(video) Patience helps lighten the load. You feel safer and more confident making change easier.
Frustration adds another layer of ick to work through.
What’s your experience with these two?
Enjoy,
Elena
theJoyLab.net
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Broken to Joy: Stepping Out of Turmoil – Practicing During Turmoil (3 of 3)
(video) Caught up in a storm? How to stop the thunder and lightening?
The third step, after remembering that your thoughts aren’t you (you have thoughts like you have a shirt) and practicing remembering that enough that it is easy to do… you can finally remember in the middle of chaos!
Stepping out of turmoil is but a practice away…
Enjoy,
Elena
theJoyLab.net
Broken to Joy: Stepping Out of Turmoil – Practicing Perspective (2 of 3)
(video) Stopping all that noise in your head?
First, remember that you are not your thoughts and feelings. Remember that you HAVE thoughts and feelings, like you have a book or a pen. This creates some breathing space in the middle of chaos when your thoughts and feelings seem to be your whole world.
Then, since most of us have a strong habit of thinking as if we are our thoughts and feelings – that our thoughts are all that exist – it’s important to practice this “new” perspective… Changing that habit takes practice, so doing something on a regular basis that reminds us is useful!
There are lots of things you can do to remind yourself… pick one and do it!
What’s your experience?
Enjoy,
Elena
theJoyLab.net
Broken to Joy Series: Stepping Out of Turmoil – Getting Perspective (1 of 3)
(video) A juicy bit… How do we stop the thoughts and emotions that are causing us so much pain and turmoil?
The bad news is we can’t.
The good news is we can create a way to not be overwhelmed by them, a way to step out of them and back into ourselves. We can stop thinking and feeling that our thoughts and emotions are our whole world by remembering that actually we are much bigger than they are… we are not our thoughts and feelings, we are having thoughts and feelings.
Simple. Profound. Effective.
Try it for yourself and see & feel the difference.
And feel free to share your experiences so that we can grow and learn together, from each other.
Enjoy,
Elena
theJoyLab.net
Broken to Joy Series: How to Be Present Using Body Sensations
(video) The body is an amazing tool for awareness. Eckhart Tolle calls the body a portal to presence and many, many, many traditions use body based practices, because the body, unlike the mind, is always operating in the present moment.
Ground into the body, ground into the present.
Why?
Because a body movement only happens right now. A moment ago was a different movement and the next will change again. Yes, sometimes these changes are quite small and with sufficient attention even they can be noticed. Physical sensations change every moment, too. (Check it out for yourself!)
And, so it becomes a game, getting curious about the body… What is my body doing and feeling right now? How is this moment different? And this one? And this? And as the mind gets intrigued about the dance, the dance of walking, of typing, of running, of driving… the dance of living.
It’s so much fun!
What body awareness practices do you do?
Enjoy,
Elena
theJoyLab.net