Hey Team,
It’s December 1st and we’re back with the another edition of Making Space, a series of (mostly) short posts designed to encourage you to make a little space for yourself this month.
No matter what you celebrate (or don’t celebrate!), December is one of those months of ambient stress and busy-ness. There are so many posts and articles full of lists and ideas about how to do more, more, more, and so much discussion of finishing things before the end of the year, or getting ‘the most’ out of the rest of 2024, that it is enough to make your head spin.
Now, I am NOT pretending that you aren’t busy.
And I am not going to be doing any vaguely condescending posts about how if you *just* change your attitude then all the hecticness will just melt away.
Instead, I am going to acknowledge that we all have a lot going on at this point in the year AND I am going to invite you to make a little space for yourself in your days.
Each day, I will post a short exercise/physical activity video and a short meditation/mindfulness video that you can do if you WANT to.
If the videos I post don’t appeal to you, I hope that you will still create some space for yourself and pick something *YOU* like to do.
(Taking a nap, texting a friend, drinking a very slow cup of tea, lying on the floor staring at the ceiling – those all count as making space.)
Giving yourself that space is worthwhile and important, even if you have to ditch something else from your to do list.
So, with all of that said, let’s start on the right foot (ha!) with this short video ‘Foot Stretch for Healthy Feet‘ from Yoga with Bird.
And here’s 1 minute of drawing meditation/mindfulness from Tamara Michael. If you don’t have a pen and paper handy, you could draw with your finger or just breath in and out along with her drawing.
I hope you are able to make the space you need in your day.
Wishing you ease today and always. 💚
