Mindful Moves: Trauma-Informed Insights

  When Summer Starts to Change: What the Turning Season Can Awaken in Us There is something about this time of year that I always notice. Summer hasn't quite left us, but it is beginning to change. The mornings feel a little cooler, the evenings are drawing in, and there is a different quality to the light. We may still have warm days and moments when summer seems determined to hang on, but there is a sense that something is shifting. I find it fascinating that, often, before we consciously acknowledge the change around us, we can begin to feel a change within us, too. We are not separate from the seasons, although modern life sometimes encourages us to behave as though we are. We expect ourselves to maintain the same pace, productivity, energy and emotional state regardless of what is happening around us. Yet our bodies are constantly responding to our environment. Changes in daylight, temperature, routine, sleep and activity all provide information to our nervous system. So, ...