Kerri On Down The Road

Lately I've felt like I am on the edge of something...like the next chapter is getting ready to unfold and all I need to do is continue on my path and let it all come together.  It sounds so easy and yet is probably one of the hardest things to do.  Be patient.  Trust in the instinct that tells you to not force or push and believe that by doing "nothing" you are actually doing exactly what is needed. In my past I have not had a great ability to just be...I have found it very difficult to trust in the process and as a result have often managed to find ways to try and manipulate the outcome to what I feel it should be or what I want or need it to be.  And looking back I wonder how many of these manufactured outcomes were really and truly what would have come to be if I had just eased off a bit and trusted in the process that I was going through.  As I think about transformation and change I think back to a book I read to the boys when they were much younger ca...

A return to cycling this year has done wonders for me physically, mentally and spiritually.  What started out as solo rides to help off-set all of the time spent indoors, has morphed into small group rides that take place mostly in the early hours of the day.  Although these rides vary in distance and destination what remains consistent is the quality of the company.  I've been riding for over ten years now, and have been so fortunate to meet some incredible people along the way.  What I find so interesting is that our paths would likely have never crossed had we not been on bikes, and yet we all have so much in common and have fallen into easy and comfortable friendships.  These people are my tribe, or at least one of my tribes. Lately I have found myself just taking it all in, listening to the various conversations going on, the laughs and shared experiences and have felt a real sense of gratefulness at the opportunity to have these moments.  It feels li...

On my motorcycle a few weeks back I came to a roundabout in the road.  I will admit, I find them a bit daunting to navigate as I encounter them so rarely and so I went ahead and bailed out too quickly and ended up on a bit of a detour as a result.  I must say that getting lost on a motorcycle is not really a bad thing, so it worked out in the end, but did give me some food for thought around how we approach these "fork in the road" moments. In our lives we come to many forks in the road, some more significant than others.  Sometimes the route is quite clear and there is no decision to be made, as we already know how we want to proceed and there really is no downside to the outcome of our choice. Other forks come with a sense that going one way over the other will result in a change in path that cannot easily be undone, and the weight of that decision can be overwhelming.  I heard a powerful message this week in a podcast - danger is real, fear is a choice - you ca...

I have taken part in a thirty-day at home yoga program online all centred on the idea of finding your true self.  I am not sure if the yoga or the centring thought was what drew me in.  Either way, it has been nothing short of fantastic.  Each daily practice seemed to unearth a different thought or idea that was not only timely but also helped to illuminate parts of this journey that I had not yet considered.  Something about being on the mat every day, allowing your body and mind to be in the moment and to accept what you are bringing with you in that time is quite powerful. One of today's final thoughts was around surrendering, and allowing yourself to surrender.  This can be physically at the end of a practice or workout, just allowing your body to soak up all of the work that it has done and to also allow your mind to take it in and celebrate it.  Where this struck me was in the other areas of my life, off of the mat.  The act of finally surrend...