There’s an energy to new beginnings that’s incredibly compelling - it’s fresh, vibrant and exciting.

So many of us start the year feeling the pressure to sprint right out of the gate.

Yet, we might still be digesting the past year, and our nervous system might still be trying to soften the survival energy that has kept us going, perhaps for months.

One key ingredient to embracing what is new and unfamiliar, which is often overlooked is this: having enough capacity and stability to move from comfort to stretch, from familiarity to newness, from what has been to what could be, from where we are to exciting new possibilities.

Nature teaches us that we cannot plant new seeds in arid soil. 

For us, it means starting with tending to our body and nervous system, so the soil becomes enriched, fertile and supportive of growth.