It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied,
I want to know what sustains,
from the inside,
when all else falls away.
Tell me of a time when hope and faith wasn’t enough. Tell me what sustains you when all that you have known, or relied on, falls away. Tell me what you do to find your way back when you are lost?
When all that we have relied on falls away we have nothing to do but wait. How we wait is up to us. Whether we wait with openness, or we close off, the choice is ours. We either choose to LIVE or we move towards a death.
To choose life, we have to be willing to wait. To ride the waves of life even when it seems impossible. To wait for the waves to subside.
What sustains us when all else falls away are the things that we do that make waiting and staying open to life possible. These things are our practices that fill up the space when hope and faith are waiting to find us again.
For me, my practices are my foundation. Without them, I am lost in life. I know that these are the rituals that I must do while I lean towards faith and hope with anticipation that they are around the corner during the hard times of my life. Without these practices, I know I would not be able to show up in life the way that I do.
- daily power hour; setting my intention for the day, journal meditation, plan my day and review my commitments, create tasks to complete that support my dreams, read a motivational/spiritual passage.
- walk in nature; rain, snow, shine. No matter what I get at least one 30 minute walk each and everyday. No matter the temperature because after all that is what hats and gloves are for.
- bubble bath; beyond the practical reasons, I self-care soak at least once per day to get grounded and connected, to wash off the day’s experiences and energy, and to savor my body.
These daily practices sustain me and keep me from being lost in a big world with often big experiences while I wait for hope and faith to find me.
This week we will explore this on the mat (or chair) as we dive into our practices of movement and breath with the idea of deep sustenance. We will wait out postures by following our breath and coming back into the moment of now.
Join me!