Breathe

I want to start by saying our bodies are amazing! They are continually communicating with us, we have the choice to listen or to ignore.  I am really good at going and doing, getting a lot accomplished in a day.  But I have never learned to stop, enjoy, relax, and breathe. But my body has never gave up on me, just kept giving me reminders that I need to slow down!

Since high school I have been overdoing it. While graduating high school, I got my associates degree, was on the dance team, and had a job. I kept up this pace of leaving home early morning, getting home late evening for about a decade (how am I old enough to talk in decades?). Even once Ila was born I remember me and my mom spending a good portion of the week she was born reorganizing and decorating Ila's room. I just couldn't relax or stay in one place and enjoy.  

So becoming a stay at home mom was hard for me. I was so use to a schedule and running from place to place, all day everyday, that it was hard for me to just be at home. I even still would find stuff I "had" to do just to be back in my comfort of constant chaos.  

Well recently I have been studying and learning more about my adrenals.  As I was reading through the symptoms of burdened adrenals, it basically sounded exactly like me; can't sleep at night, cravings for salt and sugar, imbalanced blood sugar, dizzy, headaches, anxiety (which mine shows up as just holding my breath or shallow breathing, so I hadn't even put together that it was anxiety), irritability, and my most famous symptom brain fog. 

Well can you guess what is good for the adrenals? Deep breathing, Yoga, relaxation, meditation, routine, self-care. All the things I had never learned to do.  Well it is interesting how everything falls into place as it needs to.  About a month ago I bought a pass to The Front Climbing Club so I could take advantage of their yoga classes.  So I have consistently been going to yoga a minimum of 3 times a week but I love it so much I am normally there 6 days a week.  I also have been waking up early and trying to create a routine of study, relaxation and self care every morning for about a month now. I am trying to be more mindful of how I breathe shallowly and practice what I am learning in yoga throughout the day. Opening up my heart and breathing!

So things are looking up. I am grateful for my body and its hints and clues it has been giving me to slow down. Also for my footzoning and essential oil knowledge to know where to turn to start balancing and grounding my body even more.  Maybe sometime in the near future I will have a night that I actually sleep through the night and feel rested! Sounds wonderful~