Season of moving...

Life,  I am told moves in seasons, Throughout the incredible journey each of us takes there are times of activity, times of rest, times of flexibility, times of structure. 

   This week has been busy on the surface (lots of coaching,  mediation tutoring and lots of kid time)...  But behind all this activity the real flavour has been a very particular season- the season of waiting,      It's been a week of holding my breath, of cultivating patience, of leaning in to trust,  and of all the things that happen to a seed when it is under the ground- sprouting roots and shoots deep in the earth while on the surface it appears to do nothing at all.

WAITING TO MOVE 

As I have shared with many of you- since me and my family moved from our Greek Island home to an intentional community in England we have been staying in our community in a temporary home. Our private space has consisted of one large bedroom. 

The views have been beautiful, and we are very blessed to have all sorts of community spaces to eat, play and socialise in... but still... at this point I am desperate for my own space again. 

So we have been waiting- first waiting for renovations,  then waiting for beaurocrasy to complete, and finally waiting for banks to physically move money. This week has been a painstaking muddle of hurdle after hurdle- meaning we just have to wait and hold space- hoping that things will land and we can finally begin to really settle here.

LOST ART

And this holding space- and waiting for the new phase to begin has also triggered a much bigger question - who am I here?!  I knew more or less what was possible for me after 8 years in Corfu- but here in many ways it's an open story. After 5 months of knuckling down, moving home, and caring for the kids I can see a stark contrast as basically until I had my kids my life was focussed almost entirely upon 2 things-

1. Relationships: 

People, communication, friendship, teaching and facilitation

2.Art: 

Dance, singing, writing, guitar, harmonium, content creation, visioning and creative projects

And since moving back to England I've been blessed to dive whole heartedly into into my relationships- family, community, work, old friends and new... but this left waaay too little time for art. 

I'm not yet sure how I am going to resolve this tension!!   But I see it very clearly now, it's impact on me is huge and I can feel that there is a whole part of my identity that has been sitting, waiting on the side-lines since this move that is now saying 'Hey- what about me?!' .  My lovely musical afternoon with some of you last Sunday and the other offerings appearing in the next weeks are definitely just the beginning of what I hope to explore. 

Watch this space- (I have no clue what is coming :) 

REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS: 

1. What feeds your creative spirit, and what quietly starves it?

2. What emerges when you let uncertainty stay- just a little longer?

3.Which tensions are currently shaping you?

4. Where do you start to disappear while caring for others?

5.What is your creative self whispering that it needs now?