Welcome to construction 2025… we are in the middle of some new construction of the house. New windows, doors, siding, paint and a roof. This picture is from February, the day they came to install windows in was 37 degrees inside the house and windy as hell. We were like little bunnies trying to burrow into the room that was the least cold, drank lots of tea and had on at least 3 layers on. It’s funny to see your home with no windows and even weirder to see your whole house taken down to the studs on the outside as they prepared the house for new siding. We are just waiting for the roof and then a new fence and trimming of the trees. We also took off the covered patio which is where all the plants were and now they are in the yard…and I am starting to worry that they will soon get scorched by the second season in Austin, Hot as Hell.
I am ruminating on all this because it has, of course, left the house in somewhat of disarray. It’s like a domino effect, not being able to fully clean or organize back again because of the next step, not to mention all the bits and pieces left by the crews both inside and outside as they work on the house.
It has really allowed me to look at my own patterning. In my Yoga Therapy work I tend to see folks through the lens of Ayurvedic Doshas which are Vata, Pitta and Kapha. They each have their own qualities and personalities. I think the two at the most opposite are Pitta and Kapha, which as luck would have it (smiley face) is Kev and I. So all this work has had my Pitta self itching to put everything BACK TO WHERE IT WAS…and my sweet little Kapha Kev is just watching and evaluating where things will go once the work is complete, ALL the work. I have had to pull myself back from implosion so many times, even though he is right. Nothing is permanent right now… it’s all still moving pieces.
So as the vacuum body lays in one place and the wand and stick in another location, I am practicing my Yoga!! And you know what I found out…that my limit with the vacuum is about 2 weeks hahahah…. You want to know what was reinforced in those 2 weeks? If it bothered me, all I had to do was move it. It was not directed at me, it was not a direct insult to my Pitta self, it’s just the sweetness and preciseness of Kapha. When I moved it, you want to know what I got in return? “Thank you for moving that, I was just about to move it.” I laughed with so much love in my body… this is the time differential between a Pitta and a Kapha. Who are you in your relationship? Vata, Pitta, Kapha and how do you navigate it?
With so, so much love and light.
JennyO
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