hiya, Reader.
✨ it’s Stephanie, and the emails over the past month have been direct from my Source consciousness to yours, and i am here to step into the role of narrator for the foreseeable future as J’Aime is deep in the throes of de-conditioning, physically, mentally, and emotionally in the beautiful splendor of Thailand. to experience the loving work she is doing there within and around Human Design, animals, and energy gridding, follow her on IG @expandedfurbeing and @expandedbeing. and now…
i’ve been thinking about the importance of the lateral space, and because i am speaking to the iNCOMING community, that means metaphysically, too.
and then, as words often do open themselves up to me, this sacred’nym came to me:
lateral = “later, all.” 👋
which feels, objectively, spot on, because -
➡️ when you move forward, you see what is in front of you.
⬅️ when you move backward, you see what is behind you.
⬆️ when you look up, you extend.
⬇️ when you look down, you flex.
🔁 when you look left and right you facilitate rotation.
and when you move laterally, something else happens - you step out of the lane you were in, moving your personal axis off the communal pace, and by doing so, new space opens up to your unique, creative rhythm.
within that lateral movement, you can encounter something incredibly valuable:
a choice point.
a place where you are no longer simply carried by momentum. a place where you can pause. breathe. witness. and choose.
lateral movement creates a kind of slow time - not the chronological time you normally ascribe to; rather, more like the felt experience of having enough space between impulse and action to ask:
🤔 how do i want to move?
🤷♀️ when do i want to move?
🙋🏾♂️ where do i want to move?
that pause is powerful.
because so much of life is movement along a seemingly pre-determined trajectory. forward. backward. with the current. school. promotion at work. kids’ activities. with the expectations, patterns, rhythms and vibrations that already exist and are perhaps even already conditioned into us.
so, sometimes, we need to step sideways, and say -
“later, all!”
not as a rejection of the collective, but as a loving stepping-out, unplugging, detangling from the stream. a moment to become less immersed in the collective vibration so that you can discover something subtler:
your own vibration. your own rhythm. your own unique humming frequency. the movement into the lateral space gives you room to discover it all.
sometimes that “later, all!” looks like buying a one-way ticket to Thailand. sometimes it looks like an intentional and swift perspective shift from shock and despair to gratitude and joy when you run into a curb and end up with a flat tire on the way to the GYROTONIC® studio (💯 me this morning!). sometimes it looks like saying no to something you always say yes to, when, actually you really don’t want to.
perhaps this is the real gift of lateral space: it doesn’t necessarily give you a new destination. it gives you agency.
and once you have found your own center, you can - and, in some ways, must -return to the stream, precisely to share what you have discovered by showing up differently.
when you return, you are allowing yourself to flow back into the collective, because now, you can participate in it more consciously.
at the iNCOMING we have a saying,
“mastery is showing up, especially when the conditions are not ideal.”
😩 when your kid is crying and in need of more time with you on your way out the door.
❓when you are about to retire and don’t know what you will do with yourself.
🫨 when you live in other people’s homes and energy and crave your own space.
it is in moving into the lateral space energetically that will open up the movement in the physical, leading you toward a more desired reality.
more balanced.
more grounded.
more confident in your own being.
so perhaps this is really the beautiful significance of the lateral space:
“‘later, all!’ so that i can return as all of myself.”
the lateral space is not an escape. it is a space of expanded perspective, where you have the potential to become a conscious co-creator of your next step.
this is the guiding light shining through the Harnessing the Power of 8, 4-week intensive: GYROKINESIS® class to align you to your center, so that you may be as fully present, focused and ready to participate in group intention.
tomorrow is the info session, and again, here are some reasons you may really want to join:
+ you have a lingering physical injury
+ you have a decision to make and you are unsure which way to move
+ you love Gyro
+ you just made a big change are looking to find more grounding
+ you feel so full and inspired to share your light
+ you’ve already signed up and are curious how the intensive will unfold
+ your body is saying yes to anything shared in these emails over the past few weeks
no prior meditation or movement experience necessary. 8 is the magic number AND all are welcome. and if you are ready to play in the rhythms of the infinite, join the intensive here.
in joyful collective expansion, xx Stephanie
LIVE ZOOM INFO MEETING (accessed through the iNCOMING app): WEDNESDAY, September 2nd, 12:15 pm ET / 9:15 am PT / 6:15 pm CET.