In a culture that tends to drive a state of urgency and action, it’s an act of rebellion to practice and choose spaciousness. That old paradigm is one I no longer subscribe to and I’ll tell you why and how.
The more regulated our nervous systems get, the easier it is to consciously choose peace and ease within - even amidst challenge.
I am adamant about the power of discernment and choice. It’s not easy… especially when our physiology has been conditioned to a state of survival and stress. It goes against the stream to find ways to pause when we believe we need to be in action.
When we can commit ourselves to spaciousness, presence and peace - there are so many possibilities of healing, growth and awakening in ways we may have only dreamed of.
Less becomes more. More wisdom, more precise action, more boundaries, more clarity. Because when we know how to slow down and come back home to our own center in a moment - everything we need is right there.
This is also true of how we sit with our clients as coaches and therapists. When we learn that slow is the new fast and we go lighter to go deeper we give our clients some of the greatest gifts.
When we push for big transformations out of a state of urgency and wanting to feel helpful, fix or figure out - we’re out of the present moment and we’re possibly putting more pressure on our clients when what would be healing is to take the very familiar pressure off.
What might be possible when we’re settled deeply in ourselves and we can trust that state of being fully and completely?
When we can learn to sit with the unknown, the discomfort and what’s truly alive here in the present moment (even if we don't’ like it), we have the ultimate super power. Especially when we can sit with it with curiosity and care. We can learn to do that for ourselves and others.
This is a revolutionary gift.
Too often we’re trying to heal with the same oppressive mechanisms that we were hurt by. Through standing in this revolutionary commitment to an entirely new way of being with ourselves and others - we are choosing a new paradigm to move from.
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