Mercury Retrograde, Mega Emotions and The Call To Slow Down

Hey Chums!

How’s it going?!

If you’re anything like myself and a tonne of people I see on the feeds - it’s been a rollercoaster of energies and emotions this week.

Mercury Retrograde in full force, even as someone who loves Astrology and such, I find myself denying it's existence until all the technical issues pop up and slow things down and blasts from the past come breezing in like no ones business. Where I used to dread Mercury Retrograde, now I welcome the nudges to slow down, be more patient and present and also recognise how far I've come.

In amongst the mayhem, I’ve signed a wonderful new client, made the outline for my programme and created A LOT of content and content to be created around some really loaded subjects, so it’s been a big, bold and brilliant week.

Whilst also one I’ve needed to really, really check in with my body and slow down.

I have rested A LOT this week, whilst also feeling like I could do with even more.

Being able to meet my fears and work with the emotions as they’ve come has been powerful, but quite frankly - it’s also been exhausting. What makes it tiring so is the resistance to feeling; the fear of feeling.

Letting go isn’t quite so black and white as it is a gradual process of widening tolerance.

I can tell I’m holding onto an emotion in lots of ways but this week it has been a tension in my face, jaw, throat and scalp…

Yesterday morning was moving, massaging and singing to soothe and release these areas and help myself feel safe and grounded, as well as meditating in the form of just laying there and letting my eyes just scan the room as I noticed where the tension was in my body so I could gently let go (if possible).

Where I would have formerly (and sometimes still do) tried to myself busy - I slowed down, stopped and got in my comfies.

Ruby and I did the feelings cards together too.

After surfing yesterday, I feel sore and tired (as well as super in love with surfing - those of you who have been around for a while will remember I taught myself to swim in lockdown so I could get over my fear of deep water and get my ass in the sea where I belong!)

I booked it a while back and in being honest, if I didn’t have it booked, yesterday would not have been a day I would have done any exercise other than gentle yoga (if anything at all) and I will benefit from going back and planning for no major training on the week of my period.

I’m considering making a programme later in the year called something like ‘moon movements’, a different exercise class for each stage of the moon/menstrual cycle.

Back to emotions -

I created a free emotions and triggers sheet you can get?here, it can be useful for noticing how certain emotions feel in the body and where, as well as what thoughts come up and the potential triggers - it can be useful to bring awareness to what emotions feel like so when they pop up it’s easier to observe them and accept the feelings instead of the knee-jerk reaction to try and push them away as quickly as possible which can stress you out more.

I also created a?reading list?you can also grab on?Gumroad.

The offer I was going to create this week evolved, so I’m afraid - it’s not ready for you yet - so in it’s place I am offering 5 spaces for 1 hour clarity sessions at ￡99 each, if you’d like one you can email me at?[email protected]

I also 1 space left for coaching for May, if you’d like to enquire just pop me an email to?[email protected]

I’ll be arranging the sessions in my diary after the Bank Holiday, I’ll be back on Wednesday 3rd. :)

I hope you have a great weekend!

Have a great weekend! Amanda Jayne