Wow It's Been A Humbling Last Several Years!

Loving What IS...

Its not always easy

I just came across a flyer I made in 2018. It was titled Warrior Path! Wow, I can remember those days of feeling so confident and alive. I was traveling and kiteboarding with my oldest son. I was teaching qigong and movement classes in a studio in Texas. I felt so good in my body!

What happened. The warrior's path is not always pretty. I was pregnant, I was huge, I could barely move. Then I did this 40 days of post-natal isolation. Maybe not the best fit for me. I came out with the baby for a week and boom. Pandemic. 

We were all afraid and confused in a place we had never been before. We either rose to the occasion or defaulted to lesser habits and coping skills. Probably a lot of both. 

I was just getting my rhythm back when my mom took a fall and was afraid she did not have much longer on this earth. I again, gave up what I knew and moved my family to Oregon. It was a long and hard first year. Trying to find footing, make connections, and start a whole new business all over again. It could of, I could of, appeared as an epic failure. 

But... The Warrior/Warrioress path is not an easy route. It is not always beautiful. It is rarely instantly rewarding. There's a plenty of falls before each win.  It requires persistence, courage, and time. It is the hardening of the winter that makes a tree grow strong. And just as a baby takes 9 months, an elephant 2 years, and a butterfly 2 weeks to germinate so too does our time to grow, process, bloom, and overcome. 

What have been your struggles? Have you had the courage, time, and determination to go through them or are you still resisting and avoiding? Are you in the middle of the fire right now? If you were a mythological creature such as a phoenix. What would these struggles have birthed you into?