A Place That Promises That It Can, But Not Only That It Can, But That It Will, Heal You

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A Place That Promises That It Can, But Not Only That It Can, But That It Will, Heal You

I got home to my room after almost two weeks on the road and the have never been happier to see ANYWHERE in my life. My giant purple dragon Harmony waiting for me on the bed. My new orange blanket. My Tibetan prayer flags. I missed home. Even walking down from the station I realised I loved it here. It’s not the Lake District but it’s home. And I love the pylons round here and the openness.

For the last 9 nights I have shared - the youth hostel in Manchester where a girl woke me up in the middle of the night and I started screaming (long story), the youth hostel in the middle of nowhere in the Lake District where I made friends with all the staff, and two nights with my dear friend in her bed. The concept of having my own room and my own bed seems like the ultimate luxury. I have been sitting on this post for a while. When I was 23 my mum ordered herself a book on yoga to my place. I stole it and made it my own.

One of the models in the book healed from the same kind of trauma as me through “yoga and meditation, nutrition and dance.” I have been meditating for years. I love to dance and I dance loads. I am starting private trauma informed yoga. Finally I am ready. And I have been tweaking nutrition for years and I hope that I am right now. All of this to say. I think the Lake District healed me. I danced for five days straight. I dance the elements. I danced as Fire and Water and Earth and air and I will keep on dancing them. 

I loved being a tree in the wind. I loved being a power station. I think that the Lake District can and will heal me. And I have lots more dance coming up. Right now I am overrun with so many emotions and I am trying to process them!
Mountains in the Lake District
Borrowdale, Cumbria

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