16/04/2026
We are heading towards a new moon and one doesn’t need to be an astrologer to sense things are tense. Globally, collectively, and for most of us personally, the struggle is intense.
None of us are immune to strife, stress, or even great loss.
Negotiating these past few months, I realised in my own life, the times when I was facing the most difficult struggles, it wasn’t the circumstances that hurt the most, it was that I chose to abandon myself in the times of my greatest need.
It was the loss of connection to myself that hurt the most. Even though the circumstances may have been painful or challenging, what I needed was my presence more than ever. What I needed to know was that I had my back no matter what. And perhaps the real trauma of those experiences was I could not turn to myself as a soft landing pad amongst the rubble.
The knee jerk reaction to pain is to shut down until the situation passes . . But the survival tactic to shut down numbs access to the one thing we need the most, ourselves .
Staying fully open, present, and engaged with ourselves in every life circumstance is the practice. Can we remain loving and compassionate with ourselves when our external lives might resemble a train wreck? Can we stay with ourselves when presented with worse case scenarios?
Bad things happening to us is not a reflection that we are less worthy, quite the opposite, it is when we are most worthy of all the love we are capable of giving to ourselves. ❤️
Life is going to life. None of us can control the outcome, but we can choose to respond by showing up, arms open, fully engaged, and still practice self love.
So here I am showing up on the mat for myself as one of the many ways I continue to choose to care and love myself amongst the chaos. 💜