Montreal, Nov 21, 2018, 3:26 pm (“Teach Yourself to Fly” action; from Pauline’s Sonic Meditations document)

Action notes: Here, the action of breathing, tuning in to the sound of breath, and allowing that sounding to amplify, had the effect of grounding me deeply in my body as a resonating chamber. This is different than other listening actions that have centred my body acoustically within a world of sound. These kinds of actions tend to leave me feeling like a vibrating chamber localized within a vast soundscape. Today’s action did the opposite. It grounded me deeper and deeper inside my body as a dense site of vibrations and resonances. I could almost (could I?) feel my fingers and toes resonating as I moved breath-to-sound.

Action constraints: None really. My body is feeling better, and, in fact, the sounding felt really good in my belly. Like an internal massage of sorts.

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