Ahh Day 7 - This blog challenge really doesn't feel like a challenge. Which is awesome - big thanks to Ms. Sisson. Today's question is great - just up my alley.
Which key tools will you turn to regularly to maintain your mindset and how will you use them effectively?
For years I delt with anxiety. Panic attacks, a constant sense of nervousness in my body, scared of being scared ruled my life. I isolated myself more and more, just from feeling so tired and not knowing how to face people anymore.
My way through those years became my meditation practice. I wasn't enlightened or fell in love with a guru. I just sensed tiny shifts for every time a sat and closed my eyes and let go of control. It wasn't always peace and ease - but more about handling what arose.
I became less scared and reactive, but learned to respond with more clarity. I began to see I had a choice. No matter how I felt, I was in control of the next step.
As for my mindset anxiety has become my "warning signal". I haven't had a full blown attack in years, but when a certain feeling creeps up I know it well, I know that this is when to slow down, take better care of my self, and allow myself to be vulnerable.
Easy - no, necessary - Yes.
Meditation and presence isn't only what happens on a cushion somewhere quiet. I bring it with me. It is how I move through life. It is compassion, care, curiosity, it is being connected to how I feel.
I am still me, I still have triggers and less flattering sides at times, but I am so much more aware of how they effect me, and stop a lot sooner then I did before. It is just so much easier to deal with when I am not on never ending auto-pilot.
So what supports me in business and life (and hey isn't it all just life??) is my meditation practice.











For en måneds tid siden fik jeg denne bog tilsendt med et ønske om at anmelde den. Jeg har rigtig mange bøger om mindfulness, dette er dog den første på dansk om mindfulness med børn. Et område som gerne, for min skyld, må udvide sig endnu mere i arbejdet med børn og unge i Danmark. Jeg har virkelig nydt at læse den.

