Friday, March 22, 2013

Gathering your Straying Thoughts



Frequently it seems our lives are spread too thin, our thoughts are scattered in several directions at once and it becomes important to step back and center ourselves to become whole again.


The main signs that you need to center yourself are scattered thoughts and a feeling of numbness or disconnection, as if you are no longer able to take anything in.

To center yourself, you begin by acknowledging that you have become spread too thin and are no longer unified inside. Your thoughts might be out of sync with your feelings, and your actions may be out of sync with both. Centering ourselves is a way of coming to terms with all the different energies within us and drawing them back into ourselves.

 Centering yourself means that you are working from or being aware of the core of your being in the solar plexus area of your body. 


We naturally know how to center ourselves when we take a deep breath.


We can start by simply getting into a comfortable upright position and noticing as our breath enters and leaves our bodies. Our breath flows into our center and out from our center, but most people do not breath they way they should.


Let me explain, try this exercise:


Take in a big breath while lifting your shoulders and release. This is chest breathing and most people breathe this way.  


Now try to concentrate and breathe from your abdomen, don’t move your shoulders – feel the difference? This is the way humans are designed to breath and is much more efficient in centering and calming your mind/body/spirit.


When you sit down to center yourself, imagine that you are gathering your straying thoughts and energies back into yourself. Try visualising casting a net and pulling all the disparate parts of yourself back to the center of your being, creating a sense of integration. From this place of oneness, you can begin again, directing yourself outward in a more intentional way. 


If you find you are out of harmony with the universe or within yourself, you can always come back into balance by sitting down and simply observing your breath.





  You As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, 
for you only get to play one round. ― Ben Hogan


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