Biggest order yet. Seventy for a new store, the Goldenfinch Boutique, opening in Washington, IL. As I am now head of production for Kate Kilmurray Designs, I’ve become a weaving machine. Helpful to stay productive during Covid. (Would rather be traveling and teaching, but reality has other ideas!) We are now carried in over 65 stores worldwide, including Denmark, Canada and Japan. Visit katekilmurray.com for more examples of my latest output.
Weaving as Meditation…On a larger loom. Not original, but it was challenging!
Homework for December: Basic
How well do you know your pelvis? There are 
six different bones that constitute the pelvis, three on the right, three on the left, plus the cartilaginous pubic symphysis linking the two sides. In the photo of the left pelvic bone, we see how the bowl shaped acetabulum triangulates into three 120 degrees segments, linking the pubic bone, the ilium and the sitting bone or ischium. For our explorations, consider the pubic bone as shown above, including the superior and inferior rami.
In Bonnie’s fall series on releasing the spine, one of her major points of emphasis was the awakening and activating the pubic bones and symphysis as the energetic and informational link between the two legs, with the pelvic bones being included as parts of the leg. When the pubic bones are alive, engaged and integrated, the sacrum and coccyx can be released from their patterns of strain and holding. Carried further, spinal liberation comes from the awakening and engagement of the front body structures (adding sternum and hyoid bone), combined with awakening and integrating the tone of the organs, (in the next post we will visit the pelvic and respiratory diaphragms to help here), to create a whole body postural tonal field that supports the spinal energy and releases the unnecessary tension in the spinal muscles. From our Taoist perspective, awakening and liberating the “Yin Conception Vessel frees up the Yang Governing vessel, allowing the Micro-Cosmic orbit to flow freely, and integrating and sustaining the field of postural- psycho-physiological tone.
To find sensation in the bones, or anywhere in the body, we have three major tools: Direct touch, movement and imagination. Use what works for you. Start in any sitting posture and find the pubic bones. Trace along the rami to the acetabula, and from the acetabula into the illia and ischia. On each side, feel the almost vertical line from the bottom of the sitting bone to the top of the illia. (See photo above.) Lengthen in opposite directions and sustain the action with as little effort as possible. Release your coccyx. Notice how your sitting posture changes. This will be the central action in the next two movements.
From any sitting pose, find the vertical length as just explained, bring your attention/qi back to the pubic bones and then initiate a slight forward flexion/bending action. Did you initiate this from the superior or inferior rami? Like cars at a traffic light, in forward bending the inferior rami must lead or else you will compress to top front of the groins onto the bottom of the groins.
Now try a slight pelvic extension of backbending action. Leading with the superior rami will led to space and ease in the upper front. Leading with the inferior rami will compress the bottom groins into the upper groins. Ideally, in both actions, the ischia and illia move away from each other lengthening the groins. Take this action into tadasana, uttanasana and any other poses that inspire you. And then into walking and all aspects of your daily life.
Homework for December: Challenging
The cells and tissues of the body have piezoelectric properties. Piezoelectricity literally 
means “pressure electricity. As pressure increases in any region (squeezing/condensing/heating) or decreases (expanding/spreading/cooling) we can ‘feel’ the fluctuations in the fluid-tissue matrix of the body. Postural ‘tone’ is a dynamic piezoelectric field. Stretching and twisting also change the overall quality of the field. Dive into the pubic bones, center your selves here and let this field emerge through the soft tissue structures into consciousness. Allow its self-organizing properties to weave its way throughout the body, helping awaken sensation and spaciousness everywhere.
Teaching in 2021
I am hoping to set up some form of teaching in January. Is the way of working in this post of interest to you? What subjects and questions would you like to see covered?
Happy Holidays, Support Small Businesses, Support Democracy, Stay Safe,
Stay Present.
Keep your heart open and your mind alert. Enjoy every moment. They are Divine gifts and it is easy to forget this.