Life is complicated. Stress management shouldn’t be.
5 Simple Techniques
1. Breathing Space
2. Gratitude
3. Mindfulness
4. Movement
5. Perspective
Repeat Daily. 💙
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Category: Zen
Finding the light.
How do you start the day?
Do your morning routines lighten you up?
Or bring you down?
Early morning rituals spark the divine in me.
No matter the day. No matter the moment.
Angel cards, hot coffee, and mindfulness take me there.
Fueling my creativity. Illuminating my path. Shifting me higher.
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Early morning rituals call forth the peace in me.
No matter the day. No matter the moment.
Angel cards, hot coffee, and mindfulness take me there.
In this sacred space I breathe in deep, let go, and freely release…
Early morning rituals affirm the courage in me.
For I have finally found the light in me.
Ready to share ☀️ with all that I meet.
Reflection Questions
How do you rediscover the light inside? What morning rituals shift you to a higher place?
Breathe. Trust. Let go.
Trust that everything is working out as it should. In divine time. In divine order. For your highest good.
Video: Let Go and Flow
You hold the key.
Even though we often have little control over the “outside forces” in our lives, we can always make a positive difference – from the inside out.
Start here. Right here. Right now. Be still. Breathe in gratitude. Be thankful for this very moment. Start small. Notice your passing thoughts. Let go.
Awareness empowers.
Notice the exact time it is right now. Say today’s date out loud. Look up at the sky. Wink at the clouds. Stomp your feet on the floor. Smile with gusto.
Slowly bring yourself back to this moment.
Grab onto the coffee mug you are holding. Inhale the rich scent of the sumatra you are drinking. Feel the warmth of each passing breath.
Feel the texture of the clothes you’re wearing. Wake up to the sound of your voice. Whisper. Sing. Shout it out!
Dance a little dance. Stand up tall. Anything and everything that shifts you from outer space to inner spirit. From not enough to overflowing.
Positive change begins within.
Come back to yourself. Back to the grace of your magnificent spirit. Into the beauty of your incredible form. Feel the rhythm of your beating heart. Sense the pulse of life itself.
Everything you need to transform yourself and the world already exists within you. You matter. You truly matter. But you have to believe it to see it. Feel it to know it. One gentle, uplifting thought at a time.
You hold the key.
Originally published on March 1 2017
One Minute Meditation | Stress to Growth Reframing
“To make the growth choice instead of the fear choice a dozen times a day is to move a dozen times a day towards self-actualization.”
Re-imagine stressful moments as growth moments.
Opportunities moving you one step, one breath, one moment closer to your dreams.
One thought debilitates.
The other levitates. 🍃
I hope you enjoy my one minute meditation retreat.
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Enhancing well-being during the holidays.
Do you find Christmas holidays stressful?
If you’re anything like me (and Santa Claus), you answered yes.
Something I wrote about in the December issue of The DRIVE magazine.
Including the benefits of leaning into difficult emotions.
Because the more we try to fight discomfort, the longer it lasts.
“The root of all suffering is attachment.” Buddha
Stop fighting. Start flowing.
Let your stress drift gently through you.
Without judgment or condemnation.
Breathe and release.
Embrace what is.
Moment by moment.
Let go of what is outside your control.
Let go of expectations.
In doing so..
The pressure becomes lighter.
The joy becomes brighter.
Create your own traditions.
Fall in love with the night sky.
Savour a walk in the moonlight.
Moment by moment.
We can handle just about anything.
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Happiness in present time.
Our left brain lives in the past and the future.
Our right brain lives in the here and now.
One scrambles for solutions to problem after problem.
The other sinks into the present moment, trusting all is well.
Which side of the brain will you live on today?
I choose my right brain.
Right here. Right now.
Fully present.
Breathing it all in.
All is well.
“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”
The inspiration for today’s post.
A walk around Blue Heron Lake.🍃
Related Post: Is Happiness a Choice?
What you seek is seeking you.
As we head into the weekend, may we all be reminded of the importance of rest in striving for success.
If only for a moment.
An hour or a day.
Be still and let your dreams find you.
“What you seek is seeking you”.
Breathe. Believe. Receive.
You hold the key. 🔑
Remember to breathe.
Sometimes it’s the smallest things that have the greatest impact on our happiness.
Something so close, so within reach, we often forget it was there in the first place. The good night’s sleep we’re yearning for; waiting patiently at the end of each day. The connection to nature we’re searching for; available 24/7 just beyond our front door. That extra deep breath; we frequently forget to take.
You possess a power so magnificent, so liberating, right under your nose.
Breathing is one of the few physiological functions that can be controlled both consciously and unconsciously.
When everything feels out of control, breathing is the one thing that will always be within our control. The times we’re under the most amount of stress is the exact time we need to expand our breathing – not restrict it.
We must become conscious of breath.
The next time you’re under any kind of pressure. Stuck in traffic. Rushing from class to class. Dealing with a difficult customer at work. Desperately trying to recall answers on a final exam. Wake up to the formidable power that exists within you. Right here. Right now. Right under your nose.
The deeper the breath. The deeper the peace.
Related Post: Give pain room to breathe.
Here I am.
The aftermath.
No matter how many times I give a speech or participate in a big event, I am often left with the same feeling for a day or so.
Sadness. A kind of longing. A sense of emptiness.
For weeks, sometimes months, I practice, prepare, and edit my work. Immersed, focused, lost in the creative flow.
At night. On weekends. During all my free time. Hoping to do my best. Not wanting to let down.
Researching. Anticipating. Building up to the main event.
Afterward, what was once was filled with busyness is an open space. A hollowness that cannot be filled by looking back or planning ahead.
An ache. A void. For no good logical reason.
A place inside that can only be filled in present time.
So I go for a bike ride knowing how Mother Nature always soothes my heart and replenishes my soul.
There is no more looking back or ahead when I am outside.
At that moment I hear three words deep in my heart.
Here I am.
Here I am.
For solace cannot be found in travelling through time.
It can only be found in where you are right now.
Here I am.
in the blooming trees
in the birds soaring
in the sun setting
in the water flowing
in this moment wherever you are.
Here I am. 💚
