Day 110 - A Year to Clear - Show Up

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Lesson 110: Show Up

“Be loose.
Be liquid.
Be yourself.”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

Today is about dancing to a song, but with purpose. It can be in the confines of your home or if you’re game enough, do it outside. I sometimes dance when I’m walking to and from work without even realising. It’s fun and funny at the same time. Usually I sit and dance in my chair at work as I have background music on. So the task is to dance to one of your favourite songs and release something with your movements. Whether you have an object in mind, a thought or issue, just let it go through your dancing.

If I’m dancing at home, I’m usually just releasing the stresses and worries of the day. It’s so freeing and I feel better for it. Something always tells me that it’s going to be okay when I’m just flowing to the music. I put on Halsey’s Colors (the Australian in me wants to correct that spelling but I can’t!), I’m thinking about my busy weekend at a Sci fi Con and how tired I’m going to be. What I release is this worry and I’m filling my head with the thoughts of how much fun I will have, to enjoy myself, not judge others and go with the flow. I want to be amped up with energy and I can feed off all the excitement when I’m there.

What did you release today?

Day 109 - A Year to Clear - Become More Fluid

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Lesson 109: Become More Fluid

Today is all about observation. We all should take a moment to watch someone or something move with fluidity. It can be anything from the cars passing by, the trees moving in the wind, people working on a construction site. We should come to realisation that they all move with ease. This is where we learn – from the simplest of activities.

I was watching the people prepare my food and drink at a café, as well as watching people order their food and drink, then wait. It’s very much like clockwork. Without thought, I see a lady put my food on a rotating griller and then multi tasks onto the next order. The person man my hot chocolate, knew my order before I even finished my sentence, goes to make other coffees in line before mine, whilst having conversation with other customers. I see another girl, not the original girl continues preparing my order. Everything is fluid and no one stops but they are not busy at the same time. It’s natural and done without too much thought. Even those people waiting on their order – order, pay, wait, daydream possibly, pick up order and move on.

What I learn that is that all our actions can be fluid if we aren’t overthinking it. It can become a natural movement or occurrence if we aren’t processing on it for too long. I think with any task we set ourselves, as long as we have an initial plan, we should just go with it and not ponder on it after initial thought. This is achievable for anyone.

Day 107 - A Year to Clear - How Fluid Can You Be?

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Lesson 107: VIDEO - How Fluid Can You Be?

http://www.martapr.com/svenotten-justsomemotion Hi, my name is Sven Otten, also known as JustSomeMotion. At the moment this channel is all about dancing. Over the years I learned many different styles to combine them to my own. After a long time without you guys, I'm glad to say that I'm coming back.

The lesson today is about watching the video and noting how it makes you feel. The idea is that the guy dances effortlessly and his body movements are fluid. This is to be “symbolic and energetic”. As he moves with ease, it’s here to teach us that we can be this fluid too, when it comes to our clearing activities. So the question is “How fluid do you want to be?”.

I think I could be a lot more fluid than I am. I think I am becoming more open and easy going, thought processes are being managed also. What I am not fluid in, is the physical excess and clearing efforts towards these. It’s a lot of stop and start but I don’t feel I’m fluid enough. I think time management is where I fail, though as I am typing this, I realised I should place calendar reminders in my phone and ensure that I dedicate even a minute a day at the same time of day to conquer this lack of fluidity. When watching the video, it was seamless – one movement that continues onto the next without thought. It would be nice to be this way and it’s definitely something to work towards.

What do you think of the video and how did it make you feel?