Reconsidering resolutions
Dear Ones,
I have been listening to the poet David Whyte recently. He spoke of the efficacy of making resolutions. That the key is to work with the parts of us that want the change, the parts that already have momentum,
“Find a way to organize your thoughts so that everything can constellate around
the step you want to take.”
So good.
And part to this is to ask what is my inner season and what is my outer season?
I love that he separated these. Some of us may be in the the midst of creative output even as the outer season is winter. This is possible. We can absolutely be running our own inner seasons and still be in harmony with our Natural context.
The key is to get to know the part of you that already knows the next season or chapter.
Kundalini is a practical means to contact the part of us that already knows the next season, the next chapter, the next invitation, the next threshold.
We assume the future is out of reach, but just keep coming, day by day, to your mat. Strengthen your body and your ability to stay present as sensation builds. Build, craft even, a quality of neutrality that allows you to stay in the unknown sensations. This staying is essential because as we do we recalibrate what we consider possible, approachable, acceptable. Big news isn’t always easy, even big good news. It doesn’t fit our current worldview.
But you are building the capacity to hold a new worldview that is attuned to the frequency of you already there. Every day. Every day that you show up and practice, this is what we are doing.
Emily shared with me this post from James Clear that is relevant today:
The energy of this Cancer full moon is about structure, career / our work in the world / goals. It is about what we seek to see come into form. In the Magic of I Colin Bedell writes a prompt for us on this full moon illumination:
I open myself to receive all nurturing that my heart desires.
What if the next week that was all you needed to do?
Show up, on your mat, activate and then empty out all the old sensation so that something new is revealed.
Coming into theNew Year, this is the nexus of why i’m writing, we don’t have to set goals and make them happen. We set a new frequency - as simple as a smile - again and again with consistency and we trust in the energy we will meet there as our own, out ahead of us, elevated but still intimate to who we are now and will be.
Be the structure that holds a higher frequency. In the simplest of terms, expand what you feel when we practice - light and love - and over time, watch what comes through.
The moon is on your side. If you’re not a moon person, consider it a new twist on resolutions and how you can reconsider your choices to affect the year ahead. Remember, it is in the body, not the head:
I open myself to receive all nurturing that my heart desires.
I’ll meet you there. xx Martha
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