10-Day Beyond the Reset
Welcome to Day 6!
Below, you will find today’s yoga practice video & writing prompt.
How to Hold This Space: A Guide for The Mat & The Page
Before you dive into today’s practice, let go of any expectation of performance. You are not trying to execute a perfect pose or write a polished essay. You are here to witness your own nervous system. Use these three gentle guideposts as you move through today’s container:
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For the 20 minutes of your yoga practice, your sole job is to inhabit your physical body. When your logical mind tries to drift back to your corporate to-do list or daily logistics, gently wave it away. Treat each shape on the mat as a physical conversation with your nervous system, signaling to your body that it is safe to unwind.
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Immediately following your final resting shape, while you are still warm and regulated from your time on the mat, pick up your pen. Try to keep your hand moving for the full 10 minutes without editing, crossing out words, or judging your thoughts. Let it be a raw, unfiltered stream of consciousness.
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While the structured writing container is just 10 minutes, you do not have to stop when the timer ends. If the ink is flowing and you feel a wave of inspiration, allow yourself to stay on the mat and continue journaling for as long as your spirit requires.
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Your practice doesn't end today. Carry your bonus Somatic Chakra Writing Prompts into your workday, and feel free to revisit your entry later tonight or later this week. When we look back and read our own raw text with fresh eyes, we are often profoundly surprised by what our subconscious chose to reveal to us. Let what you wrote today be the seed for what you explore next.
Below the writing prompt, you’ll notice there is a 10 minute timer, if you’d like to write in silence. I’ve also included a 10 minute video that includes just soft, relaxing music, if you want to write while continuing to breathe and open…
Also, don’t miss the Bonus Content at the bottom of this page!
The Asana: Finding Grace
The Ink (your writing prompt): Loving Kindness
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Write a brief, radical letter of apology to your physical body for the specific ways you have forced it to rush over the last year, and how you have ‘spoken’ to this one amazing vessel you have been given.
Expansion Cues:
Acknowledge the moments of overdrive. Speak to your body like a dear friend. Apologize for the skipped lunches, the ignored tension headaches, or the times you forced it to perform when it was begging for rest.
The vow: Finish the letter with a single, simple promise of how you will advocate for its pace (and peace) moving forward.
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Timers
Ambient music…
Bonus!
1) Somatic Chakra Writing Prompts
2) Printable S.E.E.D.S. Journal
To print the SEEDS Journal, you can print as is: one page per sheet, or select 2 pages per sheet in the Layout section of your print options (recommended).
That’s a wrap. Thank you for joining me, I’ll see you tomorrow!
-Laura
