Bone does not begin as structure.
It emerges within a fluid environment.
Within a field of cells, nourishment, and movement.
In early development, what will later become bone
is part of a broader connective process -
a forming, spreading, organizing of tissue.
You are invited to relate to it not only as something solid,
and also is still in relationship with fluid processes.
PRACTICE
Begin where you are.
Take a moment to arrive.
Let your body come into contact
with the ground
or with the space around you.
Let the weight of your body settle.
Let the bones drop.
Stay for a moment with gravity.
With the sense of being supported.
Bring your attention to your skull.
You can touch it,
or stay with sensing from within.
Stay with the shape of the skull.
Front.
Back.
Sides.
Let your hands or your attention move slowly.
After some time,
gently introduce a shift.
Without needing to see or imagine clearly,
stay with the possibility
that these bones did not begin as solid.
They formed within soft tissue.
Within a fluid environment.
Within movement.
Stay with that.
Give a bit of space
for this to affect how you sense.
You might begin to notice
small changes in the way the skull feels.
At some point,
allow another quality to appear:
a sense of forming
Emerging
taking place within the tissue.
A sense of movement
continuing within the structure.
Take your time.
When it feels right,
release your hands.
Keep the sensing,
as if the contact continues
from inside.
From within this relationship,
allow your attention to widen.
Include your whole skeleton.
Let the sense of bone
extend through your body.
Notice:
support is still present.
There may also be
a sense of fluidity.
Or change.
From here,
allow a small movement to begin.
Wait for it.
Let it come.
Follow it.
Let it change.
Let one movement lead to another.
Stay close to what is happening now.
When you feel that something is complete,
pause.
Stay still.
Let the experience settle.
You can return
to one moment that stays with you.
Enter it again.
Stay with it a bit longer.
ATTENTION
What do you notice in your skull?
What changes in your sense of support?
Where do you meet bone as structure?
Where do you sense it as process?
What changes
when structure remains in relationship with fluid?
NOTE
There is no need to recreate embryological development.
The practice is about allowing the body
to access relationships
that are already present.
