This cold snap will will last for a few days and it just might take some sacrifices in the form of early blooms and delicate leaves. Those little squash babies I tended to that grew from the compost pile last week? They didn’t make it. Typical.
When I ask mother nature what we’re here to learn this spring season, this is the answer I’m receiving: Welcome all yourself into this spring. Knowing the hard truth of “conditions will never feel completely perfect”, what do you truly want to spend your time doing? How are you blooming, anyway? How does your ideal life feel? Can you tap into some less-than-perfect consistency and make small turns toward a more vibrant and honest existence? These were the questions I pondered while creating this here content, friends. This week's ritual is in allowing new pathways and creative solutions to surface in your mind. Ritual: Doodling Your Way Home I first learned this journaling technique from Maeve Hendrix. She has a beautiful newsletter and many more offerings you can check out here. Now, if you’re about to click away because “you’re not the artsy type”.. I’m going to go ahead and stop you right there. You don’t have to be a professional artist to benefit from this ritual. Nor do you have to be “good” at drawing or coloring to benefit. I would discourage critiques from journaling exercises in general.. As they aren’t meant to be beautiful. They are meant to help you see into a hidden aspect of yourself. They are meant to allow answers you already have within you, to surface into your consciousness. They are meant to show you something new. Give yourself permission to be messy and sloppy. The more unscripted you can go, the better. Ingredients: a pen, paper, & timer. Optional: crayons/ markers/ colored pencils Directions: Set your timer for 10 minutes and begin to draw. Go in without a plan and just see what happens. Keep going even when you run out of ideas. Just keep coloring/ drawing/ making shapes and squiggles. Go until the timer chimes. When you here the chime. Take a moment to look at what you drew. Take it in and turn it in different directions. Then write down what comes ot you. Answer these questions in your journal: How do you want to bloom? What do you truly want to do with your time? What is in your way? How does your ideal life feel? Write everything in your heart down on the page. Give yourself some space to feel into this ritual. When you’re complete, add some action steps into your routine & day. Let this ritual work for your own growth.
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