Change, and changing yourself, is usually not easy. It is easier to point a finger at what someone else who needs to change. Transformation is Messy People often want to have a transformation without the messy work of it all. Inherent in any transformation is a trans - form - ation, a breakdown of how things were formed so they can be ... [Read more]
1000 Days to Self-Mastery?
1000 days to self-mastery is an intriguing and overwhelming thought. 1000 days, really? What does this mean and why do it? In the Kundalini yoga tradition I practice it is said if you practice a meditation or a kriya for 1000 days you will experience self-mastery. A kriya is a series of postures, breath, and sound that work toward a specific ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 5 of 5 – Moving Forward Differently, More Wholefully
The time it took me to fully recover from my concussion was much longer than I thought – almost three months. Some people tell me that is fast. I got way behind on my work, but in a way, way ahead in my life. I am still moving forward differently, more wholefullly. It’s as if the pace I had to adopt while recovering allowed me to recover a part ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 4 of 5 – Recalibrating
Once I accepted that my concussion was real and I couldn’t get done as much in a day as I could on my “normal” days, I needed to engage in recalibrating my mental, emotional physical states. Mentally I needed to accept that I couldn’t be on the computer for work periods, initially, longer than one hour without a break. I was eventually able to ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 3 of 5 – Now What?
Now What? Once I got clear the message to me was that I was doing too much and too much at once, then I asked myself – Now What? Where do I go from here? An obvious question. The initial answer was to take care of my concussion and physically heal. This not only required a lot of rest and little-to-no electronics, but also a massive rethinking of ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 2 of 5 – So What?
In my first post on self-care I told you a story about how I got a concussion walking into my garage door. The next step in my reflection is to explore what I call the So What factor. So that happened. So What? What meaning will I give it? How do I interpret what happened and why it happened? What significance will this event have in my ... [Read more]
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