After living a bit more than one year in Switzerland, I had the chance to visit my family in Brazil, where I was born. It was a complete different experience from the time when I lived there as every sensation, emotion, view felt like in a magnifying glass. As soon as we landed, I felt my heart connecting to a “love filling station” as if my breast was opening up slowly and slowly. The earth under my feet seemed a bit shaky, swinging gently but unable to give me the sense of stability. Huge trees with routs lifting the cement of the sidewalks, big leaves, incredible diversity of singing birds, colorful and magnificent flowers, abundance of fruits… Almost overwhelming as I felt unable to absorb the grandiosity of nature. I started realizing how the energy of nature and its manifestations has a huge impact on me. The big mountains in Switzerland help me feel the strength and stability, grounding myself, while the lakes create space for silence and stillness. I learned to celebrate tiny flowers sprouting out of the earth after the cold winter and leaves falling off the trees in autumn announcing time to rest and retreat. I guess feeling more heart opened also result in a more emotional and flexible way of dealing with life, whereas grounding seems more rational and less opened to big changes. It was interesting to observe in my body how natural it was to express and move energy from the heart outwards in Brazil, while it was challenging to move it in and downwards to ground. On the other hand, nature in Switzerland invites me to look inward and listen. So bottom line of my personal experience is that there is no right or wrong, no better or worse. It is about feeling how nature and each environment affect us, what is our own nature and what our soul needs in that particular moment. What I know is that the warm sun melts cold snow and brings life back when spring comes.
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