Weekend Design & Wellness Project
This weekend attend a social event! Visit a local winery, live music, or go on a food tasting tour. If none of those interest you, then make a picnic of your favorite healthy snack and head to a local park or the closest beach. Spend time outside with friends or go alone and make some new friends.
May your weekend be filled with laughter, joy and new experiences!
Build a Bonfire
Photo by: Kyle Peyton @kylepyt
Backyard bonfire to heal a mending heart! Write a letter to someone who has hurt you or to someone you’ve hurt. Pour your guts into this letter, they will never see it. You can include some fond memories along with the hard lessons they taught you at the expense of your sanity, finances and much more. Then, carefully place the letter into the fire. As you do this, imagine all of the sadness and heartache described in your letter leaving your body and going into the fire on the pulp it rests upon. To truly let go of these attachments and trauma bonds, it’s important to have a ceremonious ritual to cement the process of letting go into your memory. If you’re writing to people in your past to whom you’ve harmed, ask for forgiveness and then get used to the idea of forgiving yourself. You cannot live your life in a holding pattern while someone decides if you’re eligible for forgiveness. They are not superior to you so you need to forgive youself and them for the pain that was exchanged. These experiences taught you valuable lessons you cannot unlearn. The best way to honor this realization is to never repeat that pattern again. This moment can become a commitment ceremony to yourself. Make promises to who you are and who you wish to become in the future. Love yourself wholeheartedly and unconditionally. You are worth it!
*Please practice fire safety with a fire extinguisher handy and access to a water source. If this is your first time building slowly and maintain the flames by adding dry wood when needed.
Design Tours
Photo by: Kirk Thornton @kirkthornton
Architecture, structures and statues with many stories to tell can be found throughout the United States. From Amish country, to the Garden District in New Orleans, the Flat Iron building in Manhattan, The Kissing Sailor Statue in San Diego, The Alamo, Independence Hall in Philadelphia to family run farms and covered bridges. This beautiful country has so much to offer on a road trip, especially the people met along the way. Bring home the collected stories and share them around a campfire to make priceless new memories.
Try Something New
Photo by: Berkay Gumustekin @berkaygumustekin
Puppy Yoga, Goat Yoga and BrewAsana integrate special interest with yoga postures. Some puppy yoga or Doga classes are can be an opportunity for pet adoption organizations to find homes for the many puppies that need them while others are for bringing your own dog to a yoga class. Goat yoga allows goats to do their little goat thing and jump on your back while you’re adjusting your down dog posture. Now, BrewAsana involves getting to drink a pint of beer between poses. BrewAsana classes may also be held at a brewery and include a tour and tasting. There are yoga concepts to fit most interests and hobbies so there is no excuse for not trying yoga. Who knows, maybe you will create the next wacky yoga class craze.
Discover Where You Live?
Photo by: Clarisse Meyer @clarissemeyer
What city, state or town do you live in or near?
Have you ever explored your own hometown? Is your local area known for; food, museums, architecture, hiking or bike trails, parks, wildlife or historical preservation? If you’re sticking to a budget, but still need a change of scenery this summer, try exploring your surrounding areas.
Make a list of things that make you happy, relaxed and feel like your true self again.
Think about what you would like to explore on this local getaway? What type of experience do you need to calibrate your mind and body so you can return to your normal life refreshed? Does this adventure have a soundtrack you can hear already? Will you be documenting your adventure with photos, video and or journaling?
These are just a few questions to answer in order to plan just the trip that will fill your soul with everything you need. Safe travels!
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and has no intent on arriving.”