when you know you know
5/19/24
Dear Community ♡
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW.
3 months ago I wrote you, enthusiastically sharing about my new morning practice- of literally rolling out of bed and immediately going straight outside and walking around the block. (before brushing teeth/washing face/drinking water)…
Here’s the thing- I was writing you THE FIRST MORNING of this new practice, excited to shout it from the rooftops and hopefully inspire someone who, like me, can be challenged to leave the cozy nest upon waking.
It was the first morning….but I knew.
I suppose it was a love-at-first-sight situation….a clear and resounding YES. I’ve continued with this practice for the past 3 months and it has done WONDERS for my morning experience.
I give myself a few minutes to just breathe and land into my body and environment from the dreamworld…then I dramatically throw the covers off, put on some warm enough clothes, yes go pee, and straight out the door.
So there I am in the street, bleary eyed and still coming to. I take it at whatever pace I do, and I focus my attention on the plants, birdsongs, and details around me.
My mind starts to wake up, I have my first thoughts of the day….about what’s to come, what came before, about relationships and to do’s…but I over and over invite myself back to what’s around me.
It IS currently a particularly magical season to be doing this practice of connecting with plants & birdsongs since we are in the most flowery season of the year…
AND THEN when I get home…I feel SO. MUCH. BETTER than if I had just gotten out of bed and gone about my morning business.
As I wrote 3 months ago- I have been playing with my morning routine for years and there have been many long chapters where I do a morning walk- but in the past I was always doing it AFTER “getting ready” for the day and this simple adjustment has created a strikingly profound shift in how I feel and how my day opens up.
LOL so, for those of you who read my email 3 months ago, I’m basically saying all the same stuff here again, but hopefully this will inspire ONE person to try it out and report back, let me know how it feels.
I do feel the magic is doing it right away (and definitely before looking at the phone FOR THE RECORD…)
i don’t bring my phone with me but i snapped this this morning because i am willing to publicly share my #MorningFace in honor of my mission of enrolling you in this LIFE CHANGING PRACTICE ;)
Anyway
in other news…
I am currently in a 50 day writing course that’s inviting and challenging me to write and share every single day.
Listen #OneThingAboutMe is that I have a tendency to rebel about being told what to do ;) … but in the interest of my strong desire to write and share with more ease, I’m inviting myself to play this game for now.
After taking a 5 month break from instagram, I’ve posted several times in the past week. It feels like a blend of kind of natural and kind of forced, but I’m trying to just do it anyway. Today is day 11, and after hitting send I will have “written and shared” 8 out of the 11 days. That is 8 times more than I would’ve had I not said Yes.
For the record, I’m a big fan of temporary commitments. It’s so much easier to say yes to a 1 week or 2 week thing, and then more often than not once I’m into it, it continues. (For example: this 5 month instagram hiatus I took, and a prior 10 month hiatus I took both began with me committing to a 1 month break)
So, I WILL be writing and sharing more here…
just about what’s present for me, what I’m exploring, what matters to me, and what inspirations I want to share with you.
Feel free to unsubscribe, I do it all the time ;)
But if you got this far you are probably one of my fans ;)
SO ANYWAY more to come…
but in the meantime, I’m here for you if you’re wanting/needing some compassionate listening and nurturing touch - I am here for you! You can book a craniosacral session here and I’ll welcome you into this sweet space to drink some herbal tea together and take some much needed deep breaths.
the entrance to my session room where so much preciousness unfolds
Wishing you the warmest on this May-Grey-LA-Sunday
With you always,
Much Love
your mari mu ♡