The Rhythym of Life and Homeschool Rocks

The slight chill of fall is in the air, and my body, which I've learned is soo connected to mother earth, is feeling the new cycle. I live in the North so our seasons are quite pronounced, as are the changes between them.

I have not been very happy in the North for a long time. I fought the cold wheather, disliked the fact that winter afforded me no motivation, and just wanted to go where I felt bright and sunny and motivated.

Well, today I want to change my room from the beach pictures and tropical plants, to things that symbolize the Northwoods. I am not abandoning my love of Hawaii, my dolphin loves, or the ocean and everything around it, but for just a little while, I need to make my peace with the North, and let it envelope me for awhile.

I read something yesterday that really shifted my consciousness. It was a piece that talked about the four directions and what they mean to Native Americans. The North symbolized the cold harsh winter, cleansing, hardship, purification, and the elders. It said that if we can face the north and stand firm, we will learn patience and endurance.

Well I'll be! The very things we fight against are because they are difficult, and most often what we may need to face for our most tremendous growth.

But alas, I don't fault myself completely, for you see, the rhythym of 'society' has been horribly out of synch with my natual rhythym of the cycles of the seasons and circle of the four directions.

What have I done every fall for the past gazillion years? Either started school or in recent years, started the school year at the dance studios I owned. Stress, motivation, gearing up, and much 'head' work were needed in these times. All times that my body was looking to store up for the winter, withdraw, and be still.
No wonder I felt so out of whack every fall and every spring. In fall I needed to wind down, and instead I was gearing up, following the cycle of 'society'. In spring I needed to wind up, and instead was winding down, again following society.

By the end of winter and beginning of spring every year, I was more than ready to move the heck out of the North, and be in my beloved land of Hawaii. Although my connections to Hawaii are genuine, and my love true, my desire to flee the North was my ego was acting up because I was going against my natural rhythym and the rhythym of mother earth. I was here to learn things, but couldn't do it while I was following society's cycle and fighting against the very rhythyms I was supposed to be learning to tune into.

I was definitely placed in the North for a reason. It definitely has not worked out for me to move South for a reason. My soul made a contract here and my guides and loved ones were going to make sure that I did not run from my biggest lessons, and those I am anchored here in this area to be of assistance to in the near future. Thank you guides and loved ones for not giving up on me. I had no idea.

This year I can much better face what I have to learn. I am homeschooling my son this year. You would not believe the difference this has made already in one short week of our lives. We both love it.

It has allowed us our natural rhythym, as evening and night people, to start when we are ready, and work later into the day than others would. It has allowed me to present things to him in a way that makes learning the most fun game of all. It affords him the time to do things in a focused, conscious, and creative manner, without having to speed from one subject to the next. And it teaches me about going with the flow. If my approach isn't working, I change it. If the subject we're working on feels like a conflict of our energies, we switch to something else and come back to it later. As long as I get the required amount of time on each subject each week, I can go from one to another as it feels natural, not with an inflexible schedule of what goes in what order. Both my son and I feel so alive doing this together. He fights going to bed now saying "I want to do more math!" :)
I'm not saying this is for everyone, for many school is where they should be. But for us, this is a perfect fit, and allows us our natural cycle of energies so we can release and go with the flow, and it isn't a daily fight of conflicting energies.

I am so grateful everyday for the ever unfolding pieces of the puzzle and being here on earth during this powerful miraculous change in humanity and earth as we've known it.