Saturday morning reflections… may we recognize the power we have, beginning with the mind.
In wellness,
S.
Category: Truths
Take The Time: Watch It Come And Go
I’ve been really meditating on yesterday’s post, Watch It Come And Go. I find that it’s a lot easier when you’re in ‘total’ alignment or when everything is humming along smoothly in life. But how about when it is really put to the test!?
- When your routine is thrown off
- When there’s a crisis at work
- Or how about when your flight is delayed 6 hours?!
You see, over the holiday weekend I took a long road trip from San Francisco to Seattle and so the body is a bit more tired and same goes with the mind as well. I had all the feels, from relief that I finally have everything in one place to urgency around organization and completion (of letting the physical things go).
As the feels came and went I took a moment to watch it come and go. I took a moment to watch the reaction, be with the emotions, be curious about what was going on… and then I watched one emotion come and go, and another emotion do the same.
I practiced this pretty much all day yesterday and it took me a day to write this as I was doing more the practicing and observing than the writing 😉
So what about you? What tends to throw you off and what have you noticed coming up for yourself?
In wellness.
Namaste.
Watch It Come And Go
No matter the situation, no matter the emotion, no matter the thought – just remember watch it come and go.
Accept the resistance.
Accept the discomfort.
Accept the need to escape.
Accept the subtle need to want things to change.
Watch it come and go.
Love where you are.
Love yourself.
Love every emotion and thought that comes by.
Love the tiny awakening inside you.
Love the fact that you are OK right here, right now.
Watch it come and go.
This is the practice…
Friday Focus – 5/27/17 {Regrets Of The Dying}
I’ve been noticing a lot of subtle and not so subtle shifts/emotions/energies circling around me and others lately, and it’s been a mixed bag. New creative ideas, looking at what patterns need to be broken, noticing the most recent recurring thoughts (good or bad)… and throughout all this what grounds these shifts for me is being aware of WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT.
While I’ve seen this list by Bronnie Ware before, it’s always a welcome reminder and I thought I’d share it here:
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
Just remember, no matter what you’re feeling, thinking or doing, let this be a gentle reminder to yourself to be a little more softer, loving, accepting, and forgiving.
May this provide you a little more space to breathe today.
Namaste and happy LONG weekend!
Walking Into Fear With All The Feels
I got into San Francisco yesterday evening. It’s funny, as I was waiting for my Uber at SFO I smelled SF. Yes, I didn’t realize until this moment that SF/Bay Area had a distinct smell. Doesn’t sound too weird to me though because that’s how I feel every time I land at ICN too 🙂
Upon getting to the hotel and settling in, while it was late I wasn’t ready to go to sleep just yet. As I was sitting in bed pondering whether I should read or try to sleep suddenly I got hit with this incredibly hard feeling that I needed to cry. Out of nowhere this feeling left me feeling bewildered. Where is this coming from?
A quick mental calculation later I realized it would be the time of the month soon, but still… was there anything else going on?
I waited. I listened. I sat. I laid. Nothing happened. I’ve always been a hard crier, meaning the tears just wouldn’t flow without a good reason, so I let it be and turned down for bed.
The evening was long. And I mean loooooooong. The heater in the room made a loud clanky noise every time it turned on/off, plus, it wasn’t my bed. At around 4am I finally fell into a deep sleep and suddenly found myself lucid dreaming. Towards the end of this dream like state I realized the tears that were flowing from my face were actually streaming down my face IRL! I decided to wake up the moment my hands came up to wipe my tears away.
Was I surprised? Not really. A little? Yes.
I wasn’t surprised that the tears had finally come out, but what I was surprised about was the fact that it came out from a dream and that I felt deep emotions in this dream. I am by no means a dream interpreter but I had heard once that you can find meaning behind your dreams by getting a feel for what emotions came up.
So what did I feel in this dream? Oppression, hurt, sadness, nonacceptance, anger.
Without going into the why, because there could be a million reasons why (i.e., somatics, energy, the phase of the moon, a woman’s cycle, etc.), what I do know is that I began to sit with the emotions.
In my waking state I took time to be in silence, to just breathe, and to be in awareness.
My key takeaway is this:
- It happened
- Listen to what you feel
- Feel it
- Will I personalize it?
- Or will I walk into the feeling, be with it, and practice self love?
You see there’s a million ways of going about it but it all comes down to bringing light to dark. What will you do and where will you take it? Can you let it go after you’ve had enough time to process?
So here’s to all the feels and the moments following the feels to be with them in self love, acceptance, and surrender.
Much love.
What Are You Creating?
As humans we are constantly creating. Whether it’s our job, our relationships, our feelings, our next “fill in the blank”, our social media, our goals, you see… there is always something in motion.
The most critical part of creation is this ➡
Are you creating from a place of lack or a place of abundance? Fear or Love? Resistance or Flow? What is the main foundational emotion running YOUR engine?
When you really think about it, what emotion would you rather have running through you while you are off creating in this world?
Namaste.
Meaning vs. Flow
“Oftentimes we try to make sense of something or give too much meaning to what we are solutioning. The problem lies not in our intention but the day to day THINKING or ACTION.
With intention comes vision, and from there we should go with the flow of life. The answer lies here.
God, the pulse of life, all but want that alignment of our mind, body, and soul. And how can that happen other than to vibrate at the highest level and by living in the present moment?
So stop trying to make sense. Stop trying to give so much meaning to what you are doing. By doing this you are actual demeaning the very intention of your acts.”
-from a recent freehand journal entry
Namaste.
Friday Focus – 5/19/17
The one you are looking for is the one who is looking.
~Francis of Assisi
? Take some time to let this resonate… you are already all that you ever need.
Namaste.
Addiction
We all have them. And yesterday I found myself in a moment of panic. Let me share…
Friday Focus – 5/12/17
This week I’ve been meditating on what it means to be in suffering.
How it is so easy for every thought, action (even non-action), and word to lead to suffering without awareness.
You see, when we are not mindful of the space behind our thoughts or actions, essentially we are making a choice in every moment that comes with judgement.
As an example, for the most part without even recognizing it, we are driven by a general need to make the right choice… this can look like:
“I can’t believe I said that?! What can I say next so I don’t sound so stupid?”
“Wow, I ate salad every day for lunch this week! I better keep this up!”
“I want to move to Seattle but I just met my significant other. How do I know which is right?”
Sometimes it doesn’t even feel like suffering! And sometimes it feels like small suffering while other times it feels like BIG suffering. The reality of it is that all problems lead to the same path – suffering.
(Relevant tangent: Even the idea of choices can lead to suffering when the need to make the right choice is very strong. Here, you can use ‘problems’ and ‘choices’ interchangeably.)
Ok, ok, this may sound doomsday but there is light in all of this. Promise!