 Dear Friends,
Earlier this week we woke up blanketed in a layer of snow. Because of the high temperatures the week prior, the snow covered everything as far as I could see…trees, cars, holly berries, bare branches...the world was briefly covered with this beautiful layer of white. I had a sudden change in schedule first thing in the morning because of said layer of snow, so I had an unexpected 30 minutes in my day that I don’t normally have. I was assuming, rightfully so, that all the snow would have disappeared from the trees by the time I was able to get out again, so I took a quick walk while I had the opportunity. The only tracks I saw for the first part of my walk were deer, and I’m pretty sure a couple of foxes as I meandered down to the creek that morning, and the world was mostly quiet during my brief 20 minute walk…and boy, was the world around me beautiful. By noon all the snow in the trees had melted away, and most of the rest of the snow was remnants. Streets were totally drivable and, unlike the last snow, said remnants didn’t cause a whole lot of disruption in the rest of the day. As I was driving a little later that day, I was thinking about how we have these brief and fleeting moments of beauty in our lives…but as brief and fleeting as they are, we can still choose to stop, pay attention, and see the beauty around us, however brief that may be. Have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista
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 Dear Friends,
I’ve had “teach myself double-entry bookkeeping and find bookkeeping software that I like” on my to-do list since about April of last year. While my spreadsheet bookkeeping did me just fine…or, one might say, did me adequately for many years, it was high time to find a new way of doing things. At least once a week for the past 9 months I would bring up various software, stare at them, start free trials and inevitably do less than I should with the free trial time I had…I’d then get overwhelmed and set the task to the side and continue on my way with my merry little spreadsheets that I understood. But here’s the thing, in all that overwhelm, I never created a dedicated space and time in my week to learn something new. Bookkeeping was on my list, it was a thing I knew I needed to get done, but I didn’t create space and time to make that learning happen…and so, spoiler alert, that learning didn’t happen. At the beginning of this new year I carved out some space in my weekly schedule, put a recurring appointment for myself in that space, and lo and behold, was able to make that learning happen…and, let me tell you my friend, it feels great to have that checked off my to-do list and also to have that dedicated recurring appointment set up for a very needed part of my business. I was thinking about my dilemma in regards to our movement practice. I think many of us do that same thing when it comes to movement. We know we should get it done, we set a goal in our heads, but we don’t create a dedicated time and space to actually make it happen...and then we grow frustrated and irritated with ourselves when that movement doesn’t happen. My dear friend, if you’re feeling frustrated because you’re having a hard time showing up for your movement practice, I wonder how it might feel to set aside some dedicated time in your week for your movement practice…perhaps even putting it in your calendar as a recurring appointment, and then actually showing up for said appointment. I hope you have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
These past several years I’ve had a changed relationship with Valentine's day. If we’re being honest, I was always a little salty about this made up holiday…I thought it was a day meant to make folks feel bad. I just didn’t like it. It made me feel grouchy and annoyed. I didn’t want to feel that way, but it seemed like every year that was the attitude I put on. My dear friend was always the opposite of me on this day…emphasizing celebrating all of the various loves in our lives and treating the day as a joyful time without expectation, but full of love. I always admired her for it…and then went back to my grouchy ways. But these past several years I’ve tried, and largely succeeded in embracing my dear friend’s (better) attitude, I’ve really tried to put on the fact that we can celebrate all the great loves we have in our lives, we can share and spread a little more love in our own lives by showing up for those around us. Because, my friend, life is full of loves, and what a privilege that life is full of loves. Romantic love is just a small part of this life full of love we can create. So, my friend, I hope this week, even if this day isn’t your favorite day, we can all embrace and spread love a little further, to a few more folks around us…I hope we can see a little more clearly all the loves we have in our lives. I hope we can love a little more deeply and fully. Have a lovely week, my friend. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
My kids got me one of those digital picture frames a year ago for Christmas…I loved it, but like any reasonable person, I immediately put it on the shelf and didn’t set it up until my son came home a couple of months ago and set it up for me. Since that time I’ve had a great time looking through my facebook memories daily, finding old pictures and sending them to the frame, and then being delighted when I see them again. Sometimes we need distractions from the distractions, right? Of late I’ve been taking a lot of epsom salt baths. I find epsom salt baths to be super relaxing and soothing to sore muscles and overworked bodies and it’s just a nice practice to soothe and relax. But, more importantly, I put my phone in a different room, I take my old as the hills kindle with me, and I sit in the bath and read a book while soaking. It’s easy to get sucked into the anxiety of doomscrolling that we all inevitably get sucked into…and it’s hard to keep the chatter from our minds and bodies. But I think there are ways we can find purposeful and meaningful distractions from the distractions. Perhaps that’s a nice soak in an epsom salt bath. Perhaps it’s a walk with a friend where we leave our phones behind. Perhaps it's taking a class or wandering in the woods or finding old pictures to put in frames. We can’t live distractedly all the time…but I think some well-placed purposeful distractions in our lives can do us good. Have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista |
Hi, I'm Krista!Krista Mason is a movement instructor based in the Washington DC area. She founded an online strength, yoga and movement studio, teaches group classes, hosts both local and overseas retreats, hangs out with private clients, writes weekly blogs and absolutely loves the work she gets to do. Archives
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