18/05/2025
This week has been Mental Health Week and I have thought about making this post on and off for all of it!
Awareness is essential, normalising talking about struggling when we are and looking after our mental health in a sustainable manner is very much something I believe in. All 52 weeks of the year not just one but highlighting it is no bad thing.
I’ve faced struggles and I think perhaps always will. I’ve watched close family and friends struggle and I am aware of many in wider circles.
I don’t have all the answers, far from it! It’s a journey I am still very much on. For me Yoga has helped tremendously, not least for reminding me that it’s ok to be on a journey for a long time perhaps forever. Our studio in the forest remains my safe and happy place whichever side of the studio I sit on. Our community is like family to me. Yoga teaches you to be in the moment, to stare at the flower for as long as you want noticing, really noticing, every part of it and appreciating, really appreciating, its beauty - there’s definitely a large helping of my lovely, award winning, friend in that sentiment and teaching too. Grateful for her and all the wise and generous souls I have met and shared space with over the years.
This is in no way a sales pitch, indeed if you are reading it you might well already be part of that special community or have your own connection with Yoga. I only hope that you have a way, whatever works for you, of pausing - really smelling the roses, feeling the sun on your skin, tasting the tea, taking a deep and full breath and really letting it go on the exhale. I think the rush and pressure and never ending to-do lists need to be balanced with some slowing down for sure.
Remember you are never as alone as you may feel, you are always more than your thoughts and always enough just as you are - in fact so much more than enough just as you are, now not after this or when that NOW. Namaste, Em 🙏🏻
