Slow Saturday Thoughts | September 9, 2023

The most wholesome place on the internet

While you read, feel free to listen to this audio clip to take in the sounds that were surrounding me as I wrote this post. Today it’s the sounds of my washing machine. I love spending my fridays cleaning while I write

… Rajiv Surendra’s YouTube videos are probably the most wholesome videos on the internet. Even his video comment section is a nice warm embrace of positivity. What hit me the most from this video on cleaning up a cluttered mind was when Rajiv said, “Your mind cannot hold an endless amount of stuff, so curate what goes in there.” Our minds are really sacred and we’re the only ones who can protect it from all the bs that makes us stew in [insert whatever lingering emotion that makes us feel bleh]. Watching someone organize a small space also makes this video that much more satisfying to watch 

… Bike riding for me makes time feel like it’s moving in slow motion. Some noticings during my slow day bike riding around a new neighborhood last weekend: 

• a cicada trying to break free from a net above me as I waited for the train to take me back home 

• so many colorful paddle boards out in the beach 

• a children’s book worthy cover of picturesque moments of people reading on a lawn chair and older couples wearing sun hats in front of a small lagoon that was filled with ducks  

• dogs and kids running around the grassy fields that overlooked the water

… I was on a high of appreciation from the beautiful birthday messages from friends and family. It was an overflow of love that I felt the need to screenshot and save into a photo album on my phone

… Mornings watching soccer and yelling at the TV has been a simple joy of my mornings 💗

… Going to physical therapy has changed how I care for my body throughout the day, more noticeably during pole dancing routines. I move with more ease now that I’m aware of needing to relax my shoulders and the power of breathing when squeezing the heck out of random body parts. I was even able to squeeze in this superman alternative move that in the past I wouldn’t have the shoulder flexibility for, but now actually felt second nature in my body

… My sensual practice of the week was crying on and off for about an hour after I had the loveliest of weekends. I didn’t even have the desire to distract myself with funny videos. My body was begging to release pent up tension and irritation. Also…Venus was in retrograde so that explains a lot

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