Have you ever struggled to learn something, only to discover that it suddenly feels easier after you've stopped trying? I experienced this during my Feldenkrais training, when a movement that had felt nearly impossible one day became surprisingly accessible two weeks later. Something had shifted, even though I hadn't been consciously working on it.

I started thinking about the fertile darkness, those periods when change may be happening beneath the surface, beyond what we can see or measure. Especially in midlife, there's something valuable about learning to trust the process, give ourselves room to integrate, and recognize that growth doesn't always announce itself.