Into the Deep

© 2015 Oona McOuat

An unexpected journey, and I am travelling to a watery retreat, camped on the beach with no WIFI, internet, cell phone service, or electricity – just yoga, rest, reading, warmth, plenty of dolphins, and a grateful heart.

Photos by Leigh Hilbert

Dive with me into the deep – into cool, salty, shifting shades of blue and grey and green. 

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Here, there is no separation between voice and body, sound and essence.  Time falls away.  Moments are marked by breath – the percussive puff of exhalation, dorsal fins surfacing, shared air.  

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Below, a lucid dream:  the graceful legato of swimming sleep; the noisy swirl of playful chaos - leaf games, leaping games, cuddling, peace.

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Embryonic, beyond words, squeaks and clicks and siren song...  No need for translation. Communion, sacred and simple, awakening primordial self.

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Back on land, reflecting. How to remain in watery oneness while weighted by gravity’s pull?

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Fall into the breath,

tidal movement of belly and back.

Heart radiant and shimmering,

giving and receiving,

Lover and Beloved

floating on a pool of light.

Eternity enfolding,

embracing, releasing,  

merging,

Into the deep.

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Deep peace of the running wave to you,
Deep peace of the flowing air to you,
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you,
Deep peace, deep peace.

 From The Dominion of Dreams: Under The Dark Star by Fiona MacLeod     (1895)

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