Lifting up can wait.

It is a tender moment in time. There are parts that are offering me more peace and calm and others that are creating a stress in my body that I'm not sure how to negotiate. I imagine we all are carrying around some version of that story.

I made some Instagram Stories on how to prepare for two to three weeks of food so you can limit your grocery store time. I'll work on getting a post written on that with a more specific list of items and ideas for meal and prep.

I go into the kitchen when I need to feel safe. It is my starting point.

A natural decision to put to the side the three month course I had been planning left me feeling all the feelings and instead of pushing to figure something else out, I just paused. 

I kept thinking about the toilet paper and flour and sugar hoarding and how much this need for basic supplies was Root Chakra fear and attempt to feel safe. I find myself counting my lemons and bananas as though running out will devastate me.

Dave and I went to the grocery store to prepare for what we hope will be three weeks of supplies and it exhausted us; walking around the stores feeling such a fear and wanting to keep everyone around us safe.

There is something about our NOW with him, he is finding his rhythm in organizing and sorting and doing maintenance all over the house and yard.

I mentioned that when I was writing Spiritstyle daily I felt like I had a rhythm and a purpose and that I'd like to find a way to offer myself in that way.

I also am aware of all the Zoom calls out there right now, all the free offerings and yoga classes and meditations and I don't want to add to the noise.

What I do want is to Root, ROOT, root.

I want to connect in tiny moments like when my kids are all doing their online school and I'm sitting at the table with my tea longing for some adult words.

I used to teach a course called, Rooting In, Lifting Up. It is a time to create a devotional practice, to simplify, to honor, to cherish, to share stories.

The thing is, we aren't in a LIFT right now. It will come, of course it will. But now, we are Root Chakra, basic safety focused. We are honoring the collective and learning how to adapt, learning how to make dried beans or work from home.

My friend Ruth sent a beautiful email the other day, "It could be now." I was working on this new offering that was scrambling all over my thoughts and her words were exactly what I was feeling into. I asked her if she would contribute a guest post, like the old days.

Then I was texting my friend Heather and she shared a Metta Meditation/Prayer and I asked her if she would come do a Facebook Live with me around prayer and everything else for this new thing I was creating.

All of a sudden it felt like I was back in the early days of blogging and creating, when we would all guest post and share things and it was this gorgeous community learning.

I want that. So I'm gathering the people and inviting you to come along, in whatever way it works for you.

I will create a space for us and send the words and prayers and offer the practices and then you make it your own. 

This is an offering to ROOT. Together, separately. 

It will be playful and hopefully helpful and it will be written inside the presence of NOW.

And then, later, later we will LIFT. For now, the lift can wait, let's sink in and create some magic, some devotion, some space, together.