26/03/2021
Hi friends hope you are well.
WOW it's been a year since the first lockdown!! Who would have imagined that we'd still be in lockdown after a year? Who would have known how this one virus was going to have such devastating and transformative effect on every being regardless where they live or who they are?
Whereas in some instances people’s life's have been shattered, people have suffered immense loss, loss in many forms, not just through death; yet in other instances people have dived into areas of prosperity and progress and growth, areas in which they would have never leaped into if they weren't faced with this situation.
For me there’s been a mixture of feelings that arise when I reflect back from last March, when I remember clearly being thankful for just having a break from all the business & the ‘doing’ of my life then. Yes it was great, all the running around doing yoga/meditation classes and workshops, running around doing courses or helping out on something or another, yet my body and mind were definitely fatigued to a point where I can now say I was numb. So I had definitely welcomed the initial lockdown and for the first time in my adult life I found myself doing nothing but enjoying sitting in my garden and reading or writing. For the first time I adopted technology to do online yoga and meditation class and its been an empowering journey.
However, as time passes by and we are still in lockdown I have found myself really thinking about the way forward, the forward for me personally (What have I learnt or realised during this year? What has helped me through this year?), the way forward in how I will run my yoga classes in the future and just as importantly what will people really need after this year of so much uncertainty, maybe a sense of lack of freedom to choose or to move around. The one thing that I can’t get out of my head is how much impact has this one year had on us emotionally and psychologically!! I suppose time will tell and how we support each other will no doubt effect how quickly we create a new brighter beginning. For me it’s this new beginning that I am looking forward to embracing because I owe it to myself for not going back doing what I was before.