Rejuvenate: mind, body and spirit

“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” ~Ajahn Chah

“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” ~Goethe

“ She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Why do we stress ourselves out? Why is it that being productive and getting tasks done are more important than healing and taking the time to feel calm?

Stress and anxiety will have an impact on our lives in lots of precise ways. Taking time out for yourself to destress and rejuvenate is so far down the “to-do list"—sometimes I don’t even consider it a possibility until I am exhausted.

I keep learning that you are your own most valuable asset, and no matter how important another task is, if you don’t dedicate some time to yourself, you’ll burn out. You constantly don’t want to do something to restore a problem; every so often, all it takes is to permit yourself to surrender and permit your issues and stresses to soften away.

Give yourself permission to let go of tension and mental chatter. Simply rest and enjoy the gift of relaxation. We deserve to chill. We need to take a break from our lives. We deserve to heal. We deserve respite.

When you are well-rested and calm, your whole body, mind, and spirit will feel it too!

Spring

 “Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” ~John Muir

 

 

“The earth laughs in flowers.”  

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

How can you lighten your load from the inside out? 

Spring brings a spirit of hope, a reminder that all kinds of life force energy is renewed and brimming with new possibilities.

Know that each day is different. Some days, your balance and your focus will be rocking and in the flow. Other days, not so much. Learn to accept and allow yourself to be open to the possibilities that arise, and trust in the natural cycles of life that guide us towards growth and expansion.

Revel in the warm weather too! Get out and be with nature and the sunshine. Spring is a great time to clear out anything that is no longer serving you so you can make way for new ideas, perspectives, intentions, and desires.