Stillness, and Listening
A reflection on stillness as the ground from which listening emerges.
Stillness is not the absence of movement, but the moment when attention gathers.
Listening begins when the noise of response quiets, and something subtler becomes audible.
To listen requires a kind of willingness that cannot be rushed.
The body often speaks before language arrives: through sensation, pause, discomfort, or ease.
In stillness, these signals are no longer background. They surface gently, asking not to be interpreted immediately, but noticed. Listening, then, is not an act of effort, but of consent; allowing what is present to be felt without correction.
This space remains open.