It’s time for me to write again. It’s been a while, I’m overdue. I experienced a lifequake earlier this summer and it’s taken me this time to work my way back to finding my center.
I’d never heard of the term life quake before but as I’ve tried to manage through my life challenge I heard it on a podcast. My apologies for not giving the person who termed this due credit. A lifequake, as I understand it, is a big event in your life, good or bad, but it shakes you to your core. It could be a marriage, death, divorce, job change, or children leaving the home, shaking you.
My lifequake plunged me into a state of just trying to figure out the next steps, what I was going to do for my next role in my primary work. As a divorced mom, and a sole provider, and potential of losing that stability threw me for a loop. The fallout has resulted in me not having the creativity or energy to write.
I’m SO happy to share that I passed the lifequake and am excited about my future. Hence, I am taking some time to write since I’ve been disconnected for far too long.
Not every day, but many days as I was exhausted but could not sleep and finding myself in this constant state of stress, I would try and bring my consciousness to my breath. I know, it sounds super lame and this did not fix what I was going through but I had more control over mitigating my stress levels going through this lifequake than I have in the past because of my intentional focus on breathing.
I didn’t know about these tools decades ago. Learning about the breath, initially through yoga, as I’ve practiced, has helped me so much more than I’d ever even known, outside of the yoga studio.
As I get back into writing and posting, I accept that life is full of life quakes. I invite you to explore how you can level up by managing the craziness of life, starting with learning about how to breathe.
This is a great article explaining several different ways to do breathwork.

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/breathwork-techniques-for-beginners

I share this knowledge with you as a means for you to find wellness in the chronic stresses of life. There’s more you can do but this is a phenomenal start. Our bodies are not designed to live under consistent stress. I have concerns over how much stress we’ve all lived under with the endemic, war, and the economy. Finding ways to manage the stresses will help you feel better, hopefully, live longer and without developing some chronic disease as a result of the stress.
I wish you health, wellness, and breath.
be well,
Alli