Transition is life
In 2022 the breath tokens are about transitions. Transition literally means to “cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away,” from transire – trans “across, beyond” + ire “to go“.
In breathing, transition naturally occurs after the inhale and the exhale and vice versa. I’ve noticed that I tend to go over transitions, in breathing as well as in the every day, going from one thing to the next without paying attention to the space in between. Despite being aware that these transitions are happening, in breathing or in other behaviours, I find it really challenging to be present in them.
Together with you I’d like to explore the subject of transitions. I’ll post quotes, collect ideas or questions from people I know and from you.
If you’d like to share something about transitions, contact me at hallo@nicolacaroli.com.
Transition is life
I recently met a herbalist named Jule and felt inspired to ask what transition was to her. She said “I immediately have an image: I let something go, leave it behind me.” As she said this, she moved her arms down by her sides. “It drains away. And then comes the conscious decision to say yes to something, to open myself for something new.” As she said this, she moved her arms up by her sides. “This is what I experience in life. Transition is life.”
We can connect this movement with the exhale and inhale, moving the arms down on the exhale and moving them up on the inhale. What are your associations to what Jule said, would your movement be?
I invite you to explore these questions and/or to explore the theme of transitions in your own way.
We can also explore these ideas through touch, movement, sound, writing and drawing…
Let’s stay in touch. Let’s be breathed.