Falling represents losing control. Practicing falling can be a way to feel safe during situations where you are not in control. I think it can help to understand you can still take care of yourself when a situation is out of your hands.
Glad to see you following this thread. And now I’ve also been thinking of writing my own metaphorical ukemi post!
“ whether I would be comfortable working with international folks..”
This is such a dumb question, whomever said this. Yes, because non-Americans are more discriminatory and/or have never heard of such things? More like the opposite, on the average, particularly anyone who is in such an engineering position in the first place..just shows a real ignorance about the world on the part of your interlocutor.
This felt like that delicious moment at the end of a good yoga practice where I get to lay down on the floor and relish falling, relaxing, and letting go. Really brilliant and lovely writing, Rey.
Glad to see you following this thread. And now I’ve also been thinking of writing my own metaphorical ukemi post!
“ whether I would be comfortable working with international folks..”
This is such a dumb question, whomever said this. Yes, because non-Americans are more discriminatory and/or have never heard of such things? More like the opposite, on the average, particularly anyone who is in such an engineering position in the first place..just shows a real ignorance about the world on the part of your interlocutor.
This felt like that delicious moment at the end of a good yoga practice where I get to lay down on the floor and relish falling, relaxing, and letting go. Really brilliant and lovely writing, Rey.