"The truth is that everything is perfect just the way it is. Right here, right now. That’s pretty simple. You don’t have to go searching for perfection. You don’t have to do anything for it. It’s already here. Nothing is missing in this moment." - Nirmala
Listening to another is incredibly difficult. Sure we have conversations all the time, but are we so busy preparing our next statement, advocating for our voice to be heard, that we lose the content of what is being said to us. We have learned to avoid gaps in the conversation. How many of us get uncomfortable with the pause?
Self care isn't about creating large blocks of time to "get away." Every day we have the opportunity to detach from our busy lives, go within and de-stress.
Meditation hasn’t cured me of any illness or helped me recover from some trauma. There are no rainbows greeting me in the morning or unicorns escorting me through my day. I sometimes have trouble sleeping, have unkind thoughts about others, worry that I’m not good enough and I still have chronic back pain. UGH! Maybe this whole meditation thing isn’t working as well as one might think.
During anxious moments our bodies automatically go into "Fight or Flight" mode. This biological response works well when the perceived threat is real, however, most of today's threats are only imagined. The helpful biological response of increasing oxygen backfires and leads to an over abundance of oxygen creating to the experience a panic attack. To calm down and restore balance try long, slow, deep breathing. This tells your body that everything is OK.
