Self care weekend for beginners
Weekend vibe
Summer … yes in my part of the world it is summer and much to our delight the last couple of days the sun was generous with us.
This year in England climate change manifested itself as a long, wet, cold spring and only in recent weeks summer made an appearance. A bit late but hey we can always hope for an Indian summer in September.
It has been an interesting weekend, one where self care was on top of my list! After an extremely emotional and tiring week I knew self care is a must and nope dear reader self care does not come naturally to me.
I read somewhere that self care practices help us to build resilience. That’s interesting isn’t it? Hmmm not sure what to say. Sometimes you have zero choice but to be resilient with or without a practice of self care.
For example let s think about the people who live in a state of fight or flight most of the time … souls trapped in the war zones, in dysfunctional families, work environment, souls who are abused, harassed, bullied, who have no choice but to keep going and have zero space for self care in the sense promoted and taught by modern times gurus.
Actually I think that self care is another label meaning different things for different people and is specific to each individual.
It is also strange that we need to learn about self care. Something must have happened in the last 40 years to us as a community, something so fundamental that it made us incapable to self regulate our emotions, it disconnected ourselves from ourselves, leaving us in a state of limbo … having to relearn how to take care of our minds, bodies and souls.
At least this is what I think.
So here I was on Friday night, with a glass of wine in my hand, listening to some heartfelt messages from dear souls, ready to learn how to show myself compassion and learn about self care. I am on a journey and I know I am not the only one.
The first thought in my mind was … a book, grab a book, breathe, let go of the stress one breath at a time.
I have to confess although I had to let go of hundreds of books a few years ago and suffered deeply because of that I still have lots of books and many I have never read. “Glass geishas” proved to be an excellent choice, lovely summer book.
2 days later I finished it! It felt like magic … opening the book on Friday evening, turning the page one after another, loosing myself in the story, forgetting about reality, about food, about the overcast sky …and rejoining the world on Sunday a few hours ago when I read the last page!
This weekend, for me, self care had the smell of the paper, the weight of a paperback book, the sounds of Tokyo. A classic set of stories …the stories of many girls searching for a better life! Read it!
Until next time… Be well!
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