Let’s Meet Where the Grass Still Smells like June

I’m a “feet-in-the-grass, heart-in-the-conversation” energy—inviting overextended, values-driven humans to reclaim rest as a cornerstone of growth.

Let’s Meet Where the Grass Still Smells Like June

Feet in the grass. Heart in the conversation. Rest as resistance, rest as remembering.

There’s something sacred about laying down in the grass when you’re supposed to be doing something “productive.” The inbox waits. The to-do list pouts. But your body says, Just this. Just the sun and the hum and the still-soft ground.

June grass still has that alive, open smell. Earthy. Green. Slightly sweet. It’s the scent of possibility and permission. It doesn’t ask you to perform. It just welcomes you.

So today—let’s meet there.

Let’s meet where shoes come off, phones go silent, and the breeze remembers things you’ve forgotten: that your worth isn’t earned, that your nervous system is allowed to soften, that rest is not a retreat from becoming—it is the soil where becoming begins.

The Invitation: For the Overextended and Values-Driven

You’ve likely spent your life giving.

To your work. Your family. Your causes. Your people.

You’re wired for meaning and rooted in care—but somewhere along the way, the ground beneath you hardened. Your calendar got louder than your heartbeat. And you learned to run on fumes, labeling exhaustion as “normal.”

But deep down, you know this pace costs too much.

You don’t want to burn out.

You want to burn bright.

And for that, you’ll need a different kind of fuel. Not adrenaline. Not guilt. But grounding.

What If Rest Wasn’t Lazy—But Lush?

What if the most courageous thing you could do today was lie down?

In the grass. In your own presence. In a moment of not doing.

To let the sun warm you without apology.

To feel the pulse of the earth echo your own.

To breathe in the quiet before the next wave.

This isn’t giving up.

This is giving in to something wiser.

Reclaiming Rest as a Cornerstone of Growth

Rest isn’t the opposite of progress.

It’s the posture that makes progress sustainable.

When you pause, the parts of you that have been holding everything together finally get to lay something down.

And from there—from that grounded, body-aware place—real integration can begin.

Reflection deepens.

Compassion expands.

Decisions get clearer.

Connection gets closer.

Because when you rest, your values don’t disappear—they return to the center.

So, Let’s Make a Practice of It:

• Kick off your shoes: Let your body make contact with the here and now.

• Lie down without agenda: Even just for 3 minutes.

• Listen to what rises when you stop trying to rise.

• Write or speak from that place. Not the curated version. The field-notes version. The honest, unhurried version.

• Repeat often. Let it be messy. Let it be sacred.

Let’s meet where the grass still smells like June.

Let’s remember who we are when we’re not trying so hard to be “enough.”

Feet in the grass.

Heart in the conversation.

You belong here—just as you are, already becoming.

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Follow along for gentle prompts, somatic rest practices, and reflections from the ground up.

Together, we’re growing slower—but deeper.