What if you made a Restorative Resolution?

This time of year, we’re flooded with messages about doing more — work out more, eat better, be more productive. Resolutions tend to be about improving yourself through action.

In my classes this month, I’m inviting people to think about it differently.

Instead of a resolution about DOing, what if you made one about BEing?

We live in a culture where it’s easy to feel like we should always be doing more. But we can choose to counter that. To stop “shoulding” on ourselves.

Consider what animals do in winter: they hibernate. Nature slows down, and we are part of nature. This is a season of rest and reflection; an invitation to notice that natural rhythm and actually participate in it.

So as the busy-ness of the holidays fades and a new year opens up, I invite you to make a different kind of resolution. One rooted in being rather than doing.

Maybe you want to BE more present — for yourself, your colleagues, your loved ones. Maybe you want to feel centered and grounded, even when your kid is having a meltdown or work is overwhelming. Maybe you want to release patterns or beliefs that no longer serve you. Or maybe you want to create small pockets of stillness where you can hear your own intuition instead of talking yourself out of it.

Things don’t change overnight. But incremental progress is still progress.

Let these ideas percolate. Give your body and mind time to process. Over the coming days or weeks, create some quiet space to listen inward, and you’ll know what your restorative resolution is.