Practice Happens in Our Bodies!

"Our bodies are always talking to us, trying to get our attention. Our work is to unfold, to listen, and to claim the truth about our beautiful, storied bodies." - Ellie Roscher

With this blog post I’ve blogged every month for a whole year! Yay! I think I can call myself a blogger now, it’s a habit that’s part of me and who I am. Last year at this time I wasn’t sure it was possible and here we are. Yes, these posts get mostly written the last day of each month and yet they get written! Yes, there are times when I wonder what I’m going to say up until the very moment I start writing and yet my words emerge as I sit at my computer and type. It’s a habit and a practice that I’ve been nurturing, it’s been a slow burn. Here’s what I know about this practice so far. It’s available to me when I’ve gotten present, when I’ve started to notice what’s bubbling up for the topic of the month – I’ve turned the light of awareness onto what wants to come out right now. It’s available to me when I’ve given myself some grace, even as my judge is telling me it’s too late, I’ll never finish and really who’s reading these posts anyway?! 😉 It’s available to me when I give myself some space in my day to just BE and I honor that space as part of the process. It’s available to me when I choose it! It’s easy for me to get lulled into the next thing on the list that’s easier to do than a blog post. And then I remember, I’m a blogger, I blog every month and I choose to write. These are the inner layers of my leading from the inside out framework along with some space in between and my choosing! These elements support my writing practice.

And this has me thinking about practice, the next layer of leading from the inside out. Practice is a word that I hear often in many different contexts. “I need to practice.” Or “I don’t want to practice.” (the mantra when the kids were in music or sometimes even sports).

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