Are These Activity Books for Me?

These books exist to remind you what it feels like to be who you really are and who you really want to be today–both loved, and loving, no matter how bad things get or how real you must be with yourself or others. They were created by people in love with their community, for people we love, and they contain the wisdom of our entire local and global community. People in our community who are feeling what we often feel… tired, confused, grief and loss, angry, happy (and like you shouldn’t be happy right now), helpless, frustrated, way behind (and that you’ll never catch back up), anxious, guilty, unforgiving (and ashamed of that), wounded/hurt (and like you shouldn’t feel that way either), foolish, that you’ll never be enough, full of rage and disgust at injustice, and like you want to do something to make a change but you’re not sure what your next step should be. 

There are other wonderful books out there that center on anti-racism, systems change, and climate change. If that’s where you need to start today, start there now. Go find those amazing people and their wonderful books, threads, podcasts, interviews, and blogs. Our activity books will still be here when you find yourself in need of rest and regrouping. The Mystic Routine activity books center on you, drawing you in to rest, breathe, relax, move, and deeply notice… where you find rest, where you end up when you have time to just wander, what you do that actually brings joy, who your people are, who and what you naturally lean on, what you really feel, where you haven’t been listening well, where you’ve been over listening, what you totally rock at, what your body and ancestors and non-human neighbors have to say, and who or what you need to learn with next. They’re a window into you, and into the wonder that is always present deep within us. Even today–when we’re overwhelmed by global pandemic, senseless violence and death, lack of faith in public servants and neighbors, billionaires and white supremacists shredding the world to bits with little apparent consequence, climate rapidly changing, what feels like half the planet sick or out of work and hungry, health care systems faltering, family driving you crazy at home, not being able to visit or touch so many we love, and everything else happening just today…

If any of that sounds like you, then one or all eight of these activity books (downloadable PDF eBooks) are for your tired, grieving, swamped, and remarkably wonderful self. They hold essays and short stories, conversations, questions, games, poems, beautiful images, and open space for you to rest in. They gently invite you to move, breathe, wonder, rest, remember, create, do nothing, and share, as you’d like. If you’re up for some lovely moments of rest and of wandering, pick an activity book that calls to you and jump in. Or move through them in order. Sometimes a little order is nice during times of transition, loss, chaos, exhaustion, or when facing all of the above. Too many of us still feel like we must face so much alone. Wonder changes that…