I just got back from a short holiday at the beach.
It was the first time in a long time that I could unplug. And other than checking emails every other day, I was completely offline.
The weather wasn’t great, but I packed a couple of jigsaw puzzles that kept us entertained for days.
I spent a lot of the time stretching my eyes and gazing over the horizon.
It was just what I needed.
So when I turned my phone back on and checked the news, I was like:
I’m not going to pretend things are rosy — they’re not.
The world is on a knife-edge right now, and even if your personal life is going well, it’s hard to escape the chaos and uncertainty.
The onslaught on our nervous system is unlikely to stop any time soon.
Just when we think we’ve reached peak saturation, we’re bombarded with another crisis.
The good old days when we could relax and unwind with a glass of wine or an early night are gone.
The level of stress we’re exposed to now requires a more deliberate approach.
We can no longer hide under the covers and wait for the storm to pass.
Modern life IS the storm, and if we want to find the calm, we need to actively cultivate it.
Stress is registered in our nervous system as a threat, and it remains there until we move it.
Deliberate breathing practices combined with rhythmic, repetitive movements help our bodies and nervous systems discharge that stress.
And it’s only when our nervous system settles that our minds can calm down.
This means that a regular practice to clear stress is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity if we want to cope with modern living (let alone thrive).
Now I know how hard it is to get on your mat each week. It’s so much easier to zone out, doomscroll, or watch Netflix.
But things will only get better if we deliberately choose to make them better.
Otherwise, entropy rules, meaning things will get worse unless we take action.
So, to encourage you to show up on your mat, book your next class here.
Keep calm,
