you go to the parks. And with the rain, the trails have been too muddy to hike without damaging them, same for the grassy fields. So I've lived, in my shoes, on the pavement or in my third-floor condo, barefoot on the carpet, doing my best to stay connected to the ground.
It wasn't until I took off my shoes yesterday morning (and again today. So wonderful!) and did qigong in the grass that I realized how much I had lost touch. It was beautiful, glorious, happy. Mud! Grass! Trees! Breath! Intoxicating.
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June 2006 
nice. speaking of rain, flowers, nature, and feeling the Earth, i've got my shoes all mudded up last Sunday. but it was worth it.
Mmmm, the joys of spring; I welcome it with open arms!
Wow, so there's a place with people doing qigong barefoot in parks, breathing in the mud and trees. I gotta get outta suburbia!
Yeah, I actually thought of doing qigong in the park when I saw some other people doing it. It was so much better than doing it in the living room.