Taking off the Training Wheels

I've been working my summer gig-located in the heart of the redwoods. Needless to say the wifi is abysmal amongst the giants :)

I  can't download headspace daily, so it was recommended to me I begin a journey into meditation al fresco...doing it the old fashioned way. Funny enough, I had not considered this.

Before camp I was working on the balance pack; setting an intention on tracking feelings, work, and exercise to work together harmoniously.

I love how little time I spend looking in a mirror or checking my phone in the outdoors and how much we on the people in front of us. This can be overwhelming if there is something in your life you would like to change-it's easy to become overly introspective. On the flip-side there are many like-minded people to talk you through.

This summer is markedly different from last year in terms of dealing with answers and outcomes rather than asking myself questions.

Antsy-impatient-anticipation

"It can take awhile to settle into the idea of resting in uncertainty, not knowing what is coming next. Not anticipating, not waiting. Not expecting. Simply allowing one moment to reveal itself after the next. That's hard enough when it comes to the external world...but the internal, that's even more difficult. Be patient with yourself, kind to your mind and gentle to yourself. There's no way you are going to perfect this in 10 days..."
Andy (change pack, session 7)

Spare Change

Very shifty week-moved out of LA, finished my teaching job of four years and on to the next steps in my adventure!

I fell off the meditation wagon but snuck in a session the other day which highlighted something I had been thinking about, it was nice to formally recognize it.

It's easy to be nagged by an unpleasant feeling and often forgotten to notice absence of a negative feeling. For me, a lot of anxiety has been oozing from my muscles now that the plugs have been pulled.

Just trying to sink into the fact we are truly in summer!