{"id":4727,"date":"2015-03-10T15:56:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T23:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2015-03-10T15:56:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T23:56:26","slug":"this-mornings-dialogue-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/this-mornings-dialogue-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"This morning’s dialogue poem"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>

The four fold practice meets the Din\u00e9 healthy communities framework<\/p><\/div>\n

Harvest from a three hour check in circle this morning, building a social field among 40 health promotion practitioners from across the Navajo Nation. \u00a0The circle was at times tender and wickedly funny. \u00a0It built a beautiful field to begin our three day training. \u00a0Here’s the poem:<\/p>\n

\n
Y\u00e1\u2019a t\u00e9\u00e9h! It\u2019s a good day.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I am here for the wellness\u00a0of our nations;<\/div>\n
we have stationed ourselves inside our families<\/div>\n
where we teach and learn<\/div>\n
reach each parent and turn around<\/div>\n
their minds to a kind of space<\/div>\n
that is safe to face<\/div>\n
what flies over our heads<\/div>\n
as we sit on our sheepskins<\/div>\n
and keep the teachings in the home.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It\u2019s a warm feeling, healing even<\/div>\n
to be basking in being hosted<\/div>\n
with a ticker that ticks\u00a0and keeps on giving<\/div>\n
and my\u00a0Converse laced up and I\u2019m ready for living<\/div>\n
I love growing the food my family is eating<\/div>\n
preventing cancer and diabetes<\/div>\n
whispering the secret of healthy people<\/div>\n
teaching through recreation and schools<\/div>\n
reaching youth so they don\u2019t act like fools<\/div>\n
and see peace\u00a0and respect as cool.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I work in recovery which is a kind of discovery<\/div>\n
for the men coming back to us from the pen<\/div>\n
bringing them back to the traditional life<\/div>\n
to be in harmony, connected to family<\/div>\n
receiving the gifts of community and ceremony<\/div>\n
to counter the drama of trauma<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u201cLying in the road hurt\u201d means that my work is about healing<\/div>\n
getting up and feeling\u00a0the body<\/div>\n
feeling the advocacy that I speak<\/div>\n
fixed by the gaze of a grazing sheep<\/div>\n
that reminds me of my grandmother\u2019s teaching:<\/div>\n
this is the way that it has to be<\/div>\n
to spread my wings and see<\/div>\n
how I can develop me\u00a0and then how we can move forward<\/div>\n
to see possibility and leave our conversations happy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I start with myself, and build out from there<\/div>\n
circles of care that come from the sheepskin,<\/div>\n
the ancient wisdom, and tools that help us weave<\/div>\n
the stories that leave us tightly bound.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Tighten up your buns,\u00a0there\u2019s work to be done,<\/div>\n
Doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s your hair or your derriere.<\/div>\n
And take a look and make sure your corn beef is cooked.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I am a believer in hope and change<\/div>\n
for a\u00a0positive exchange of the art of the heart<\/div>\n
grounding in respect so we can expect<\/div>\n
to find out why place matters.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I help to bring wholeness with a focus on food<\/div>\n
a wholesome and fullsome way to collude<\/div>\n
with kids and youth who pick up the positive attitude<\/div>\n
that comes from our culture<\/div>\n
harmonize our bodies and our eyes.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I\u2019m a traveller, an unraveller of<\/div>\n
unhealthy ways, weaving teachings about how to raise<\/div>\n
communities, raise gardens and harvest our best<\/div>\n
bring our heart to everything we do<\/div>\n
deal with our fears so we can be here<\/div>\n
present to what wants to appear<\/div>\n
with minds clear.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I\u2019m a first generation relocation baby<\/div>\n
thinking maybe I have a giftedness that will lift the people<\/div>\n
bring them to fitness<\/div>\n
and give back what I have learned on this ride<\/div>\n
to see pride\u00a0inside everyone in our tribes.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It all comes down to helping others<\/div>\n
coaching kids, approaching mothers and grandmothers<\/div>\n
who share their respect with us<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I\u2019m from the beach boys<\/div>\n
and a blond haired grandma and traditional speakers<\/div>\n
who infused in me a possibility<\/div>\n
to change the dysfunction I see, conversationally,<\/div>\n
for the benefit of the community, to support the wellness that starts from me.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
We know our own patterns and carry them in our blood<\/div>\n
transport them everywhere flood of memories<\/div>\n
leaving this world better than how we found it<\/div>\n
better harmony, better family.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I might be out of words.<\/div>\n
Overwhelmed at everything I\u2019ve heard<\/div>\n
and here to hear with my ears and heart<\/div>\n
to get a head start on addressing the fears<\/div>\n
Here, I can see where my prayers are going,<\/div>\n
and what has come to my knowing,<\/div>\n
my leadership is calling me back<\/div>\n
and I can see that I stack up.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The talking happens at the rug,<\/div>\n
drawing people into the snug corner of the home<\/div>\n
where we share the honest lessons we have learned<\/div>\n
pray the prayers that burn in our hearts.<\/div>\n
All over the world, we understand weaving<\/div>\n
(even though our sweater doesn\u2019t meet five days from leaving)<\/div>\n
each one of us is teaching in this room<\/div>\n
each one bringing our strands to the loom.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I work in the struggle<\/div>\n
creating the space where families can face their challenges<\/div>\n
with something as simple as reading<\/div>\n
or as powerful as seeking out the strengths<\/div>\n
or going to great lengths<\/div>\n
to build leaders who feed their own learning<\/div>\n
turning back to the language\u00a0and values.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
I am related to the world my relations unfurled<\/div>\n
like a ball of yarn that leads us\u00a0to our tools<\/div>\n
a school of weaving leaving us loved\u00a0and moved<\/div>\n
coming back to what was lost<\/div>\n
as we chased a living across the south<\/div>\n
now I\u2019m getting the language in my mouth<\/div>\n
and find myself at a junction<\/div>\n
where I support functional community<\/div>\n
and do the work of spirit.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Y\u00e1\u2019a t\u00e9\u00e9h! It\u2019s a good day.<\/div>\n
and good to start in a beautiful way.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harvest from a three hour check in circle this morning, building a social field among 40 health promotion practitioners from across the Navajo Nation. \u00a0The circle was at times tender and wickedly funny. \u00a0It built a beautiful field to begin our three day training. \u00a0Here’s the poem: Y\u00e1\u2019a t\u00e9\u00e9h! It\u2019s a good day. I am here for the wellness\u00a0of our nations; we have stationed ourselves inside our families where we teach and learn reach each parent and turn around their minds to a kind of space that is safe to face what flies over our heads as we sit on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[29,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-of-hosting","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piBp1-1ef","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4729,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}