"Think about what your signature energy looks like," suggested our tai chi instructor Hu this morning. He demonstrated feeling like a hero (think the winning runner crossing the finish line, arms raised in victory) then, in contrast, Hu curled up fetal-like to demonstrate feeling defeated. "What does your energy look like?" he asked. "How do you present yourself to others and how will they perceive you?" At the end of the class, he encouraged us all to be our own hero. I love the idea of signature energy. I remember a song I grew up with in Britain which I've quoted in my work: "Walk Tall" by Val Doonican. Although the song today can seem dated, I still love the chorus which goes: Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye. A sad but necessary and powerful book I'm reading at the moment is called Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga. I live in Thunder Bay, Canada, the northern city cited in the book. It examines the deaths of seven Indigenous high school students, hundreds of miles from their homes and communities, living and going to school in Thunder Bay. City life was so foreign to many of these students that they received guidebooks on everyday living such as how to cross roads, how to ride the bus and how to carry themselves. "Look confident, walk with your head up as if you know where you are going. The appearance of being lost or being anxious may render you vulnerable to unwanted attention." (p.98) So vital is our energy and how we express it in our body to how it's perceived by others. Pondering the term signature energy, I realised I've been reading about it in a different form in the book Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magic Symbols by Laura Tempest Zakroff, a book Effy recommends to us in Moonshine. In Sigil Witchery (a fascinating book), Zakroff mentions the power and energy of using our own signatures as part of a personal magic symbol. Oohhhh! I'm eager to try but am still working my way through the book. But I feel the energy of my signature when I sign it. Perhaps you feel yours, too? I feel the energy even signing my initials! Imagine incorporating that into a special, protective, empowering symbol! I can hardly wait. Meanwhile, walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye. Express yourself as the beautiful soul you are.
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Sophie Horsman
4/12/2019 05:29:28 am
This is something I think about a lot and actually it was a yoga teacher who first made me consider it. I found this a really interesting post, thank you :)
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Kimi Bois
4/12/2019 08:28:28 am
What a great quote, I love that!
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Rachel
4/12/2019 05:44:48 pm
Some really good food for thought here, that I am going to return to when my brain is more alert.
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maggie p
4/13/2019 04:00:54 pm
food for thought, thank you, going to try and find the book about the girls.
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