From Burnout to Breath Body Connection
If you have struggled from burnout or fallen out of taking good care of yourself, this is for you.
I’m so grateful to receive emails from people in our Strala Yoga community. It feels like such a gift to read paragraphs of someone’s thoughts, reflections and sometimes questions pouring out for me to soak in. It’s personal and a gift that I appreciate in these super fast over consuming social media times, more than ever. Recently I responded to an email I received from someone in our community who had fallen out of her yoga practice because of attending to an infant in her family in the hospital. Horrific and so hard. No one should feel bad for falling off their practice and self care routine, but it’s especially understandable when life throws you the biggest challenges. Interestingly, I can relate and carved out for myself and for sharing with others, ways to deal with taking good care of yourself, when things get really, really hard.
Yoga isn’t the hard part. Life is. Yoga is here to mold around and soak into you so you can enjoy when things are easy and not destroy yourself when things get hard.
Here is a bit of what I wrote back to her. Maybe it’s helpful for you, no matter your life’s challenge.
When my Dad was not well toward the end of his life we were running around loads and it was a lot taking care of my mom and a young daughter and everything that goes into hospital visits. Before the chaotic and horrifically sad last weeks, there are the hectic and horrifically sad last years. Taking care of someone who really really needs it is a very hard role. Physically, you lose your time. Emotionally, you lose your energy. But if you find some little pockets to connect with yourself and connect with those you are caring for, a whole new world of real life in the moment self care can open and sustain you. If you can find self care here, you can find it anywhere.
No one really prepares us for things that are really hard. One of the things that helped me take care of myself a bit during that time was leading a little yoga to my mom to help calm her. Just doing a little gentle yoga with her helped me reconnect with my breath and body. I wasn’t doing as much as I normally do, but all those little moments, and little “softness breaks” during the day helped me so much, and continue to help me every day. A morning practice I usually get to do on my mat is great but I need those little moments probably just as much.
Please don’t be hard on yourself. As long as you have a breath you have the chance to practice again, notice how you feel again, and take good care of you with what’s going on with you right now.
Whether your challenge is life related, news related, health related, or just existing, it’s valid. Take a moment to slow down, notice how you feel and respond with care. Everything can expand from here.
Here is a nice, Wake Up Your Energy for Anytime You Feel Sluggish. I’m doing this in jeans. You can do this anywhere, anytime. Hope it helps.
lots of love,
Tara Stiles
love,
Tara
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