How is your Making Space practice coming along?
Notice that I asked about how your practice was coming along, I didn’t ask if you have perfected the art of Making Space.
Some days we’ll find it easy to make space, other days it will be hard, and some days it will be impossible.
Please kind to yourself about your practice, no matter what kind of day today is.
After all, like the various memes on the topic say, if being mean to yourself made things easier it would have worked by now.
Wherever and however you are in your practice, I wish you ease and as much space as possible.
Our meditation today is from Mindful Creative Muse and involves literally drawing your breath – on paper!
Our movement suggestion today is the delightfully named Stress Less Movement Snack from Trisha Durham. It’s a little longer than the videos I usually suggest but you can just do as much as you have time for. No need to add stress while doing a less stress video, right?
About Making Space 2023:
In December 2020, Fit is a Feminist Issue blogger Martha created a tradition – a series of reminder posts to take good care of ourselves during this last month of the year when it is far too easy to get swept up in your to do list, no matter what you are celebrating or not celebrating.
In 2021, I started doing daily December reminders with a post called Give Yourself Some Space, and that’s how the ‘Making Space‘ December tradition began. Throughout December 2021 and 2022, I wrote a short post that included two videos – one for exercise and one for meditation – and a bit of encouragement for you to make space for yourself at this busy time of year.
These posts are not about cramming more things into your month, they reminding you that there IS a *YOU* who is doing all of the things and that you are worth taking good care of.
Perhaps the things I suggest aren’t what you need at the moment. That’s totally ok. Perhaps you can use something else to create some space, something that will help you feel more relaxed or more in charge of your day. Just do whatever you can to give yourself a little more breathing room.
Personally, I am trying to Finish 2023 Soft so I am putting conscious effort into resting whenever I can. My overjangled nervous system needs a chance to unjangle and that process may look different every day.
So, some of these posts may be long and some may be short but please know that every single one of them is written with the hope that you can find a little ease in your day, whatever that looks like for you.
