On dealing with disaster

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Photo by Alice Donovan Rouse on Unsplash
And we all thought 2016 was a terrible year. Well, nine months behind us and it looks like 2017 is giving it a run for its money.

Whether the disaster you're dealing with is on a personal or global scale, remember to check in with yourself. While you're worrying about all the shit that's going on around you, please also take the time out to take care of you.

This morning I managed to drag myself on to my yoga mat after letting it collect dust for a week or so, and I found one of my favourite Youtube yogis, Adriene Mishler, has uploaded a timely session called Yoga for After a Disaster. It was such a lovely, slow, nourishing start to my day, and it gave me the time to just let go of the stress and anxiety that's been building up this week.

It's so easy to get caught up in all the bad stuff, and some of us might feel guilty or feel that you don't deserve to feel good with everything that's happening in the world. But you really do.

As usual, Adriene sums it up so well in her video.

So positive energy breeds positive energy, and negative energy breeds negative energy. This is my opinion. I feel it, I experience it; for me, it is a truth ... So sending negative energy out to people is never good when there's a catastrophe or a problem, like if you're sending concern or worry. The best thing you can do for people, if you wanna help, is to really create more positive energy in the earth, right? If you can make donations, if you can send money, great, but not everyone can. So one thing you can always do is cultivate and fill your cup, cultivate this positive energy in your cup, in your container, so that it can overflow and serve others.
What are some of your methods of self care in the face of disaster? Leave me a comment!

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