Some of you have noticed that Iâve been quieter than usual in here lately. I want you to know it isnât because I donât care or that Iâve drifted away. Iâm still here. Iâve just hit a bit of a wall⌠and Iâve felt really stuck and unsure of how to share or move forward. This past week brought everything into the light and itâs asked me to surrender. This is a vulnerable and transparent share for me, but the past few months? years? have held me in a wave of depression that Iâve been trying to âmanageâ rather than actually feel for quite some time. And strangely⌠letting myself stop fighting it has felt more liberating than anything Iâve done in years. Iâve been ignoring it, minimizing it, over-promising, masking it expertly, freezing, dissociating and bypassing this huge truth that, now that I am finally looking at it directly, BEFRIENDING it even, it's become the very thing that opened the cathartic release Iâve been craving. Hope Abides!! The clouds are parting! The fog is lifting! The sunrise is breaking over the horizon! Hallelujah! đđđť Of course, Yoga Nidra has been the one practice I keep returning to. Some days, it's been the only thing that lets my body unclench⌠that gives my mind permission to stop negotiating with itself. I wanted to share this because we often talk about Nidra as a tool for rest, clarity, calm⌠but itâs also a companion for the darker, quieter passages. The ones we donât (or can't) always name out loud (yet). I know many of you can relate. So, if youâve ever walked through a similar season and are willing to share.. Iâd truly love to hear from you: What helped you? What supported you? Is there a Nidra, ritual, or small practice that carried you through? Iâm feeling very seen, loved, and supported through this new revelation, so donât worry â this isnât a cry for help, other than wanting to learn from those of you whoâve walked this path before. But I did want to name my absence, let you know Iâm still here and extend my hand. Community holds us not only in our good, open seasons, but also in the real work of befriending the parts of ourselves we tend to turn away from. And I know thatâs what weâve built here.. so truly, thank you.