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| Wed, 11-16-2005 - 11:33am |
Thought I'd share, someone in another anxiety & phobia group I belong to posted this.
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What gets in the way of genuine rest? Getting out of sync with ourselves--the whirring voices in the back of our minds, the voices of guilt and haste saying "I should be answering e-mail, I should be weeding the garden, I should be making that hard phone call." Try this step-by-step process for centering yourself and getting back in sync.
1. Take a moment to review what you are proud of in your life, from drinking enough water yesterday to not yelling at your coworker.
2. Breathe deeply, releasing your belly fully, and then ask "What is standing between me and peace in this moment?"
3. Keep breathing and asking, without expecting an answer but trusting that one will come.
4. If the din of self-criticism or denial is particularly clamorous, write down what is roaming through your mind, keeping your hand moving until the babble exhausts itself (which actually doesn't take long, as it is boringly repetitive babble).
5. Investigate any twinges that arise about what is not right in your life and name the action it would take to make the situation right. If you can't name what is amiss or bugging you, just sit with that feeling of not knowing, without pushing it away and
without wallowing in it. Beating yourself up or resisting what is, is never conducive to rest--or anything else for that matter.
| Wed, 11-16-2005 - 3:08pm |

| Thu, 11-17-2005 - 12:51am |
