Ever wonder what the name Moving Mountain, is all about?

The name comes from Zen Master Dogen’s Mountains and Waters Sutra.

We like to think the name connects us to landscape. The landscapes that shape our sense of place in the northwest like Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, the Umpqua, and the White Salmon.

This “mountains and waters” world is home.

The name connects to process. Like the interplay of a mountain range with sky and clouds and rivers coming in and out of our perception, in and out of being.

Like the hydrologic cycle and human physiological cycles, this speaks to natural processes, and the body’s ability to restore its own internal ecosystem.

The name evokes an attitude as well–one of curiosity and playfulness.

We like to consider how the body is experiencing itself. We believe we gain insight from contemplation and openness.

Dogen says:

“All waters appear at the foot of eastern mountains. Walking beyond and walking within are all done on water.All mountains walk with their toes on all waters and splash there.”

So our name is also playful and irreverent–the image and irony of a solid mountain walking on its toes.

We believe healing requires joyfulness, and even a little trickster energy.

Our name is poetry, art, landscape, and the bedrock of our approach to the body and life.

See you on that mountain path.