10/06/2025
Happy Monday, TRIBE!
We are now in the steadying embrace of Fall and the Metal Element. Each week of this season has been guiding us toward clarity: first Discipline, the structure that organizes our scattered energy after summer; then Release, the letting go of what no longer serves.
Now we arrive at Routine, the daily rhythm that keeps us grounded, nourished, and aligned.
Routine is the living expression of discipline and release combined. With structure in place and excess cleared away, routine is the steady cycle that keeps us whole.
Routine as Breath
In Chinese Medicine, the Metal Element connects us to the lungs. Every inhale and exhale is its own routine, a rhythm so foundational we often forget it’s there. When breath is steady, the whole body finds clarity. When breath is scattered, we feel ungrounded. Our daily routines mirror this truth: when we show up for them consistently, they create balance and vitality.
Routine as Rhythm in Life
After the openness of summer, autumn reminds us to reorganize. Days shorten, energy contracts, and life asks us to come back to rhythm. Routine gives us a sense of predictability and safety in the midst of transition. It’s the morning ritual that sets the tone for the day. The meal shared at the same time each evening. The walk that clears the mind. These small actions anchor us.
Routine creates consistency that creates freedom. When we don’t have to think about the basics, we create space for deeper creativity, presence, and connection.
Routine in Practice
In your movement practice, routine is the act of returning. It’s the steady breath that brings you back when your mind wanders. It’s the postures, sequences, or movements you repeat week after week, each time finding something new. And it’s also the bigger rhythm: coming back to your regular classes at TRIBE.
Instead workout, let your movement practice be rituals, steady anchors that help you realign with your body and spirit, no matter what else is happening.
When you commit to your routine practice, you are saying: this matter, I matter, my alignment matters. Routine builds resilience, steadiness, to move through life with clarity.
See you in practice
