{"id":38945,"date":"2015-12-09T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T21:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=38945"},"modified":"2022-11-22T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:53:50","slug":"suspended-in-a-state-of-mommyhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/ko\/journal\/suspended-in-a-state-of-mommyhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended in a State of Mommyhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnjoy it, it goes so quickly,\u201d they say, ogling and clucking at the fussy baby attached to you. It takes every ounce of inner peace to resist the urge to punch them in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Quickly? Nothing about this is quick. Everything about this is hard. And slow. And exhausting. Unsolicited platitudes that make you feel like a bad mother and a closeted pugilist to boot, are unwelcome. Because, \u201cthe days may be long and the years short,\u201d as they so glibly point out, but it sure doesn&#8217;t feel that way to the new mother bouncing and shushing her life away, desperately clocking the passing of each grain of digital sand in her iPhone hourglass. People don\u2019t know how utterly long the days can actually be when you\u2019re abiding the unsoothable howling of your tired baby, going through the maternal motions, and second guessing your every decision. And yet, they continue to chirp hackneyed truisms at you, safely ensconced in the hallows of maternal amnesia.<\/p>\n<p>Maternal amnesia, for the uninitiated, is what makes people have a second baby. Or a third. Or a fourth. It\u2019s the cushion that envelops the part of the brain that has to do with rational decision making, choking off the insanely difficult <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/birth-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memories of childbirth<\/a> and early motherhood, and instead applies a deluded rose-colored filter to allow only the sweetest, most tender memories to bubble to the surface of one\u2019s consciousness. It\u2019s Darwinism at its finest, really. It\u2019s the tendency to obscure the tough stuff in order for the species to survive and evolve.<\/p>\n<p>But what about the evolution of the mother? How does a woman continue to personally and spiritually evolve while duking it out in the mommy trenches?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38968 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image11.jpg\" alt=\"image1\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image11.jpg 960w, https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image11-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image11-185x185.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spent my pre-mommy life working like only an A-Type knows how: Getting things capital-D done. I did this while simultaneously engaging in self-improvement pursuits like yoga and studying Eastern philosophy with the intention of expanding and ascending. (Even writing that made <em>me<\/em> want to punch <em>me<\/em> in the face.) The memories of these <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/guide-finding-your-intention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-intentioned<\/a> but seemingly-frivolous pursuits invite both jealousy and wistful condescension when I look back now.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These days, as the mother of two under two, the only intention I have is to get through the next five minutes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And then the next five. And then the next five. And so it goes until the moment finally comes when my husband walks in the door and utters a dumbfounded, \u201cWhoa,\u201d at the scene he encounters: A tired heap of formerly-competent mama lying in the center of a wide swath of \u2018toddler tornado\u2019 debris.<\/p>\n<p>I doubt I\u2019m alone in the quandary: How can a seeker reconcile the penchant for self-refinement with the very <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/its-time-to-parent-like-its-1985\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real demands of parenthood<\/a>? What\u2019s a mother to do when she finds herself suddenly suspended in the state of mommyhood, with no option to take time for herself or her career, having been abruptly removed from her former passions and pursuits?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is annoyingly simple. And it IS annoying, but it\u2019s not simple. To really cope with being tossed about on the high seas of teething and the terrible twos, you need to really just GIVE IN. I know. You want to punch me in the face, with as much tenacity as I did that clucking contingency of maternal amnesiacs. I get it.<\/p>\n<p>But make no mistake, this voice saying, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/yoganonymous.com\/the-summer-of-surrender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give in<\/a>,\u201d doesn\u2019t come from the amiable voice of your trusted yoga teacher easing you into a sumptuous pigeon pose, as you smile and nod and maybe scribble it down in a tiny journal labeled <em>Dreams<\/em>. You have to truly give in from the bottom of your guts: Let go of your expectations. Of your rigorously chiseled habits. Of your lofty pursuits. It\u2019s not forever, of course, this cessation of plotting your personal evolution, but what is forever is this new balance of finding strength in your capacity to give in.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Motherhood is at once an exercise in unwavering fortitude and complete surrender.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A big part of this may mean bucking what society and mommy blogs tell you you have to do. \u201cBut I can\u2019t even show up to a playdate!\u201d tired mama says. Little secret? Pre-verbal children almost certainly don\u2019t care, or even understand. Stop over-planning stuff. Let go. Goldfish in your hair? Let it go. Proud toddler sloshing his potty through the living room to show you his accomplishments? Give in to it. Be proud of the poop. The floor is already a mess\u2014give in to this moment that allows you to be 100 percent present with your proud poop-master Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>There may come an unsettling sensation in the pit of your stomach that whispers, \u201cBut if I give in that deeply, am I not simply <a href=\"http:\/\/yoganonymous.com\/im-just-not-ready-to-give-up-yet-are-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giving up<\/a>? I could lose everything I\u2019ve worked to become. I might lose my work ethic, my decency, my identity.\u201d Yes, in fact, you might. And yes, that\u2019s scary. It might be one of the hardest yogic pursuits to accomplish, this losing oneself so completely. It\u2019s an ancient spiritual pursuit, really, the removal of ego and cessation of identifying with one\u2019s self. But within the strictures of <em>Two-Under-Two-Mommyhood<\/em> it might simply mean overriding the tendency to short-circuit when the food ends up anywhere <em>but<\/em> the baby\u2019s mouth. It\u2019s okay, honestly. You look really good in sweet potato.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The more I\u2019ve given in to giving in, the more I\u2019ve realized that\u00a0motherhood operates the opposite way yoga does.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s not about achievement when you\u2019re in the mommy trenches. It\u2019s about getting through\u2014something you\u2019ll do more gracefully if you can release yourself from your own stringent expectations. That certainly feels like the opposite of yoga, for what yoga teacher has ever told you to lower your expectations, to refrain from setting an intention, to abandon any sense of progress and embrace the entropy that is your potty-training life? None. Until now. You are your own yoga teacher now.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the crux: If motherhood is the opposite of yoga, the karmic punchline is that\u00a0you\u2019ll ultimately still get to the same place. It\u2019s another route to enlightenment. Up until this point in your life you may have grasped essential tenets bandied about in yogic teachings, but never had to embody them in the raw, raw way that motherhood requires.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38969 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image23.jpg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image23.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image23-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image23-185x185.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you truly do live moment to moment in the midst of hangry, tear-stained tantrums. Now you truly understand what it feels like to dwell in that tenuous place where strength meets softness and hold the pose\u2014hold the pose\u2014because your precious nugget needs you to soothe her beneath a decibel-crushing wall of sound pouring from her lungs. And now, that sensation of being utterly spent\u2014the \u201cI gave it my all\u201d collapse\u2014doesn\u2019t happen in a self-indulgent savasana, but at kiddo\u2019s bedtime, when the evening finally becomes yours again. However briefly that might be.<\/p>\n<p>If the mommy trenches feel more like a detour than a destined path in the map of your personal <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/the-case-for-booking-a-solo-yoga-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">progression<\/a>, perhaps it\u2019s of some benefit to think of this detour as a Gonzo experiment in self-improvement, with Hunter S. Thompson as your yogic guide. The screamings and the poopings are, indeed, much closer to <em>Fear and Loathing<\/em> than Patanjali\u2019s <em>Yoga Sutra<\/em>, but rest assured that you\u2019re limping your way to something vaguely approximating enlightenment in a more powerful and embodied way than you could ever experience in your luon\u2019d vinyasa practice. Own that shit (sometimes literally), and give in fully, knowing the challenges along the way are just another means to the same expansive end.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38962 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image9.jpg\" alt=\"image9\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/>Karina Mackenzie has pursued many passions at Wanderlust HQ, including producing the <a href=\"http:\/\/shinealightproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speakeasy Lecture Series<\/a> and running all-things-digital back in the day. Currently, as in right this very moment, she is tapping out an author bio on an iPhone in the dark whilst nursing the youngest of two beautiful babes she proudly raises in Brooklyn with her husband, Wanderlust co-founder, Sean Hoess.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A different kind of yogic path to the same expansive end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":38967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1056],"tags":[887,4680,4697,1637,1636,1638,51],"class_list":["post-38945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitality","tag-goals","tag-mindful-motherhood","tag-mindful-parenting","tag-mommy","tag-parenthood","tag-path","tag-yoga-practice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.0 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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