Return to Self

Last month I checked in about needing to reel in and return and refine some of my good habits.  I’m feeling so much more grounded and stable this month. 

Having a delicate constitution anyway, and being on the other side of menopause, I have less wiggle room to mess around with my good habits than I once had. This mostly feels like  a blessing because it gives me lots of incentive to stay on track. I feel so much better. And the truth is the presence of death in my life, after walking my father to his last May, has awakened me to the preciousness of my life, and how I want to spend my time. 

Awakening is wonderful. But dozing off is always a possibility. Especially in a culture that is going so fast, and seemingly living for the moment with no real thought of the impacts of our choices down the road. 

It’s only recently that I’ve begun to really rest into the Truth of what My life is about, to stop diminishing its value. This was the real adjustment my Being was calling for last month when I had my reckoning. Yes, there were some ways I needed to clean up my diet and daily habits, but the bigger issue was connected to valuing myself more. Can you relate?

It’s only recently that I’ve begun to really rest into the Truth of what My life is about and to stop diminishing its value. This was the real adjustment my Being was calling for last month when I had my reckoning. It wasn't just the ways ways I needed to clean up my daily habits (and there were some things, for sure) but also the sense that I was still diminishing my value in the world. 

As a woman who has chosen unconventional career paths and studies in ancient healing technologies that many people have never heard of, it's easy to feel a bit on the outside. Can you relate?

When we look for root cause in Āyurveda, we're not just looking at where diet and lifestyle are off, but also at where the mind/emotions are disturbed.  So much of what drives our poor choices in the first place, and disturbs our peace of mind  are psycho-emotional  in origin: high stress, feeling bad about ourselves, pushing too hard, unacknowledged grief and sadness...all the things. So I wanted to s invite you into your own contemplation around where you might be diminishing your own value, or lacking in sufficient love/care directed towards yourself. 

Where are you diminishing, under valuing, criticizing or overriding a part of yourself?

What could you do instead? 

Wishing you well in your Spring transition, and in all the ways you're coming into deeper relationship and honoring of yourSelf.

Love,

Shannon