I was at lunch yesterday with a friend. I found out that she is going through a very similar experience with this fall season. Are there others out there that are feeling the effects of the fall?
Knowing that I would find some comfort reigning in my life, I have continued to watch the food consumption. Do you know that feeling, when you don’t know what to do next, so having something to eat fills the void! Stepping on the scale each morning is helping me to remind myself that the answer will not be found in food.
Oh, I can hear the Yogic sages saying it, the answer is within you. Sometimes “within” feels like planets and light years away! I have thrown out lots of possibilities for the fall, and they will land as they need to, and I will reach a moment when I will exhale completely, and say that the sages were right, the answer was there all along.
Until the Light comes in, meditation and yoga are good tools that will help me search. Family life has changed, work life has changed, the weather has changed… I need to remember to be good to myself.
To Stay Grounded During Fall
Eat cooked foods
Eat root vegetables (to ground you)
Add a little oil to foods (the winds of the fall dry you out)
Pay attention to bowel movements (prone to dryness and constipation)
Spend time in Nature and watching Nature
Begin to create a daily meditation time, morning is best (even if it is just 5 minutes – it is a start)
Share your Fall Free Falling experience with us!
Shanthi
