Wash, Rinse, Repeat

Its been a while since I have written, I simply have not had the energy to write.

Summer has come and gone. It always seems to go so fast. The days are still warm but the trees are turning color and in a few short weeks the holidays will be in full swing.

I used to really dislike the Fall, I don’t know for any one particular reason other than the cold follows and everything seems to just sort of die. Then it takes forever, or what feels like forever to get warm again.

Through my yoga practice, I have come to appreciate the fall months and even some of the winter, notice I said some. Basically, if it could snow on Christmas and then melt by New Years I’d be just fine. Obviously that probably wont happen, but hey, I can dream right?

This season I have been feeling like my good old washing machine. Stuck on the cycle wash, rinse, repeat.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love routine and I am a creature of habit by nature, but I do not like to repeat the same darn thing every single day.  Lately, that seems to be the thing.

I know I am not the only one feeling this never ending cycle of days repeating themselves.

SO….how do we break that cycle and transition in to something more that we can appreciate?

Personally, I like my morning routine, the wake up, the meditation, the journaling, the stretch, but some days when I can, I just let the day be what it will.

No plans. No to do lists. I just do whatever I feel like. Sometimes that means nothing at all. Some days I don’t even get dressed, I just stay on my pajamas all day, shut my phone off, and recharge.

I know this isn’t a possibility everyday. I don’t think I would want it to be, but it is NECESSARY. Read that again..NECESSARY.

Self care is crucial. If your like most of us we were not taught self care growing up. I’m not sure my mother even knew what that was to be honest.

Truthfully speaking I didn’t either until about a year ago. See, I thought self care was working out everyday, eating healthy, constantly moving and going full speed.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

However…

I have come to realize that stillness, thats right, stillness, is self care too. Stillness brings things back in to balance.

November reminds me of the stillness my body is begging for. As we transition deeper into the colder months I have come to appreciate the time the universe carves out for us to rest.

If the earth knows well enough to calm itself for a while then I too will honor that time to break the repeated cycle I feel stuck in, and cultivate a new cycle of self care.

Rest, Relax, Recharge.

May you find time to nourish your body, mind, & soul during this lovely season.

Love & Light,

               -H