We Felt the Ground with Our Feet
We learned
a basic movement of Suri Ashi
and practiced
together.
We felt the ground with our feet.
and walked with ancestors.
Walking on St. Olaf Pilgrimage
Juama talked of natural beauty as antidote.
We traded observations
through stones.
Lena shared the religious, political, and naturalist history.
Ami sang from the 12th century
for our feet.
In Grissleham we found a place to
Circle
and tried to move as one.
We felt
the ground with our feet,
the people that came before us in this place,
the ice ages and eons that shaped this landscape,
the volcanoes that made the rocks.
We felt the turmoil inside ourselves,
and in the world.
I read Alice Walker’s message from earth
of our collective human struggle, grief, and hope,
and her guidance toward unity; the circle.
We moved together
Imperfectly.
We took turns,
we returned,
circled again,
considered the symbol
locked Arms
and felt our strength
together
Walking Together as a Circle
Was a walk led by John Schuerman (Bio)
As part of the May 21, 2024 BKN Pilgrimage day
Alice Walker Quotation (P. 43, sent by earth)
Cited at the start of the Circle Walk
May we be connected to each other,
May we know the range and depth of feelings
in ourselves and in each other
There is vulnerability, fear, love, rage, hatred,
compassion, courage, despair, and
hope
in ourselves, each other, and the world.
May we know our most authentic feelings
And voice them when we speak,
May we tap into soul and spirit when we are
silent together
May healing begin in us.
May we form and become a circle.
