Just the Details
How to begin sharing days so richly lived? How to speak of the shared breath, the honoring touch, the awareness and presence shared amongst a group of exquisite beings?
What to say about Chester's teaching? His daily climb up a mountain of stairs so that he could sit with a circle of students. His acute presence to his embodiment, each moment demanding vigilance for survival. The Teacher so Full of Teaching, and the Effort to Articulate. The reverant laughter, the sweet sorrow, the ferocity of simplicity, the call to the breath. The Touch that still sings of the Love of the Flesh. The Breath that Opens Us.
More will come. More will come.
But for this moment, a partial update of Chester's physical state of being.
As I write this, Chester is once again with Dr. Tang in surgery, a procedure that was not scheduled until just yesterday. Breathe. During class, he began experiencing a squeaking noise coming from the persistant hole in his head. 95% of his surgical wound has healed up beautifully, and yet the top most area (least blood flow, most scalp tension) still is an open wound. After two additional sets of sutures to attempt to close it, it remained open and vocal! The squeak could be heard across the room, and was not only both disturbing and a alarmingly amusing ("the junkyard terrier swallowed a squeaky toy!") to Chester but also a potential site of infection. So this morning Dr. Tang opened the incision a bit and cleaned the area, examined for any complications, and will sew him back up. Chester has met all of this additional challenge with grace and ease, and we continue to support him in a dynamic dance of finding comfort. I will report more on the outcome of today's procedure after I see Chester tonight.
Tomorrow is Chester's post-treatment MRI. This will be a significant look inside Chester's radiant head. You will be kept up to date on what is seen with that lens as we know. Chester continues to sit with both hopefullness and plenty of room for the unknown.
Meanwhile, rehabilitation continues and an excellent team of women from Rehab without Walls is guiding Chester in an inspiring course of rehab. June, the Occupational Therapist, is (in CM's words) a "miracle worker" and "trusts his right side more than he does". He is starting to gain small amounts of flexion in his right ankle, a great sign of continued muscle and nerve regeneration. Sensitivity and movement continue to flirt back into his right arm, and we are preventing a locked hand posture with constant stretching, massage, and relaxation of his right hand.
Chester has never waivered in knowing how well-held he is by an enormous spiral of friends, family, students, healers, visionaries. We FEEL your love and support, not just "sense it", we FEEL your presence EVERY DAY. Chester and all of his support team have Enormous THANKS for all that you have done, and we have not once felt a lapse in presence from our friends far and near. Do not ever doubt-- all of your breath, prayers, and pleasure that you have offered up has reached us, has come flooding in and is breathed in with gratitude. I will ask Chester if he wants to dictate a personal message to you all here on the blog sometime soon.
More to Come.
"Keep it Easy" ~Chester Mainard
What to say about Chester's teaching? His daily climb up a mountain of stairs so that he could sit with a circle of students. His acute presence to his embodiment, each moment demanding vigilance for survival. The Teacher so Full of Teaching, and the Effort to Articulate. The reverant laughter, the sweet sorrow, the ferocity of simplicity, the call to the breath. The Touch that still sings of the Love of the Flesh. The Breath that Opens Us.
More will come. More will come.
But for this moment, a partial update of Chester's physical state of being.
As I write this, Chester is once again with Dr. Tang in surgery, a procedure that was not scheduled until just yesterday. Breathe. During class, he began experiencing a squeaking noise coming from the persistant hole in his head. 95% of his surgical wound has healed up beautifully, and yet the top most area (least blood flow, most scalp tension) still is an open wound. After two additional sets of sutures to attempt to close it, it remained open and vocal! The squeak could be heard across the room, and was not only both disturbing and a alarmingly amusing ("the junkyard terrier swallowed a squeaky toy!") to Chester but also a potential site of infection. So this morning Dr. Tang opened the incision a bit and cleaned the area, examined for any complications, and will sew him back up. Chester has met all of this additional challenge with grace and ease, and we continue to support him in a dynamic dance of finding comfort. I will report more on the outcome of today's procedure after I see Chester tonight.
Tomorrow is Chester's post-treatment MRI. This will be a significant look inside Chester's radiant head. You will be kept up to date on what is seen with that lens as we know. Chester continues to sit with both hopefullness and plenty of room for the unknown.
Meanwhile, rehabilitation continues and an excellent team of women from Rehab without Walls is guiding Chester in an inspiring course of rehab. June, the Occupational Therapist, is (in CM's words) a "miracle worker" and "trusts his right side more than he does". He is starting to gain small amounts of flexion in his right ankle, a great sign of continued muscle and nerve regeneration. Sensitivity and movement continue to flirt back into his right arm, and we are preventing a locked hand posture with constant stretching, massage, and relaxation of his right hand.
Chester has never waivered in knowing how well-held he is by an enormous spiral of friends, family, students, healers, visionaries. We FEEL your love and support, not just "sense it", we FEEL your presence EVERY DAY. Chester and all of his support team have Enormous THANKS for all that you have done, and we have not once felt a lapse in presence from our friends far and near. Do not ever doubt-- all of your breath, prayers, and pleasure that you have offered up has reached us, has come flooding in and is breathed in with gratitude. I will ask Chester if he wants to dictate a personal message to you all here on the blog sometime soon.
More to Come.
"Keep it Easy" ~Chester Mainard
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