Day 238 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 34 - Cultivating Stillness

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Lesson 238: Check In WEEK 34 - Cultivating Stillness

This week serve a reminder that we definitely need to take time for ourselves to practise stillness. I personally chose my daily one minute practise of closing my eyes and breathing in through my nose and out through the mouth. I feel like this really refreshes the senses and allows me to do away with worries. My body feels lighter as a result. The lessons have taught me that we need to do this as part of our own self-care routine and it’s important even to just do it for one minute a day. We can all spare one minute a day to cultivate stillness so what’s really stopping you? Nothing really.

Day 238 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Sex, Birth, Disaster, Death...

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Lesson 238: Sex, Birth, Disaster, Death...

“Sex, birth, disaster, death: these are all peak experiences, when you know you are really alive. These are times when heart of connection opens: you expand beyond yourself, into One.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about a time we felt fully alive. Is there a way that you could incorporate that feeling into the day today?

I personally felt the most alive at the last gig I was at. Sometimes I like to close my eyes, sway to the music and let the music absorb into me. That’s a weird way of describing it, but that’s what I let it do. I didn’t just listen to the music, I allowed it to wash over me, infiltrate my body and allowed it to just be me. I think music is such a powerful tool in opening us up and allowing for experience to grow.

My Sunday consisted of just blogging, seeing a friend over afternoon tea and then having dinner with another friend whilst watching TV shows. I honestly didn’t allow any feelings of being open to be part of my day. I think if I wanted to, I would just place music on at home and dance around. I sometimes do this just to release and not worry. I think I do feel quite alive when I am dancing because the movements don’t have to be perfect and it’s all about flowing. I don’t really have set dance moves and just move to the music. It’s liberating in this way. I feel alive when I do this.

What can you think of that made you feel truly alive?