When have you allowed yourself to rest deeply?
Most of the time we don’t have the space for rest.
I didn’t realize just how hard I pushed myself everyday in my business and at home, until I had to sit down.
First, I was so hard on myself. Many of my commitments crumbled. I felt like I wasn’t doing enough and that something was wrong because I couldn’t maintain things.
Being forced to rest turned out to be such a blessing because I had to sit with myself. It gave me time to reflect, and I got to experience what it meant to rest deeply while being supported.
One of the things I noticed were all the things that began to rise to the surface. Once my body and mind were still I was able to feel things differently.
Old memories came up that I was able to process. I didn’t have the stress of the outside world weighing on me.
I allowed myself to rest because that is all I was able to do. Anything outside of my cocoon of solace, I was forced to release. The energy of the Snake was deeply present during this time of shedding and deep wisdom.
Society isn’t set up in a way that allows the deep rest I was able to experience. We are on the go all the time, spending 60+ hours a week working and caring for others. We have to have time to pause. This creates space for you to align with your natural rhythms.
If I reopen my spa and start working with clients again, things will be different. They will be aligned for me so that I can provide the best care while also nourishing myself.
Making sure the work I do is aligned with periods of rest and my personal cycles is essential.
Retreats are powerful for this very reason. We get to disconnect from the usual and that creates a profound shift within ourselves, allowing you to emerge new.
I experienced myself in different ways and got so much clarity about who I am, what I’m capable of and so much more. Resting the body, frees the mind and restores the spirit.
We hold so much tension in our bodies from physical and emotional experiences. Deep rest allows things to rise, to be examined, and released. My creative juices are flowing, I started writing again, and fell deeply in love with myself and the work I’ve created over the years.
It’s within this period of stillness that I’ve grown the most and experienced deep transformation within myself and my life.