Hi Everyone!
WOW- Autumn is coming fast here on the East Coast. Actually time seems to be flying in general lately...but I wonder if it is because there is so much busy-ness in my head and in the world.
I've heard that one of the Japanese dialects translates the English word
"busy-ness" to mean "heart-killing".
Some of my past students who know more about language than I do, say that this is not exactly true, but wherever the sentiment comes from, it rings true to me.
The busier and more distracted I become with life, information overload or overwhelming emotions that seem unmanageable, the more I seem to numb out.
It FEELS like "heart-killing" to me regardless of the accuracy of the translation...and I do not want to live there.
The antidote to busy-ness is to slow down and come to your senses!
This season supports us in that.
Let the trees show you how beautiful and courageous it can be to just let go and trust in the cycles of the seasons, the seasons of your life.
Breathe it all in!
AND take advantage of tools like Yoga Nidra and my upcoming workshop!
I've been busy here helping with some new horses and am thankful every day for their solid grounded presence, especially in this unsettled, windy time of year... and life.
They are the best teachers of authenticity and resilience and I am honored to learn from them💖🦄
I'm also excited to be planning a 5 hour workshop for November, integrating mindfulness, energy work, yoga nidra and more!
I'd love for you to join us!
Scroll down for more details and to register
I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep ...
Imitate the trees.
Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain.
Sit it out.
Let it all pass.
~ May Sarton
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" 'Slow' and 'down' are modes of the soul; they are connective modes, ways of keeping connected to oneself and to one’s environment. 'Slowing downwards' refers to more than simply moving slowly, it means growing down towards the roots of one’s being. Instead of outward growth and upward climb, life at times must turn inward and downward in order to grow in other ways. There is a shift to the vertical down that re-turns us to root memories, root metaphors, and timeless things that shape our lives from within. Slowing downwards creates opportunities to dwell more deeply in one’s life, for the home we are looking for in this world is within us all along. The lost home that we are seeking is ourselves; it is the story we carry within our soul."
- Michael Meade
This Fall,
Come to your senses!
Take slow walks and breathe the autumn air.
Welcome lessons from nature.
Pay attention with curiosity.
Turn inward.
Remember the power of restorative, balancing rest and how hard it can be to find in this crazy world!
Yoga nidra has been transformative for me and so many others
Why not use this October to practice self care, rest and restoration?
Drop deep and come home to yourself
Try a week of daily yoga nidra and see your life change for the better!
There are several free offerings on my website, you can join us by zoom this month and/or check out my store for recordings for home practice!
I believe you will be glad you did!
Try it!
See for yourself !
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Yoga Nidra Offerings for October
Community Yoga Nidra for Razz Yoga
Friday October 14
7pm
Donation Based Yoga Nidra Via Zoom
Sunday October 23
1pm Eastern
Can't join us live?
There are several years worth of LIVE yoga nidra recordings in my store!
Work With Me
I'd be honored to work with you to help you find your unique gifts and remember the peace and power for self healing that you already possess.
To set up an individual session with me or to learn more about my work,
please click the button below
💫Self Empowering Medicine Workshop💫
Monday,
November 14, 2022
9am-3pm
I am delighted and deeply honored to be offering an experiential 5 hour workshop
on November 14, 9am-3pm Eastern
at Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Maryland.
This workshop is part of the Eden Energy Medicine training but is open to all💖💫
You may join us in person or via live stream and there will be recordings available
I'd love for you to join us if this resonates!
🙏💕Please share with anyone else who may be interested💕🙏
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Sign me up for Self Empowering Medicine!
“Don't you imagine the leaves dream now how comfortable it will be to touch the earth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind?
And don't you think the trees, especially those with mossy hollows, are beginning to look for the birds that will come - six, a dozen - to sleep inside their bodies?
And don't you hear the goldenrod whispering goodbye, the everlasting being crowned with the first tuffets of snow?
The pond
stiffens and the white field over which the fox runs so quickly brings out its long blue shadows.
The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little, longing to be on its way.”
~Mary Oliver, “Song for Autumn”
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I wish you a restful and transformative Autumn
May you release all that does not serve you
Take in the exuberant beauty of the season
Let go and drop in deeply
Practice being unapologetically YOU
Come home
Remember💕
with love and gratitude,
gina
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