Let’s sit with the stillness after all the craziness that was the holiday season. All the expections met or lost. All the improvements we plan to embark on this year…
But let’s for a minute sit with the stillness of where we are. NOW. Let’s check in. Maybe we sit somewhere nice, like these hammocks that scatter the far reaches of Thailand. Or maybe it’s somewhere familiar. Somewhere that holds dual purpose; the couch and it’s soft cushions, the shower where we wake up to the world, our bed where we finally relax.
Just sit (or stand) and check in with where you are: I am standing. I am breathing. I am angry at my mother/partner/boss. I am tired. I am still. I am filled with joy with the news of a promotion. I am here. I shouldn’t have stayed up until 3am binge watching Netflix. I am wiggling my toes because I can’t stop dancing to the music of life. I am here; now.
That’s all. Maybe it’s comforting … or it’s uncomfortable. But stick with it; sit with it. Breathe it in. Hold it. Know that it’s where you are at right now. Get comfortable in the discomfort of being only where you are at. Let yourself be still.
Now … release it to the world. Smiles, sadness, any of it. And watch it fly.
roadside yogi 