Ritual of rocky road’s
Ritual Pause dropped out of the cosmos and into my consciousness on a beautiful spring day in South Fremantle, WA. I was house sitting at #14 for a Yoga student, dancing, drawing and doing the big dreaming that Anaiya does. By the end of the day I had pages of inspiration, and on one of those pages, I had drawn a beautiful symbol. A symbol of what felt to me like a breathe, a moment, a pause in a moon phase. A representation of the sweetness and freedom present in the now. It was beautiful, it filled me with joy and pride and it became my offering to the world, Ritual_Pause.
I had an instant connection with the symbol and began using the pause as a tool to survive the pressures of daily life. I connected the pause to my lower belly breathing practices & used it to upgrade my life and implement boundaries in my life. I was teaching it in yoga classes as a tool for anxiety or overwhelm and so began what my nearest and dearest would describe as a period of constant experimentational growth & discovery of this pause ritual.
In 2016, I resettled back on the East coast & in an already saturated community of self-proclaimed pioneers in healing, I was slow to find comfort in this community again. I took my time in building new solid foundations, I practiced walking away from distractions, and I observed the world around me searching for it to show me a need. I could feel it was here, but I was scared to dive in.
Surprisingly, it was 2020 that radically shifted Ritual Pause out of the shadows of my own doubts. To be frank, 2020 showed me just how much bullshit is out there about wellbeing and just how much truth I have to offer.
2020 helped me realise exactly how important it was that I began sharing what I know, as much as possible, as soon as possible.
2020 showed me how a lack of education and first-hand experience can paralyse a nation, or a world.
2020 showed me that the natural path to wellness I have been learning, teaching and eagerly embracing is now NEEDED on a global scale.
2020 was the call to courage for Ritual Pause. The work we have done over the past 3yrs is truly life changing. It may have been rocky road’s ever since conception, but this is the life and the faith only ever deepens xo