Posted by alexandra_k on February 14, 2014, at 1:13:34
In reply to Re: happy happy-ish, posted by alexandra_k on February 14, 2014, at 1:02:57
while i was killing some time before the appointment i was sitting in the park and it turned out that there was a kindergarten (pre-school) right there (fenced off) in the middle of it. so i was watching the little kids play. there were two... i think they were twins. they did everything together. mostly they were playing in threes or whatever... there was one kid who liked to play by herself. she kept trying to get things / pull things / stack things because she wanted to... swing upside down. like on a seated swing how you can hold on with your arms and lie back... and relax your shoulders / neck / head... swing like that.
she couldn't really, though. because stacking things up under the gymnast rings wasn't going to help lift her butt up so she could lie back properly... after a while she tried the monkey bar. to lie back over that... but can't really do it without flipping around / over the bar.
i remember that feeling...
the place i grew up... the hospital is fairly central. there is a fairly large lake that is close. close to the hospital. close to the city. they have had swings there since... forever. big swings, too. grown up swings. a large / oversized frame so the arc of the swing is... graceful. not jerky / jolty. and the seat high enough from the ground so you don't risk snapping your legs when you try and slow down. and you hold on with your arms and lie back so you are nearly horizontal... and as you ascend the arc you end up nearly upside down.
that feeling...
i think that was what she wanted to do.
i wonder what it is about it...
weightlessness? i get something like that from weightlifting... when i get it just right (requires a good bar to feel merged with it)... a good swing set to the right height... water doesn't do it for me... but i freak out now with water in my ears and eyes. something vestibular, i guess...
i wonder if i'd like space. maybe i should be an astronaut. i jest.
i wonder if the sensory gym has a swing.
i wonder if there is a sensory gym. sometimes people say 'yes' as a matter of reflex...
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