A Generous Peace With Brain Health
Peace poetry can save a life and a brain.
Peace Dances
ʔc̆huâyk kyō c̆i in Yavapai (Central Arizona, US): “ʔc̆huâyk kyō c̆i” (peace, literally no more fighting) in Yavapai a Native American language spoken in Central Arizona.
Yavapai Peace Dance
In Yavapai, a Native American language
spoken in Arizona
war is “ʔc̆huâ”
“ʔc̆huâ yi” is hostilities
“ʔc̆huâ •yk himác̆i” is a war dance
and out of war can come peace
“ʔc̆huâyk kyō c̆i” or literally no more fighting
and perhaps “ʔc̆huâyk kyō c̆i •yk himác̆i”
a dance for peace
Exercise: Does peace feel the same as no more fighting? Can you imagine what a peace dance would look like?
Alaskan Peace … Qinuite in Yuit (Alaska, US, Russia)
“Kiñuiñak” (peace), “илакулъык’” / “Ilakuljyq” (peace), “Nepaitnaq” (peacefulness), “uitanqegcineq” (peace), “Qinuite” (to be at peace) or “Quunir” (to be calm) in Yuit, Siberian Yupiks or Yuits, are a Yupik Eskimo people who reside along the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in the far northeast of the Russian Federation and on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. They speak Central Siberian Yupik, a Yupik language of the Eskimo–Aleut family of languages. The language of Native Americans of Alaska (Central Alaskan Yupik (or Yugtun) — the largest dialect is spoken in Yukon River, Nelson Island, Kuskokwim River, and Bristol Bay areas.
Calm Silvery Water
“Quunir” is to be calm in Yuit or Siberian Yupiks
a language of Russian and Alaska
“quuner” is calm weather
“cawiguuyar” is a word for when the water is silvery calm
and “akicug” describes the reflection
on calm silvery water
Exercise: Spend some time near a lake or visualize a lake so calm that the water looks silvery. What do you see reflected in the silvery surface?
Originally published at https://www.linkedin.com on January 2, 2019.
