I resist rest because...
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Despite being a Savasana fanatic and Restorative yoga teacher, I often find it difficult to rest.
Like one day this week, after lunch, I had 35 empty minutes before the twins arrived home from Kindergarten. “Great, I’ll start (another) load of laundry and do a bit of pre-packing for our weekend hiking trip, and then I’ll still have 20 minutes to lie down for Savasana.”
But, instead, what happened? What always happens? I got distracted searching for my hiking socks (still haven’t found them, btw) and didn’t actually stop and shift to rest. Does that ever happen to you?
I resist rest because I feel too busy.
Let’s work on it together. Join me on Tuesday, June 21st at 10:30 am Salzburg time for a free Savasana Session. Recording goes out here the following weekend.
Talk soon,
Lizzie
PS. Photo from my girl Daniela Gruber who just told me she reads this newsletter. Hi, Danny 😘
Upcoming ways to connect:
June 21 Free live Savasana Session. Recording going out here the following Sunday.
July 7 Spacious Summer: live active and quiet practice with Mama and me.
August Slowing down retreat in Montana. Three spots remain. It’s going to be a blast.
Even though I know how beneficial it is & actually teach other people to rest, I resist rest because of my rest guilt. That little voice somewhere down deep that says in your case resting is lazy when you could just get one more thing done... however what actually happens is one more thing gets started, not finished. The rest would be so much more productive. And then sometimes I resist because I want to read, & it feels like there are not enough hours for both. And then there is the reading guilt...
I resist rest because my mind tells me to keep doing and rest later.🙄🙄