Nourish yourself

Nourishment. It’s a lovely word. The word itself sounds like it’s nourishing you. I think in the modern world, Less and less of us get real nourishment. The foods we tend to eat are highly processed. Even when you do eat something whole and simple, like fruits and veg, you don’t know where it came from, or what’s in the soil it’s grown in.

Our rest and relaxation time isn’t fully nourishing, either. A lot of people spend their relaxation time with technology. “Relaxing” on TikTok. “Relaxing” on YouTube. “Relaxing” watching tv with their phone in their hand and not talking much to the person beside them.

True nourishment is lacking, so no wonder we’re all so stressed and tired and lonely.

Yoga feels like nourishment to me, but even that becomes a tick box exercise at times. Something to quickly fit in before I carry on rushing about my day and overthinking. So it’s lost its power. Yoga is a philosophy, spirituality, not an exercise to be rushed.

We eat too quickly and without mindfulness.

We meet up with people and get absorbed in taking pictures and going on our phones instead of connecting.

We aren’t even paying full attention to what we watch on tv.

I think we’re a distracted people. We’ve lost sight of what truly matters. We get uncomfortable with true connection and true nourishment. People have forgotten how to talk to one another properly. People have forgotten how to be still and silent. People have forgotten how to truly taste their food or take their time preparing it from scratch.

Everything has become about how fast you can do something to fit more into your day.

Sounds exhausting! Sounds like a treadmill getting faster and faster. Sounds like we can’t win.

I don’t have all the answers and I am a victim of this society, too. But I do encourage you (and myself) to think about this soft word. To think about what could truly nourish you, mind body and soul, today. How can you connect more to those around you, your work, your food, and the world around you? I

think connection, mindfulness and nourishment go hand in hand.

Sincerely,

S. xx