Note to Self

Trust the Process

The picture up above was taken in a Kali Coffee café and restaurant in Monterrey, Mexico. The restaurant is named Trust, and its food is innovative, nourishing, delicious, and very healthy. 

I had to snap the selfie! After the number of times I have heard those words from my primary yoga teacher, Kia Miller? 

This phrase has always stuck with me, and at times, I too have incorporated it into my classes. 

But . . . what does it really mean to Trust the Process while moving in the world?

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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
~ Mark Twain

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​Hello!

With the news cycle flying at us, and all around us, at breakneck speed, I hope you are continuing to find ways to pause. To turn down the volume on the outside world. It’s essential that we do so if we have any hope of hearing our inner selves. 

I don’t mean we should detach completely. Or move to the mountaintop. 

It’s important we remain informed. 

And yet, if we devolve completely into the chaos, and the overwhelm, how is that helpful for our community, our country, our selves? 

In these difficult times, I find myself reflecting on the concept of trusting the process. 

• Does that mean just hoping things will turn out? 
• Or, sitting back , . . waiting until things “feel right” . . . before  doing anything? 
• Perhaps it implies we should rigidly “stay the course” no matter what?

Hmmmmm. None of this sounds good.

For me, trusting the process involves the release of being anxious. 
Letting go of attachment to expectations. 
Understanding I do not have control over, nor responsibility for, all of the outcomes.

And, despite how it may sound, trusting the process is an active state of being. 

In order for me to trust the process, I have to actively be taking care of myself: 

• I need connection with nature, and good friends, in order to be resourced.
• I have to practice, and prepare for, good sleep. 
• I need the right foods, and self-care routines, so I can be connected to my best self. 
• And, as difficult as it can be, I need to quiet my over-active-thinking-mind that prefers to dominate each and every moment! 
• I know that I can’t always “think my way” out of, or through, the situation. 

So, this active state of being is what brings me into an enhanced flow state. 
Less fear.
More flow. 
Without being my own obstacle. 

Doesn’t mean things always work out. Nor that things are easy. 

But, it does mean I have opened myself up to the right people, the right resources, the right opportunities that are around me. 

It also means I can better hear from other parts of my body and being, rather than just the hamster wheel running in my brain. 

I’d love to know if any of this resonates for you? 

Here’s to always loving and supporting ourselves and one another,. 

~ m

P. S. YACHT CLUB YOGA returns!!! 
I’m going with “some” is better than “none” . . . I hope you agree?! 🙏🏽
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