Vortex Surfers

by Fiona

I really like “vortex surfers” as the name of this blog - for all the reasons in the intro and some of my own. The vortex is such a great metaphor. Being pulled down into the shame spiral is the reason I’m here on this blog , doing this work. I’ve been in therapy for 15 years searching and trying to pick up new tools (surfboards) at first just to stay afloat and now to stay afloat and be skillful about it.

The vortex can turn on it’s side and be the spiral of my life changing. The ups and downs, the forward and backward steps - the inexorable pull forward toward growth and change.

Tornados have always fascinated me.

And the surfing part… I love the water. I visualize water in so much of my spiritual musings - waves especially. From there I can go into the waves vs. particles of quantum physics. I have believed in waves for many years.

When I do Tai Chi I visualize the wave of energy washing over me and as then ebbing as I deliver energy back to the earth.

I literally get in the water 3x a week - it’s my favorite workout and one of my favorite places to ponder these big ideas. I snorkel and scuba dive.

The weightlessness in water allows me to dance and move every which-a-way. Movements impossible in gravity are easy in the water.

I won’t even start on John from Cincinatti! I’ll go there another day.

I look forward to visiting these topics many times. There is so much depth to these images; they go to the origin and the root of life. It even sounds like a good song title. So… I want to be a vortex surfer.