Finding the Pauses

As the year draws to a close, I am acutely aware of the frenetic mode I have been operating in for the past seven months.

 

Having concluded my Forgiveness Workshops on Saturday, I am feeling quite racy and propelled forwards by the momentum of the last seven months. It feels like I have been going so fast that I haven’t had the awareness of the spaces between, the little pauses and full stops between the sentences and paragraphs that have been consuming me.

Life is such a circle of learning isn’t it? How necessary are the times of hibernation, times to digest, empty and rebirth. I love the lessons I garner from nature.

I am preparing myself now to complete the circle as I plan my slide backwards into the stillness, for a wonderful, guilt-free and well-deserved break over December. 

Now, is not the time to create new ideas and implement them. Now, is the time to consolidate and package up all the nuggets that we have implemented this year.  

It is time to look back and assess our year for what it was. Some of us may be disappointed we didn’t do more. Others of us may need to pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves how proud we are of ourselves. Whatever you did or did not do this year, you need to discern whether next year will be a repeat of this one or whether you will be doing things differently. 

Now is the time to practice forgiveness, by learning from what happened, letting go of attachment to the negative experiences or failures and giving yourself another chance to do things differently going forward.

Go within to the stillness and allow all your memories of this year to filter, digest and slowly sidle to a full stop. Find the pause between the last great idea and the birth of the next one.

Give yourself grace and kindness as you switch off the shopping brain with the intent to rest and self-nurture. 

Book yourself into a spa for a massage and some pampering or find a good book to escape into. Start intending and allowing the flow of energy to shift from predominantly masculine to that of receptive feminine energy.

I wish you a week of finding the pauses, being gentle with yourself, getting enough rest and listening to all your needs - mental, physical and spiritual.

All my love

Nicolette