I just spent a nice chunk of the morning writing about what I learned in 2020 and what I have my sights and heart set on in 2021. But then, whoops, I deleted it. And instead of going back - THERE IS NO GOING BACK! - and efforting to recreate it, I am just going to drop a list of what more or less sums it up.

Cheers to you and yours. We made it. Here is to another cycle.

WORD: Pause

INTENTION: Nothing New Til 2022

CORE VALUES: Generosity, Kindness, Compassion

QUOTE: “No one can do the work for you, but you can’t do it alone.” Christina Sell

POEM:

do not be misled

into thinking

you should be doing more.

rest.

feed.

heal.

hold.

feel.

these are the seeds.

the beginning.

be gentle with it all.

- holy days from brave new mama

PRACTICE

I like to write. Historically, in fits and starts. More and more as of late, because it’s a practice, after all. I am interested in whatever helps me to engage in a life of practice and if this works, so be it. Maybe I am just using this space as another opportunity to hold myself accountable to the path. I might write about yoga. I'll probably write a lot about my kids and what insights arise in my day to day of being their mother. And I'll reflect on my own process, in one of the many domains that I find myself traversing: woman, mama, partner, student, friend, daughter, sister, teacher. I also want to take and post pictures here that are meaningful to me. Images have often made more sense to me than words anyway. My guess it that it will all circle back around to the yoga in the end. It generally does.