 “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” -Melody Beattie
Dear Friends, The brightness of fall has dimmed around here, many of the leaves are now blanketing the ground, creating a crunchy at times…spongy other times…bit of a walking hazard. The world has turned colder and a little darker. Even so, there is beauty, my friends, we can still find and notice the beauty. I’ve been thinking about finding that beauty, finding gratitude exactly where we are, and the power that gratitude holds, a bit this week as I walk through my neighborhood and the park and notice the changes in the world. The above quote by Melody Beattie is one of my absolute favorites, and if you’ve ever been in a practice with me, you might have noticed my repetitive nature at the end of our practice…calling all to find something that they are grateful for and to allow that gratitude to walk with them through their week. I deeply believe that finding gratitude in our lives is powerful and has the ability to change our lives for the better. My dear friends, we celebrate this day of Thanksgiving tomorrow. Whatever this day of Thanksgiving might look like for you…joy-filled and easy or hard and emotionally fraught…or perhaps somewhere in-between, I hope you can sit in a little more gratitude and find and notice the beauty in your life a little more fully. I am so deeply and fully grateful for each and every one of you, my friends. Love Krista
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 Dear Friends,
Walk along a creek enough times and you’ll see the ebbs and flows of said creek. There are times when it is full and flowing, and there are times when the water is low and slower moving. I was walking along the creek a while ago. The water was lower than normal and moving a bit slower than normal. The water was still moving and flowing, but it was simply slower than I had seen it in a while. We are entering a season of a bit more cold, a bit more darkness, where our energy might be a little slower, a little less flowing. We are entering a season where we might feel a bit more tired, we might have more of a desire to turn inward and hibernate a bit. I think there are times when we get frustrated with our energy levels in this season…but I wonder how it might feel if we embrace the season we are in, if we lean into slowing down and turning inward, if we give ourselves permission to feel the space and cycle that our bodies are naturally in. I hope, this week, if you are feeling frustrated by your natural energy levels, you can give yourself a little more permission to slow down, to turn inward, and to lean into the season we are in right now without judgment. Have an amazing week, my friends. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
Sometimes we just need to find the time and space to soothe our nervous systems. A few weeks ago, as I walked through the woods, I was struggling with a bit of anxiety. My nervous system was amped up and I was having a hard time calming it down. Instead of continuing my walk, I found a rock next to the water. I sat down, and took the sound of the water moving by me into my ears…the sound of water moving always soothes me. I concentrated on deepening my breath and just being exactly where I was in that moment. As I sat there, I could feel my nervous system begin to tamp down. A few days after that, while stuck in the middle of traffic on 495, I was in that similar space of anxiety. I didn’t have a soothing stream next to me, but I fell into a routine of breathing a little deeper, of finding myself exactly where I was in that moment. While the environment wasn’t nearly as conducive to soothing as my little spot by the stream, I could still feel my nervous system begin to tamp down. We’re not always going to have a lovely little stream to sit next to when we need some soothing in our lives, my friends. But I think, when we allow ourselves the space to breathe a little deeper, and find ourselves exactly where we are no matter where we actually are, we can find a little more soothing in our own lives, even when our environment is a little less than conducive to soothing. Have an amazing week, my friends. Love Krista  Dear Friends,
It’s been a spectacular fall around here, I feel like the colors have been absolutely stunning and the weather has been just wonderful. It seems like everywhere you look the world is trying to show how beautiful and bright it can be. Every time I get in the car it feels like I want to stop a few times, pull over, and take a picture of some beautiful tree. It’s easy right now, it’s easy to see and notice the beauty in the world around us. At this moment in time that beauty is clear, it's easy to see, it’s right in front of our faces. I was walking in the woods last week, smiling at trees, taking in the colors and just downright enjoying myself. As I walked I was wondering how it might feel to really notice the way this tangible and obvious beauty makes us feel, and to gather that feeling in our hearts. I was wondering how it might be to try to remember that feeling, and perhaps see and notice and recreate that feeling when that beauty is still there, but might not be quite so obvious, when the world around us is not quite so stunning in a few weeks here. It might take a little more effort, but it’s still there, my friends. Once this time has passed, and it always does, the beauty is still there…we might just have to look for it a little harder. My dear friends, I hope you can see and feel the beauty in your own life, even when it is a little less than obvious. Have an amazing week, my friends. 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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