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Jun 19, 2022

Covid Reflections

19th June Written by Dvonne Loring


My time had come; the pandemic rite of passage had arrived


Monday 23rd May 2022 - I officially tested positive to the virus that has, for many of us, changed the landscape of our lives


To my surprise it wasn’t what I expected


I imagined it to have a sobering effect; an overall frustrating inconvenience


But it was quite the contrary


How lovely it felt to take care of myself


How blessed I felt that I had nourishing food on hand to support my recovery


That my kitchen was naturally filled with healing remedies ready and on hand


I used the medicinal power of food to support my immunity


I felt gratitude for everything that I ate knowing it was supporting my healing


I ensured I was resting


Not numbing out


But actively relaxing through breathing, journaling, mindful movement and just being present to my experience


I savoured waking up everyday, making my teas, tonics and tinctures


I was able to harness and apply cycle wisdom to further support me


I indulged my Covid needs with pleasure and delight


It was an opportunity to bathe in the loving nurture I offer others


And it made me reflect on how the life I’m creating affords me the space to take care of myself


To be influenced a little less by external pressures that would usual draw my attention away from meeting and tending to myself


Interestingly, a part of me feels… selfish for writing that


Mmmm…meeting conditioning about how a woman’s life should be structured


Where she doesn’t have sovereignty over her resources, how she chooses to use them and where to focus them


The intersection between survival mode and being a woman has its own unique complexities


As women, we must choose ourselves in a world that encourages us not to; a world that wants to keep us locked and loaded on survival mode and unsustainably living off survival stress


We must choose what’s important to us and stand for it, prioritize and advocate for it


It may feel like a sacrifice because we have been sold the lie that we can have everything


Not realising that to have it all comes at the cost of ourselves


Instead…


Choose wisely


Choose discerningly


And know you are worthy and deserving of whatever you choose


This will offer liberation


I choose to continue to create, cultivate and live a sustainable life


One that allows me to take care of myself so that I can be of service and contribute in a meaningful and abundant way


My experience of Covid was one of overarching gratitude


I witnessed the fruits of my healing unfold before my very eyes


A whisper from the universe that I’m in the right place


What do you choose for this life that is yours?


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