A Summer Pause
Making space to reflect, refine, and return
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This reflection is also available as an audio recording in my own voice.
As we move further into summer, there is a natural invitation to slow our pace.
The last few weeks have been spent preparing for the Summer Solstice, noticing the longer days, exploring what it means to begin again, and returning to ourselves with a little more kindness. It feels fitting that Awakening Within should also honour the season with a slower pace.
Rather than continuing to add something new each week, I have decided to make space for a quieter season.
Over the summer, I will be continuing to gently refine the Awakening Within library. Older reflections will continue to be reviewed, refreshed, and connected more thoughtfully, allowing the publication to grow into a more intentional collection of reflections, guided practices, and lived awareness.
For those who have been reading for some time, this may simply be an opportunity to return to pieces that resonated when you first discovered them. It is often surprising how differently a reflection is received when we meet it again from a different place in our lives.
If you are new here, perhaps this is the perfect time to explore the library at your own pace. There is no need to rush. Awareness has never been about keeping up. It unfolds in its own time.
I look forward to returning in September with a refined collection of reflections and practices, and to continuing this journey together.
Whilst the publication takes a quieter pace over the summer, the wider work of Awakening Within embodied practice, mentoring, immersions and residency stays continue as usual. If you feel drawn to explore this work more directly, details are available via the website at www.awakeningwithin.eu
A Few Places to Explore
Living Practice: The Practice of Beginning Again - Returning with awareness, one ordinary moment at a time
After the Longest Day (subscriber) - Honouring the Summer Solstice through awareness, reflection and everyday presence
Returning to Practice: Conscious Breathing - A guided meditation for calming the body through the breath
With presence
Caroline
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