community check in-services update
Sara Vatore
Greetings Friends,
How are you? Seriously, can you pause and just check in with yourself for a minute. What do you notice right now in your body?
I am feeling into some tightness in my solar plexus and now as I type, releasing is unwinding in my stomach. The pause allows for a softening and slowing down in my body as I orient into my breath.
Wow. Right? So much is going on in and around us. In every moment. For me, I have been working on being kind to myself, giving luxurious space to be in a transition and in the wild unknown. We are all individually in a transitional period, our families are experiencing a transition and also collectively we are going through a massive transition. There is no right way to do a transition. They can be sticky, confusing, variable, emotional. I have been giving myself much permission these days to just be where I am in each moment.
My 3 biggest takeaways over the last 3 weeks:
🌿There is no wrong way to be doing this at all
🌿Every moment is an opportunity to start over again
🌿The EARTH is a MASTER regulator.
Some moments I feel like a kickass goddess super mom, on top of my business seeing clients, providing support to my family members, connecting with friends, drinking my water, getting outside, hugging my kids, dancing, meditating, being in ritual, steeped in gratitude and then other moments I feel like I just want to stamp my feet and jump up and down, eat a bunch of ice cream and throw a giant tantrum.
I am choosing to lean into each moment with compassion and love embracing all the parts, tantrum and all.
For my health and wellbeing I have 3 daily non-negotiables:
💧Showering
💧brushing my teeth
💧getting outside even for 5 minutes
I also have 2 weekly non-negotiables:
🌿Somatic Experiencing Session with my practitioner
🌿Infinity Healing and other Magic Energy Work Session with my other practitioner
What are your non-negotiables during this time?
It has been essential for me to make the space for receiving support during this time, so that I feed and nourish myself, restoring my capacity, so I may then support those around me with grace, love and compassion.
Today, Sunday morning, is the first time in three weeks that I have carved out a "work time". As the past weeks unfolded, I oriented mostly to getting my family situated, while also creating time as much as possible to ground and center myself to be a vibrational anchor for my family, friends and clients.
This morning I woke up with more capacity, vibrancy and energy to put towards connecting and I was very called to reach out to say hello and to let you know I was thinking of you all!
Some of you have reached out to ask if I am still seeing clients during this time, as I am also homeschooling my 6 year old. I am thrilled to say YES, I am still holding space for session work! I am so grateful for the technology that we have been able to and will continue to connect in this way during this time. (I also have so much gratitude for my office and movement spaces which were completed just in time!)
These support sessions are conducted over Facetime or Zoom and clients have been using them for a variety of reasons including how to strengthen your immune system and regulate your nervous system, tools to navigate feeling stressed, resources to help differentiate the energy in the house from everyone living in close quarters, expanding your body's capacity, accessing intuition, faith and knowing about current situations, processing and digesting emotions, finding safety in your body, ritual guidance and support, support for developing other personal practices, learning and practicing the MELT method, having someone simply hold space for your process and much more.
Right now we need more support than ever from each other. This is an unknown time. It is okay if we feel like we don't know what we are doing. That is normal! When something so big is happening it is important that we be with the emotions that surface. For me, working with my practitioners, spending time outside and working with the divine are the ways that keep me grounded and connected, and provide the containers to process all of the big emotions that keep surfacing.
Right now I am called to shift all my session rates to a sliding scale. This offer is extended to everyone across the board-current clients, past clients who would like more sessions and any new clients.
$35-$100 for a 30 minute session
$75-$175 for a 60 minute session
What you pay for the exchange of the session is entirely determined on what makes the most sense for you financially right now, while still honoring my services. It is a very unusual time and having support can make a huge difference in your system's capacity to be in the unfolding. If you feel in need of services, please reach out and we can make something work. If you think my services may be beneficial to someone you know, please feel free to pass on this email.
Sending all of you love and strength during this time. Do not hesitate to reach out.
In Gratitude,
Sara