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My intention this morning was to start the day with sacred movement and connect to my body via a yoga practice. As I logged on and found myself with a password that didn’t work and no way to find out Why, those plans were thwarted.
Sure I could have moved in some other way, taken one of the many recorded classes I have access to, but as I looked out the window at the blissfully beautiful snow that had arrived overnight, I allowed myself to change my intention to one of stillness.
I poured my coffee, climbed back into bed, and sat with the cold snow.
I sat with the energy of ease, magic, and nature.
I thanked the universe, and maybe the upcoming Mercury retrograde, for giving me this reminder that I seem to need so often.
Be still. Go slow. There is nothing but time.
It’s still winter after all. It just became winter, in fact.
Yesterday I spilled water on my laptop and had to leave it sitting on rice all day. More forced stillness. More empty space. More time alone with myself.
It seems the universe thinks I haven’t yet had quite enough, and I’ve learned by now to *try* not to question her timing.
As we find ourselves now a full week into a new year, I urge you to take an honest look at whatever pressure you are feeling.
Is it real, or have you placed it on yourself?
What is a timeline anyway? Who is to decide if it is too soon for something or if something else is taking too long?
What imaginary benchmarks do you think you are late to hitting?
Perhaps it’s this dreamy Pisces moon that I’m writing this story under, but I want to remind you that your timelines are probably a joke (said with all the love my cold Aquarian heart can muster).
I know that not everyone has the luxury of being able to rest and go slow. It’s a reality that pains me. But if you find yourself able to take a moment of stillness, I implore you to do so.
Perhaps our curse as humans is that the only certainty in life — death — looms over us at all times. We think the only way to ‘get the most’ out of this one life we have is to move quickly and do as many things as possible.
I’d like to present an alternative — what if instead of quick, we aim for deep?
What if instead of checking as many boxes as possible, we instead experience every corner of the box we’re currently in?
What if our objective is to connect more deeply, rather than more frequently?
Yes, to me, that seems much more fulfilling.
What do you think?
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