Let today be today. Let tomorrow be tomorrow. It’s okay to be…
…..be whatever you are of course! For October’s Nelumbo News, it’s especially okay to be tired. Yes! It’s okay! AND in an interesting, funny, strange psychologically true way, as soon as we give ourselves that permission out loud, we feel a real-ease. Then, not too long after, a resurgence of a certain energetic pace comes about. It may be slow but still we go. This is the invitation for October. In September, we wrote about embracing Autumn. Shifting in a way that felt balanced with the rhythm of nature. How is it going? Between the beginning of the new school year and the coming of beautifully diverse celebrations that include everything from goddesses triaphing over evil, Earth honoring harvesting, and remembering souls of our loved ones, our children are externally and internally faced with a surge of energy. It’s fun, exciting and imaginative! Parents and care givers feel it too! Many of us join in the festivities and keep going even if we’re tired. For the longest time I kept on giving even if I came back exhausted. You know the kind that tricks one into thinking sleep will come but then it doesn’t? This season of internal and external opposing wants and needs showed up for me different one year. A good young teacher responded to the energy by retreating. They asked for comfy clothes, cozy stories, messy crafting at home, walks to the library and silly snuggling. The thought of costumes and school parties was too much for him. As a parent, I saw my son go through emotions I didn’t expect or know how to deal with. But I soon learned it was a gift. An invitation to slow down and rest. Once I learned that, things fell into place. I let go of the idea that we had to be a certain way in order to get into the Autumn spirit.
So notice how the energy flows in your family. Let today be today knowing that tomorrow will be tomorrow. Float, if you can, in a mindful way, towards your internal vibration so that when it’s time to give outwardly it may be easeful and enough. Sometimes our best is being tired. It’s okay to say, “I am taking a rest” or “I’ll know better when I’m rested.” or “I’ll feel better when I’m rested”. It’s okay. Rest. There are all sorts of studies that show how saying how you feel out loud creates an internal shift that eases our mind, reduces anxiety and helps calm our bodies. Perhaps this is the true spirit of October, to rest.
Playing with pumpkins on the porch one October a few years back with my son, Theo. Probably his favorite Halloween “costume” of all time.
Inside the Studio for KIDS
Ahimsa Studios offers kids yoga classes almost every day of the week! Let’s celebrate more opportunites for kids to connect outside of school, move their bodies and play. Ahimsa, is located on Queen Anne Ave. I team up with two other wonderful teachers leading kids classes every Friday and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Check the schedule to see if there is a time that works for your kiddos.
Inside the studio for ADULTS
You can find me offering classes at the following locations:
🪷NOURISH Yin/Yasa @ Ahimsa Studios - Fridays at 12 noon
🪷Morning Yoga Flow @ Flowfitness Fremont - Fridays at 8:00 a.m.
After studying, exploring and practicing yoga and many of it’s beautiful offerings for years, I earned my yoga teacher certification this past Spring.
Many people have asked me if I teach adults and now I can say “Yes!”
It would be an honor to have an opportunity to lead your practice. Send me an email with a date, location and time that works best for you. I’ll add you to the guest list.
A sweet cell phone capture of nature after a recent Seattle rain. The water droplets reminding me of us all on our mats doing the best we can until the storm subsides. Quaking Aspen Tree leaf.
Bake Pie! Roast Seeds! We 🫶🏽 Oxbow Farm!
Our favorite pumpkin recipes come from the lovely Oxbow Farm located in Carnation, WA. Our family has been visiting Oxbow just about every fall for years! A delightful local-business-supporting-local connection; Macrina Bakery sources Oxbow’s pumpkins for their pies. The collaboration between Oxbow and the Burke Natural History Museum is interesting as well.
Oxbow hasn’t published thier recipes. This may be the only place you’ll ever find it.
Enjoy the taste of the season!
Notice how much we love this recipe by the bent corners and oil stains.
You know it’s a real artifact when you see the water marks and coffee stains.
Musical notes 💗 🎶 💗 Family High Vibes
This is one of my faves for Family Yoga Classes (coming to community soon!), in the car and all over the house. Rhythm of the House by Little Ripples.
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We’re on the stolen ancestral lands of the Coast Salish, specifically the ancestral land of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Stillaguamish, and Muckleshoot People. We recognize that Chief Seattle is the son of Duwamish and Suquamish people who are the first peoples and stewards of these lands since as far back as anyone can remember and is documented, time immemorial. Their way of being in this world was disrupted by colonization. Now that we have grown more aware and educated about this unjust history, we listen and learn from indigenous ways of being as we practice stewardship of the soil, water, air, plants, animals and all living creatures in our communities. Please learn with us through the “Honorable Harvest” guiding principals, from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass.
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