Nourishing Vitality with Grace & Intention
February 19th, 2024
Hello Friends,
I’m feeling so graced with these fleeting rays of sun this afternoon, it’s nature’s gift for a bit of extra ‘umph’ in gathering myself to continue to create, serve, and allow my own needs to also be met. Fleeting sun in winter is this great metaphor for yoga. Our divine inner essence that is always there, but the path not always clear to access. The weather of the environment, pressure from our daily life, our own perceptions in relation to it all, and the energetics within us impacted by our history and what we consume.
I can trace in my own story today from yesterday, a bit of a slump to get started, the greys of morning, cool windy temps welcomed lingering pause. Last night a later evening from projects that impacted sleep and routine. Tracing back through what was consumed- food, sleep, hydration, stimulus from merchant culture, relationship dynamics, etc. This dance of energies returns me to the practice of Brahmacharya- to asking how you respect and nourish your vitality. The life force within you. We have great influence and can also cultivate deep grace for when we may not be feeling at our best. Seeing the activities or circumstance that have contributed to these outcomes.
Wherever this moment finds you, an offering from the upcoming full moon in Virgo brings the gift of earth, personal ground to support your winds of winter, your mind, aspirations, and life force to reach toward the sun. To channel your inner sun. To cultivate agency through kind focus by making thoughtful choices of consumption to support your present and future self.
Brahmacharya is all about nourishing your divine essence, your vessel, that we get to borrow for this short time on this earth. From my teacher, how do you respect and bring integrity to harmonize your vital life force?
May you continue living and learning into a life of balance and joy. Kind focus in action that respects and nourishes your vitality. Root down while engaging the sense experience. Here with you in practice and in Love & Light.