Om For the Holidays

“There’s no place like home for the holidays…”  

Robert S. Nevil & Matthew Gerrard

What does it really mean to be home for the holidays? Some people are not able to go home. For others, home stopped feeling like home years ago, or never did.

Home is the place where we should feel safe, unconditionally loved and at peace. However, our true home is not in any particular zip code, but in our bodies and our hearts. Our true home is our physical and spiritual self that we carry with us at all times.

Over the holidays you may begin to feel homesick for the familiarity of YOU. Yoga and meditation are the safest, easiest routes back home, in the form of deep breathing, meditation or a few simple yoga poses.

These tools will keep you grounded in yourself, and the commute time is literally seconds. There is no traffic. No rest stops needed along the way. And there is simply no way to get lost.

Just like Perry Como sang, “I’ll be home for Christmas,” whisper a soft promise to yourself that you’ll visit home at least once a day this holiday season. Give yourself the gift of presence.