Happy Spring, PSA, & Free Deep Breaths
Happy Spring!
Dear Being,
What a year, I’m so refreshed and energized by the sun, the warmth, the flowers, the availability to be outdoors with others. While the state of the world is still ever-uncertain, there is something hopeful that I feel connected to. I engaged on social media this week with a little PSA, and it unexpectedly started a domino effect of lovely conversation and feedback from people I know and don’t know. Here is what I shared:
Drink water. A lot.
Thin does not equal healthy.
Sunshine is healing. Go outside and feel for yourself.
Rituals are important. Wake up each morning with an intentionally chosen task, no matter how small.
You can feel happy and sad all at the same time.
If you use exercise as punishment and food as reward, there’s something to look at there.
A cleaner house, healthier meals, better behaved kids, etc doesn’t make you a better parent.
Yoga is not a set of poses, being flexible, or even peaceful. Yoga is full engagement with whatever is in front of you at any given moment.
Place value on presence rather than multitasking.
Cellulite, anger, wrinkles, frustration, rolls, disappointment, gray hair, bad TV..., are all part of the human experience.
Your body is your vehicle. It is not just a physical structure. Everything that has ever happened to you lives in your body.
Your breath is your best friend. Try calling her every day.
This certainly doesn’t cure anything or get rid of suffering, but it sure is a starting point. And its hard work. Work that we can’t and shouldn’t do alone. To support one another, see the below community offering starting next week.
Over the past year I’ve noticed a significant need, a common thread, among those who seek my help here, as well as in myself and in my close circle that I’d like to share. When we are in a state of stress or experiencing trauma (like we all are currently whether you realize it or not), it is very challenging to learn new things. It’s hard to retain a new exercise, learn a new breathing technique, read a book and remember what you just read. What I have noticed in moments of stress, if we aren’t aware, we tend to grasp for new and external things to quell anxiety or unease. What is actually necessary is returning back to basics. Checking in with our very most basic needs in our every day existence. That can be hard to do on our own, especially when we are inundated with products and programs galore that promise to make us “happy” in one way or another. I have gradually moved away from overloading clients with exercises (even if they’d benefit ultimately from them), and began to first invite them into looking at certain “checkpoints” in their lifestyle: Sleep, Hydration, Movement, And Connection. This can take shape differently for each individual, but these are areas that are worth modifying in moments where its difficult to handle much else (ie a pandemic). If you’d like a sample daily program checkpoint list, email me! If you’d like a consultation to develop a tailored program for you individually, let’s set up an appointment! In the meantime, I do hope you’ll join me in breath and stillness on Fridays (weather permitting). See below.
Warmly,
Sam
FREE DEEP BREATHS:
Outdoor Community Meditation (weather permitting) Fridays (starting 4/16), 12:15-1:00pm
1285 Route 9, outside in the grassy & parking lot area behind my building
Yes there is shade!
Yes there are chairs available!
Come as you are, ALL are welcome!
No sign up needed! Just show up!
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