I made a decision! Yes. Again! Always! Aren't we all do? š . They say you can't control the wave, but you can learn to surf the wave. None of them remind us that we can choose not to go to the beach, we can go to the cool mountain instead! I am not compatible with … Continue reading Wave
mind and body
Stronger
So, according to Strava, I've run 121.6 this year. From 1st January to 31st January. I never knew I could be like this .... And yes I'm proud of these stats! Impressive! And today I add more fun to this! I'm using my dumbbell 15 minutes before my usual run and it just crossed my … Continue reading Stronger
Smile
Once someone told me that my purpose here is to serve; To mend the broken pieces. And She also warned me that due to this very nature of my "calling", I am prone to exhaust myself, to run with an empty gas, but I can cover the tiredness with a smile. And yes... I do … Continue reading Smile
Letting go
A postcard for me
The rain I'm having a fully paid vacation, 2 nights in a nice hotel with my favorite humans. So I'll anchor myself with all this. I'm here now, I'm savoring it all. 1. Right now, I am safe. I am supported. I am allowed to rest.2. The worries of life can wait. This is my … Continue reading A postcard for me
Needs
Yes. I do.I do deserve a comfortable life. Not a perfect one. Not a luxurious one.But a safe, steady, held one.A life where I donāt always have to brace myself. Where my body can unclench.Where I donāt always have to be the one holding the roof up. I need rest. Not just sleep. I need … Continue reading Needs
A return
Thereās a shape my body knows.I didnāt learn it in a class or from a book.I donāt even remember deciding to do it.But I find myself in it ā every morning, every night.Balasana. Childās Pose. It looks simple from the outside ā a quiet folding inward.But from the inside, it feels like something else.A bowing. … Continue reading A return
A Less Famous Compass
Not everyone is born with fire in their bones.Some of us were shaped by quiet rooms,by soft mornings, by the absence of noise. We did not learn to compete.We learned to observe.To sit with the day as it is,not as something to conquer. While the world praises the driven life āthe rising, the reaching, the … Continue reading A Less Famous Compass
Rebel
Today, I found myself wondering ā why is it so easy to overthink everything, but so strange to feel calm?Why does peace feel like something we need to earn, while worry shows up uninvited and makes itself at home? We start to believe that overthinking is normal, and being at ease means weāre being careless. … Continue reading Rebel
Amor fati
Accepting What Is-- is my August focus word. It sounds passive, doesnāt it?Acceptance. Like surrendering the sword and sitting down. Like saying, āI give up.āBut this month, Iāve been learningā¦it's not giving up.Itās giving ināto life, as it is.I chose āaccepting what isā as my anchor word, not because Iām a spiritual person floating in … Continue reading Amor fati