In between
The gift of the in-between and the challenge of staying long enough in the void to receive it.
As the season begins to shift can you feel it?
The gentle building of energy, a little more solar energy gently calling us towards the outer world?
The return of wildflowers along with the promise of more just around the corner.
The bird song building as they call to each other, nests in planning and little ones beginning their journeys.
As the sun warms the land, it also begins to awaken our bodies and hearts from the winter slumber.
But the first gentle calls of spring and this extra solar energy are just the beginning….
Can we allow ourselves to sit with the rush of new energy without needing to quickly disperse it or act on it?
Can we pause to allow the clarity and direction of our visions to truly take shape?
Can we trust there isn’t always a need to race to the finish line and allow ourselves (and each other) to find our own natural rhythm, season and cycle for blossoming?
For me, this feels very much like the later part of a woman’s bleeding time in her menstrual cycle.
A moment as she receives the gifts of renewal. Having given herself permission to slow down and rest, to surrender to the shedding of skins, she now pauses in this beautifully pregnant moment – pregnant with the unknown and infinitely possible.
To listen and experience her body, heart and mind receiving renewal.
Topping up her vital reserves, remembering the preciousness of the pause and feeling her creative life force stirring.
Knowing there is a journey ahead as a new cycle begins she is in no rush to disperse this blossoming energy.
She allows herself to bathe here for a moment longer, waiting and trusting clarity will arrive and until then continuing to carve out space for her inner knowings to be heard and harnessed.
Just like the natural world we observe with our eyes we also have our own natural rhythms and pace.
Will you give yourself permission to pause, listen and trust your own inner guidance?