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Tune In

5/9/2013

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So often, I find myself in a situation where I seem to be completely surrounded and inundated with everyone else’s thoughts, opinions and beliefs.  Sometimes, the hardest thing in the world (it seems) to do is to figure out what I think, what I feel, or what I believe.

Whether it’s a decision about my step-sons, my job, my love life or even what I should wear, it just often seems so noisy in the world.   There is messaging around you all the time that tells you what you should wear, how you should parent, how much money you should make, how much sex you should be having, how much stuff you should own, what type of food you should eat, how you should spend your free time, and the list goes on and on and on. .

So, with all that noise, how do you figure out what’s true for you when it’s time to make a decision about what you want to do?

You tune in.

“Oh sure,” I can hear you all say, “just like that?”

Yes. Just like that.

Tuning in, for me, is a two step process. First, I have to shut out all the noise, and then I need to specifically check in with my Self, the center of me, where my own true innate wisdom lies. How I go about that may not be the same way you would go about it. But if you don’t know where to start, maybe try my method and see what you think of it.

  • Stand or sit nice and tall.
  • Close your eyes.
  • Bring your awareness and full attention to the sensation of breathing for a few moments.
  • Consciously deepen and slow down your breathing
  • Find a single point within your body to focus on. (for me, I find my “center” is the pit of my belly, below my belly button and above my pubic bone or the center of my heart)
  • With all of your awareness and focus on this central part of you, think about the decision you want to make and notice how this central, sensitive place within you responds.
  • Do you feel your belly or heart or other focal point soften or harden, constrict or expand, grow warm or cool, tense or tighten?

Use this feedback to come to your own truth and then, most importantly, bravely follow it!!

That is tuning in.

So, tell me below in the comments - did you try this method? What were the results? Or, if you have another method of tuning in, tell me about it!


1 Comment
Diana
5/17/2013 01:53:54 pm

Thanks for this tip! I will definitely try this out when I am feeling a overwhelmed or rushed to make decision.

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