Some of you have noticed that Iāve been quieter than usual in here lately. I want you to know it isnāt because I donāt care or that Iāve drifted away. Iām still here. Iāve just hit a bit of a wall⦠and Iāve felt really stuck and unsure of how to share or move forward. This past week brought everything into the light and itās asked me to surrender. This is a vulnerable and transparent share for me, but the past few months? years? have held me in a wave of depression that Iāve been trying to āmanageā rather than actually feel for quite some time. And strangely⦠letting myself stop fighting it has felt more liberating than anything Iāve done in years. Iāve been ignoring it, minimizing it, over-promising, masking it expertly, freezing, dissociating and bypassing this huge truth that, now that I am finally looking at it directly, BEFRIENDING it even, it's become the very thing that opened the cathartic release Iāve been craving. Hope Abides!! The clouds are parting! The fog is lifting! The sunrise is breaking over the horizon! Hallelujah! ššš» Of course, Yoga Nidra has been the one practice I keep returning to. Some days, it's been the only thing that lets my body unclench⦠that gives my mind permission to stop negotiating with itself. I wanted to share this because we often talk about Nidra as a tool for rest, clarity, calm⦠but itās also a companion for the darker, quieter passages. The ones we donāt (or can't) always name out loud (yet). I know many of you can relate. So, if youāve ever walked through a similar season and are willing to share.. Iād truly love to hear from you: What helped you? What supported you? Is there a Nidra, ritual, or small practice that carried you through? Iām feeling very seen, loved, and supported through this new revelation, so donāt worry ā this isnāt a cry for help, other than wanting to learn from those of you whoāve walked this path before. But I did want to name my absence, let you know Iām still here and extend my hand. Community holds us not only in our good, open seasons, but also in the real work of befriending the parts of ourselves we tend to turn away from. And I know thatās what weāve built here.. so truly, thank you.