Letting Go

One year ago today, exactly, I released my first blog How Music Broke Me and Mindfulness Put Me Back Together.

It was a big deal to me. It was vulnerable. It was real. It was raw. Based on the responses I received to it, it was a big deal to others too.

It was a deep sharing of my story, the purpose behind what I do and opening a new chapter of the work I believe in and would be doing moving forward.

It also opened up a weekly commitment to writing a blog and sharing it with all of you.

The intention behind it was simple - to build a community of like hearted and minded people that could create a positive ripple. I intended to share my learnings through writing to make a difference.

In committing to a weekly blog, also called myself forward in deepening my craft of writing by creating a container of accountability, consistency and an opportunity to really hone my gifts so they could be shared in the most meaningful way.

I have shared one year’s worth of weekly blogs now, which is crazy! How the time has flown and simultaneously not flown.

Maybe it has flowed instead.

In the past year, we have created a meaningful community here and it makes my heart sing. In a world that continues to showcase the shadows of humanity, this place showcases the light.

I could not be more grateful to hold this space for all of us as we navigate what it means to be human and choose love along the way.

In the past year, I have evolved and changed more than I ever imagined.

I am holding a thriving Mindful Music filled with amazing families and students.

I am building my yoga business.

I am amidst training to become a Breath-work facilitator.

I am booking coaching engagements and opportunities.

My life is full and well, and as a result, I’ve landed in the place to release writing my weekly blog and my weekly Thursday emails.

As someone who believes firmly in commitment and devotion, this was a challenging conclusion to come to.

For a while now, I’ve felt resistance in my body when I sat down to write my weekly blog. A resistance I did not initially have or really had much at all in the past year. It began to feel constricted - like obligation rather than heartfelt desire to share.

I found myself asking the questions, “Is this just the resistance and discomfort of growth? Or is it a deep knowing and whisper that it’s time for a change?”

Two profound and fruitful questions in my life.

Two profound and fruitful questions in this discovery process for myself.

A topic I just recently dove into in my training “Fear or Pivot” as part of my weekly Instagram series, Friday Fire.

What I learned is that, my heart and bandwidth lies in investing my time and energy into my clients, trainings to become a better leader, my relationships and of course, my work life balance.

I discovered that it indeed is a whisper of my soul - it’s time to let go. And in the space that is created, new and aligned creations will be born.

Aparigraha is the Sanskrit word that means “non-attachment”. How I experience this is the practice of living with surrender, the practice of letting go and the practice of living life with open palms.

This is yoga in real time - allowing the coming and going, the shifts, the changes and evolutions as life unfolds.

So completely poetically and completely not planned this way, exactly one year to date since releasing my first blog, I release my commitment to blogging weekly and open the portal to a new chapter of this community.

This is what you can expect moving forward:

I will still blog when I feel the pull and I will share it with you when I do!

I will still send Monday Mantras to you each and every Monday morning! This ritual continues to fill my soul, the souls of many and remains a full body YES. I adore it.

I will pop in to your inbox with updates, like when I begin to offer Breath-work in November!

I leave you with this, dear reader:

Is there something nagging at you? A whisper perhaps?

What do you get to let go of to make space for what’s next?

What’s in alignment with the you of this very moment?

What does that beautiful heart of yours say?

It is safe to let go.

It is safe to live with open palms.

It is safe to go within, listen and honor your answer.

Thank you for being an important part of this community.

Thank you for reading the weekly blog.

Thank you for your unwavering support and co-creation of this vision, mission and movement.

Thank you for allowing me to grace your inbox.

Thank you for your presence, which has sincerely been a present!

And finally, welcome to the new evolution, chapter and beginning laid before us.

Let’s ride.

Let’s fly!

In love, community and pursuit of a better world,

Adrienne

P.S. Are you interested in diving deeper into this work? Reach out to me here and learn about ways you can work with me! Coaching, yoga, Breathwork and your fullest dream life are on the table.