March winds and April… flowers!!
April is blessing us with sunshine and doesn’t it feel good!
And have you noticed the primroses this year? They are abundant and everywhere in big clumps of glorious yellow, lighting up the hedgerows. The beautiful glade of them in the photo above is along the lane from Halsway Manor. I was walking there this week and I really hope the weather holds for the Spring Wellbeing Week at Easter (fingers crossed!).
What is your Seasonal Self?
I’m a spring baby, so this time of year is when I really start to get going again after the cold months. My energy increases quite naturally, whether it’s sunshine or showers that accompany me on my walks.
Do you have a particular time of year when your energy levels rise? Maybe it’s birthday time or maybe to do with the seasons. I know plenty of people who come alive after the heat of summer has dissipated. And also those winter souls who love the sparkling cold of January mornings.
I firmly believe that our yoga practice is a way of coming back in tune with our personal energy rhythms, as well as the seasonality of the place where we live. Getting to know our innate cycles of high and low energy as we move through the day, and through the year, is a very sensible way to approach life.
Yoga teaches us to pay close attention to how we’re feeling, so we learn to notice what’s going on, to be able to create the space to respond with kindness.
Choosing to live in tune with Nature’s ebb and flow
I see this as the journey back to our Seasonal Self. A coming home to ourself as a creature of Nature, who is happier and healthier when in flow with the cycles of the natural world.
Living seasonally has been deepening in me over many years and I now realise that my passion (my mission) is to help others attune to the seasons again.
Mostly this happens through sharing yoga practices that follow the wheel of the year. And with that in mind, I’m inviting you to join the next season of classes, as we approach Beltane.
Beltane
Beltane, May Day, whatever you choose to call it, it signals the start of a vibrant, playful, intensely fertile time of year. In nature, nearly everything is sprouting, blossoming or reproducing. It’s a truly creative time of year!
Our yoga begins to flow more freely as the warmth of the sun increases. Steadily and purposefully, we establish the good movement and breathing habits that will serve us well through the rest of the year.
Come and join me in Minehead on Fridays or online on Tuesdays and let your Seasonal Self out to play!
All the dates and details are here – Beltane Yoga
Tracey Roberts 