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Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished – Lao Tzu
Hello friends!
Hi I’m Cat! Some of you know me well and some of you may just be getting to know me. Welcome to my newsletter and event announcements.
I recently arrived back home to upstate NY after leading a yoga retreat in the stunning, warm, and open arms of Guatemala on Lake Atitlan. The experience in Guatemala with the wise and amazing women who came with me lingers in my mind and heart, providing nourishment and a sense of ease as I recall our connection and practices together.
As with any transition home after time in another land or space, we can sometimes expect to arrive to the same weather, landscape, and energy from which we came, only to be startled to realize it is quite different back home. This reminds me of the transition between seasons as we hold one foot in winter here in the Northeast and the other in the beginning promises of spring. Straddling these two seasons can feel slippery and never ending at times.
As I write this today, it is snowing and the crocus and daffodils are hanging their heads with the weight of ice on their flower bodies. I noticed some resistance in my body and in my heart with this cold weather and a longing for it to be different, to be something it is not.
I ask myself: Can I allow nature to be my role model, my teacher to stay in the moment and not rush into the NEXT thing/ season/ project?
Can I stay rooted in the earth and be flexible as I sway in the breezes of change and transition? Nature does not rush, and we cannot pry open the petals of the flower in our impatience for new growth.
I encourage us all to consider the power of the pause, the time to burrow into the soft earth beneath the frost line. Soon enough the uprising energy of spring will inspire us to be on the move. Take time for the stillness and the rest that is so essential for our well-being.
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