12/21/2025
Focus of the week: Embracing spaciousness, silence, stillness, & rest. ✨
This time of year can be so hectic, noisy, loud, and busy-busy…
But what if we could somehow gift ourselves more spaciousness? More silence? More stillness? More…. rest?
Does that sound good to you too?
This is what we’ll be experimenting with this week, friend.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve found myself picking up my phone a LOT lately. It is soooooo easy for me to fill every spare moment or every second of what could be “quiet time” with a quick (or not-so-quick) scroll, or podcast, playlist, show, etc…. I mean, the whole world is at our fingertips!! There’s so much I want to learn! So many stories to hear! So much going on—and I want to hear about it ALL!
But….it’s no wonder that I then find myself asking: Where in the world did December go? Why is life going by SO fast?
Part of me wants to think: ah, this is just life. It always goes by too fast. But, I’ve got to admit that my filling every inch of space & quiet with sound & scrolling sure isn’t helping. Part of why I sometimes feel so busy is definitely because of my out-of-control phone habits. Ooof.
How about you, friend? Do you ever feel like time is going by too fast? If yes, do you ever feel like your own habits (scrolling, etc.) could be contributing to that?
This week for our focus, we’re going to explore our relationship with things like: spaciousness, stillness, silence, and rest.
Ahhhhhh… Just seeing those words, I can feel my shoulders, jaw, and face relax a bit. :)
How about you? What comes up for you?
Do you love them? Do you avoid any of them? Do your shoulder relax? Or do you tense up? Is it easier to lean into one or the other? Do you crave any of them?
Personally, I’m ready to make a change. As much as I LOVVVVVE the internet and all the goodness that is at our fingertips every moment of every day, I’m also ready to give myself more… time. I’m ready to prioritize spaciousness, silence, stillness, and rest.
So that’s the invitation this week, friend. We’ll play with the sensations of these in class, but we can also explore them outside of class.
For example, what do you sense in your body if…
* Instead of filling a few moments of space with sudden scrolling…. you just allow yourself to……….. wait? And……… breathe? And…….. be?
* Instead of having something playing in the background, you just embrace the silence?
* Instead of adding one more thing into our schedule, you hold that little pocket of spaciousness? Time to just… be?
* Instead of doing more, you allow yourself some time to rest?
On one hand, with the solstice, and arrival of winter, this week feels like such a great time to settle down and cozy into more quiet. But on the other hand, with holiday gatherings, travel, and end-of-year busy-ness, this might be an especially challenging week to find things like spaciousness, silence, stillness, or rest.
Thoughts? How might you gift yourself little pockets of spaciousness, silence, stillness, or rest this week? How does it feel? What do you sense? Does doing so give you more… time?
As always, I can’t wait to see what we discover together this week. See you soon!
Much love,
💛 Dani
