Last week I wrote about the ‘compound interest’ effect of taking 10 or 20 seconds, each time you get in and out of bed, to place your feet on the floor and breathe. A simple practice to ground yourself.
I know what grounding means to me but thought I would do a quick whizz around The Google to see what else was out there and found these two short sentences which pretty much sum it up for me.
Being grounded means you are present in your life, not obsessed with the past or future. It means you are checked in instead of checked out.
(For the full post read on here http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2009/07/5-good-ways-to-ground-yourself/)
This week I want you to add ‘intention’ to the mix and see what happens.
When you place your feet on the floor hold an intention in you mind as you breathe in and out.
Set an intention for change.
- To see joy instead of defiance in your child.
- Abundance instead of scarcity.
- Receiving instead of giving.
- A pause before angry words.
This intention allows us to become conscious of our actions so that we can move towards our heart’s desires. In being aware of our actions we can choose how we respond. We start to become “checked in instead of checked out”.
In the definition that I have included below it is the last two points that are of interest to me because I believe that when we direct our minds we have the opportunity to heal our hearts.
What is your intention this week?
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Liska x
Time is an elusive ephemeral mistress. We are beholden to her charms in a way that we would be to no other. From the moment our feet touch the floor in the morning our minds are off and racing. Thinking about all the things we have to do that day and it doesn’t stop until we get back into the same bed that night.