Well, we did it . . . Day 10! We’ve learned some different techniques for recognizing, coping with, and overcoming our exhaustion culminating in the ultimate restful practice: gentle muscle relaxation. Today Neil Tranter leads us on a full body scan-and-release. If you’ve never done this before I will tell you that it’s an interestingContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 10”
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10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 9
So far in this challenge we’ve learned to pause, notice, breathe, listen to our bodies, be kinder to ourselves, step away from our thoughts, seek joy, and float away to our happy place. Today we focus on something called NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest). It’s basically an alternative to a nap. It’s designed to giveContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 9”
10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 1
Here we are: Day 1 of another Insight Timer challenge. I hadn’t planned on posting daily through this one, but today’s meditation changed my mind. The Voice in the introduction said, “So many of us are always available, never switching off, and never saying no” and we don’t just stop. Our bodies don’t remember whatContinue reading “10-Day Burnout & Exhaustion Challenge: Day 1”
7-Day Connection Challenge: Day 6
Day 6: Let Care In We know how to give. That’s fairly easy. But what about receiving? Do we really know how to do that? Alex says that it requires us to let go, to trust someone else, and that’s not always easy. I think we know when we’re not receiving as much as weContinue reading “7-Day Connection Challenge: Day 6”
7-Day Connection Challenge: Day 5
Day 5: Permission to Evolve So far in our journey we’ve thought about our relationships, how we’re overgiving, where we’re feeling it, what we’re holding back, and how to see things clearly. Today we’re talking about letting go. Alex says that it doesn’t have to mean that it’s a loss. It could be a goodContinue reading “7-Day Connection Challenge: Day 5”
Daily Intention Setting: Day 13
January 13 “Today I will let things unfold in their own time.” What an interesting concept. Wouldn’t you agree? It’s almost unthinkable in this day and age – mainly because we’ve become so impatient. LOL In today’s session Mark Epstein says that patience isn’t just “passive waiting”; it’s the ability to sit with ourselves andContinue reading “Daily Intention Setting: Day 13”