It’s Summer!
You have to know this means I want to talk about your practice, right? Its meaning, its depth, its value to you, its place in the cosmos and in the endless span of time itself!
How can we best take advantage of these spectacular seasonal energies- the light, the warmth, the abundance of flora and fauna which is bearing its fruit and frolicking in the playfulness of youth?
What can we do with this?
How about absolutely nothing. Nothing.
There is a time to expand and a time to rest. There is a time to engage and a time to receive. Summer is a time to rest and receive. The Solstice in particular is a time so charged with abundance we would do well to let go entirety of ambitions, the constant tending to where we are and to where it’s all going and just allow. Something much more powerful than us, but that cannot be separate from us, is playing out in real time, all around us. Within us.
So you’re right to relax. You’re right to prioritize play. It’s always the right time to follow your instincts. Your practice will be deeper for it.
See you on the mat, where we shall only play.
Hari Om
Keith