As I stared at the blinking cursor, I felt like I was crossing a desert with mirages of topic ideas appearing on the horizon, only to disappear as I started to walk towards them on my keyboard.
It was time to set up camp and rest.
I had been on a trek these first few months of the year.
I’d summited the heights of producing and running a 5-week transformative Great Yoga Wall course.
I’d plunged into the lake of starting a membership for those who took the course to continue their studies.
I’d whitewater rafted along the bumpy rapids of filming another multi-week course.
I’d rock-climbed the face of launching and teaching a 3-day live Great Yoga Wall intensive.
I’d “traveled” further in the first 10 weeks of this year than the first 8 months of last year. No wonder my creativity tank was as dry as the Sahara.
That is, until I started to rest and catch up with myself.
I’m not sharing my adventures to brag at all. Many people are facing much tougher journeys.
I know you’re in the middle of your own expeditions too, whether you’re exploring the rough terrain of things like raising kids, taking care of aging parents, dealing with relationship challenges, tackling health concerns, managing multiple projects at work, taming wild employees, dealing with inequities, figuring out what to put in your belly for dinner, or even finding time and space for your next yoga practice.
Here's what I know to be true: