WELCOME TO DAY 6.

Can you believe we’re almost one week in?

(I can’t!)

The first week of 40 EM is all about “arriving” — gradually — which is a process, and not a one-and-done.

Especially when we’re dealing with matters of the heart and mind and soul and body — all at once.

And especially when Real Life is still playing out all around us, from our own everyday to the big, startling heart wrenching things going on all around us.

Take your time. Pace yourself. Do what you can. Let it be enough. Trust you’re getting what you need when you’re ready for it.

AND YOUR LEARNING STYLE — TRUST IT.

40 Early Mornings is not a top-down approach to teaching and learning, where there’s only one, objective “truth.”

In a  “community model of truth,” we all have something to offer, share, and learn from each other.

I’ve used a variety of ways to present the material — written inspirational content, written actionable content, videos, audio recordings, interactive live weekly classes, prompts to spark your own curiosity and contemplation — because we all engage with materials differently.

Some of us are visual learners, some experiential, some quiet, personal, observational learners.

I want you to know you can engage with the material as much or as little as is right for you.

You don’t have to read, watch, and interact with everything.

But you might.

You can attend our live weekly classes (we meet again Sunday!) or watch them later.

Trust that what you need to get out of this program will make its way to you.

FINALLY, JUST ASK.

I’m a real-live person behind 40 Early Mornings.

You can reach out.

I am here.

Email and please keep commenting here — your words on these posts are bringing this program to LIFE! I’ll read every word you send my way and do my best to get your questions, comments, and concerns the attention that they deserve.

Remember, this is a practice not a perfect. You don’t have to “get it right.” You just have to do your best. Can you let your best be enough right now? Leave a comment below and let me know how that lands with you.

Right here with you,
Cath

p.s. Thursdays will forever remind me of the good old days, in person, teaching restorative yoga at the yoga studio (with SO many of you in those classes over the years). In that spirit, if you have some more time to carve out later today, check out the 30-minute PM yoga practice and let me know how it goes.

p.s.s. the full Wendell Berry poem I mentioned in my email, right this way.

p.s.s.s. Now onto Day 6’s arrival meditation….