Spring often reveals what winter hides. In this reflection on pelvic floor care, seasonal energy care practices, and listening inward, Sandra shares how small body signals—like sneeze peeing—can be invitations to restore strength and balance.
Does sound travel farther in the damp air
Or are my ears eager to hear
A chirp
The melt
The rushing creek nearby
My eyes lift, and I still see snow
My fingers
Chilled tips
Nose
Still shocked by a cold, quick inhale
But my ears–my ears hear the signs—
I listen to what’s unfolding outside: an owl calls.
She settles.
I turn my attention inwards to what’s calling me.
A body sometimes ignored under the blankets of winter, and a piling of priorities.
Needs unattended, my pelvic floor for one, calling me with sneeze pees and jumping leaks—minor, easily put aside by more pressing to-dos and body needs. And so I do.
I walk on.
BUT I feel it coming up:
I want to run.
I want to play unselfconsciously, spontaneously with my kids, without worry.
I book an appointment with a local pelvic floor therapist and call on our friend, Marlene Handler of Lifted Lotus, a pelvic health occupational therapist.
It’s nearly spring, after all. Time for a tune-up. A fresh start. My spring clean from the inside out.
In our Practices space, Marlene shares a pelvic bowl visualization for "sweeping away energy that is no longer serving you." I listen. I close my eyes briefly, breathe in, and begin to clear space for what's ready to spring.
For Marlene's guided pelvic bowl sweep meditation,
I remind myself to be gentle, to go slowly, to put my urge to have it all done now—for the melt to be done, the cold to be gone, to be able to sprint NOW!
There is tending to do before I sprint.
Spring invites a different kind of energy care practice—clearing space in both the landscape and the body.
I walk on.
Feeling into my own seasonal rhythm, with one foot in winter, the other ready to sprint into spring.
To ease this transition I find really hard, Sarah and I are doing what we do: hosting a gorgeous event to slow down together, a chance to head out to see what's sprouting. You’re invited.
A REVERY Revelry: March 22, 2-6 pm
Join us for foraging with Sarah Lucas, sauna, and supper—a Sunday afternoon retreat at my home in Hastings on Hudson, NY.
Save your sauna seat: $149 per person
Member-Hosted Events
Revery Members have so many ways for you to explore feeling good in your body this spring. At Revery, we think of this kind of attention as energy care—small seasonal practices that help the body regulate, restore, and move with the rhythms of life. Here are a few of our picks for Spring:
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Sweeping out and breathing in,
Sandra & Sarah
