Happy Sunday, friends! 

What a beautiful beginning to April as I bask in the sun writing my third blog. This has been a week full of busy! I’m itching for human interactions outside in the glorious, Spring weather. I’m also beginning my garden plans this weekend and working on some projects in the yard.  I am in a privileged place of peace, love, and tranquility at this moment so I will soak it all in because who knows what tomorrow will bring. Am I right?

I’m Spring cleaning my mind and relationship with food and hunger starting Monday. My goal is to get my digestion and mind reset and ready for my favorite season, Summer! In my Ayurveda class, we are learning to listen to our bodies and trust information we have within ourselves. That means all my tracking I do to sleep, walk, exercise, etc. I am unplugging from. I feel an odd sense of sadness and I’m super curious as to why. Off the top of my head, I think it’s because I use the tools to hold me accountable. I also just freed up 30 minutes of my day that I spend tracking so I can spend it on something else. 

I will also be eating a more mono diet these next few weeks. Not quite boring, but I’ll make a bigger batch of foods that I can eat throughout my week for lunch/dinner. I’ll be preparing my body for my upcoming 24 hour fast. Nothing sensational will be happening over here as far as my tastebuds are concerned. But still, I will journal all the feelings as I tend to my digestion and clear out any undigested foods. Undigested foods lie on your tongue as well, so scrape that flapper in your mouth. Your body will thank you 🙂

I also have plans to learn to forage with my friends and learn how to identify and cook bitter spring greens. Think, nettles, dandelions, clover buds, etc. I will share some amazing lessons as I learn them too. I love, love to learn. Especially, how to live with less and soak up more of my small little world living all around me. Gosh, I just want to lay on the ground and have the sun lay its rays all around me, warming me.

I have been super curious with Reiki, so I decided to have an hour session. It was so interesting! I laid on a warm table with whatever clothing I was comfortable with. She laid her clean hands on my face, and she explained to me she will place her hands over a chakra point until she feels it is time to leave for the next spot.

She uses her hands to heal as well on any trouble areas requested. I have a left knee pain, so she picked that up without me mentioning it. We laughed at that, and she said her psychic is not as good as other practitioners. She found my head and 3^rd eye chakras to be closed but not in a way she was familiar. She explained that it was swirling and moving but it was “work in progress now” like a lot of creative work going on. I felt that on a million levels because that is the Wednesday after I started my blog. 

She opened my heart chakra, and my solar plexus chakra was too open, so she closed it a bit. If you are not familiar with chakras, they are spinning wheels of energy within line of our spine up to the top of our head. Click Here to learn more about chakras. I am not a chakra know it all, but I really enjoy learning about them. I really feel balanced which it may all be a “head” thing but even if it is, it is an enjoyable place to rest. 

I am still working on being comfortable in my baby head stands. I can now go through crow into tripod but have not worked up the courage to push my legs up into the air. Word on the street is when your head, shoulders, and lower back fully align your legs float up. I need that to happen cause nothing else has been working. I also brought up a request to my yoga studio to have another inversion workshop soon. I missed their last one so do not be afraid to speak up and suggest workshops on poses you are currently working on. Or even see if your favorite teacher is offering one on one training. 

I have travel coming up for my day job so I will be enjoying some time meeting new people in warmer weather. I know if I fail to plan, I will plan to fail. I have been researching the lay of the land around my hotel, so I am aware of best, better, and way better options to eat. I also have been researching yoga studios nearby. I’m better to sleep and enjoy my upcoming week when I plan.

Today is a new day and as long as the rain holds off, I’ll be working on yard projects. I really want to start planting, but I’ll hold off for a few more weeks. I live in zone 6. I have lots of kitchen work to do so I wish you all a great Sunday! Do something that makes you happy. 

The Midwest be like….

Namaste, friends! 

All artwork created by Amaia.

All pictures by Lenape Spiritual Yogi Awakened.