Encounter with a Frog

I was with my soul-brother Giuseppe in a little village called Sassello in the north of Italy. It is a place set in the mountains among woods and crystalline water streams. We were walking along the stream when we decided to stop and do some exercise in nature. Giuseppe climbed on a rock in the middle of the stream to do T’ai Chi and I stayed by the side of it to do Qigong.

Just before we were about to start Giuseppe called me and ran toward me with his fist closed and when he got close to me he opened it to show me a tiny baby frog that he immediately put back into the water. He then went back to the rock to do T’ai Chi and I started doing Qigong by the side of the river, facing the water. I stood with my legs slightly apart, my arms lifted up from my side and they were wide apart as if they were containing a bubble of energy, in a typical (for me) Qigong pose just to give an idea.

As I was doing the exercise with my eyes open, suddenly I noticed a frog in the stream. It was facing me, upright, and it looked as if it was doing Qigong! I was stunned, so much that I had to stop and call Giuseppe and we both looked at the frog in amazement. Then we just reassured ourselves that it wasn't dead, because it was a strange pose to hold for a frog. It moved away when we disturbed it just to make sure it was alive.

After that, both Giuseppe and I went back to doing our exercises. In the spontaneous movement I crouched down in what looked like a frog position and I was "invited" to drink the water from the stream, which I did. We felt very blessed. We realised it was an amazing experience, far more meaningful than we will ever comprehend and one that we will never forget.

In the pictures of the stream and the frog, the water is so clear that you only know there is water by the leaves that are floating on top of it.

Nadia M, Italy