Well what a surprise 2020 was, right?
And I say surprise instead of the words that usually come up around this year (shit show, nightmare, freaking disaster) because our mind is ALWAYS LISTENING and our body reacts accordingly. So if you use words like inconvenient or interesting instead of the big, dramatic words, your body actually changes its state around a memory. Interesting, right? I’ll talk more on that another day if you’d like, let me know in the comments.
But today marks the first day of SPRING. And I’m sure your inbox is flooded with reminders.
I wanted to give you some things I do to mark a new season.
What I love about Spring in particular (other than the fact that it isn’t cold, I find the cold harder to deal with), is that it’s all about fresh starts, rebirth and beginnings.
And, I think many of us are feeling the desire for some fresh energy right now. So I’m going to share my Spring Intentions with you in the hopes it will ignite you to get purposeful and create your own intentions and rituals.
Intentions
To focus less on what’s going wrong, and more on what’s going right
It is not the collective anger, fear, rage and suffering that will bring the world into a good place. Those emotions will bring us further down, lower the overall vibration of the planet. Instead, it’s the collective hope, gratitude and joy that lifts us up as a community.
Last week I had an IG DM from someone who was struggling with negativity. She is doing AMAZING work in the world, finding pedofile accounts on IG and reporting them to be taken down. But she mentioned to me how while doing this work, she couldn’t feel anything but anger and rage, which is completely understandable. How could you feel joy when you’re seeing pages dedicated to the exposure of innocent children to sexual predators? I’d be fuming also.
This is work that NEEDS to be done. It’s beyond necessary in a time when this crisis is so big and for whatever reason, the media tends to turn a blind eye to it.
But, rage isn’t a nice emotion and I honestly believe that in order to manifest, you’ve got to love the way it’s feeling.
So my advice to her was, instead of focusing on all the things that make her angry in that moment, focus on the amazing work she is doing. Visualise the future when this is completely wiped out. Think about the children she is saving from being exposed to this whenever an account is taken down. Think about all the good that will come from her hard work.
And this reminded me, in a time when there is so much division and frustration around other peoples actions, to focus on what we can do and the positives that are coming from such a time in our world.
TO SLOW DOWN AND SAY NO A WHOLE LOT MORE
And sometimes not a ‘no’, but a ‘not right now’. For the people pleasers in the crowd, I feel you! It’s a constant and never ending journey for me to hone in on what I need and stop doing for others when my cup is overflowing for others.
So I’m making sure at the start of each week that I have an abundance of free time in my calendar. Not to do nothing, but to have space to do what I want to do in those moments. And telling people when I’m in need of introvert time. That’s always the hard part for me.
to tune in deeper with my cycle
I’ve followed Cycle Syncing for a little over a year now but never with the full intensity I feel it deserves.
Recently I purchased this book and it’s given me more knowledge on how I can support myself during my cycle. I’d love to go deeper into this, but in short right now, this means clearing my schedule on days 1 and 2, booking interviews and photoshoots when I’m ovulating and getting intentional about when I’m communicating important things with people I love.
Rituals
I’m a creature of habit, so my mornings are usually pretty much the same. But I have found myself lately floating around the house and just doing things as I feel like doing them.
Going into the office when I wake up because I remember I have someone to reply to.
Cleaning the kitchen midday because I walk past and it’s messy.
Laying on the couch and scrolling my phone because I’m tired.
And these are all the benefits of working from home, but I found I was never really disconnecting from any task because I was constantly in and out of all of them.
But while we can decide we’re going to work out, meditate more, save money, eat better etc. it can actually be hard to remember all these things when life gets on top of us. So instead of making it hard, I make it simple. This is done by creating triggers around my home so that I’m constantly being reminded of the rituals I want to continue with.
Things like -
Placing my workout clothes next to my bed so I know when I wake up, I’m straight into movement.
Leaving my phone to charge near my meditation chair so I know I’m not on it until after I’ve reconnected to myself and taken some time to empty my mind.
Having a lemon, knife and tea mug on the kitchen bench so I’m reminded to start my day with that.
My new Luna High Vibe Spray on my desk to scent the room before I start working.
A full Living Water Bottle to make sure I remember to get hydrated while I’m getting into flow with my work.
After I make my bed, placing whatever book I’m reading on my pillow so I remember when I get back into bed to wind down, I read at least one chapter. Right now I’m loving this book!
And all of this happens because at night, I have a short list that reminds me to set this up for the following day. Water bottles filled, sprays out, lemon ready, clothes out. It takes me less than 5 minutes to prep for the next day and since I’ve started this the results are so great. I’m creating habits. Which I can keep for good if I do them long enough!
Bonus Spring Starters
On top of getting clear on the above for me today, I also have done a few other things to really start the season feeling aligned.
I pull an angel card for this season. This is what I got -
I fill out my Intentional Living Workbook to make sure I’m going deep into what I want to consciously co-create over the next 3 months.
Plus - I take time to get rid of anything that has been sitting stagnant physically for me. For you this could be clutter, a relationship that’s holding you back from being your best self, or even weight gain.
I hope that this has been helpful, and gives you a little nudge to create your own ritual for the new season. It’s a beautiful time to be alive.
