“You know, the sound the wheels make on the rails…. It’s so smooth and grounding. It’s an earthy kind of sound.”
I love so much that a client shared this insight while on the reformer. It’s a timely thought as the leaves start to change color and fall to the ground. Pumpkins and mums on stoops, and a shift in produce available, signal to us that its harvest season. From the ground we are enjoying the last fruits from another season of growth and simultaneously preparing for another season of rest.
As I thought about this client insight it sparked a realization. The act of getting on the reformer and aligning myself helps me not only to organize my body, but organize my thoughts and energy. As I’m going through the exercises feeling for my alignment and center, finding my rhythm with my breath in coordination with the exercises, it allows me to clear space in my head to find solutions to problems or decisions I need to make. It is an act of cleaning, sorting, and gathering not dissimilar to harvesting.
So, here’s your reminder to take a moment to connect with your grounding process, whether that be mediation or a mindful movement practice, or both! Allow that process to reveal the fruits of your labor this year - your harvest. What has your mind, body, and soul gotten you through and how can you enjoy or show that harvest gratitude?
Join Brittany for a twenty minute movement ritual with prompts to consider grounding into your Muladhara/Root chakra, and how it can support you in feeling pleasurable and safe in your body. Find stability at the start of your day, or use as a clarity break in place of a midday coffee.
Call to Action in the Name of Change
As mindful movement practitioners, we are in the business of supporting and guiding our clients through change. That change does not happen in a vacuum, but instead has ripple effects. In that way, we are in the business of change in the individual, the community, and the world.
The recent abortion law in Texas has sparked rightful concern about abortion rights and access to quality healthcare for women. This restrictive law will not only help to fuel the financial inequality gap for black, indigenous, and people of color, but also the disproportionate maternal mortality rate of BIPOC. A black or indigenous woman or birthing person is 4 to 5 times more likely to have a pregnancy related death than a white woman, and the US is ranked 55th globally in maternal mortality rates across demographics (and in last place compared to 10 other similar countries such as Germany). Blackswell Birth Foundation, founded by Hillary Lopes, seeks to eradicate this disparity by offering pre- and post-natal doula services to black women and birthing bodies. It takes approximately $1600 to fully support the process of one pregnancy and birth. Please join us in donating to Blackswell to help achieve the goal of generating funds to support one new birth!