Remembering Wellness

While leading a recent Restorative Yoga teacher training, it occurred to me that despite all the preaching I do about rest, specifically the quieter practices of self-inquiry and deep listening, I never truly seek out rest unless I’m on the mat. I’m too busy doing. I haven’t been living into the full potential of rest.

Considering countless options all day—what projects should get crossed off the list and how to best enact them—can lead to a sense of overwhelm, especially in an already anxious and/or overworked body. I was reminded that it’s time to remember wellness. To remember to put down the worries and coping mechanisms for a while and come back to that sense of calm, surrender, and being held. To remember that your ancestors outnumber your fears, and that those beloveds are guiding you. To remember to lean into the sanctuary of your practice space, be it a sofa, yoga mat, or outdoors. To remember where you are and to feel the earth beneath you.

Remembering wellness is to know that you are in a space of choice, right now. And that choice can be rest. That choice can be doing less.

Read the whole article in the original post in Yoga Journal.