AND DIVE
Hello there and happy Tuesday! I hope this week finds you embracing the shift into September in a way that feels good and exciting to you. I'm drinking Bukhial Assam this morning and thinking about how I want to dive into Fall.
I've spoken to so many of you who feel that September feels like the start of a new year, and I couldn't agree more. However, unlike the feeling of planning, optimism and excited goal setting we might carry into January, September can often feel like it's pulling or even dragging us.
Pulling us away from the Summer, from time off, time with our family, pulling us back to school or work. It doesn't necessarily feel like our choice and we wind up trying to grasp on to a lovely time that has already passed.
Sometimes I imagine life is like a river, and when I'm fighting my reality, I imagine myself getting dragged along, bumping up against every rock along the way as I try to swim against the current. And then I ask myself what it might feel like to not only go with the current, but to actively dive into it. To move with its power and embrace what I might find there.
What might it feel like to release the Summer and look ahead to a new season? What might it feel like to actively dive in, rather than being dragged against your will? What would you embrace, what would you explore and how would you make this a season of excitement and exploration?
For me, I'm reconnecting with meditation and going inward as a way to honour the season. I'm also exploring movement and breath that invites more heat when I need it. And when I sit with the question of what feels good and exciting to me heading into this season, I imagine a routine that encourages my creativity and sense of play. I'm working on letting go of how I think things should be and opening myself up to what they need to be instead. I anticipate a lot of shedding, balanced with practices that connect me to my body and remind me that I am worthy of love, even when I feel the opposite is true. In short, I'm working on diving into the river, rather than being dragged and bumping along every rock as I go along.
Now it's your turn!
Pause. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. And then ask yourself what you want to move towards with purpose this season.
Is there something new you want to explore or something you want to reconnect with? How can you invite joyful purpose into this season? What do you need to shed in order to embrace everything you need this Fall? How would gently releasing and moving with the current be helpful to you? Taking the energy and mindfulness of basking in the Summer, allow yourself to sit with these questions and really listen to the answers with an open heart.
Let go of your perception of the season, good, bad or otherwise, and let this be a blank slate. You can paint it any way you want to. If you've been feeling stuck, now's the time to shift. Embrace change and see where you go.
And if you want to explore this in a deeper way, join me THIS FRIDAY for DIVE, a two hour workshop on embracing this wonderful season of change. Register HERE!
As always, I'd love to hear about it! How do you feel as the Fall rolls in and does the idea of diving excite or scare you? If you could paint your unique picture of joy, purpose and play this Fall, what would that look like? Let me know in the comments below.
As you move through this week, remember to treat yourself and your body with love, respect and kindness.
Much love,
Helen xo
