Nature is awakening as changes quietly unfold all around us.
The light lingers a little longer. The air shifts. Beneath the surface, something is stirring — not yet blooming, but gently softening.
Listen. The sounds of life are everywhere.
As I notice the outer world awakening, I become aware that I have a choice — where I place my attention. If I desire to see change in the outer world, I must begin with the condition inside myself.
If I long for more kindness, I begin by practicing kindness toward myself.
If I long for peace, I tend to the peace of my own mind.
Action arises from right thought. And right thought grows from awareness.
Pause. Take an exhale breath.
Feel the actual experience of the body dropping its familiar gripping. Soften the armor. Notice the sensations of aliveness beneath the noise. Just as nature slowly melts from her deep freeze, I can let myself melt into ease.
It is not always easy to let go of fixing or doing. Sitting in presence can feel awkward. The mind is wired to roam, to seek safety, to scan for what needs attention. This is its nature.
Yet beneath that movement is something steady.
For a moment, perhaps I can be willing to be still. To feel the back supported by the chair. The feet resting on the floor. The shoulders softening. To observe thoughts moving through without needing to follow them.
Living is different than performing life.
Different than earning worthiness.
Different than striving to feel safe.
In this moment, I can trust: I am safe.
How can I get love when I am love?
Our intrinsic nature is compassion and kindness. Yet the thinking mind often makes it difficult to rest into this knowing. It searches outward for what can only be felt inward.
Nature offers us spaciousness.
Look up at the sky — the vastness beyond understanding.
Feel the quiet intelligence beneath your feet.
Walk outside and notice the sweetness of the cold air on your nostrils.
Pause. Take three slow breaths.
It is not our job to rush the pace of Mother Nature. Some days bring snow. Some bring rain. Some bring warmth pushing gently toward spring. Uncertainty is part of her rhythm.
Aliveness melts resistance.
Purify the waters of your inner landscape. Clear the ocean of your soul and allow yourself to drink in the sweetness of simply being alive. If just for today, choose to come inward. Breathe into the heart. Exhale light.
Nature is awakening as changes quietly unfold all around us.
The light lingers a little longer. The air shifts. Beneath the surface, something is stirring — not yet blooming, but gently softening.
Listen. The sounds of life are everywhere.
As I notice the outer world awakening, I become aware that I have a choice — where I place my attention. If I desire to see change in the outer world, I must begin with the condition inside myself.
If I long for more kindness, I begin by practicing kindness toward myself.
If I long for peace, I tend to the peace of my own mind.
Action arises from right thought. And right thought grows from awareness.
Pause. Take an exhale breath.
Feel the actual experience of the body dropping its familiar gripping. Soften the armor. Notice the sensations of aliveness beneath the noise. Just as nature slowly melts from her deep freeze, I can let myself melt into ease.
It is not always easy to let go of fixing or doing. Sitting in presence can feel awkward. The mind is wired to roam, to seek safety, to scan for what needs attention. This is its nature.
Yet beneath that movement is something steady.
For a moment, perhaps I can be willing to be still. To feel the back supported by the chair. The feet resting on the floor. The shoulders softening. To observe thoughts moving through without needing to follow them.
Living is different than performing life.
Different than earning worthiness.
Different than striving to feel safe.
In this moment, I can trust: I am safe.
How can I get love when I am love?
Our intrinsic nature is compassion and kindness. Yet the thinking mind often makes it difficult to rest into this knowing. It searches outward for what can only be felt inward.
Nature offers us spaciousness.
Look up at the sky — the vastness beyond understanding.
Feel the quiet intelligence beneath your feet.
Walk outside and notice the sweetness of the cold air on your nostrils.
Pause. Take three slow breaths.
It is not our job to rush the pace of Mother Nature. Some days bring snow. Some bring rain. Some bring warmth pushing gently toward spring. Uncertainty is part of her rhythm.
Aliveness melts resistance.
Purify the waters of your inner landscape. Clear the ocean of your soul and allow yourself to drink in the sweetness of simply being alive. If just for today, choose to come inward. Breathe into the heart. Exhale light.
March is a month of change as we move toward spring, a season that has long invited reflection on awakening. The light shifts. Nature blooms. The animal kingdom awakens.
And I am inspired to listen more deeply.
The invisible work is to go inward — to soften, to notice, to trust. To celebrate new beginnings not as something to force, but something to allow.
As part of this unfolding, we will begin gathering on Sunday mornings in meditation — an opportunity to rest in stillness together and allow grace to move gently within us.
As spring unfolds around us, may stillness unfold within us.
In light and love,
Laura Jane
Sunday Morning Meditation begins March 15.
This reflection is part of our seasonal blog series at Yoga Among Friends in Downers Grove.
