04.12.08
“And Your Homework Assignment Is…” Or How Awareness Is The Key To Finding Comfort And Balance
Often after an Ortho-Bionomy session I use the words “And Your Homework Assignment Is…”. This is meant somewhat lightly since we tend to not want to be given something we “have” to do. The rest of the sentence is something like “just tune into your body periodically throughout the day and notice”. The reason for this is that we have an innate ability to find comfort and balance, both in our bodies and in our lives. The most powerfull way to tap into this ability is simply focusing our awareness. Not to try to change anything but rather to just notice, without judgement. It’s when we tune out our bodies that we fall into discomfort and imbalance.
Our body knows what to do. If you think about it we can stand on two legs without falling over because our body is constantly making adjustments to keep us upright. Likewise our body knows how to keep us in balance and comfort. However when we lose touch with our bodies due to focusing on tasks we are “doing” or if we become distracted by external stress our bodies can fall into patterns of imbalance and discomfort. By simply returning to our bodies periodically and noticing how comfortable or uncomfortable we are seeing where we notice things we can allow our body to do it’s job of restoring our balance.
The same is true with the issues in our life. If we can just bring our awareness without feeling the need to “fix” things we are often suprised to find that those issue are free to evolve without our help.
When we spend less time “doing” and more time “being” we can achieve a level of empowerment we never thought possible.
As always…
Remember to Be Gentle With Yourself.
