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You have permission to do nothing.<\/p>\n

Pause, for a moment, and consider that. Truly let yourself feel the depth of that statement. You have permission. Permission to simply\u00a0be<\/em>, without doing anything.<\/p>\n

This morning I woke at 5:30am for some yoga. I felt foggy, and I\u00a0almost\u00a0<\/em>returned to bed, except for the conversation I’d had with my wife last night: “If you roll over to go back to bed after your alarm goes off, do you want me to kick you out?”<\/p>\n

She’s amazing. She knows me better than I know myself, and demonstrates this regularly. What Bel was really saying was this: “Would you like me to hold you accountable to the commitment you’ve made to yourself to get up for yoga and writing an IQ?”<\/p>\n

Of course, I said yes. She had my explicit permission to kick my arse out of bed, although even in asking the question, I really felt her intention. She wanted me to once again develop the resilience to get\u00a0myself<\/em> out of bed, and to honour my own commitment to myself. (Like I said, she’s amazing. The act of asking the question last night\u00a0had given me the extra prod I needed this morning.)<\/p>\n

Once I’d fully woken, I discovered I was sore, tired, and quite tight \u2013 both physically and mentally. I needed a gentle guidance into a yoga practice, feeling intuitively that if I were left to my own devices my practice would be half-hearted and I wouldn’t be present.<\/p>\n

My mind stirred to remind me a yoga instructor<\/a> who’s a dear friend of mine \u2013 despite the two of us never having met. We were put in touch via a mutual friend several years ago, and since then, we’ve emailed stories of depression and anxiety, yoga practices, and our shared love of writing.<\/p>\n

I opened the YouTube app on my phone, looked up Caren Baginski’s channel<\/a>, and the first video that appeared was this one<\/a> \u2013 titled (aptly) “Just Be Here Now.” (I highly,\u00a0highly<\/em> recommend it.)<\/p>\n

The practice was gentle, heart-full, and both helped me find my presence, and gave my back the gentle movement and release it needed. It was either the perfect coincidence, or a serendipitous gift from the Universe.<\/p>\n

Toward the end of the practice, there was a moment where Caren said something to the effect of “Give yourself permission to do nothing.” This hit me in the heart as profound, kind, and gentle, all at once.<\/p>\n

I re-shaped this phrase to “You have permission to do nothing” because truly, we already have permission. We are human\u00a0beings,\u00a0<\/em>not human\u00a0doings<\/em>, and it’s important to remember this now and then.<\/p>\n

My experience of today’s practice was that I fully surrendered. I let myself simply do nothing. And it was sublime.<\/em><\/p>\n

Remember this, today, as you move through your day. You have permission to do nothing, whenever you need it. Take a pause, sit with yourself, and be present.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

With love,
\nIsrael. xo<\/p>\n

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