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Into the Woods with Holly Worton


Nov 26, 2018

279 Holly Worton ~ Downtime: Are You Getting It?

 

Today’s Guest

I'm back again, with another solo episode! I have a problem with downtime: giving myself permission to "be lazy" as I often call it, even though I know that's not what it is. You'll have gathered by now that I do a lot of work with myself. I also consider my solo walks (especially those to sacred sites) to be work with the land.

I was in Avebury last week, from Thursday to Saturday, visiting all my favorite sites and receiving another story from the trees for my next book. I came back exhausted, even though I hadn't really walked all that much. What's more, I came back with the need to really go within and spend time working on my Druid lessons and do some journaling. Sunday was essentially a personal day, where I spent most of my time reading a couple of books and just relaxing. Monday and Tuesday I also felt the need to just integrate whatever energy stuff happened in Avebury, so I hopped on the computer to get some work done, and then I gave myself permission to just BE: to read, to relax, to rest.

But I have a lot of guilt around my “lazy days,” even though I know they're an important part of the inner work that I do. In this episode, I talk about how to make sure that you give yourself permission to have downtime or integration time in your life.

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What You'll Learn

  • What is downtime or integration time
  • Why we naturally need integration time for the inner work that we do
  • How do know when we need downtime: what are the signs?
  • How allowing ourselves to have downtime also helps us to slow down and avoid burnout
  • Why you may feel guilty around this and how to release the guilt
  • What to do in your downtime
  • Where to go in your downtime
  • Why you also may want to pay attention to where you are in your cycle

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