 Dear Friends,
We always hope that life will slow down, calm down, be a little easier in the summer, right? And for some, I think it does…but for many life inevitably becomes a little more frenetic, a little more chaotic, a little less predictable. How can we find calm in the chaos, if life feels a little more like the second option than the first during this season? I’ve been thinking about and sitting with this particular dilemma a lot these past weeks, in the midst of a particularly chaotic time in my own life...spoiler alert, I don’t think I’ve had a flash of insight that will solve anyone's problems. However, these past several weeks I’ve carved out tiny little spaces in my life to spend time alone, which always helps me recharge. These past several weeks I’ve focused on breathing deeply when life feels overwhelming. These past several weeks I’ve reached out to a few people for help…which, let’s be honest, is hard for me to do. These past several weeks I’ve thought about what I need during this time, and I’ve vocalized it and advocated for it even though that was uncomfortable for me. None of the above mentioned solve the underlying issue, they don’t fix the busyness and chaos, they don’t make the frenetic go away. But, my friend, they do help. I wonder how life might feel if we are a little more willing to sit in what we need, and to advocate for ourselves a little bit more. I hope you have an amazing week, with a little more breath and a little more calm in your life, even in the midst of chaos. Love Krista
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 Dear Friends,
A few weeks ago I hopped in my car to go to the park, as it had been a while due to busyness…but as I was driving down the street, I suddenly remembered an appointment I had forgotten about, and had to turn around, come home, and go for a quick walk in my neighborhood. It was no woods, and I was bummed that I didn’t get into the park, but as I walked I did pause to enjoy the beauty of the bounty of daylilies that had sprung up the week prior in my neighborhood. As you all know, I’ve been talking about change on a regular basis for the past several months. Of late I’ve been in a space where a jumble of emotions in various areas of life coupled with a busy life season have converged together, making it hard to suss out which emotion is which, and what belongs with what. There are times when the fullness of our lives makes it hard to sit and process the emotions that might be residing in our bodies and minds, and so sometimes we just have to set them to the side for a while…other times we end up feeling all of them at once. Tomorrow my youngest son graduates high school…well, technically today since you’re reading this after I write it…and I’ve been feeling for the past few weeks that, because of the confluence of emotions and fullness in many areas of life, I haven’t been able to sit in this particular area and digest it…but I’m taking a few moments tonight, glass of wine in hand, plumbers working downstairs in my house…to allow myself to sit and think and feel. I think there's a real benefit in allowing ourselves the space to revisit those emotions when the time and bandwidth comes available, even if we can't do so in the moment. I hope you have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista  Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. -Francis of Assisi
Dear Friends, I’m sure I’m not the only person who, when thinking about something in my life that needs to get started…perhaps something that is large and important and overwhelming…gets overwhelmed and stuck with an inability to start said project. When it comes to movement practices specifically, I’ve always said that, in my personal opinion, I think folks should start by finding something they like and do it, and if they can’t find anything they like, find something they hate the least, and do that...and I think equally important, folks should start small, start short, start with 5 minutes, 10 minutes. Even so, even if we start with something we don’t hate, even if we start with something short, sometimes the hardest part is still simply starting…or starting again. I think for many of us, when we inevitably end up stuck because of the overwhelmingness of something big, our tendencies for negative self-talk suddenly rear their ugly heads…but I wonder how it might feel in our bodies if we choose to combat that negative self-talk, if we choose to build ourselves up instead of tearing ourselves down when we’re feeling stuck. I wonder if, instead of drawing us deeper into that place of stuck, it might give us the little push and motivation we need to start moving in the right direction. My dear friend, if you’re feeling a little stuck today, I hope you’re able to speak sweetly to yourself…and perhaps move a little further towards a place of unstuck. Have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
Several years ago I heard a talk about the liminal spaces in our lives, and that talk has stuck with me through so many years, transitions and changes in my own life. If you’ve never heard the phrase, liminal space talks about the place a person finds themselves in during a transition. There are physical liminal spaces, emotional spaces, and metaphorical spaces that manifest in our lives…but all liminal spaces are characterized by a level of uncertainty. Melissa Cohen, a transition expert, says "uncertainty can be very uncomfortable, lonely, overwhelming, paralyzing, emotionally demanding and mentally exhausting. But, it can also be transformative and valuable, providing creativity, strength and the opportunity to move forward, evolve, grow and develop a mindset that anything is possible." Liminal spaces can be transformative and valuable. Liminal spaces can bring about creativity, strength, and growth. Yes, liminal spaces often bring about periods of discomfort, and yet, when we are willing to shift and change when using those spaces, I think we then have the opportunity to become truer, more authentic versions of ourselves. I wonder how it might feel if we were willing to change the rhetoric around those uncomfortable liminal spaces in our lives. I wonder how it might feel if we were able to really lean into the good in the midst of the discomfort in those spaces. I wonder if that change in rhetoric might help us shift and find a little more ease in the midst of those spaces of discomfort. I hope you have a transformative week, my friend. Love Krista |
Hi, I'm Krista!Krista Mason is a movement instructor based in Washington DC. She founded an online strength, yoga and movement studio, teaches group classes, hosts both local and overseas retreats, hangs out with private clients, and absolutely loves the work she gets to do. Archives
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