Life. It moves at paces sometimes I am unable to place a grasp on. My last post was just short of a year ago and that just blows my mind right out of the water. Cue total anxiety attack. Where has the time gone, have I achieved everything I set out to, have I worked hard enough, have I given myself enough me time, enough family time, enough friend time. This all sounds like a new years resolution freak out, except we are over halfway through February and this is the feeling! It’s so easy to get caught up in the madness that is the world we exist in that very often I catch myself holding my breath, the one thing that keeps me grounded and I literally forget it.. It’s been a hell of a ride I will tell you that much, but as busy as everything has seemed to be when I look back it’s been so wonderful as well, I have grown, changed, embraced, committed, and fallen in love. The roller coaster that is the life we live is also the life we have created, all the ups and all the downs we have in some way played a part in creating that moment, that feeling. It’s a powerful thing, in my job as a yacht stewardess I was taught from the very start the power of making memories for the guests we have come onboard. Wow…it was like a bomb went off in my brain, me?? I can do that for other people?! It’s a pretty cool feeling, but somewhere along the way whilst having done this for so many guests and seen them be so happy I forgot about how powerful the creation of memories is for myself. People pleaser alert!!! I don’t know too many yogis who put themselves before anyone else. We are teachers, we are guiders, we are the creators of happiness and strength in others, and don’t get me wrong I absolutely love that about my personality and how I am able to do this for other people, it is a special trait to call your own, but also you need the small reminders to check in with yourself, how’s your own happiness going, when was the last time you did something purely for you and for no one else? When was the soul time you whole heartedly tended to your soul? Close your eyes. Breathe in through the nose, and exhale deeply through the mouth. To any other yogi or yoga instructor who gets a little caught in the rut sometimes, take this day, take it, run with it and call it your own. Go and tend to your souls for a while. I’m off to do the same.
Namaste xx