The body always speaks the loudest

Day 20 of The Seal: A 30-Day Micro-Memoir Series

I was sitting in a riverfront meadow when my body betrayed me.

I felt myself unhitch from it and float away up into the sky.

I’d gone to a retreat in the woods to get out of my head and back into my body. I slept under the stars, wandered the trails, sank my toes into wide grasslands, and swam in the river.

In a women’s sharing circle, they asked us what b…