Word of the week: Surrender

The word 'surrender' is spoken regularly throughout a yoga class and you'll see it dotted throughout any book on Buddhism. Typical interpretation of the word is to 'give up' or 'give in', but in a spiritual context, it simply means to 'stop the fight' – stop the internal struggle of the mind, that in turn, can cause physical tenseness in the body.

So surrender I have done. I'm pleased to say the 'Sydneyness' that was me is slowly losing speed....the need to be constantly on the go, and rush from here to there; the ceaseless planning of every waking moment; impatience for results and outcomes; to always be 'doing', and therefore, not really appreciating the present. Gosh....it's tiring just reading this.

Sydney noticeably vibrates at a much higher/faster/noisier frequency than Byron. It sweeps you up and spins you around. It's fun and intoxicating. But ultimately for me, it was unfulfilling. It wasn't until I arrived here that I became aware of how exhausted my mind and body really was.

I'm excited about the prospect of living and breathing the 'Byronness'. It's as though the locals are at one with the lower/calmer/peaceful vibrational rhythm that is Byron Bay. They appear to move with it, rather than be carried along by it. For me it's a state of mind that is centred around a calmness, a conscious letting go of the way I used to doing things, and just slowing down to take the time to just 'be' in the moment.

I guess it'll take a while to change 36 years of habitual living....but slowly (and without force) it'll come.

Chaos before the calm

It's the 1st of March and 26 days before I leave behind my life in Sydney and turn the page to commence writing the next chapter in the book titled 'my life'.

I'm moving myself, my neurotic cat, and my business from a life in the city, to the most easterly point of Australia – Byron Bay. With the intent to slow down, yoga more and master the art of relaxation, my goal is to learn how to live stress-free and with enough time to stop and smell the roses.

I believe that once you make your intent clear to the universe, it will lead you and provide. This situation has been no different with everything almost effortlessly falling into place, leaving me no doubt that this decision is the right one for me, right now, at this particular point in my life.

I'm excited about embarking on, what will no doubt be, a positive transformation within my mind, body and spirit. And I look forward to keeping this blog so I can look back and see the transformation in my own words.

And if you are reading this, I hope you enjoy the journey too.

Namaste.