I went to a talk today about the gut+brain connection.  It was hosted by a friend of mine at our mutual yoga studio (where she also teaches a movement class because she’s amazing and is a dance movement therapist and incredibly well-rounded).  I am so glad that I went – on a Sunday afternoon, in January.

The talk ended with the idea of community and how a person’s community affects their microbiome and therefore their gut and their brain health.  The entire talk was utterly fascinating but as I talked with my friends and made plans for lunch dates and breakfast dates, the importance of community was driven home.

Five years ago my community of people was very different than my community of people today.  Some of that is due to circumstance – I stopped working and commuting into the city.  Some of it was on purpose – me understanding my own worth and what I should be looking for in friends.

But it is incredibly interesting how my community has so significantly changed my life.  In such a positive way.

Anyway.  Surround yourself with the energy that makes you light up from the inside.  Find the people who re-charge your battery.  And then nurture and take care of those friendships.  Because they are life.

Xox, g