Living at the Edge (or Returning to the Center)

The blessings of flower essences

I was recently on the hunt for Ayurveda’s view on the path of menopause when I stumbled across something unexpected:
a teaching about multitasking.

It shook me.
Not just in my mind but in my body, my breath, my sense of the way I had been living.

I felt anxious. Challenged. And somewhere underneath it all a surprising sense of relief.

Because deep down, I already knew: something had to give.

From an Ayurvedic perspective, multitasking is seen as profoundly unbalancing.
I know it’s easy to tell ourselves, "But I feel energised when I’m getting so much done!"
I used to believe that too.

But when I started listening more closely to myself, and to the women I work with I heard another truth: Energy borrowed from our future is not energy freely given by life.

How sustainable is it to live constantly at the edge of our own capacity?

A dear friend shared a story that felt like a mirror to the world so many of us inhabit:

She drinks a liquid breakfast while wrangling the kids through theirs.
Packing lunches, checking bags, chasing the clock.
Meanwhile, her phone buzzes with texts, reminders, emails.
The washing machine whirrs. The fridge door checks for milk. The kids scramble into the car. And somehow, somewhere along the way, selfies are snapped for Instagram.

Before 9 am, she’s already triaged a week's worth of life.

Driving to work, she calls on Siri to juggle even more: answering messages, shifting meetings, recording voice notes. The kids mirror her energy, faces aglow with their own devices. Life becomes a relentless braid of doing, achieving, and barely breathing.

This is the air we breathe now. And it’s suffocating.

How do we move from the edge of our lives back to the center?

Not by changing everything overnight.
But by taking one small, radical breath.

One breath slower.
One step closer inward.

For me, one of those steps came in the form of Australian Bush Flower Essences especially Black-eyed Susan, a remedy for those running too fast, for too long.
It helped me feel the edge I was skimming. It helped me remember the centre I had forgotten. (If you feel called, I encourage you to explore their offerings, especially their droppers, which are beautifully made.)

✨ A Daily Listening Practice

Listening, truly listening is a revolutionary act in a world addicted to speed.

✨ Journal Prompts for Coming Back to Centre

You can use these reflections daily, weekly, or whenever you feel yourself spinning away from yourself.

Q1: Am I "in relationship" with my life or at war with it?

• What does it feel like to be in flow?

• What does it feel like to be fighting life?

• What sensations arise in my body as I reflect on this?

Q2: Do I feel in love with my life?

• On a scale from 1–10, how "in love" with my life do I feel today?

• Where does that feeling (or absence) live in my body?

Q3: Am I listening to what life is saying to me?

• If life spoke to me like a wise best friend, what would it whisper today?

• What would it invite me to lay down?

• What would it gently place into my hands?

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A Blessing for Your Journey

May you feel the quiet river of life moving within you, steady, ancient, wise.
May you trust that slowing down is not giving up, but opening up.
And may you know, in the marrow of your being, that you are already enough.

You always have been.
You always will be.

If you feel called to explore this more deeply,
I offer 1:1 sessions drawing on the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Kashmir Shaivism.
Together, we’ll craft a sacred and practical plan to honor your unique energy, your season of life, and your deepest longings.

✨ It’s not about fixing you.
✨ It’s about helping you listen to your life with new ears and answer with love.

[Learn more about working with me here].

I would be honoured to walk beside you.

🌸 Om Namah Shivaya

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