a new mission statement
There is so much noise out there. I’ve had to set firm boundaries around what news I consume, and, if I am honest, while it is what I need for my mental health, I realize it makes me uninformed and extra triggered when I catch snippets of headlines on social media. Not a great alternative.
In this noise, I’ve been simultaneously very aware that the world needs the work we are doing at the studios more than ever and wondering how the work of stillness, silence and healing can cut the noise enough to support people in their own processing and healing journeys, and, possibly, to reveal a call to action byway a soldier of love, a warrior of peace.
I spent a large part of this month meditating. Trying to “heal” my reaction to all the micro and macro triggers. Watching how they bring back the clammed-up-don’t-communicate-shut-down version of myself that can’t process anger (but how she’s mastered sorrow, everybody!) I’ve been showing up as a teacher tender yet present, supportive yet honest knowing how important connection and being seen and heard is. And yet, I’ve also had this weight of not knowing how to bridge the gap between the discoveries and shifts happening on the mat into what our fearful world needs right now to make a difference.
A few of the themes that have come up from speaking to and learning from others, have included looking at ways we stand up for what we believe is right without coming at it from hate. How to turn fear into creating a safe place for action. How to speak our truth without adding to the noise.
It’s steering me in a (re)new(ed) direction -
returning to the purest essence of service - generous with love, acceptance, humility, and hope in humanity
to dissect how I/we as a collective process anger - to let it be a tool that is to be respected and to find its healthy expression so it doesn’t make me/us sick. I am examining breathwork and other modalities to release it from our bodies, rather than simply ‘working through it’ intellectually
letting what comes out of the expression of anger be a propellent to use our voices in a way that is kind, compassionate and empathetic
to be boundaried AF
to use this movement (asana) to create a movement by being in your body and resourcing yourself through difficult conversations, through discourse, through voicing while calm, while listening.
This is at best a work in progress right now, though I’m feeling more in my own purpose bridging this gap for myself and starting to articulate what 2025 needs as a new personal (and professional) mission statement.