觀音
觀音
Long-form writings on breath, sound, body, mind, and practice. Sent when something is ready to be shared.
One small word does a lot of work. The hungry ghost in Buddhist mythology — preta — has an enormous stomach and a tiny mouth. Hunger that can never be satisfied. We use the word "seeking" without realising what it carries. Searching is a different energy entirely.
Read essay →At ninety feet underwater, the body stops resisting. Your mind goes completely quiet. The breath is unique — the only autonomic function you can consciously change. A freediver's lesson in conscious breath, and the simplest practice you'll ever know.
Read essay →A breath you can do anywhere — at a red light, before bed, mid-anxiety. The simplest practice for shifting your nervous system, and what is actually happening when you do.
Read essay →The first time I struck the gong with proper intention, the woman across the room began to cry. The body listens before the mind does. A look at resonance, coherence, dissonance — through the gong, the didgeridoo, and the research that has shaped how I understand what is happening in the room.
Read essay →Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory, distilled. The three states your nervous system moves through, and why understanding the architecture changes everything.
Read essay →No letters in this pillar yet.
There are a handful of letters sitting in notebooks now — on the body, on sound, on what the mind does when it stops being asked to perform. Each takes the time it takes. They'll arrive when they're ready.
— Seyeong & Jingfu
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