A Gentle Unfolding
Hello beautiful souls,
May has been a gentle unfolding. It’s felt like finally taking the deepest breath I didn’t even know I’d been holding. For so long, I was wrapped in external pressures and expectations. The kind that slowly steals your light. But with the arrival of Spring, I’ve felt something return. A familiar calm. A peace like an old friend.
Spring has been a time to brush off Winter’s cobwebs and breathe in the soft awakening of nature. Everything around me is coming alive and into the light. Trees, wild flowers, and animals. The deer wander through the flower fields again, unbothered, grazing under the big open sky. The land is alive. And I feel alive with it.
This week, I’ve spent my days Spring cleaning, both in my home and inside my mind. As I create more space in my outer world, my inner world softens and expands. I’ve returned to my art studio, a place I had drifted away from during the colder months. Back then, I was held by the quiet comfort of my 200 year old fireplace. Gently resting my body and restoring my hurt and tired soul.
Now that the air is warmer outside, I feel gently called back to my art studio. Not to chase results or strategise projects, but to simply create from joy. No agenda. No end goal. No performance. Just presence and being.
Slowly, my studio is becoming the sacred space I have wished to have for many years while I lived in tiny London apartments.
With inspiration and the open land outside my front door, I can now gather all this healing energy, bring it into my studio and transmute it into something sacred to give to others.
As I write this, it’s 11pm. The sky is a soft light blue. The animals are asleep, and the world feels so peaceful. I sit here wide awake, heart full of inspiration. I will try and go to bed now. Tomorrow is a new day. I can't wait!
Wherever you are, I hope your days ahead are touched by beauty, stillness, and the sweet joy of small things. Speak to you soon!
With all my love,
Annika
(P.S. My animals, Ylva and Leiana send their love too)
