Sat Nam,

How’s everyone doing?

I’ve been busy cooking up a storm, colouring and cleaning my house with my new Dyson.  (Best vacuum. I swear I’ll never look back! ?). I’ve also been enjoying much needed downtime, walking, yoga and quiet.

What I’ve noticed is that the sense of urgency I have to be somewhere, now has nowhere to go.

My friends have also commented how they have this need to be somewhere or get something done and then they realise the urgency has gone and they’re not sure what to do with themselves.

As humans we spend so much time doing and ‘keeping busy’ that we have forgotten how to be and what I’ve noticed for a lot of people I’ve spoken to is that they’re finding just being hard.

Being is stopping, allowing yourself to relax, finding peace in the stillness and that can be hard especially if your someone who used ‘keeping busy’ to avoid being with yourself.

The reality is not much in life is really urgent.  It  just isn’t.

I feel we tend to create a false sense of urgency in order to feel we’re in control and for some letting go of the control is hard because it means trusting and going with the flow and that can be scary.

I also feel ‘keeping busy’ gives us a sense of purpose, that when we’re busy we belong and its also a way to avoid just being with ourselves.

The reality is your being is your purpose and you already belong just by being.

These are challenging times for so many of us in isolation because suddenly we are faced with all this time to just be and just being is something not many of us know how to do.

I’ve found that when I feel like this, sitting on my mat and practicing yoga brings me back into the moment and to myself.

?‍♀️Working my body so I can get some of that need to ‘do’out of my system,

?‍♀️practicing finding my stillness between the pose,

?‍♀️meditating and

?‍♀️allowing myself the time away from all distraction so I can be with me,

helps me find peace in my being when I’m off my mat.

Take note if and when you have a sense of urgency or that need to be busy.  Do you react to it by cleaning, cooking, doing?  Or can you sit with that feeling in the knowledge that you have all the time in the world to ‘do’ and this time in isolation is a gift to just be.

The space between the pose is one of the most important parts of yoga as it’s in the stillness that we get to know ourselves, integrate what we have learned in our doing, heal and grow.

How do you deal with your sense of urgency and can you just be?

Let me know your thoughts I’d love to hear them.

We are moving to an on demand model with our online classes this week so you’ll find my classes are accessible at www.sydneyyogacollective.com any time you would like to sit on your mat. ?

Stay well and see you on the mat. ❤️

Love,

Adette