Quiet Stillness

As I continue my journey to find my new spot in NC, I find myself in a quiet stillness. The intensity of my daughter moving to the UK and clearing her stuff from my garage, to packing my belongings, driving across the country in adventure, teaching in PA a woman's retreat, restful connection in PA., heading south to Greensboro, a beach week with family and now back to Greensboro to start the new chapter. Whew! A lot of change and action.

It is 4th of July week and between the activities and the next step, I find myself longing for quiet stillness. It is a thing I haven't done well in life. When I choose to rest, I can engage for a bit then in comes the what should I do? Get going? Stop wasting time. Our training against rest. A fiery sign that wants action, adventure and pleasure. I may be tired inside and wanting to sleep for a week so I can integrate all this change but that mind, that charge to do runs deep. Does anyone relate?

Often, especially with personal change and even with our world change of speed, it is hard to keep up. The mind, body and emotions need time to restructure. We feel it. I feel it. It is necessary yet the mind wants us to be productive forgetting rest is productive. I, too am playing with this. I am expanding my health practice to open to this rest regardless of the mind chatter. This is the work these days. Taking time to listen to other parts of ourselves and overcome the chatter of the mind. The raw energy that wants you to do when it is less productive for health than to rest and be. It is a learning of humanity at this time. With a world moving so quick and emergency news multiple times a day, we need to recalibrate.

I have always been one to be more playful and restful. I probably enjoy it more than most. The world today calls for far more than before. Personally, with all my shift, I feel that more balance in quiet stillness will only support me in health and life. So funny that we need to practice this rest, this relaxation. We all work and work, produce and produce and do it for the moments of rest. But when we get those moments, it is hard to turn off. We don't easily just relax. I know from all my teaching of woman and my own experience. Crazy to work for rest and then not be able to do it. 

So for this month of July filled with activity and connection, I am cultivating quiet stillness in between. As hard as my mind will contradict, I will honor the body, the emotions to sleep and calmly rest. Sit in nature. Take soothing walks. Look catatonically out into the beauty. Sounds simple and lazy but our world needs more slow and more calm. Simple joys. Simple contemplation. Building a new world is not all action. We need to allow our nervous system to get back to rest and rejuvenate. Newness brings in excitement which is of the fight or flight system. We are fresh and on alert. To sit cozy and smile from inside brings us back to the joy and simplicity of balance. 

I inspire you to do this as well. I know my whole life, July was a busy month that I could burn out on. The sun hot, the activities many, the action packed summer in full swing. Be sure to balance and notice when enough is enough. It is part of health and wellness. These next two months are the standard burnout months from the sun so intense. We all love the beauty and action but fill in with the rest and recalibration. I am finding I need it today. I will take it this week between the fun I will engage in.

Balance the key to living well at the intense time of fun. Fun and action can be exhausting so do take care of yourself. My self reflection and rest has always been quick to recharge me! Love to you all!!