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Jun. 2nd, 2014 11:20 amEight breaths for the difficult of the last couple weeks:
(Format is borrowed from www.fluentself.com. Wanted to try releasing the worries from last week, to start a new week anew.)
1. Fire burning my favorite place. Not knowing how bad it would be. Not knowing when it would be over. A breath for peace wtihin all that is unknown, for trusting that the firefighters are safe, for trusting that they are doing all they can, for knowing that nature recovers, knowing that it was not as bad as I feared.
2. Because of the fire, very unhealthy & hazardous air quality, which combined with almost zero% humidity, seems to be making me feel really really tired. A breath of actual clean air, and being able to rest, and health.
3. Giant design project. All good stuff, and still, lots of work. Good work. But, you know. Big. Difficult. A breath for feeling the completeness of a finished project.
4. Confronted with a higher level of widespread misogyny and racism and violence than I had realized existed, in response to the shooting in California. A breath for breathing love and peacefulness into the world.
5. Feeling fearful to speak (write) out loud. Feeling fearful of being judged and lashed out at. A breath for knowing that everyone has a right to be.
6. Restlessness while resting. A breath for allowing rest.
7. Finding 8 things isn’t as easy as I’d thought it would be, because the things are always the same things, and one, of course, is feeling like a failure because it’s always the same things. A breath for releasing self-criticism.
8. Inhale, exhale. Goodbye, mysteries and hard moments of this week.
Eight breaths of good, reassuring, delight-filled:
1. Inhale, exhale. Yoga was wonderful, and I hadn’t been in a while. It’s because I grant myself that time. And during that time, I can see patterns and relationships. A breath for both halves of all circles.
2. I did a kind thing without over-worrying, about how it would be received &etc. A breath for kind things without expectation.
3. Someone said something we did a year ago filled her day with joy, and she remembered it and loved it. A breath for generosity, silly mysteries and surprises, sharing, and playfulness.
4. Pomegranate blossoms. I showed up, and so I got to see the pomegranate blossoms still blooming, which is probably my favorite color. A breath for seeing that the other half of sharing beauty and wonder is allowing myself to see beauty and wonder.
5. Visiting the canyon, and seeing how much of the ecosystem is still there and will definitely recover. A breath for letting go of worry.
6. Pancakes. With whipped cream. And syrup, and berries. A breath for ease, and doing things that are fun.
7. My work is work that I really feel good about creating in the world. A breath for gratitude.
8. Appreciation and thankfulness. For so much. B is the best. My sister is great and she’s moving to relatively near to me. My mom & dad are great and I will see the fam next week post-sister-moving. Inlaws are great, including lots of laughs over the first summertime kickoff of tostadas & margaritas. My friends are great (thank you thank you thank you). Puck & Fiona our cats are great. (side-note: Fiona snuggled! On my lap! last night. She is not a snuggler, so this is Breaking Cat News.) A breath for appreciation and thankfulness.
And, now, a seed for this week: Well, the seed for this week can be circles, both halves of circles. Photo, Source
(Format is borrowed from www.fluentself.com. Wanted to try releasing the worries from last week, to start a new week anew.)
1. Fire burning my favorite place. Not knowing how bad it would be. Not knowing when it would be over. A breath for peace wtihin all that is unknown, for trusting that the firefighters are safe, for trusting that they are doing all they can, for knowing that nature recovers, knowing that it was not as bad as I feared.
2. Because of the fire, very unhealthy & hazardous air quality, which combined with almost zero% humidity, seems to be making me feel really really tired. A breath of actual clean air, and being able to rest, and health.
3. Giant design project. All good stuff, and still, lots of work. Good work. But, you know. Big. Difficult. A breath for feeling the completeness of a finished project.
4. Confronted with a higher level of widespread misogyny and racism and violence than I had realized existed, in response to the shooting in California. A breath for breathing love and peacefulness into the world.
5. Feeling fearful to speak (write) out loud. Feeling fearful of being judged and lashed out at. A breath for knowing that everyone has a right to be.
6. Restlessness while resting. A breath for allowing rest.
7. Finding 8 things isn’t as easy as I’d thought it would be, because the things are always the same things, and one, of course, is feeling like a failure because it’s always the same things. A breath for releasing self-criticism.
8. Inhale, exhale. Goodbye, mysteries and hard moments of this week.
Eight breaths of good, reassuring, delight-filled:
1. Inhale, exhale. Yoga was wonderful, and I hadn’t been in a while. It’s because I grant myself that time. And during that time, I can see patterns and relationships. A breath for both halves of all circles.
2. I did a kind thing without over-worrying, about how it would be received &etc. A breath for kind things without expectation.
3. Someone said something we did a year ago filled her day with joy, and she remembered it and loved it. A breath for generosity, silly mysteries and surprises, sharing, and playfulness.
4. Pomegranate blossoms. I showed up, and so I got to see the pomegranate blossoms still blooming, which is probably my favorite color. A breath for seeing that the other half of sharing beauty and wonder is allowing myself to see beauty and wonder.
5. Visiting the canyon, and seeing how much of the ecosystem is still there and will definitely recover. A breath for letting go of worry.
6. Pancakes. With whipped cream. And syrup, and berries. A breath for ease, and doing things that are fun.
7. My work is work that I really feel good about creating in the world. A breath for gratitude.
8. Appreciation and thankfulness. For so much. B is the best. My sister is great and she’s moving to relatively near to me. My mom & dad are great and I will see the fam next week post-sister-moving. Inlaws are great, including lots of laughs over the first summertime kickoff of tostadas & margaritas. My friends are great (thank you thank you thank you). Puck & Fiona our cats are great. (side-note: Fiona snuggled! On my lap! last night. She is not a snuggler, so this is Breaking Cat News.) A breath for appreciation and thankfulness.
And, now, a seed for this week: Well, the seed for this week can be circles, both halves of circles. Photo, Source
