A. Gratitude Diaries chapter 8 spoken (written chapter 9)
B. Meditations:
- Walk in nature for 5 mins per day.
2. Review and use your tools for 5 mins daily
3. Silent meditation for 5 mins daily.
C. AP Call: Read the color brown. 5 mins unhealthy, 5 mins healthy. Switch and… always use a timer.
D. Print a copy of the “Body Chart” and fill it out every time you…
E. Fill out the “MI Training Requirement” and email it to me or send it to me in the post.
A. Have read GD Ch 9
B. Meditations: have continued accomplishing 1, 2, 3
C. Met with partner. She listed:
Unhealthy Brown
Human waste / sewer smell, dark, people don’t like to be around it
Dry soil, lack of nourishment, dehydration
Brown belt, punishment
Brown beads, a color I don’t like
Dried leaves, crunch, decay, rotting, mold
Stomach area
Cinnamon bun, sugar on it
Rusty shovel, corrosion, neglect
Digging up something not ready to be dug up yet
Healthy
Nature, being grounded
Twigs, birds on trees, new life, branches, support
Brown sugar
My Dad, a brown Oldsmobile, sacrifices he made for us, someone I love
Playing outside, swings
Driving for the first time, excitement, exhilaration
Fresh start
Body systems cooperating, working together
D. and E.: will be completing Monday (with access to printer/scanner)
A. Gratitude Diaries chapter 8 spoken (written chapter 9): Half way through as of today.
B. Meditations: I appreciate the low-hurdle as of now.
C. AP Call: “brown”
Bile, skin cancer, sorosis or the liver (drinking too much alcohol), organs floating in formaldehyde, hospital rooms, paper bags, dry blood, blockages in intestines, oil leaking on the earth where it shouldn’t be, brown Dodge Plymouth where child abuse took place
Cinammon, Cocoa, red-river with mud after rain, animal fur, dog fur, soft cozy, own hair, bark of trees, leather, beautiful brown soft sweaters, mud balls, polish them after drying, memory of the “hardest mud ball contest” dropped from height, chai tea, Mugi-cha (barley tea), barley…
D. Body Chart: Printing out as I post this!
E. Agreement emailed along with just one note on Law of Attraction
(Listened to recorded missed class from last week)
Apparently the “Unhealthy” and “Healthy” put in between the triangular parentheses are not showing up above. The first block is “Unhealthy” followed by “Healthy” brown. Excuse me for the layout!
A. Read Gratitude Diaries.
B. Walked in nature, reviewed and used tools 5 min/day, silent meditation.
C. Spoke with lovely Mitsuko, Read color Brown.
D. Printed chart and taped up in bathroom.
E. Agreement scanned and emailed.
Mitsuko reading Brown:
Unhealthy:
dirt, poop, diarrhea, toxic subsatnce, backed up poop, unhealthy tongue, unhealthy liver, unhealthy face color, stagnation, lack of movement, lack of expelling old, dead meat, spoiled matter, dark presence, something sluggish that we want to move but have a hard time moving out of the way,
Healthy:
Heathy soil, compost, dried leaves, heathy poop, beef jerky, hot cocoa, turmeric, cinnamon, chia seeds, amaranth, fall seeds, earth in earth layers, tiger eye, nature, trees, winter when we only have the bark – simplicity to it, where we go back after we pass
A. Listened to Gratitude Diaries.
B. Walked in nature, reviewed and used tools/ 5 min silent meditation.
C. Spoke with AP and read color brown.
D. Printed and recording on chart
e. Agreement signed and mailed.
unhealthy:: Underground, concrete jungle, sewage, disconnection, living in a top floor apt. radiation, EMF’s, Cold, dissconnect, cold sky, smog, putrid smell, discomfort, discomfort with self, severing, out of touch, lost, deception, confusion, clouded, cruelty to humans against other life forms, separation, hiearcy, cruelty,.
Healthy: Earthy, autumn leave, dry leaves, autumn forest, brown dresses, girls in forest,, earthy white sky, earthworms, substance richness, birds that feel sharp, golden sun, comforting, connection, shill jit, healthy, cinnamon, tea, prairie, prairie dogs, golfer, warmth.
A. Listened to Chapter 8 of Gratitude Diaries
B. 1. Walked in nature some days
2. Practiced tools 5 minutes daily
3. Practiced silent meditation 5 minutes daily
C. Read color brown with AP.
Healthy: Trees, nature, health, growth, beauty, natural, poop, freedom, flowing trees, leaves, crisp, crunching of fall leaves, autumn, freshness, new breath, air-like feeling, lightness, sunset, garden with new growth, vegetables, smoothness, tacky-feeling, sweetness like maple syrup, autumn smell, autumn breeze, bamboo (flexibility and flow), nature, earth, ground, dirt, pathway, growth, relaxation, calming, sunflower seeds, sunflower (big brown middle of sunflower) face in the sun, bright, warmth, birds, eagle, soaring, flight, attentive, eagle flying and looking down, pathway, dirt road, path
Unhealthy: Dirty, disgust, smog, mud, muck, electrical smog, harmful EMFs, radiation, dirt, grime, filth, heavy, unhealthy, disease, harshness, sickness, disappointment, prickly, roadblock, stagnation, smog pollution, dense feeling, spongy feeling, quicksand, sinking feeling, swamp-like, clogged, trapped, disappointment, disappear, stuck, harmful, cruelty to dogs, abuse.
D. Drew up a body chart modeled after the one that was emailed to us.
E. Emailed “MI Training Requirement” agreement.
A. Listened to gratitude diaries
B. Meditations – using tools and doing silent meditation, walking in nature
C. AP call – done see below
D. Using body chart as suggested
E. MI Training Requirement will put in post
Brown:
Unhealthy: feces, waste, elimination, lack of elimination, holding onto things that no longer serve you, fear of letting go, guilt, feeling of buried alive, defecation, feeling trapped in your life, or lack of choices, not being able to breathe, dirty part of pond, the mud like sludge unclear, confusion, lack of clarity and focus.
Healthy: Acorn, really happy squirrel or chipmunk, playful but in teasing kind of way. Big solid tree, with really strong roots and solid connection to the earth. Bright red apples on the tree, fruit on the tree = fertility and health. Bench on park, sitting and watch people walk by, observance and being highly in tune with your surroundings, awareness.
1. Meditation-Everyday
2. Green Smoothies/Nature Walk -Most days and I am really integrating the importance of these practices. On the 2 days I didn’t do them I noticed how different I felt. I want to feel good.
3. Gratitude Diaries- 3/4 of the way through as of today
4. Met with Partner
Unhealthy Brown: grumpy gnome/hobbit, mold, rotten, decayed, dried dirt, dry desert, dust storm, lack of growth, deterioration of the brain, lack of nutrients, stuck clogged, bowels backed up, dredging through mud, not flowing, Spiritually on the wrong path, flooding over.
Healthy Brown: Forest,Strong Foundation, healthy soil,new growth, good balance of the bodies minerals, tree trunks, roots, essentials of life to survive in the physical world, mother earth, being connected to earth and everything that grows, Strength, Indian Chief (respected wisdom), Eagle, Brown barn owl (safety wisdom) calm, natural, leaf falling change of seasons, smoothed polished wood.
A. Listened to Gratitude Diaries chapter 8 (I have about 10 minutes left for a car ride today. Love this chapter.)
B. Have done my daily Meditations:
1. I have walked in nature for 5 daily.
2. Reviewed and using my tools for 5 mins daily.
3. Meditated silently 5 mins per day.
C. AP Call (with Heather): Read the color brown.
Unhealthy: Someone walking in the dark with their hand out, not seeing where they’re going: Symbolizing not knowing or seeing what the future holds yet. Flipping through a book, reading info that isn’t accurate or that one wasn’t supposed to take in at that time. The Meridian channel of energy that runs through the center being clogged. Brown clogged, signifies stuff that needs to be let go or surrender, wanting to let it go; the brown. Stomping in mud: Signifies partly wanting to move forward, but being comfortable where one is. Kids splattering brown paint on the wall; signifies frustration with things we wanted to do, but couldn’t as kids. Drawing on the walls. Kids getting brown paint, squishing it in their hands; signifies wanting something and not being able to get it. The color of frustration in regards to childhood.
Healthy: Cake batter; signifies creation, creating something. Leaves blowing around; excitement of the unkown. Knowing things are changing, what’s coming next. People in the audience and a stage; signifies starting to be recognized for one’s accomplishments. Feels like a swan or duck sitting on an edge; signifies nurturing new growth. Someone at the beach, picking up the sand and it is running through their fingers; new creative ideas. Adults writing with brown crayon on wall; signifies inner-child grown up, feeling a sense of freedom and independence, being able to do what one wants. Clay; helps the system absorb toxins in the body. Man made fire outside with sticks; signifies enjoying releasing old life and old stuff and experiencing sense of peace.
D. Printed “Body Chart” and filling it out every time.
E. Filled out the “MI Training Requirement” and emailed it to you.
A. Gratitude Diaries chapter 8- Listened
B. Meditations:
Walk in nature for 5 mins per day: Most days
2. Review and use your tools for 5 mins daily- Done
3. Silent meditation for 5 mins daily- Done
C. AP Call:
Unhealthy: Sludge, coffee, coffee grinds, makes me think of how coffee takes all of your vitamins and minerals… a person lacking vitamins…vitamin deficiency, racing heart, unbalanced, not rooted, not feeling strong, centred, or safe. Toxins, poisons. Thinking of the intestine, and having a lining of plaque and other things from food. Thinking of a periodic table, maybe to do with the minerals again.
Healthy: Trees, bark, dirt, covering yourself with mud and feeling so connected to the Earth, and feeling really centred and grounded. Benched where you sit and look at nature. Forrest- peace and stillness. Keep thinking of the smell of pine needles- the scent of being amongst trees, getting oxygen. The Earth running up your body, through your legs. Sharing…seeing people sitting together…connections.
D. Print a copy of the “Body Chart”: Done
E. Filled out the “MI Training Requirement” and will put in mail ASAP.
A. Gratitude Diaries- listened to Ch. 8
B. Meditations
1. walked in nature 5 minutes a day- ocean and school playground.
2. Reviewed my tools daily for 5 minutes
3. Sat in silent meditation 5 minutes a day
C. Called Ap partner read the color brown.
Reading:
Unhealthy brown-
Crappy stuff, poop, feeling crappey ,broken and damaged. Broken boxes, beaten down and beat up. A feeling of being beaten down, abused animal, scared and hopeless. Feeling stuck, sentenced to a bad life, a life sentence in prison, getting the shit end, sickness, damaged earth, helplessness, decay and rotting away.
Healthy brown- A shiny new start, hope, nature- earth being restored, new life, seeds into the ground, new possibilitie, open space to start new things, a promising future, a piece of eath near a place that was burnt down, a feeling of renewal, new stuff coming in, buried treasure-more exciting things to be found, new doors opening up, hopeful knowing that everything is all good. Traveling on a bumpy road and is now becoming smooth and easy traveling. Gratitude and appreciation for where you have been and now able to have a new outlook and is able to see how all the bumps were necessary. Having appreciated what was and yet able to embrace what will be.
D. Print copy of body chart
E. Print copy of MI training- signed and needing to send
A) Halfway thru chapter 9 Gratitude Diaries, will finish by Wednesday.
B) meditations
1) Walking daily, except today, snowstorm.
2) reviewing tools 5 min daily
3) silent meditation, am just kinda incorporating this into my daily meditation practice, not sure if I’m doing it correctly.
C) AP call, read color brown:
Unhealthy: feeces, sludge..backed ip, backed up toilet. ..muddy, stagnant, am seeing bugs., whether it’s parasites. .it’s not moving, like a toilet bowl, stuck without any place to go. ..stale, murky, I’m seeing a rain gutter that hasn’t been cleaned out in a long time. ..debris, rotting….someone really sick that needs to detox really bad. .like an older person, not feeling well. ..sluggish, tired, fatigued, cloudiness in the head, can’t think strait. ..I’m seeing black mountains and a brown sky,like people living in a real polluted place, not sure where. ..stillness, no wind, like pollution surrounding this community. .stale air, suffocation. .like no way out, feeling stuck. .like there’s no oxygen. ..setting a little child that has no choices, that’s not given a lot of choices
Healthy: I’m seeing a tree. .like tree bark, nature. ..everything in nature blending perfectly, almost like nothing questions anything cuz it’s all perfect, like everything has a place…everything’s perfect. ..i see a real primitive culture, almost like cave men, am seeing a community of people in survival, making a fire together and hunting and gathering their food. ..a sense of a primitive culture, primitive community. ..I’m seeing planting seeds into the earth, into the soil. . I’m seeing almost like what our world would look like before industrialization, almost like the beginning of time, when it was barely inhabited by people..like what the earth was supposed to be like before everything was inhabited. I’m seeing a vast open plain of mountains and I’m seeing a little colored community and this lttle girl walking around into this big open area with lots of land, they have acres and acres of land, they have freedom..like freedom to grow whatever they want… and she’s not working in the field, she’s just playing, I’m seeing almost like the post slavery period… where they have their own land and freedom to do what they want.. and I see cows and chickens
D) Sill need to go to library to print out chart…am planning on going tomorrow.
E) Am filling out and sending back the email with MI training requirement right after i post this homework.
A. Gratitude Diaries chapter 9 read.
B. walked in Nature every day, worked with energy tools every day
C. Unhealthy Brown: racism, hatred, oppression, violence, being blind, sick, unwanted, abandonment, sexual shame, rotting, predator, sliping, drunk, addict, no choice, coma, biopsy, heart issues, gas, dirt, infection, cheap, depressed, anger, dry, hot, water retention, victim, powerless.
Healthy Brown: loyalty, protection, friendship, devotion, comrade, educated, sadisfied, brother, forest, inspired, mature, specialness, richness, trust, comfort , rest, relaxation, hospitality, mother, sensuality, nutritious, savory, strong, studious , patient, education, leadership, gratitude, grace.
D. I completely forgot about this assignment.. I will take care of it sooner than later.
E. Done.
A. read gratitude diaries
B. walked in nature of nyc 5 minutes a day at least
C. Read Brown healthy and unhealthy with AP Partner: Maia
UnHealthy: blood eye sores, vision problems, abuse of power, pride & ego, gossip, mistrust, fear, confusion, marshmallow, sugar, sticky, pick, muddy, stiffness, unhealthy, disgust, unfulfilled, regret, pity, ego-centered, pride, pollution, smog, metal, killing, bombs, destruction, respiratory problems, meat, blood, rusty, mercury, condensation, business, overthinking
Healthy:
growth, richness, cleanse, soft, warm, protection, safety, exploring, wood, sprouts, love, staying grounded, solitude, 3rd dimension, windblown, tailbone, sensitivity, senses, projection, calm, love, lust, rebellion
Green smoothies have been amazing and had wonderful results with digestion and elimination. i look at all my food as some sort of green smoothie variation now.
i did meditation and the gender meditation 5 minutes per day each
A. Caught up on written chapter 8 go GD, read written chapter 9
B. Meditations
1) Exercised outside for five minutes every day
2) Reviewed and used tools for 5 minutes every day
3) Meditated silently for 5 minutes every day
C. AP Call: Read the color brown
Unhealthy:
worms in the gut, feet in quicksand, darkness in throat, smokestack, black smoke, silt, basement with cloud of dark energy- feels like bad things have been going on in basement- abuse, murder, very heavy, stagnant; mountain with a sad face- how we ravage the earth and don’t take care of it; group of people with their heads leaning together and they are all sad- feels like livelihood has been taken away by a corporate or there powerful entity; polluted stream; arm with gangrene or other deterioration
Healthy:
strength; football on a football field- the energy of a football field; brown hat-fuzzy brown hat on a woman head; fountain- brown water but feels healthy, up ward motion of fountain is very straight and strong; strong and flowing; tiny puppy- joy and play; tree trunk; lots of straight strong images; healthy food; composing worms- happily digging around under the soil; chickens- farm feeling of wholesomeness, quiet, peacefulness
D. printed copy of body chart
E. Will email MI Training requirements doc later. Need it resent to me- posted request on fb group
A. Gratitude Diaries chapter 8 spoken (written chapter 9) did it
B. Meditations:
1 Walk in nature for 5 mins per day. a couple longer hikes, not every day
2. Review and use your tools for 5 mins daily 3. Silent meditation for 5 mins daily. most days
C. AP Call: Read the color brown. 5 mins unhealthy, 5 mins healthy. Switch and… always use a timer.
Unhealthy brown – mired in the muck, duck, muddy, polluted, contaminated, unsure, unclear, lack of direction, unfocussed, low self worth, harboring negative thoughts, opinions getting in the way, lack of clarity, congested, inability to see through motivations of self and others, lack of exercise, forgetting to breath deeply, worry about money, worry in general, old negative habits, unhealthy naivete, relying on others advice over your own, self pity, regret
Healthy brown – rounded, earthy, strong, stable, rich, calm, nurturing, encompassing, fertile, athletic, active, adventurous, earthy happiness, supportive, embracing, social, unafraid, courageous, sense of humor, ease, focussed, dependable, loyal, giving, generous, balanced
D. Print a copy of the “Body Chart” and fill it out every time you… did it
E. Fill out the “MI Training Requirement” and email it to me or send it to me in the post… did it
I had the pleasure to meet with a student this week for HW, and she listed these qualities for Brown:
UNHEALTHY: bruised, decaying, smelly, poop, moody, dark, underground, like the devil, hell, blocked, moving slowly, impure, dirty, muddy, moldy, dying bark of a tree, spoiled, musty, moldy cellar, death, dead bodies, vampire, negativity, dark mood such as brooding, accidents, smog, pollution, lack of oxygen, emphysema, smoke, mulch, rotting leaves, Halloween
HEALTHY: growth, sprouting, fertility, fertile, healthy trees in a forest, deer, earth itself, campfires, hearth or fireplace, feeling cozy and warm, puppies, rocks, the desert, cactus, dry, arid, living life, door leading to somewhere, cave, vegetable garden, warmth, weightiness, solid and earthy, sturdy and strong, stable, stability
1. Listened to the next chapter.
2. a) Spent time outside but was usually with my kids so not a lot of reflection time/appreciation of nature.
b) Used my tools
c) Silent meditation done
3. AP call:
Unhealthy: Moldy leaves, mold on a wall, old ripped jacket – not enough money to buy a new one, demolished boxes – flood in basement, brown paper burned around the edges – catastrophe, dried soil – not enough nourishment for the plant, bulbs too dry to plant – neglect, brown beaded jewelry – color I don’t care for, brown mens suit – out of style, brown mens shoes, ripped brown khaki hiking shoes – bad trip, dirty canvas cover on a canteen – thirsty on trip
Healthy: new Rei clothes for hiking, brown pearl and brown diamonds – exotic, paper, flyleaf for a book – publishing, brown horse, new brown leaves in the fall on an oak tree – new season, pot roast that mom used to make – family, trunks of trees – my church, healthy brown moist soil – gardening, brown seeds getting ready to plant, combination of the color brown and turquoise, brown with red, brown as the new black – new combinations of things or ways of putting things together, brown on a ceramic vase – hobbies, dark brown beam on an English house – my house, brown rotting leaves – mulch, horse manure – fertilizer
D. Have a copy of the body chart
E. Printed and will mail tomorrow
Love the new REI clothes for hiking! 🙂
A. Gratitude Diaries chapter 8 spoken
B. Meditations:
Walked in nature for 5 mins per day and more.
Reviewed and used tools for 5 mins daily
Silent meditation for 5 mins a few times.
C. AP Call, reading the color brown
Unhealthy: coagulation, clotting; polluted, toxic, build-up of toxicity or residue; holding onto unhealthy component, belief, chemical, patterns;overly focused in material realm = overeating, greed,
some addictions = overeating, overconsumption of alcohol, overly logical, not balanced between logic and intuitive self, aggression.
Healthy:
fecund (super fertile), brewery – magical compost, rich broth from which things can spring to life,
totally grounded, sensual, there’s an ecstatic energy to it, heartbeat of the earth, life, power, creativity, nurturing, nutrients, rhythm and dance
D. Filling out Body Chart
E. Filled out the MIT requirement, want to read it again before I send it to make sure I’m agreeing to it all.