Shut up brain. Yes you! Quit stressing me out.
This was my mantra today. After a week of nesting in my new home of Melbourne, I finally had to catch my breath. Who knew it could be so hard to regroup and settle thoughts?!
Those damn things…they keep us up all night, and pressure us into doing things we’d rather not. At some points I feel like being a five year old; sitting down in the middle of the sidewalk with crossed arms and a big pout, refusing to do anything.
Our brains have an oh so sneaky way of making us crazy. Our thoughts can drive us to the point of exhaustion if we let them. Something I have been allowing mine do all week.
Our brains have an oh so sneaky way of making us crazy. Our thoughts can drive us to the point of exhaustion if we let them. Something I have been allowing mine do all week.
As most of you know I have been working on my new travel website for the last few weeks. A hefty project that has taken hours of blood, sweat, and tears. Well maybe not blood or sweat or even tears…but let’s just say all the managers at my new favorite cafe know my name, drink order, and just about everything else about my life and travels. But, this morning I finally woke up.
I have been so utterly consumed in working more, doing more, achieving more, that I have forgotten to soak in life. How do we forget to live? This is madness! I was putting so much pressure on myself. Torturing myself. For what? So that my project will be done one day earlier? Yes I’d like it to be finished, but damn…let us not forget that life exists outside the computer.
The life that inspires me to write.
It’s funny, I was wondering over the last week where my inspiration to write went. It didn’t go anywhere! It was with me the whole time, just buried under my thoughts and worries. This I realized is home. This is my home away from home. So that no matter how crazy life gets on the surface, no matter how much I miss my home back in the states, that I will always be okay. I will always be home in my body. This is why I feel mind body work like Pilates, yoga and dance are completely transformative. They build the connection between the two until it’s so strong the moment you get into your practice you feel at home. Centered, focused, clear and still.
It’s funny, I was wondering over the last week where my inspiration to write went. It didn’t go anywhere! It was with me the whole time, just buried under my thoughts and worries. This I realized is home. This is my home away from home. So that no matter how crazy life gets on the surface, no matter how much I miss my home back in the states, that I will always be okay. I will always be home in my body. This is why I feel mind body work like Pilates, yoga and dance are completely transformative. They build the connection between the two until it’s so strong the moment you get into your practice you feel at home. Centered, focused, clear and still.
Running the mantra through my head hits me hard.. “I am home …. I am home”…and knowing that there is no safer place to be. Yogi’s talk a lot about this sense of home on the mat. That their yoga mat or meditation pillow becomes their real home. The place they go to get back in touch with themselves and leave the outside world for a few minutes or hours a day.
When you find a safe home within yourself is when nothing in the external world can touch you. A ripple on the surface never penetrates your calm center. This week has been a whirlwind of emotions and change, but damn does it feel good to be back in spirit. Back in control of my thoughts and life.
What is your home away from home? When you travel or spend time away from good friends and family..when you are alone…how do you feel? Do you feel safe or lonely? I know I went through a period where I didn’t feel safe. Needed someone, a friend or a boyfriend to feel confident and good in my own shoes.
The truth is that if we can’t be okay by ourselves we can’t even attempt to be confident and secure in a any relationship.
The truth is that if we can’t be okay by ourselves we can’t even attempt to be confident and secure in a any relationship.
Digging into knowing who you are is the first step. Meditation and present living are the best practices to cultivate this self knowing. Check out the links above to get started now!
