Sometimes subtleties hit the mark, and at other times wide variations can help us to arrive at a different moment of appreciation. In Shi Jue Ming/Concha Haliotidis3 we witness a strongly alternative footing pattern to the first two, here utilizing the forward/backward grain much more than the others, with lateralization kept to a minimum. Remember again that each of these patterns is the result of consistent styles of movement in shielding behaviors over years of time.

Could we use these footing sections of Shi Jue Ming/Concha Haliotidis to address our own habitual patterns of defense and protection? Absolutely.

Can we use shells in general in our efforts to soften our own patterns of compensation and resistance? Without a doubt.

And what of the perpendicularity of these patterns? Might one direction correspond more to our Jing-vessels and the other to our Luo-vessels?

Let our process of experimentation and alchemization begin…