A Fallow Period’s Gifts: Self-Care & Priorities
- Dorian Martin
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min read
Summary:
This podcast, which is the second in a series, describes how taking fallow periods, including shorter versions, can help us slow down and make choices based on peace.
Key points:
A fallow period serves as the ultimate version of self-care. These times can help women slow down, listen and determine their priorities moving forward.
Jill believes taking fallow periods has ultimately put her in touch with the quiet place inside herself. At this point, she believes that she’s making selections based on peace.
Dorian describes what triggered her need for a year-long fallow period and what committing to this time added and subtracted from her life.
A fallow period helps us learn to identify when we’re feeling resistance to specific relationships, things or concepts, and then to make different choices.
Taking smaller fallow periods helps us to listen and slow down more instead of rushing through things that we don’t align with.
As a result, taking a fallow period in later life may result in letting go of things that feel like “work” (i.e., where we feel resistance).
Fallow periods can be any length: a year, a month, a weekend, or a day.
Jill also suggests that daily choices such as naps may serve as fallow periods.
Jill believes taking fallow periods has ultimately put her in touch with the quiet place inside herself. At this point, she believes that she’s making selections based on peace.
Featured:
Jill Penaloza, who is a licensed art psychotherapist and a Sheng Zhen Meditation teacher.
Dorian Martin, who is the founder of I Start Wondering and a Sheng Zhen Meditation teacher.
Related content:
The Benefit of Taking a Fallow Period (Part 1 of This Podcast)
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