Re-Emerging

The past two years have been life-changing and unlike anything, most of us have witnessed in our lifetimes. With little or no notice, we were forced to hit full stop and change the way our careers, relationships, daily routines and even our conditioned habits looked. During this unprecedented shift we have had to put aside most of what we “knew” and took for granted and create a new reality on the fly, leaving many of us in shock, searching for stability and normalcy again.

It is not an exaggeration to say that we have all experienced a collective traumatic event that has affected the deepest levels of our beings. As with any traumatic event, there is a “before” and “after”. For many of us this meant shifting our workspace to our homes and sitting in less than ideal postural positions, changing our diets, stopping our wellness and fitness routines and trying to find how to live in this “new normal”; living in a perpetual state of “fight or flight”.

This combination of sustained high stress and makeshift workspaces has left many of us not feeling like ourselves, both mentally and physically. Previous aches and pains that came with our everyday routines have now been amplified by the chaos and changes to our physical beings.

It’s not all doom and gloom though! Now that we see the light at the end of the tunnel and are beginning to take our heads out of the sand and peek out from under the covers, we are excitedly looking ahead to returning to our lives and reemerging; but what will that look like?

We all essentially know who we “were” before the pandemic and anticipate returning to some semblance of that life, but the two-year pause has given many of us a chance to look inward and perhaps see some things we don’t want to return to; things that no longer “fit” who we are. But better still, we have been allowed a rare opportunity to start some new habits, add some self-care routines and really reemerge consciously, with intention. An opportunity to learn how to be kinder to ourselves and how to make time to honor a commitment to self-care.

I love that the word reemerge means “to come into sight or appear again.” It feels so empowering and without limitation. This is essentially a blank canvas and we get to choose the colors and scene. What will you create?

And if, as you reemerge, you find yourself feeling physically, emotionally or mentally drained or just not feeling fully settled in your body, don’t dismay. Let’s face it, this has been a trying time for all of us and having a support team to help you through difficult times is paramount to a self-care routine.

My self-care routine has always included physical bodywork but the importance of resetting things mentally and neurologically cannot be overstated.

Would you like some guidance or assistance in your transformation? Give us a call or drop us a line and let us show you how we can help you get to where you want to be, maybe for the first time in your life.