This is such a beautifully written article. Such memorable metaphors; my favourite being the octopus!

Kate! You are a wonderful writer. I love this article. Thanks so much for the insight .....I went for a long hike along a wilderness river today. All of a sudden ,while I was looking out at the flowing river I thot of your article and the heart....is the river the blood of the earth? Is the earth the heart? Are we building and digging and re-arranging and blocking the flow?... OMG ,......my companion , I think,... had thot I'd lost my mind....Sooo,like the pathways that travel from the heart so did your words travel the pathway along a beautiful river......thanks so much. It really brought a mystic presence into the solitude that I encountered there! A truly heartfelt blessing to you! Cheers Tracy

Ali I'm so glad to hear that the octopus image works for you! I LOVE that image as a mental guide for whole-body meditations! Sending you warm love from my heart to yours...:)

Tracy C , sounds like you need to hang out with Gil Hedley! These realizations sound like they are coming straight from him. You are RIGHT on track, Sister...The last time I was in an airplane, I was actually coming home from a dissection with Gil in Colorado and I couldn't stop seeing the "rivers" of the heart when I looked out the window....Thank you Thank you Thank YOU for sharing this with me! You have made my day -- because now I feel like I am not as crazy ;) You have a friend in me, Lovely Yogi! Love love and more LOVE coming your way!