A Little, Often: (Rest to) Ready Yourself

Emerge in your own time

A Little, Often is a monthly feature on Balance Practice, offering a (practical) yoga-inspired practice to support you to come into balance off the mat, where it matters most.

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We’re on the cusp of emerging from winter. If March is spring’s first inhale, then these last weeks of February are winter’s last exhale. This shift is a big one, asking a lot of our minds and bodies even as most of us are eager for the emergence that accompanies the season of light piercing through clouds, bright eyes, and an uptick in pulse.

Listen, there’s no rush. No need to spring into action. Instead, perhaps allow yourself the time and space you need to review, gently, the contents of your winter before you breathe into spring.

What’s come up for you this season?
What are you ready to release?
What will you carry forward?

Linger for a few more moments, days, even weeks in winter’s embrace. This is how we integrate what has happened. This is the root of readiness.  

There’s a shape, a brief practice that, to me, is the undisputed entry point to this moment…