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Twins Anneke and
Hans Learn About Dance Meditation – short story
Anneke and Hans are school age twins living in a small village
crisscrossed with little wooded parks and canals near the North Sea coast of
North Holland.
One afternoon after an especially busy day at school, the twins decided to take
their time walking home by winding their way through a nearby park of large
poplar trees, yew and blackberry brambles along a shallow canal.
After leaving the protection of the tall red brick houses with steeply sloping
roofs on the street beyond school, they entered a small
woodland. Hans and Anneke noticed the wind blowing
stronger than they had thought, so they stopped alongside the path to put on
their jackets.
Overhead they heard birds singing, and noticed the top branches of hundred foot
poplars swaying back and forth. It seemed the birds, feathers fluffed from the
wind, were huddled and tightly clutching branches to keep from losing their
balance.
As kids like to play and imitate nature, Anneke had
the idea that they could be like the wind in the high tree tops,
by swinging their arms over their heads right side to left side, back and
forth. So, for a few minutes of dancing the twins started imitating the
whooshing sound of the wind by breathing in and out while bending to the right,
and breathing in and out while bending to the left.
Resting a moment, the thought came to Hans – which he shared with his sister – that their 'wind dance' had dissolved
their stress from school, and they agreed they were feeling much better!
It was then that they spied a particular jay high up on a branch that they
named 'Jasper Jay'. He was sounding a rhythmic call of 'ee
- ee - eek' over and over – quite intent on his mission.
Anneke and Hans noticed other birds singing their
rhythmic songs and tried to imitate, but it was hard to hear the sounds,
exactly. They told each other they'd have to spend more time paying attention
to the birds singing if they really wanted to learn their calls.
After a short time, they left the little woodland behind as they took the path
leading home. But, they kept up the memory of their lesson from that day, by
remembering that dancing while breathing in and out evenly dissolved their
stress, and left them full of fresh energy!
And, in more adventures ahead, Anneke and Hans will
be learning more about nature, and some easy meditations.
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Story and photo of jay in The Netherlands by Susan Helene Kramer
Note: The characters in this story are fictional.
The author, Susan Helene Kramer, has been teaching people of all
ages and abilities meditation, yoga and dance for more than 30 years.
Anneke and Hans Meditation Stories as a 28 page EBook
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Anneke and Hans went to
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Email susan@susankramer.com
Autobiography http://www.susankramer.com/Biography.html
Home Page http://www.susankramer.com
Dutch
translation