Day 32
Yesterday I mentioned “long-form” practice in my email (and talked about it briefly in Sunday’s live).
Which is exactly as it sounds on a very practical level: a practice that is longer than the daily maintenance we’ve been falling into rhythm with — your short-form practice.
Now that we’re 32 days into getting a hang of our daily “bread and butter” short-form meditation practices, you can start to look forward to when you might carve out larger chunks of time and energy for a long-form practice.
Long-form practice is for your most spacious and unhurried days.
Long-form practice is where you plant the seeds of change and check in with your highest visions.
This entire 40 Early Mornings together is — in some sense — a long-form practice, together.
The opportunities for long-form practice rarely just “appear” in the schedule (you know this).
It takes intentional commitment, carving out of space, and perhaps a special confrontation of specific obstacles, or a calling in of extra support to make it possible.
The best part of a long-form practice is that because it’s saved for once in a while, it can become luxurious — something to look forward to.
Which is the whole spirit behind our weekly, live, group meetups together (whether you make it live or not, I get it!).
Can you imagine what the circumstances of your life would have to look like to support a long-form practice and what those long-form practices would include…
weekly?
monthly?
seasonally?
annually?
Action items:
First, get dreamy with the above questions.
Second, get out your calendar. Make it firm. Call it sacred or non-negotiable ;) whatever feels more your style.
Third, call in your favors, your people, what and who you need to make it happen. Then gift the same back to them — or better yet, let them go first. This is what I call a “self-care abundance loop.” If you keep making space for your people and model that — I find they naturally begin to do the same for you. It’s the lifeline of my marriage / parenting / work dance right now — making sure my other people get this space and take it, so I can do the same.
LEAVE A COMMENT TO GET SOME ACCOUNTABILITY WITH WHAT YOU’RE COMMITTING TO. I will too!
And now, 15 minutes of meditation is yours for the “short-form practice” taking today.
till tomorrow,
Cath