ALT Title: The Day I Learned That Healing Must Be Done Again & Again
Have you seen this video below? It’s a beautiful representation of how time heals and we are constantly rebalancing:
This week my Beginner Yogi class launched 🚀 (check it, and my other mini-classes out here!) and this first ever class from me, clocks in at around ten minutes. ⏲️ What I would like to add in commentary to this class is this: repetition is key. 🗝️
Try the same pose a few times each!
Come back to the mat again and again. Try it in different moods, at different times of the day. Come with a sense of curiosity and know, you can edit the practice as you see fit! 📝
With something as simple as a seated twist, it’s amazing how much the body opens up and responds with repetition.
Test it out for yourself! ✨ Take a seat however is comfortable on the ground. Inhale and get nice and tall in the spine. Take the left hand to the right knee, and place the right hand behind you – exhaling to gently twist to the right. Come back to centre, try it on the other side. Inhale the spine tall, and exhale to gently twist to the left. (Not pulling with the arms at all, simply twisting in the trunk of the body.) Now herein lies the magic: repeat two more times! 🪄 By your third twist, are you able to find even more of a twist on each side? Can you twist just slightly more than your first round? Most likely – yes!
So how does this all tie in to my alternative title?
During a Yoga Nidra practice* this morning, I reflected on a moment in therapy a couple years back. In this appointment I tearfully and with great frustration, admitted that I was mad at myself for having to heal the same parts of myself again and again.
But just as the little video representation above demonstrates: healing again and again is both natural and required.
I have since enveloped that frustrated younger self with love, and we pause and heal here and there, when we need to… even if it’s a speedbump I’ve seen before.
When I recognize a pattern I am breaking, or a habit that has fallen by the wayside – replaced with a habit that nurtures me instead… there’s the sand falling into the dents that we all collect in this grand journey of life. ⏳
* Yoga Nidra is a beautiful form of meditation often called “Yogic Sleep”. I thoroughly enjoy following the guided yoga nidra videos by Ally Boothroyd. I too have a couple Yoga Nidra Guided Meditations available in my library. This longer meditation style is deeply relaxing! 😴
In conclusion, repetition is the magic. In yoga poses, in life, in healing and in befriending the self… keep coming back! 🫶
Thank you so much for being here for another blog post. Wishing you a lovely weekend.
With Love,
Esta
with love , Esta 
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