Day 67 - A Year to Clear - Breathe Into Calm

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Lesson 67: Breathe Into Calm

It’s not always a ringing phone that sends you into fight-or-flight. Maybe it’s the energy at work, or you walk into a room and find a bunch of clutter, or maybe confronting a friend with something difficult you need to speak to them about. Whatever it is, today’s lesson is about breathing into it and creating enough calm to be able to take on the issue. By taking a deep breath in, the next step will be come to you.

I tend to do this when I am losing focus at work. I close my eyes, take in a few deep breaths, be aware that the sun coming through the window is warm and just refocus on the task at hand. It’s very useful when I’m like “oh shit, I just forgot what I was just doing”. I also use this method when I am feeling a bit anxious. Just get those breaths in, bring awareness, and bring some warmth. Then just feel a relaxing calmness fill your body and go back to what you were doing. Sometimes I really feel like it’s a power lift or energy boost if you will. You can power on even if you feel tired and then just keep going. It’s amazing!

Keep those breaths up!

Day 67 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - What Do You Distract Yourself With

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Lesson 67: What do you distract yourself with...

Today is continuing on our distractions and what we compulsively distract ourselves with. Is it possible that some of these distractions are healthy or beneficial to us? I am to write these “good habits” down, think about whether it matters or not if they are “good”, and consider if they are still distractions. Can it be that they are distractions that don’t allow our heart to open fully?

So, I thought long and hard about this throughout the day and really can’t come up with a “good” distraction. I don’t have a habit I do consistently that would be considered as “good”. I wake up most days, feed my cats, get ready for work, go to work, hang out with a friend or nap, do my blogging, maybe do another activity and repeat. On Saturdays I work at a witch shop and maybe hang out with friends after or relax on my own. Then on Sunday’s it’s mixed bag of mediumship class every fourth Sunday or I’m resting, going to markets and hanging with friends. I honestly could not think of some “good” distraction. I could only think of my phone addiction which distracts me from living my life sometimes. Nothing that can be obsessive either.

I mean, I guess those moments that I go into meditation are “good” distractions which I think is good for overall health. I can see if you’re using something “good” like exercise as a distraction, that sure, you’re working towards a good healthy body, but is it good for your soul really? I think as I go forward, I am opening more. I don’t really have a good answer on today’s lesson. I have a bad habit but nothing of the “good” sort. I mean, when we’re working on our hearts, we should really be in tune, be open to receive and be aware. When we’re ready to let go of distractions, then we work through the feelings of our pain.

I just had a thought pop in and that was of music being my distraction... sometimes. I think I really resonate with music because beats and words can be powerful and uplifting. But then again, I just listen to music because I need to get myself going when I’m losing focus. The beats are rhythmic and are like fire to light me up a bit. I think music is a good thing to relax to. This may be the only thing I use as a distraction/relaxation but I am not compulsive over it. But I feel like music can open me up also.

Think about your “good” distractions and tell me what you got. I tried hard for this lesson but didn’t turn up with much. Haha!