What a difference it makes when it gets warm outside. The plants and trees are green and colorful making our daily travels more beautiful! People flock to all the wonderful parks, lakes and paths we have available to us in these Twin Cities, and finally enjoy our own backyards. It is great to see us using these open spaces to move our bodies, spend time with family and friends and enjoy the great outdoors and special events this season offers.

This gardening season is a busy time at our house. Even in Minneapolis we choose to be farmers. My husband and son plant a modest, yet plentiful vegetable garden that we eat from. I am the flower gardener, with many different gardens and a ridiculous amount of pots full of beauty that surround our front and back yards. We love to watch all of it grow as we lovingly tend to our precious “babies”. May you also revel in the blazing life force of this season.

pink and orange summer flowers yellow and violet summer flowers

So – How is your health?
• Are you able to participate in these outdoor activities?
• Are you too tired to get it all done?
• Are you feeling vibrant and alive?
• Are you enjoying the moments?
What would help you find more joy and energy during this time of output and movement?

Oddly enough, the more outward we become during these busy days, the more we need to remember to go inward to balance the tremendous output that usually happens in this season.

So take some time each day to STOP and sit still for even a few minutes. Feel your feet on the ground or the floor, and take a few deep breaths. Breathe in peace and breathe out stress or anything uncomfortable in your body, mind or spirit. Allow yourself to feel the sensation of your calm body. Give yourself 3-20 minutes of sitting quietly, meditating, finding the stillness in yourself. See if you can come to that beautiful, calm place where your Divine Essence is present to you. This is your own uniqueness, the reason you came here; contact the gifts that you embody that nobody else has in just the same way. Connecting to this place is a healing all its own. It is here that you can literally heal your body, your emotions, all that is you.