What's a "belly story"? It's a story about how we're valuing and revaluing our body's center. Here are a couple of examples:
In The Serpent and the Wave, Jalaja Bonheim writes that while she was shopping in a local market, a toddler approached her. Proudly patting his belly, he declared "I am me!"
Did you watch Wonder Woman on television back in the '70s? I missed that. But according to Michael Sims in Adam’s Navel, when Diana Prince changed into her Wonder Woman wardrobe, special effects showed a "cosmic force seeming to radiate outward from the vicinity of her navel."
What's your story?
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Dinner for the Earth
Did you hear Terry Gross' April 11 interview on Fresh Air with Michael Pollan? He's the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
I'm especially moved by his statement that eating is "our most profound engagement with the natural world." Pollan titles the introduction to his book "Our National Eating Disorder."
I'm preparing to lead a ritual with therapists working to prevent and treat eating disorders, especially among women. I'll be telling the story of grain goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone as the story of our relationship with our bodies, with earth's body.
NASA's telerobotics program has developed a robot to automate "terrestrial agricultural operations," naming the machine "Demeter." How great do you think the grain goddess' fury might be?
I'm especially moved by his statement that eating is "our most profound engagement with the natural world." Pollan titles the introduction to his book "Our National Eating Disorder."
I'm preparing to lead a ritual with therapists working to prevent and treat eating disorders, especially among women. I'll be telling the story of grain goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone as the story of our relationship with our bodies, with earth's body.
NASA's telerobotics program has developed a robot to automate "terrestrial agricultural operations," naming the machine "Demeter." How great do you think the grain goddess' fury might be?
Monday, April 17, 2006
The Goddess On My Desktop...
I've been revamping my loveyourbelly.com website in preparation for the release of the new and expanded edition of The Woman's Belly Book, all about reclaiming our body's center as sacred, not shameful.
I've been working long hours, my belly rumbling its own comments from time to time. As I prepared to call it quits last night, I noticed that one of the web pages had made its way to my desktop. It's an excerpt from an ancient Indian scripture called The Mystery of the Triune Goddess. The Mother of the Universe tells us where she is and how to connect with her:
"Abide in the core of your being — you will find Me there."
What a timely reminder!
I've been working long hours, my belly rumbling its own comments from time to time. As I prepared to call it quits last night, I noticed that one of the web pages had made its way to my desktop. It's an excerpt from an ancient Indian scripture called The Mystery of the Triune Goddess. The Mother of the Universe tells us where she is and how to connect with her:
"Abide in the core of your being — you will find Me there."
What a timely reminder!
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