"Rest, my darling. Let the earth hold you."
Taking time to un-plug (like really step away from work and Instagram and mothering and running errands and caring and cooking for everyone and incessantly tidying this damn house) is one of my essential tools for mental-health and creativity.
It’s a luxury to “let the earth hold me” on a beach in Portugal. Pictured above. But the act of turning off my productivity and consumption engines is becoming an urgent ritual.
What would it take for you to give yourself a few hours (or days) off the grind? Like, off off. No-checking your email, off. Leaving your phone on airplane mode all day, off. That type of thing.
For me, part of it is deciding to be okay with my kids eating pasta for dinner every night. And the possibility of returning home to a mountain of dirty laundry and an empty fridge, or whatever. But honestly? Who cares! Because I’m returning as a more relaxed, more grounded, more expanded, more fun human.
And remember: your yoga mat is also a place of refuge. Wishing you a smooth week punctuated by a few moments of pause and, perhaps, a few hours of un-plugging.
Until next Sunday,
Lizzie
PS. The line “Rest, my darling. Let the earth hold you” is a quote from radient Rachel Brathen.
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Thank you for the time that you spend writing the Sunday letters. Today's letter stuck with me as I was taking my early morning walk. It dawned on me how much I, myself cause the feeling of being overwhelmed. I cannot change the state of politics (I can vote), the cost of food or even losing teaching yoga due to the pandemic.
But I can learn to be quieter, calmer and not stay continually "plugged in". To be honest, even though I have practiced and taught for over 20 years, I am the worse Savasana student even now being retired (what do I have to go do that is so important!. I am inspired today to start practicing savasana with regularity. Of course, I will have to write that on my daily to-do list so I can check it off!
Thank you for your inspiration and also for reducing the price of the Savasana class. I know the work behind the scenes that teachers put in to preparing classes so it is a very generous offer.
Be well and take care.
Brenda
Rockport Massachusetts
Love this - thank you