1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Spring is also about planting new seeds. So yes, it's 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: about letting go, but then what are we filling that 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: space with the new space that has opened up for us? 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: So spring is about planting new seeds, literally and emotionally. 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: In nature, the soil is soft again, the cold is passed, 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: the light is returning. And actually it's so true within 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: us as well. When you clear emotional clutter, when you 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: release all these stagnant feelings and patterns, you create fertile 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: ground in your inner world. You make space, you soften, 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: and you become ready to plant something new. I'm rather 11 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: Wukiah and on my podcast A Really Good Cry, we 12 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: embrace the messy and the beautiful, providing a space for raw, 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: unfiltered conversations that celebrate vulnerability and allow you to tune 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: in to learn, connect and find comfort together. So today's 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: been one of those days where honestly I feel like 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: punging something, but all I think I really need is 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: to go outside for a really long walk. This week's 18 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: episode it's all about spring cleaning, and you know what, 19 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: I have had the itch to clean, whether it's physically, 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: mentally emotionally, I just feel like this is the season 21 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: to be light and bright. So people, it is time 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: to let go. You have been holding on to all 23 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: the things that do not serve you, that are not 24 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: letting you thrive, and have kept you way down all 25 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: through winter and honestly maybe even longer than that, and 26 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: we need to let that go. Okay, because spring is 27 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 1: the season of new beginnings. It's the season of fresh 28 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: air or vibrancy, of lightness, And how are you gonna 29 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,639 Speaker 1: have space for any of that if you're still holding 30 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: on to all of that? The Japanese actually call it 31 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: ma it's the space between things. Spring invites us to 32 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: create emotional muh space between people, between thoughts and our 33 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: roles and responsibilities. 34 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: Space is so sacred, it's. 35 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: Kind of a little bit like time, and you cannot 36 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: receive when you are full. You know what, This is 37 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: a pretty heavy topic, and also because of how I 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: felt this day, I feel like I need a bit 39 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: of a breath, and I feel like you might too. 40 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: I'm getting that feeling. So before we dive in, why 41 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,639 Speaker 1: don't we take a moment to come into the present 42 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: moment wherever you are, whether you're in your car, whether 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: you're at home, whether you're laying down Remember that breath 44 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: is your anchor that brings your mind back into alignment 45 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: with your body. So place your hand if you can, 46 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: hand over your heart and one over your belly, and 47 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: take a deep inhale and a slow exhale, feeling your 48 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: body softened with each exhale. Let's take a couple more together, 49 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: take a deep. 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: Breath in and exhale. 51 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: If you weren't doing this before, With your next breath, 52 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: breathe out with your mouth instead of your nose. Feel 53 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: your belly fill up with all that new fresh air, 54 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,239 Speaker 1: and as you breathe out, remove all that stagnant, stale 55 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: energy and air that sits within you. One thing I've 56 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: been trying lately is humming. It sounds really random, but 57 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: it's actually beautiful. So with your next couple of breath, 58 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: take a deep breath in and have a humming sound 59 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: on the way out, and feel the vibration flow through 60 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: your entire body, feeling all the clean air coming through 61 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: into your body. If you have an eye shut, keep 62 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: them shut for a little bit, feel all the vibrations 63 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: running through your body, and when you're ready, open your eyes. Honestly, 64 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: I needed that so much like I cannot explain to 65 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: you how much I needed that and how much those 66 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: few breaths changed everything for me. Now, let the noise 67 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: settle in your mind and let your body know that 68 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 1: it is safe and it is time to be open 69 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: to letting go. I don't know about you, but this 70 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: season of my life, I just really wanted to be 71 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: clean and fresh, with clear energy internally and externally, whether 72 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: it is with myself or whether it's with other people. 73 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 2: And I think that's really important, you know. 74 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: I think about that, whether it's with friendships, relationships with 75 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: people that you don't really know. 76 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 2: You don't have to be best friends. 77 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: The bare minimum is having clean energy between people and 78 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: clean energy in the things that you do. And so 79 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: in order for that to happen, you need to practice 80 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: creating clean energy. Practice taking things in and out of 81 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: your body regularly in your physical body. When things build 82 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: up in your body, whether it's in your arteries, whether 83 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: it's in your bowl, whether it's in your heart, when 84 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: those things happen, it creates stagnancy, It creates toxins, and 85 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: it creates disease. 86 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 2: And our mind is no different and our heart is 87 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 2: no different either. 88 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: You know. Actually, in pretty much every single tradition, the 89 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 1: season of spring marks a return to life. 90 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: How beautiful is that? The return to life? 91 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: And it always like noticing these little moments that nature 92 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: or God or the earth send me for a reset, 93 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: for a refresh, or a little spruce or a little 94 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,239 Speaker 1: moment of reflection on how I can better live my life. 95 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: And I think if we're looking for them, they always 96 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: show up. Whether it's the season that we're in, whether 97 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: it's the night turning intoday, whether it's the moon cycle. 98 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: There's just so many different moments in time where we 99 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: can decide it is time for a reset or a refresh. 100 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: One perspective that has encouraged me to do this is 101 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: actually constantly seeing my body as a gift. And when 102 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: you start shifting mindset to that, when you see something 103 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: as a gift, you look after it so much more. 104 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: You're more careful with it, you have a deeper appreciation 105 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: for it. And so these little cleanups that we do, 106 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: whether it's mentally, physically, or emotionally, are all part of 107 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: that gratitude gesture back to God, the universe, back to 108 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: your body for doing what it does. In traditional Chinese medicine, 109 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: spring is the season of the liver. That is the 110 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: organ that's actually responsible for emotional detox and energetic flow. 111 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: So when the liver is balanced, there is vision and vitality, 112 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: and when it's blocked, we feel frustrated, irritated, and even hopeless, 113 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: which is also why doing a physical detox during spring 114 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: is really important. I actually spoke about this in a 115 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: newssetter I did recently, and I talk about how spring, 116 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: according to Avada, is known as the season we get 117 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: the most amount of Like, well, the transition between spring 118 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: and winter is the time period where we get the 119 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: most amount of mucus. I'm a bit stuffy at the moment. 120 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 1: It's a really hard transition for our body to do. 121 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: It's when there's a lot of kafer in our body. Now, 122 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: Kafa is essentially a mixture of earth and water. Those 123 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: elements rise in our body during that time, and so 124 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: spring is the end almost of kafer. Season is cool, 125 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: it's moist, it's heavy, and that actually is mirrored in 126 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: the qualities of the emotions that we accumulate, whether it's 127 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: grief or attachment or stagnation, so it will be the antidote. 128 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: In I Rada, it says that the antidote is always 129 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: the opposite. And so if you're feeling stagnant, if you're 130 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: feeling heavy, if you're feeling down, the antidote is movement 131 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: and clarity and release. And so it's really beautiful to 132 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: see how all of these little different cultures, different thought patterns, 133 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: they all kind of come and say exactly the same 134 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: thing in a different way, which. 135 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: Makes me think, you know what, there's something to this. 136 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 2: It must be real. 137 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: And you know, nature shows us what we're supposed to 138 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: be doing. I always say this that whenever you feel 139 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: lost in life, whenever you don't know what to be doing, 140 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: whenever you're confused, look out in nature or tell you 141 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: what you should be doing, like somewhere somehow it is 142 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: reflecting what we should be doing for ourselfs. And an 143 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: emotional sprinkleen doesn't need to be dramatic, like it doesn't 144 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: have to be extreme, nothing does. It's really about these 145 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: tiny rituals of clarity and asking the questions that are necessary, 146 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: taking time to reflect. We suffer more in our imagination 147 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: than we do in our reality. We carry all these 148 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: conversations that never happen, maybe some that did happen that 149 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: don't need to live in us anymore tension that does 150 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: not belong to us, taking on other people's pain, other 151 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: people's drama, and all these ideas of who we should 152 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: be that actually block who we are trying to become, 153 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: and sometimes we just get used to living in this way. 154 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: We accept the feeling, either because deep down we believe 155 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: that's what we deserve, maybe it's a hint of self sabotage, 156 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: or because that's all we've known for too long and 157 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: it's just become comfortable. It doesn't always have to be 158 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: big things or huge issues, but we go through so 159 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: much on a daily basis, physically, mentally, emotionally, and you know, 160 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: every single thing that we absorb through our senses, whether it's. 161 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 2: What we see, what we hear, what we taste, what. 162 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: We touch, what we smell, and even what we emotionally feel, 163 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: it leaves an imprint on us. I heard this term 164 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: a while ago in Sanskria and it's always stayed with me. 165 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: It's called some scars, and they are these impressions that 166 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: are left through everything we experience. Think of them like 167 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: little footprints that are left behind in the sand of 168 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: your consciousness. Some are light and easily washed away, others 169 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: are deep, and embedded and stay with us for years, 170 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: sometimes lifetimes, as some scara could be a hurtful comment 171 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: that you've internalized, a moment of joy that has shaped 172 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: your self worth, or even a recurring passion of fear 173 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: or comparison. The more we feel or think something, the 174 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,959 Speaker 1: deeper that groove becomes. And unless we pause and become 175 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 1: aware and lovingly tend to them, these impressions quietly influence 176 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: every part of our life, how we see the world, 177 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: how we interact with people, how we relate to other people, 178 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: and even how we respond to ourself. So we're not 179 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: just trying to tidy up the surface level feelings here, 180 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: We're really looking inward and asking these questions. Now, you 181 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: might want to get your journal out or your pen 182 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: and paper out for this. I'm going to share some 183 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: prompts with you that I use when I'm journaling or 184 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: trying to release during this time period. So the first 185 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: one is what impressions am I carrying that are not mine? 186 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: Which ones are outdated? Which ones am I ready to 187 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: soften to rewrite to release. The next one is what thoughts, stories, 188 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: or emotional baggage am I still carrying that I can 189 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: lovingly lay down that I've had in me for far 190 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: too long, and with love I let go of because 191 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: I do not need them anymore. Whose energy am I 192 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: holding that isn't mine to carry anymore? What has been 193 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: taking up unnecessary emotional space in my mind or heart? 194 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: Maybe that is people pleasing, Maybe it's anxiety about things 195 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: outside of your control, or maybe it's old wounds you 196 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: just haven't realized are still bleeding under the surface. 197 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 2: So I hope you guys wrote those questions down or 198 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 2: are reflecting on them right now. 199 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: I can repeat them if you want, or I'm assuming 200 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: you can probably rewind and hear them back. But I 201 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: think those are really important ones. Whose energy and my 202 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: holding that isn't mine to carry anymore? What thoughts, stories, 203 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: or emotional baggage am I still carrying that I can 204 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: lovingly let go of? And I say lovingly because nothing 205 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: ever leaves us through fear, anxiety, or anger where we're 206 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: actually in fear. And this actually applies physically too. You 207 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: know sometimes they say that when you're trying to lose weight, 208 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: if you end up dieting too hard, your body goes 209 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: into this panic mode and it actually instead of letting 210 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: go of things, if you go into too much of 211 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: a calorie deficit, it actually starts to hold onto fat 212 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 1: on your body rather than letting go. And so it's 213 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: kind of the same in our body and as it 214 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: is in our mind. You know, there's such a deep 215 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: relationship between the two. So when you start trying to 216 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: let go of things aggressively, your body actually holds onto 217 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: them tighter. And so with every single thing that we do, 218 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: just as we see our body as a gift, you 219 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: have to think, how can I lovingly put this away? 220 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: How can I lovingly let go of this? Because our 221 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: bodies used to holding on our mind could be compared 222 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: to horders. That's what I think that we are sometimes, 223 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: whether it's holding onto things because you think it means 224 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: you when you let go of it, you're letting go 225 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: of the pain, which means that you're letting go of 226 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: that person's responsibility or that accountability for it. Or when 227 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: you let go of something it actually means that you're 228 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: no longer connected to that person or that thing anymore. 229 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: You're letting go of a version of yourself that you 230 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: were before. You know, there's so many reasons why we 231 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: hold onto things, and so really breaking this down, what 232 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: impressions am I carrying that are not mine, which ones 233 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: are outdated, which ones am I ready to rewrite or release? 234 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: And I think free writing is really beautiful for this, 235 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: where you just put pen to paper and you start 236 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: thinking and you start writing. It's been such a beautiful 237 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: thing that I've practiced, and it helped me when I 238 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: was trying to get into journaling because I used to think, oh, 239 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: am I going to do dear diary, sitting here writing 240 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: about my life. But actually, free writing is anything and everything. 241 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: You can have a prompt like this, and anything and 242 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: everything that comes into your mind you just put pen 243 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: to paper. It does not even have to make sense. 244 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 1: You can just keep flowing with the thoughts that come 245 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: into your mind and eventually it should take you to 246 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: where you need to be or what you need to release. 247 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: Spring is also about planting new seeds. So yes, it's 248 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: about letting go, But then what are we filling that 249 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: space with the new space that has opened up for us? 250 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: So spring is about planting new seeds literally and emotionally. 251 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: In nature, the soil is soft again, the cold is passed, 252 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 1: the light is returning, and honestly, I'm actually in the 253 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: process right now of planting all my new plants and 254 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: herbs in my herb garden, planting new flowers and every 255 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: single herb under the sun. I've got dill, parsley, cilantro, 256 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm trying to grow some chilies. I've got a lemon 257 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: tree in the back, you know, and all these flowers 258 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: that I use in my temple area as a form 259 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: of devotion, we offer flowers, and so I have all 260 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: these beautiful flowers and also edible flowers. And actually it's 261 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: so true within us as well. When you clear emotional clutter, 262 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: when you release all these stagnant feelings and patterns, you 263 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 1: create fertile ground in. 264 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: Your inner world. 265 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: You make space, you soft and you become ready to 266 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: plant something new. So ask yourself, what seeds am I 267 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: planting this season? What seeds do I want to plant 268 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: this season? Who do I want to be? 269 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 2: These seeds can be intentions, they can be new ways 270 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 2: of thinking. They can be. 271 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: Gentle commitments or emotional qualities that you're inviting in, like 272 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: courage or calm, or creativity or connection. So I guess 273 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: you could think of it as who do I want 274 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: to be? Who do I admire? What qualities do they 275 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: have and how am I going to plant them into 276 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: my being? And what does that look like for me? 277 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: And then usually, you know, with a garden, you can't 278 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: just plant the seeds. You can't just think of something 279 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: you want to be and then not figure out the 280 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: root to it. You can't just plant a seed and 281 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: leave them. Those seeds need tending to. They need attention 282 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: and water and sunlight and a whole lot of love, 283 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: and they need time because please remember that growth is 284 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: quiet before it's visible. Most people, when you see their flowers, 285 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: they've been doing all the gra beforehand to get themselves there. 286 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: So don't be disheartened when you don't see it the 287 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: next day or the next day or the next day. 288 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: Just know that you're taking all these tiny steps towards 289 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: creating that quality or that intention that you are so 290 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: beautifully planting, watering and loving, And so you don't need 291 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: to be something new overnight. You just have to prepare 292 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: the ground, make it fertile by removing the things that 293 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: are no longer needed, by removing those weeds, and then 294 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: nourishing that soil, nourishing that seed so that it can 295 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: grow slowly and steady. It's oh can you hear the 296 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: birds in the background so beautiful. So all of this 297 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: is just a beautiful reminder that every flower was once. 298 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: Just a seed. 299 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: Nature teaches us so much if we're watching, and like 300 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: I said before, like whenever you have a dilemma or 301 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: a difficulty in life, take a walk in nature and 302 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: the world will show you the answer in some way. 303 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: And every single time that you choose to do this 304 00:15:55,120 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: process we're talking about where you're excavating, removing, and then replanting, 305 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: you are making it easier to live a life of 306 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: alignment with your true self. And you know, honestly, I 307 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: was reflecting over these past couple of weeks. I started 308 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: doing a lot of things that were kind of out 309 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: of my character. If I'm completely honest, not out of 310 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: my character, I would just say that weren't taking me 311 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: towards being my higher self, that weren't feeding the seeds, 312 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: that weren't nourishing the seeds, but probably nourishing more of 313 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: the weeds. Whether it was staying up too late where 314 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't nourishing my physical body, whether it was going 315 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: to environments where it was knowing my consciousness to be honest, 316 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: dark environments, love music, you name it. And it's not 317 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: that I didn't have fun. I had a great time, 318 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: but I was really I really became aware of energy 319 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: and how much it can do, not just to your 320 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: physical body, but to your mental state too. How are 321 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: the people around you acting, how it can really affect you. 322 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: And it really is true. The things you surround yourself with, 323 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: you become, and so I've become. I came out of that. 324 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: I did a couple of days of it, and I 325 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: was like, oh, I think this is enough for me. 326 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: And now I came back into my spiritual practices on 327 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: the weekend on Sunday, and it was just so refreshing, 328 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: Like I slowly felt my consciousness rising, and it was 329 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: simple things like waking up early again, sitting in my 330 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: meditation practice, reading a book that that spoke to my 331 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: higher self and not my lower self, choosing not to 332 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: turn the TV on and instead sitting outside and listening 333 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: to the birds and reading a book like these things 334 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: sound so simple, but when you're stuck in this pattern 335 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: of tending to your lower conscious self, it ends up 336 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: feeling like normality when it really shouldn't. And then when 337 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: you start trying things that actually are speaking to your 338 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: higher self. You notice how different it actually feels. And so, yeah, 339 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: tend to your higher self, not do your lower self. 340 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: And if you do, do your lower If you do, 341 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: tend to your lower self. On I said it for 342 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: a couple of days and then brought yourself out of it, 343 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: because you'll go through ups and downs of it, you know. 344 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: And you know, I was thinking about fire rituals. I 345 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: have this practice. Every single morning, we light a candle. 346 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: It's called THEA. So we light Yeah, I guess the candle. 347 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: It's made from cotton wool. You dip it in some 348 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: sort of usually traditionally it's ghee or. 349 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 2: Other oil or whatever, and you light the wick. 350 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: And these fire rituals have been used for thousands of 351 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: years across every spiritual tradition, whether it's vading fire ceremonies 352 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: in India to indigenous burning ceremonies where fire marks purification 353 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: and the welcoming of new life. And so I actually 354 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: grew up doing this tradition of lighting this THEA. 355 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 2: And whenever I do like this candle, I have. 356 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: A beautiful thought or I guess a meditation or a 357 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: prayer that goes through my mind where I'm saying Let 358 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: this fire represent burning all the negative qualities, all the 359 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: things I don't need, all the things I do not 360 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: want any longer in my heart, in my life, and 361 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: my body. Let this burn it up, just like this 362 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: flame is burning. Let this purify my body. Let this 363 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: be a representation of my desire to purify my intention, 364 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: my heart, my body, my mind, my soul. And so 365 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: I really enjoy this process of the fire ceremonies. If 366 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: you think about it, fire is transformative. It turns dense 367 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: into light, It turns physical into ether. It turns the 368 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: old into ash and an emotional spring clean. We can 369 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: kind of borrow this wisdom symbolically or physically, and you 370 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: don't need a grand ceremony. But all you need is 371 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: a single candle that can be sacred. Or you can 372 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: write down your emotions or your patterns, or the questions 373 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: that we just spoke about. You could write your answers 374 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: down and when you're ready to release it, you can 375 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: just set it on fire in a safe environment. Whether 376 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 1: it's the stories that keep you small, the weight you're 377 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 1: tired of carrying around, you can rip it, you can 378 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,479 Speaker 1: burn it. It does not need to be dramatic. It 379 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: can be if you want it to be, it just 380 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: needs to be done with deep desire to let go 381 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: and give it up to the fire. 382 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: That's all you have to do. 383 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: And actually, when you witness something leaving your life physically, 384 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: it registers and your nervous system as a real release. 385 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 2: And I kind of guess that's why. 386 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: You know, in our tradition we do cremation, and it 387 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: was part of other traditions too, But I remember my 388 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: mum telling me that when she experienced the cremation of 389 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: her dad, everything felt so heavy. Everything felt so so 390 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: heavy the days going up to it, the cries, the 391 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: intense feelings, and as soon as she saw that fire ceremony, 392 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: it felt like a weight had been lifted. And I 393 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: think that's something for the people who are experiencing the loss. 394 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: But also it says in our practice that when the 395 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: physical body is burnt, it actually releases that person's attachment 396 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: to this physical world so that they can hopefully go 397 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: into the spiritual world. It releases all the last physical attachments, 398 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: and that's what fire does. It tends everything, even the body, 399 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: into ashes. I kind of went off topic there, but 400 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: I thought that was it really symbolizes what it can 401 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: do for us in this moment in time where we're 402 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: trying to release and let go, let the flame be 403 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: the line between what was and what's next. A few 404 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: more questions to reflect on if you want to get 405 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: even deeper, is what do I want to feel more 406 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: of this season? So whether it's peace, freedom, clarity, joy, confidence, lightness. 407 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: I encourage you to use more words than just happy, 408 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: like what does that mean for you? Break it down? 409 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: What does the word happy mean to you? What does 410 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: the word peace mean to you? And dissect those emotions 411 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: so you can make it into a reality. 412 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 2: Like peace. 413 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: So let's just break down peace. For example, peace could 414 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: mean having open communication with my partner where we resolve 415 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: arguments better. Peace could mean sleeping through the night. Peace 416 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: could mean waking up and not reaching for my phone 417 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: straight away in anxiety. What does that peace look like 418 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: for you? And if you do end up clearing out 419 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: what you don't need, what are you trying to call in? 420 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: So that's the other question, what are you trying to 421 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: call in? Once you've done the clearing out and once 422 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 1: you name those feelings, ask yourself what can I do 423 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: more of to support the emotions? And so you're identifying 424 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: what it is you want, you're defining it, and then 425 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: you are creating the path, the root, the process of 426 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: how I'm going to actually make these true, make this 427 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: happen for myself. So think habits, think boundaries, think new 428 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: ways of thinking, or simply it might just be rest. 429 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: Another question that actually can get quite emotional when you're 430 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: answering it, but I think it's very necessary is if 431 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: my heart could speak, what would it say today? And 432 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: that won't change every single day, and so it's actually 433 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: a beautiful prompt to use every day. If my heart 434 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: could speak, what would it say today? Is it feeling heavy? 435 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: Is it feeling light? Is it feeling suffocated? Is it 436 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: feeling lost? Like, what is your heart feeling? If it 437 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: could speak, what would it say? What is it holding? 438 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: What is it craving? What is it desiring? And a 439 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: big part of emotional detoxing is also boundaries, not just 440 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: with others, but also with our own mind. You are allowed, 441 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: just in case you need permission, which you don't from 442 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: me for sure, but just in case you need a reminder, 443 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: You're allowed to not answer that text. You're allowed to 444 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: stop replaying those conversations over and over again. You're allowed 445 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: to move on from the past. You're allowed to not 446 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: carry what isn't yours. You're allowed to literally say no 447 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: without a huge explanation or justification. That last one was 448 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 1: aimed at myself, because I really struggle with that. I 449 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: feel like I have to give a whole flipping paragraph 450 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: every single time I'm trying to. 451 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 2: Say no to something. 452 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: I have to explain everything, I have to go into 453 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: depth when really simply it's just a no. I just 454 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: can't write now. So when it comes to boundaries, ask yourself, 455 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: where in my life do I need stronger boundaries with 456 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: others or with myself? 457 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:43,479 Speaker 2: And then a fun one. 458 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: You know. Spring is also a BYuT new beginnings in 459 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: so many different ways. So one thing I love to 460 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: commit to is a new practice, a new ritual for me. 461 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 1: I've been craving education. I really wanted to learn something new, 462 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: and so I'm signing up to this herbology course. I 463 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: can share with you guys if anybody wants to know 464 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: about it, because I just want to learn more. And 465 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: that's a ritual practice that I know is going to 466 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: fuel me in a way that I really need. And 467 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 1: so that's something that I'm committing to you could do 468 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 1: something for your emotion, for your physical body, I recommend 469 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: doing something for your emotion. And for me, it was 470 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 1: something I felt really empty about. I really was craving 471 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: learning more, and so it fuels me emotionally, physically and mentally. 472 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: But what are you going to do for your emotional 473 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: rehennewal this spring that you are going to commit to what. 474 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 2: Ritual or practice. 475 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: I read this poem and I thought it was really beautiful, 476 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: and I'm going to read it for you. Guys, says 477 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: there is no shame in beginning again. The trees do 478 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: it every single year, the sky does it every single morning, 479 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: the moon does it every single month. You were made 480 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,959 Speaker 1: to return to yourself over and over and over and 481 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: each time a little more whole. And I'm thinking about 482 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:56,120 Speaker 1: this a lot lately because something I think we all 483 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: get confused about when we're feeling lost is that it 484 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: wasn't part of the plan. We're like, oh my gosh, 485 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: I just feel empty. Oh my gosh, I don't feel 486 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: good about myself. But you know what, as soon as 487 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: you see it as part of the process, this thing 488 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: that we see nature do where it hibernates in winter, 489 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: then in spring it starts coming to life. Then it's summer, 490 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: it's in full bloom. Then in autu it slowly starts 491 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: to slow down, goes back into hibernation, starts to change colors, 492 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,719 Speaker 1: starts to change shape and the way that we see it. 493 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: And then in winter it goes back into hibernation. And 494 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: so in that same cycle, we have that in us too, 495 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: And so how bizarre would it be if we didn't 496 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: have these different seasons of life. So when you think 497 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: about why am I going through this? Why is this 498 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: a difficult time? Why do I feel lost? Why don't 499 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: I feel like myself? Know it's part of the seasonal change. 500 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: Know that it is part of our life seasons that 501 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: we are meant to go through. Don't see it as 502 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: something that is odd or that makes you feel abnormal. 503 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 1: See it as part of normality. And it makes life 504 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: feel so much better and more manageable and helps you 505 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: to understand the phases that you go through in life. 506 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: So I'd love to end this with a visualization that 507 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 1: often helps me. So if you're not driving, close your eyes, 508 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: and if you are, you can probably still do this 509 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,479 Speaker 1: while you've got your eyes open to picture the emotion 510 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: or thought that you want to release as a stone 511 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: in your hand. So, whether it's anger, jealousy, remorse, guilt, sadness, grief, 512 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: name that emotion in your mind, the one that comes to. 513 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 2: The surface of your heart. 514 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: Usually the one that, as soon as you feel it 515 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: you try to bury it. Usually the one that when 516 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: it rises to the surface, you get that pit at 517 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: the bottom of your stomach, You get that lump in 518 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: your throat, you get that feeling of don't talk to 519 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: me about this, otherwise it's going to make me cry. 520 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 2: Find that. 521 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: And imagine it as a stone in your hand. Feel 522 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: its weight. How heavy does it feel. Is it like 523 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: a feather, is it heavy like a concrete stone? What 524 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: does it feel like? How big is it in your heart? 525 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: How much space is it taking up? How much energy 526 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 1: is it requiring to keep alive inside of you? How 527 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: much energy are you using to keep it alive? Now, 528 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: imagine taking that stone or that concrete weight and putting 529 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: it into a river and watch it, Watch the water 530 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: carrying it away. 531 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 2: What do the waves look like. 532 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: Are they hard and fast and heavy to be able 533 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,640 Speaker 1: to move that concrete or are they light? And did 534 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: it move away softly and gently? Notice how your body 535 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: is feeling without it. Notice the space that it's created. 536 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,719 Speaker 1: Notice the feelings you have inside of you. Are you 537 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: missing it? Are you worried? Are you anxious about it 538 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: leaving you? How does it feel? And then repeat this 539 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: out loud or in your mind. Well, this beautiful bird 540 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: is chapping in the background, and I hope you can 541 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: hear it. Say this, I let go of what no 542 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: longer serves me, and I what nourishes me. 543 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 2: It's as simple as that. 544 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: I let go of what no longer serves me, and 545 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: I welcome what nourishes me. I let go, And you 546 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: can shout this as loud as you want. I let 547 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: go of what no longer serves me, and I welcome 548 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: what nourishes me. And let me tell you that bird 549 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: is singing. I hope you guys can hear it. Can 550 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: hear it. You can't reply to me, but I can 551 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: hear it, and it's beautiful. Well, thank you guys so 552 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: much for listening. I hope this was useful. I hope 553 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: it was. 554 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 2: Relieving. 555 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: I hope it made you feel a little bit lighter, 556 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: a little bit brighter, or at least gave you the 557 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: process in which to feel that way. At some point 558 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: in your life when you choose to use this, and 559 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: I hope you use the spring bloom to plant seeds, 560 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 1: to remove the weeds, to do all the things that 561 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: you have wanted to do in your life, because I 562 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: think that's what spring is about, the time of opportunity, 563 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: is what I see as Thank you all so much 564 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: for listening, and see you guys next week.