This morning I woke up feeling ‘buzzy’- my mind was racing, I felt off-center, and the quiet I’m used to being able to find just wasn’t there.

The ‘answer’ to this that we mostly find in the yoga/ meditation/ wellness spaces is to sit still until things finally calm down... with the implication that this is ‘bad’ and needs to be fixed. That calm is better than activated.

Does that sound familiar? Where have you heard that before? Maybe it was from parents or guardians. Maybe it was in school. But it’s like our whole lives we received this message that quiet and compliant is better.

I’m not here for that anymore. For me or my clients. Because passion, joy, excitement, healthy anger... those are all *amazing* things and they are rarely quiet.

I don’t want to be peaceful- I want to be fully human and fully sacred at the same time.

Wild, animal instincts that connect me deeply with the heart of the world and something so much larger than my small self.

So instead of trying to ‘fix’ myself this morning, I asked my body what it needed and wanted to feel balanced and took it outside for a run and mini dance party. I didn’t try to still it away- I found a constructive way to let it express.

And now, I still feel joy- today is just more of a silly, high-energy day for me (yay!)- but I can also feel the peaceful, grounded center. And it’s not in spite of the fizz in my veins; it’s alongside of.

What does your body need today? Do you know how to speak its language? Be in relationship with it, rather than dominating it? Do you feel wildly human and deeply connected? If not, are you ready to start? 💚