Hello,
The world feels heavy right now. I’ve been sitting with that weight, like many others, noticing where it lands in my body, my thoughts, and my heart.
I’ve been unusually quiet in my Yoga practice and within my community.
Yoga has been calling me in, inviting me to look closer, listen deeper, and reconnect with its roots as a practice of unity through truth and awareness.
In yogic philosophy, this is Satya, the principle of truthfulness. Living in alignment with Satya asks us to see things clearly, even when the truth is uncomfortable. It invites honesty not just in words, but in how we witness the world and our place within it. Sometimes, that truth is the recognition of our own privilege or the grief that comes from truly seeing suffering, our own or others’.
The truth is that we each experience this heaviness differently. Our histories, identities, and lived experiences shape how the world meets us and how much we are asked to carry. For some, that weight has always been there. For others, it has become harder to ignore.
In my own experience, it often shows up as grief for the planet, for injustice, for beings who deserve gentleness and safety but may never receive it. There are days it feels like no amount of care could ever be enough.
But even in that, I am learning that continuing to care and continuing to learn is what connects us at the most human level.
We cannot individually stop everything from happening, but we can stay connected to ourselves, to each other, and to the small, meaningful choices that remind us what matters. These are what ripple outward to shape collective change.
Ground in what’s real
Before reaching for hope, reach for honesty. Notice what is happening inside you: the fatigue, the ache, the tension. Name it. Let it be known. Speak it aloud, or share it with someone who can hold space for you.
Then, come back to what reminds you that you are here. Feel the weight of your body on the earth. Listen for the sounds around you. These small acts of awareness help us root into reality, not to be consumed by it, but to move within it.
Do the small thing you can do
When everything feels beyond our control, small actions becomes quiet resistance. You do not have to share your efforts or make them visible, although if you feel called to, your action might inspire someone else’s.
Send a message to someone who might need to be seen. Offer a ride. Check in on your neighbour. Volunteer if you have the time and space. Support a local business working toward change.
No single act will fix everything, but each one shifts something. Small ripples matter.
Protect what’s tender
There is power in pausing. In stepping back long enough to breathe, reflect, and replenish. Turning off the news or saying no for a day is not disengagement; it is valuing your capacity to hold space for others and for yourself.
We protect what is tender by tending to our own capacity. Taking space is not the opposite of action; it is what makes sustained action possible.
When life feels like too much, we begin again, not by ignoring what is hard, but by belonging to it with honesty and compassion.
One breath. One kind act. One steady heart at a time.
Much love and until next time,
Breanna