 I’ve just returned from Mexico, still thrumming with the warm, gentle ocean energy that rocked my nervous system into a new level of coherence. There was a moment I woke at 2 AM and stood out under the moon in shorts and a tank top, observing how the warm, salty air gave my body the just-right sensation to relax a level deeper.
And when I went for my first swim in the gentle waves, I approached the ocean slowly, listening for her cues, not rushing our reunion. She pulled me in with the endearing and delighted energy of a long-lost aunt taking me into her bosom, and as I bobbed and floated in her rolling waves I wept with unexpected release. This is what happens when we stretch at the just-right-sized threshold, accumulating moment-to-moment readiness to step onto our new floor of learning. The growth is pleasurable, even blissful. Despite the tests (stressful delayed flights that had me sprinting across the airport, a huge histamine flare after I ate food that had been seasoned with black pepper), life rose to meet me, celebrating my courage, and expanding the horizons of what's possible after a disabling neurodegenerative injury that collapsed my life to smaller than the size of a pinhole, for a while. In the past few years, I entered that pinhole fully. I rocked the tiny me that was inside there for days. Until nothing mattered but the rocking of life back to life and the refusal to neglect protecting what demands respect within: the soul and her clear desire to live only according to what is good, true, and nourishing to me, and what nourishes my body, the garden bed from which my soul enacts her dharma. And now this "garden bed" has legs that can walk up spiral staircases multiple times a day to her rooftop studio rental after traveling across hemispheres and changing time zones and 50 degree temperature shifts! On my trip, I also got four full days of life and business masterminding with the lovely ladies of the Wellness Professionals Academy and Club Thrive. I chose to focus on integrating more and more the reality that I am not just a practitioner, but a founder, with all of the new qualities required to live in this new identity sustainably. On the last day in Punta Mita, we were blessed to get to ride alongside a baby whale with her mama, and her dad swimming protectively behind. The image above is of her turning to wave at us, playfully. Delight is such a powerful activator. And perhaps this is the gift of saying YES to the journey of being shocked awake on so many levels in the past few years. Once you choose to play along consciously, life gets to play with you, tickle you, and gently coax you out into deeper waters. And it can be friendly. On that note, I invite you to join myself and the members of the Body & Soul Sanctuary for our Spring Equinox Ritual gathering, coming up in just two weeks! Please pass this invitation along to any women in your life who are truly ready to step into a container that will support them in getting their "soul legs" activated. Women who are ready to reflect their radiance and be rooted into their own sovereign and natural power. Within the Sanctuary, women are supported to:
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