Letting go…
The last two weeks have been pretty full with getting back into my rhythm of teaching and doing the Cloud Nine Yoga Teacher Training, and having a social life of some kind. Back to back parties for friends, prepping for lectures, working on the website for Ixchel Hawai’i, as well as packing up my life. I am preparing to move a few times before the big move back to the Islands. No easy task as it’s interesting trying to figure out what to pack and what to leave accessible for daily functioning. I have been a bit overwhelmed and ungrounded going through everything. I’ve never thought of myself as a “stuff” collector but apparently I am. I have been holding onto “stuff” from every move I have ever had. I just bring it with me as I collect more and more stuff. So now I have the opportunity to let it go and I’m finding it an incredible cleansing process. Purging, detoxing, letting go of the “stuff” has never been so easy.
It also been an amazing lesson for me in appreciating where I have been in this life so far. As I finally throw away all of the copies of old pictures, postcards and letters that I have saved for nostalgia I realize how beautiful this journey has been so far. Each old bank statement and paycheck stub that goes into the shredder helps me feel lighter. I let go a little bit more. Memories of people that have touched me along the way make me smile and I let go a little bit more. One of the most amazing things about emptying and letting go is that now we have room for new memories, new adventures, this new life to be created. In the Eight Limbed Path of Yoga it is called aparigraha or not grasping.
Letting go happens~
Tags: Ixchel Hawaii, Yamas and Niyamas
