Rooting while moving

Summer came a little late for me this year.

For quite a while, I had the feeling that summer hadn’t really arrived. And then suddenly, it was here.

Over the past weeks, I have been travelling around Denmark with my family — actually experiencing parts of this country as a tourist for the first time. Beaches, small towns, nature, slow mornings and long summer evenings. It has made me appreciate Denmark in a new way. This country that I live in, and that I call home right now.

And at the same time, a lot has been changing.

We sold our home in Aarhus, and in three weeks we are moving to a little town outside Copenhagen - Humlebæk.

After 10 years here, we are starting a completely new chapter.

I am excited. But I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t also nervous.

There are still unknowns, and as a mother, I especially feel it on behalf of my daughters. Moving means leaving familiar surroundings, friends, routines and some of the roots they have grown here. 

And at their age - 8 and 14 years old, I know that those roots matter.

So perhaps it is no coincidence that I keep coming back to grounding these days.

Roots are more than a place

In yoga, the root chakra is connected with our sense of safety, stability, belonging and being grounded. But grounding doesn’t have to depend on staying in the same place.

We can create a sense of stability through our breath, our body, our routines, the people around us and the way we take care of ourselves.

I am trying to remind both myself and my girls of something very simple:

We are not trees. We are allowed to move.

Our roots can move with us.

That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t feel sad about leaving something behind. It doesn’t mean change isn’t uncomfortable. And it definitely doesn’t mean that we have to be positive about every part of it.

It means that we can learn to create some of that safety within ourselves, even while our surroundings are changing.

This is when the practice matters

I could very easily become over stressed right now.

There are practical things to handle, decisions to make and questions I don't have answers to yet. My mind could easily run several months ahead and try to solve everything at once.

So I keep bringing myself back.

One day at a time - One decision at a time.

This is where so many of the things I teach become important in my own life: meditation, breathwork, movement, grounding, energy exercises, and simply noticing when my thoughts are moving too far ahead of me.

These practices don't remove the uncertainty. They help me stay calmer inside the uncertainty.

And when I am calmer, I can think more clearly. I can make better decisions. I can be more present with my family. And I can remember that the unknown isn't only something to fear. The unknown also holds possibilities.

Sometimes we need to shift to grow

There is comfort in what we know. In familiar people, places, routines and ways of doing things.

But sometimes staying exactly where we are is not what we need anymore.

Sometimes we need to move, change direction or enter a period where we don't know exactly what comes next.

And maybe growth isn't always about adding more. Sometimes growth begins with being willing to leave something familiar.

After 10 years in Aarhus, I know there will be people, places and connections I will miss deeply. I don't want to rush past that part.

But I also know that there will be new people, new connections, new experiences and new versions of everyday life waiting for us.

Both can be true at the same time.

I can be grateful for what I am leaving and excited about what is coming.

I can feel rooted and be moving.

I can feel nervous and trust that we will find our way.

Maybe that is what I am practising most this summer: Not needing to know everything yet.

And trusting that sometimes we have to move a little before we can see where the next roots want to grow.

From stress to flow isn't about creating a life without change or uncertainty. It is learning how to meet life when it changes.