Greetings and welcome to 2024 Week 46.
Do you hygge?
This is an episode about hygge.
Say what?
If you're new to the podcast,
Welcome.
And if you listen regularly,
Thank you.
How do you hygge?
Have you heard of the Danish practice called hygge?
Hygge is spelled H-Y-G-G-E and it's pronounced hygge.
Here's a quick description of the informal practice.
In fact,
Here's a replay of Week 45 from 2023 from my podcast where I talked about the practice.
I also call it filling my own cup.
This weekend,
I was with some of the same ladies gathering together like we did last year.
I hope you enjoyed this excerpt.
I did pull a new card,
So keep listening for that.
Welcome to Week 45.
How do you hygge?
Have you heard of the Danish practice called hygge?
Hygge is the Danish concept of cozy comfort that brings happiness and contentment.
I just love the sound of that.
The article Pouring from an Empty Cup,
Three Ways to Refill Emotionally,
Shares more about this concept.
Here's a quick excerpt.
To practice hygge,
Surround yourself with people,
Activities,
And things that make you feel cozy,
Loved,
Happy,
Or content.
Go simple.
Spend time with your favorite people,
Add a small vase of flowers to your space,
Don fuzzy slippers once home,
Eat a treasured comfort food,
Or listen to a favorite song.
All of those suggestions certainly sound like it would invite you to feel cozy,
Loved,
Happy,
Or content.
On Saturday,
My dear friend Kim hosted 12 women at her house for a coffee and conversations gathering that we have been enjoying now for over 11 years.
Sometimes we have a topic,
Other times we chat,
We eat,
Laugh,
And share updates on our lives.
We never know who will show up,
And it doesn't matter.
What's important is that we are together and take time to be with each other.
Spending Saturday with these beautiful,
Amazing women is one way I fill my cup.
What tree or plant speaks to you and why was one of our questions to ponder.
I have a few giant elephant ears in my yard that die all the way down in the winter and come back to life in the late spring.
I love the consistency and the resilience of this plant.
It will go all the way down to the ground where it doesn't look like it was ever there.
And then in the spring,
Little green sprouts will come up and the ears will come back to full bloom.
Laughing this weekend with kind,
Talented,
Intelligent women at our gathering was definitely a way to practice hygge.
My crochet group gatherings,
Walking in nature,
And taking Epsom salt baths are a few other ways I fill my cup.
Let me know how you practice hygge or fill your cup.
End of excerpt.
Taking time from all the rush and hustle and bustle we have in our daily lives is what autumn or fall is all about.
You can hygge by yourself or with others.
You get to decide.
One thing I know for sure is that life is going to keep moving and I get to decide my own pace.
Let's take a moment to place our left hand in our heart space area right in the center of our chest and our right hand over our navel and take seven deep breaths.
Are you ready?
Take a deep breath in through the nose,
Hold,
And exhale through the mouth.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Exhale through the mouth.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Exhale through the mouth.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Exhale through the mouth.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Exhale through the mouth.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Exhale through the mouth.
Final time.
Breathe in,
Hold,
Exhale through the mouth.
Shake your body a little bit just to return to this physical time and space.
How did that feel?
Let me know how you practice hygge or fill your cup.
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