09/06/2024
Wisdom Teachings and Self Care during season changes:
I am feeling the approaching Autumn Equinox in the environment around and within me. Letting go of Summer was once a yearly struggle for me. This has shifted into gratitude and love for the ever changing Nature of Life by reconnecting with my Earth honouring Ancestral Traditions and my Ancient Spiritual Ancestry of India and Yoga.
And it’s a full spectrum reconnecting continuing for me as I settle deeper into my homestead life and integration practices from some recent tumultuous and challenging years of deep dive healing and big life changes. From extreme fear coming out of my system to feeling so much grief and despair and moments of ecstatic unity with Great Mystery. And so much in between!
Letting go of old relationships that were not receptive to honouring my changing boundaries and needs from friendship. Welcoming new relationships to be nurtured with more care and attunemnet for one another. And our communities.
All in the realm of learning self care, self acceptance and self love as my centred orientation moving forward in my life. As we care for ourselves is the source and foundation of how we care for others and our beautiful planet with all its amazing biodiversity and expressions of Life.
A wonderful self care practice coming in for me as the nights are lengthening at the end of Summer:
Waking up early and slowing down the process of transition from rest to activity. I’ve been receiving so much wisdom by listening to Rupert Spira offer teachings on the direct path of dual understanding of embodied spiritual awakening. This is in the Ta***ic tradition of focusing on the body as a pathway into one’s true nature of Being.
With some good reminders and pointers reminding me to keep coming into my body as I wake up from sleep and prepare to get up for the opportunities of a new day.
Part two of my current waking up in the morning practice is breathwork.
There are perhaps an endless number of ways to breathe. In the wisdom teachings we are reminded that every breath is unique and not ever the same as another breath. When we begin practicing conscious breathing we will start to see this truth in our own experience of breathing. The Buddha’s moment of liberation came while practicing conscious breathing. And he taught this practice for the remaining 45 years of his life as one powerful way to stay with the body sensations long enough to realize true nature of Being.
Then there’s Wim Hoff! Currently I am feeling called to the ancient Pranayama practice of circular breathing with breath holds that he has popularized worldwide in recent years. Such a powerful way to wake up and roar in the morning!
So a little share about my personal morning self care practices to meet each day as energized, embodied and present as possible.
It’s a wood world these days!
Wishing everyone the support and resource needed to be consciously moving through these times with as much grounding, inner stability and optimism as possible.
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May All Beings Be Well 💚
