I continue keeping the Morning Pages. It's been important to me to release the need to do it 7 days a week. Trying to keep it 7 days a week was detrimental to the practice. Allowing myself to drop it on days when life got in the way has enabled me to keep it something like 5 days a week.
It's been a wonderful practice as I can think and explore and wonder. My mind and pen wander freely. I go back and forth. I recognize where I have blocks. Some blocks I allow to remain and that's okay. I work around them. They will dissolve when they need to.
I'm working toward more connection with natural cycles in my praxis. I lit a candle for the full moon this past Friday. It was so nice to have that as I was winding down and going to bed. I got a moon app/widget on my phone, which is very nice for tracking cycles.
So far, this is making its way into my liturgical praxis as a heartier plan for how I keep the quieter part of the year. I've long wondered how to keep January and February better. As the decadence of Christmas collapses into the emptiness of January, I feel my spirit collapse. I'm planning a more nurturing/meditative practice for the kids in my church school. We turn inward for two months before the journey of Lent begins. I don't want to turn Epiphanytide into a festival season. But I do want to keep it better.
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