Spring, Is That You?

hello sweet march

Happy March friends. I’ve sort of gotten to the point now where I am over the cold. I am fully ready to embrace the warmer days and all that it brings. As much as I enjoyed the winter this time around, living into all the gifts that winter gives us, the hints of sun and warmth are teasing enough for me to be done with the cold, and ready for all the thawing an re-emergence.

This is the beautiful part of living in harmony with the seasons. You begin to crave what is naturally springing from the earth. The hints and glimmers of sun have begun to warm my own heart, setting forth a deep desire to linger outdoors just a smidge longer than I have in the colder months (albeit, the wind is definitely a huge setback for me).

With the (slow) welcoming of spring, it’s normal to feel this huge sense of energy bubbling within…maybe even a desire to purge and release all the stuff that we’ve been harboring and holding onto that offered comfort and warmth. Really, they don’t call it spring cleaning for nothing.

For me this year, this energy has resulted in making small changes in my home. Of course, I too have the desire to purge and declutter, but I even have a feeling of wanting to bring warmth into my home in various ways. It’s come in the form of wanting to swap out a few decor pieces, opening the windows to let in fresh air, figuring out what forms of light I want to use more than others, bringing even more green into my diet—just a few things to name. I’ve been reading more, finding more opportunities to just take care of myself, exercising more, going to more yoga classes, and trying to find ways to do things on my own—not choosing the route of convenience or ease.

And it’s not that these things haven’t happened in the past, but what I’m noticing that the more I focus in on cultivating that relationship with the seasons and really enjoy what they have to offer, our bodies naturally begin to align. I think there is an overestimation of how complicated wellness is in the alternative space. There’s like a million supplements you need to take, sleep schedules to adhere to, saunas to be in, certain lights and temperatures to expose your body and eyes to, and I’m realizing that yes, while all of those things have incredible benefits, we also don’t need to overcomplicate what wellness is.

It can be as simple as just being with what is naturally happening and not wishing away or wanting something different. It can be as simple as understanding your breath and its relationship to your emotions and mental state, to support a more calmed state of being. When we’re in tune with our own bodies, naturally we become more and more in tuned with what is happening on the outside. This is why I love ayurveda so much—its a beautiful and more importantly an uncomplicated way of seeing the world and acting appropriately.

I set the intention this year to find moments of gentleness with myself, to be present in all that this beautiful life has to offer, in doing that, the ebbs and flows of the universe become more palpable. And isn’t that the greatest gift of all?

So, as I continue to herald in the spring…welcoming it with my arms wide open, embracing the warmth and the return of the sun, I also want to be mindful to send off winter with a grand finale. His gifts have been meaningful—almost (it feels like) forcing me to stop and pause and just take those deep moments to go internal and allow myself to get lost in my own inner being. How can I not show gratitude for those such moments? It’d be a shame to not honor that.

Her gifts, her gifts. They are truly the greatest we get.

Talk soon
xx, n