 Dear Friends,
I had a little space in my schedule last week, so I got to take an unexpected wander through the woods in-between clients. As I wandered I was recognizing that I simply haven’t been wandering through the woods as much lately. My life has been busier, I have had less spaciousness, I haven’t been making the time in my week to wander. But those slow meanders are really good for my mind, my body, and my nervous system. They’re a super important reset in my week. As I walked I was recognizing that I need to prioritize being out in nature, on trails, in the woods a little more. Life gets busy, and unfortunately none of us have time for all the self-care we might want for ourselves…but I think noticing those details that make a sizable difference in our lives, whatever that may be for you, and prioritizing those areas, taking time for those areas as we move through our weeks can make a real difference in our minds, our bodies, our nervous systems and our lives. I hope you have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista
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 Dear Friends,
I talked last week about my drive through the park and how one day all the trees were void of life, and the next, on that same drive, there were bits of bright green all around me. But they weren’t, those trees. They weren’t void of life. They might have looked that way, they might have presented as void of life…but under the surface life was moving and churning. That life might have been waiting to burst forth, but that doesn’t mean life wasn’t there, under the surface the whole time. Sure, it might look different on the outside, and throughout the colder months that life might be slower, but even in that slower state, that life is still there…moving, changing, growing. Sometimes we think we’re in a stagnant place, we feel like our growth has slowed to a halt. And perhaps we aren’t moving or growing as much as we are at other times in our lives, but that doesn’t mean life isn’t there, moving, changing, growing. My dear friend, I hope you can celebrate your journey exactly where you are right now, whether that is full of life and change, or perhaps moving at a little slower pace. Have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
While I was driving through the park last week, I noticed, while spring was springing all around, and blossoms were blossoming, yet, all the trees in the park were still bare and void of life. The very next day, as I drove that same road through the park, there were little dots of green all around me. One of my clients last week aptly referred to the trees at this stage as like an impressionist painting…life was springing up throughout the park in this beautiful moment of instant change. How are you feeling, my friend? I don’t know about you, but this past week the political climate we have been living through has been rough on my nervous system. I noticed a distinct feeling of exhaustion earlier this week and realized I had been holding a lot of tension, a lot of nervousness, a lot of…a lot. And there’s not a whole lot I can do about it, other than limit my consumption of the news. But I can anchor back to the good, the beauty, the life springing up around me in that moment of instant change. I can find other ways in my life to anchor back, ways that allow me to feel a semblance of control in one area even if I can’t feel that control in others. My dear friend, sometimes there’s no help to be had for the exhaustion and nervousness, but I do think if we’re willing to take some time to anchor back to the good, the beauty and the life around us we can find a little deeper breath and a little more relief. Have an amazing week. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
As I was driving to see a client at 7:40 this morning, I suddenly realized I didn’t write or set up an email to send out this week…I completely forgot, it totally slipped my mind until this morning when it was too late to schedule and send out at 8am when I normally send it. I chuckled about forgetting because, well, sometimes we just forget, right? But, as I drove, admiring the various redbuds and (my favorite) puffball cherry trees in bloom on my way, I also realized that I had recently changed my schedule, and the time that I used to have set aside for my weekly email was no longer available to me. So, after 5 ½ years of writing an email to you all faithfully every week, I changed one thing about my week and completely forgot…because I hadn’t set any time aside to write said email. I didn’t judge myself for forgetting an email, that’s life sometimes…we can’t do everything right all the time. But also, I did recognize that I, once more, need to set aside time in my week for a task that I value, that I want to accomplish…because without that time set to the side clearly that task is easy to forget. My dear friend, I hope we all can be a little more gentle with ourselves when we inevitably fail or forget a task at hand…because we all do and will. And yet, I also hope we can look at our own lives and figure out ways we can help ourselves accomplish those things we want to accomplish with a little more ease. Have an amazing week. 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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