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It's Not About the Body

Yes, sometimes
your body hurts.

And yes, it’s hard
to play your instrument.

And YES, it is extremely worrisome when your pain won’t leave,
and day after day, it’s harder to believe!

. . . because you just don’t know . . .
. . . precisely how . . .

To make it go away
and permanently fix it.

You try to change how you hold and play
You modify your technique, and work-around for comfort
You rest
You stretch

You wish
You breathe . . .

But no . . .
truly NO………….

It’s NOT
about your body.
Your body is simply reflecting YOU.

Just like your music—it reveals who you are.

Your body is a collection of residues and thoughts
Of past experience and future projections.

Are you present?
Aware?
Are you conscious of your thoughts?
Do you recognize their effect on how you feel?

Most of the musicians I work with: at first, they are not.
This is not a judgment, a criticism, or a plot.

It’s just the way
We human beings are.

We regret the past, or hang back in nostalgia.
We fear the future, or grab for desire.
We strive towards goals, we push, and we shape . . .
We focus, we concentrate, we work, and we crave . . .

When we practice, we correct . . .
When we perform, we neglect . . .
Who we are
What we love

We forget to let go . . .
. . . and let our Love create…

It’s not about the body!
Even when we’re in pain!

The doctors, the chiropractors,
the massage and physical therapists . . .
They are not seeing
the true source of your strain!

Blind to the connections
Only seeking corrections

What if the whole of you . . . just needs to be seen?
What if the Truth of you . . . simply yearns for the Serene?

It’s not about the body.

Your body is innocent.

It’s about the universal
body-mind-heart-of-you . . .

The infinite whole
Expanse of That forgotten
Powerful Life-Force
And Light downtrodden

Look inside, outside
All around

Learn to integrate
And BE, and marvel
At what seems impossible
But, with detached curiosity—is possible

Open up your mind
Your heart, and your Art
To EASE and delight!
Day and night!

Imagine and live and Be your SELF
Accept your pain, it’s only illusion
Rise above your ego’s ruses
Release the doubt, and be without

The habit of suffering
Protective buffering
From Truth—the pure Truth
Of what’s happening NOW

Melting again, and again . . .

And . . . do you see?

oh YES . . .

. . . and wow………….

© Jennifer Roig-Francolí 2024

With Love,
Jennifer

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