I am the kind of morning person who lounges in bed with a cup of hot coffee. I prefer touch in the mornings than at night. I need a slow start, a gentle awakening.
If I can find some stillness my head can integrate the dreams, the 3am mind wanderings, the longings for the day.
I wake up with feeling intentions. I wake up knowing how I want to feel each day. I pray for the guidance to somehow be in that. I will my boys to not fight for 10 minutes after my eyes open.
Always having said that I’m not a morning person was not true. We are all morning people. Waking up is gorgeous if we can do it the way our body craves.
A long time ago the clock was removed from the bedroom, that was a huge moment for me. I used to watch it all night. Now I never know what time it is but wake at almost the same time every day.
Rhythm. Morning ritual.
Starting Moments.
When I was feeling really ubruptly-wrong in the mornings I began taking a photo each morning that I called Starting. I don’t have all the control over my waking. I have three kids and we live in a tiny house.
Often I found myself resentful of how I had to start my days, full of fighting kids and exhaustion after being woken up multiple times a night.
I needed to ground myself in gratitude. What other way right? We always circle back to being in the now with gratitude when we want to change.
So that morning picture is my anchor inside of what can be chaos.
It allows me to just show the truth of my mess or to take time to create a lovely scene that I carry with me for the rest of the day. It is all about the feeling.
I invite anyone on Instagram to join me with the Starting photo by tagging your own starting moment #startingmoments and to check out the pictures that are starting to collect over there. It isn’t just me anymore with my bumpy mug!!
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There are a few spaces left for the FEAST Be Present Retreat hosted by my gorgeous friend Liz. I can promise some pretty freaking amazing #startingmoments pictures from WA. The group gathering has already captured my heart. I cannot wait. This is self care for the soul.
Surrender starts February 11th and we are almost at 70 women. It is going to send a vibration out to every part of ourselves when we dip into the sweetness of surrender. As we stand in the intersection between acceptance and change. Join us…
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#startingmoments, I like it. See you there. xxoo
Yay!
Oh I love this. For awhile now I take a breath in the morning, soak it all in and hear your voice say the word ‘starting’. It centres me. Thank you.
Starting together. Even across the world…
It’s always interesting to me what sorts of things people do after waking, especially since I’m a person who tends to be pretty inconsistent about morning routine. If I have nowhere I have to be, it’s difficult to get me out of bed. I wake up and daydream and fall back to sleep several times before I actually make it out of bed. If I do have somewhere I have to be, I do this until I absolutely positively have to get up and if I don’t I’ll be late…. and then I rush around like a madwoman. It’s difficult because I really treasure that daydreaming/half-sleep time I get in the morning, but at the same time… I feel like it impedes getting up and getting moving in the morning.
The madwoman part I totally know. Such a stressful way to begin isn’t it? Wonder what you could do at night to help you have less in the morning.
boy do i need a fresh perspective on my mornings…
thank you for the gentle nudge to redeem them, one photo at a time.
<3
Joining us? Yay!
Thank you so much. This has deep meaning for me. I have been wanting to begin a morning intention and this is so lovely and inspiring. I am glad I found you. Xoxo
Yay!!! So excited.
I’m so in. I’ve loved your starting photos and have wanted to do something similar but I knew that “starting” was yours. So, thank you for sharing this. I love it. Love.
Oh honey I love to share!!! I love the insta feed right now, it makes my day!!!
Hannah,
I love all your pics… I love the #startingmoments and #pickingupbigkids.
I’m there with you @ instagram kellyanncory
Thanks for sharing these pieces of you…
Kelly Ann
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