It's summer on the inside, 3 ways to find it

One of my students said she feels the same after her yoga class as she does when she gets back from holiday. 
 
The summer vibe after a holiday is a good place to reside, even when we are back in the swing of day-to-day life.
 
Of course there are responsibilities and challenges to meet when the holiday is over, but we can rekindle our summer mindset which helps us live with more ease and joy.
 
We're not glossing over the trials we encounter or pretending that everything is okay. We.re not turning our backs on it all which we might do when on holiday. The chaos and worries in our external lives are very real and need to be met with our clearest head and our best heart. The reset back to this is where our yoga practice comes front and centre.
 
Grounding back into our bodies, noticing how out of balance we are. Moving back towards a more harmonious relationship with ourselves. None of this is hard to do, but you need to make time to do it - regularly. 
 
Showing up and committing to your movement, breath and meditation practices has never been more necessary. Slowing down and paying more attention to the postural habits we've built up. Re-training the aches and pains for greater ease and freedom. Building a better foundation of support physically, mentally and emotionally. Re-discovering that beneath all the tensions and stresses there is a consistent and quiet foundation that is all too easy to lose sight of. 
 
Here are 3 great ways to help keep that summer feel-good vibe:
 
1) Spend time outside in the daylight, even if its raining. It all counts and is even more important as the days shorten and get gloomier.
 
2) Get to your class or re-ignite your regular home practice - or even better,  both.
 
3) Keep up some of the good habits you picked up this summer. Spend time relaxing, reading, exercising, gardening, whatever it is you enjoy in the summer. Make time for it.
 
Even when life is hard on the outside, our relationship to all of what is going on is up to us. How we show up and respond is more within our power than we may at first realise. 
 
Yoga helps us ride the waves instead of getting churned up in the breakers.
 
You can always find summer on the inside.
​It doesn't go anywhere, we just need ways to reconnect to it.
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