Living Like a Wave 🌊

Hi There,

Isn’t this time of year so funny? The holidays and new year are busy busy busy and there’s pressure to do so much for so many. And what we really want is simplicity and calm. Outside nature is still and at peace with the slowness of winter. But we humans are buzzing around doing so much that we miss nature’s invitation to rest. This isn’t true for all of us but for many, including myself, it is hard to slow down and just be. It’s hard to not be productive. It’s hard to drop the list of to-do’s and do nothing instead.

Everyday I work on this. Most mornings I get up and go to my mat, light a candle, move my body, and pull a card. Throughout my practice, my mind goes between resting in the present to obsessing about the past or future. Regardless, I always feel better and enter my day feeling more grounded.

I have recently started coloring or doing something creative in the evenings instead of cleaning and organizing, which are my go-to ways of being. It feels so good to sit and play with color and texture.

And this year I decided to not do any goal work around the new year. Instead, I wrote a letter to myself and to the Universe about how I want to feel in 2025 and what I want to amplify within myself. I decided that there isn’t anything I want to change, instead I just want to be more me.

I also don’t want any pressure to do anything other than listen to my heart.

So this year for new years, I went to the beach and watched the waves move organically and unapologetically. They were undeniably free to be themselves. No explanation. No self-doubt. No rules. Just waves being waves. Total freedom.

That’s what’s available to all of us if we can let go of the buzzing around and the constant doing. If we can get still like the trees and the snow resting on the earth, we learn how to free ourselves and live like the waves.

And when we create that freedom, we learn to follow our joy rather than our suffering. We can then show up in our lives with eyes, ears and hearts open and available to receive.

This week, let’s practice pausing, getting still and listening to the waves of our hearts. I wonder what we’ll hear and feel.

Thinking of you all the time and sending you lots of love,

Amanda