Smooth Transitions

​Embracing the Shift

How are you doing with this week’s time change?

At the start of the week, my 5:30 AM alarm felt disorienting. I was still in full dream mode, and my body was convinced it was the middle of the night. 🤪

I also notice Mike and I are eating later in the evening. Especially when there’s a blue sky day to enjoy!

As we delight in the season’s first daffodils, shifts are happening all around us. ​

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“Was it a bad day?
Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day?”
~ Sassy, a newsletter from Herself Media

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Speak Kindly
Support Yourself with Spaciousness

Hi friends!

Today, a loving reminder: please gift yourself ease in moments of transition.

It sounds so simple. But in my own investigation, I’ve observed that transitions are where situations frequently go sideways.

Example: you have gotten yourself neatly packed and organized for a trip. You arrive at the airport with time to spare. Your flight is on time. Everything is moving according to plan. Then, the moment arrives when it’s time to go through security. You’re juggling your bags, your shoes, your belt, your laptop, your coat, your water bottle, etc. Suddenly, you can’t find your driver’s license. Your passport has gone missing. You have no idea where your phone is.

And, I’ll be honest. If Mike happens to be with me? I’ll most likely be delivering some snappy comment his way during this whole fiasco.  

How did everything go to shambles so quickly?

A wonderful aspect of aging: I now understand I am not the only one who can be so easily discombobulated. In fact, many of us feel stress around packing, planning, and preparing. When my mind feels full, trying to store all of the details I “should” keep track of, I notice there’s very little space for anything else. Ugh!

Let’s be honest. Everything feels better when there’s spaciousness around it.

In the airport security example, with a line of people behind me, I also feel the pressure of being hurried. Again, no spaciousness, which adds to my stress and feeling out of sorts.

Moments like these are when we really need our yoga.

Now, when I start to have that wound tight sense of stress or anxiety, I know I can soften. I can feel my feet on the earth and allow the ground to support me. I can soften into my belly and deepen my breath to relax my nervous system. I can hear how I am speaking to myself, and, if needed, move the needle towards something more compassionate.

These tools help me recover more quickly. I can move through the stress cycle and return to a place of balance. As I practice this, it all becomes easier. More readily accessible. Less downward spiral. Quicker return to calm.

Those five minutes in security need not derail my day.

Of course, this approach is applicable beyond airport security lines. In fact, it’s relevant to each and every moment we encounter.

Yes, this is how yoga becomes our moment by moment, breath by breath way of living.
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If you breezed by the quotation up above, take another look. 👀

Let’s speak kindly to ourselves.
Gift ourselves ease in transition.
And lovingly support ourselves when things go sideways.

Think how differently our world would feel and  flow if we all embraced these ideas? 💗

Thank you for being a source of light. 💡
The world needs it 🌎

~ m ♥️