RIGOR OR REST? — Boulder Nutrition

I write to you with a heavy coronary heart this morning, immediately after hearing of nevertheless yet another mass taking pictures in Oklahoma.  

With the state of the globe in utter chaos, as well as navigating our own individual ups and downs, it can all feel like too significantly to bear.

How we are likely to ourselves is extra significant than ever. 

That said, there are situations in just the cycles of our lives for rigor and there are instances for rest.

We might sense the electricity, the fire, and the dedication to make essential alterations in our individual lives to be of service, understanding there is much get the job done to be accomplished in this world.

Conversely, we may need to have deep rest, time to restore, and to soften into the safe position within just us.  Relaxation can allow us to have the space to truly feel, method, unwind, integrate, and to collect our vitality.  

Q: Do you need more rigor or more relaxation?

These traits can show up in how we move by means of our days, how and what we take in, the type of exercising we do, the fashion of yoga we observe, and what we say of course or no to.

Wherever you drop on this spectrum (amongst rigor and rest) is the excellent barometer by which to produce aligned motion –– the steps that match what you need most for your effectively-being.

Despite the fact that the adjust of period into warmer days normally feels invigorating for me, I have been craving a time of deep rest. Even though rest made use of to be something that I most normally resisted, I have discovered just how therapeutic and healing rest can be.

I invite you to be a part of me in inquiring your interior knowledge what you want most.

If you are experience heartbroken, overcome, and/or emotionally fatigued with so a great deal tragedy swirling in our planet, keep in mind to simplify exactly where you can. 

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