“Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.” ― Mark Buchanan
The silence of my morning is split by the whistle of my tea kettle, signaling it’s time for me to bloom the coffee grounds. I am old fashioned in my mornings, brewing my coffee in a French press. But the first moment when I sit down in my white winged chair, curtains open to the sunrise, my notebook and pen ready to be filled with the first stories of my morning, is a moment I deeply need in this season of life.
I’ve begun to learn among the many roles I carry that if I don’t allow myself a moment to reawaken my soul, I am bound to become chained to all that I am doing.
My passions squelched, my mind fragmented, my soul sore.
And so, in this season of busyness and deadlines, I find myself diligently waking before the sun to set apart a few moments just for me. Impulsively, I’m a let life rule me kind of woman instead of a woman who lives the art of life: a woman who, among any season, can find rest, give grace, seek self-care, and sit in peace.
We, as women, need moments to reclaim ourselves in our busy seasons.
We need moments of restoration: of digging deep into who we are as women so that we can be that woman.
We need moments that remind us how to come alive.
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When I need to reclaim myself and my dreams during a season, I tend to do three things, an awakening plan of sorts that leaves me refreshed:
- Sit with a cup of sweet coffee, my notebook, and a good book, the windows open and the world quiet.
- Slip away for an hour to meditate and practice Holy Yoga.
- Go for a simple bike ride.
What would your awakening plan look like? What is it that restores your soul and makes you come alive again, ready to dream once more and enter your season refreshed?
Caitlin Lore is a storyteller and adventurer. By day she is a junior high English teacher, and by night she is a Holy Yoga instructor. She is also a wife, entrepreneur, marriage retreat maker, and aspiring novelist. After a jaunt with endurance racing, she now specializes in yoga for athletes and restorative yoga seeking to bring soul-care and freedom to those feeling constrained by anxiety, depression, and stress through the avenue of Holy Yoga.
