The Line In The Sand

There is a conversation that I have a lot with students; it goes something like this -

Me: How is your meditation practice going?

Student: Wellllllll, it hasn’t been very consistent lately. I’ve been super stressed lately about XYZ, and I just need to get through this tough period and then I’ll be able to recommit to my practice….

Sound familiar? Yep, I struggle with this exact same issue.

And, as a teacher, in all honesty, I struggle with how to respond to this… On the one hand, I gently want to push {and truthfully I usually do}, because it is so easy to let the cultural beliefs around doing/achievement/success to overrule what we know to be true - that creating space and silence in our lives is crucial to our well-being, creativity and ultimate success.

It is way too easy to tell ourselves we just have to meet the deadline, get through the holiday, finish the cleaning and THEN we will practice. I have several years of experience to tell you that you almost never actually get around to practicing… I wasted years doing this dance.

And yet on the other hand, I don’t know what is happening on the interior landscape for you or in your nervous system. I don’t know the fullness of your story, your history and your lived experience. No one does. No one can make the final call for you but yourself.

When is choosing to take a break the compassionate choice and when is choosing to push through the struggle the better choice?

YOU are the one. You are the one that makes the call. You are the one that walks the line holding tenderness in one hand, ferocity in the other and trying to balance along the way.

Join me for today’s discussion and guided meditation as we learn how to balance listening, courage and action within our meditation practice.

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