Do you have anything in your life that you make harder than it has to be?
- Do you hold your breath while responding to emails?
- Do you walk super fast from your computer to the bathroom, pee really fast while thinking about the meeting you have coming up, and then speed walk back to your computer to check on the IMs and the emails you missed while you rushed to the bathroom?
- When it’s cold outside, and you have a jacket and gloves and hat on, do you still hunch your shoulders and clench in an effort to ward of the briskness?
- When you watch TV, do you also look at your phone, while you are also eating?
- Do you often lament about how busy life is, and then make more plans, sign up for more classes, buy more books to read some day?
Hopefully this description of my neuroticism doesn’t scare you away. I share this because I think it may resonate. I’m not the only Rusher who likes to add some layers of unnecessary tension, must-get-it-done-as-quickly-as-possible-ness, and fabricated urgency to my day.
You know, when you hear the same message from multiple different sources, all within a short time frame, it’s usually a pretty good idea to listen. The Universe REALLY wants you to take note.
A message that keeps bubbling up from the ether loud and clear is:
Let
It
Be
Easy
This first came up during my Somatic Experiencing training in early February, when our instructor said, “Trauma physiology means people are working really hard. How do we take off some of that demand? Consider the possibility of doing less. Instead of working hard, trust that the information you need will find its way to you. Let the sights, sounds, smells COME to you. Allow yourself to receive. You don’t have to work so hard to learn.”
What?? It doesn’t HAVE to be hard??
And then my coach, week after week, points out how, while I complain about things being hard, I actually set up situations to BE hard. Being tense, working hard, and striving is my comfort discomfort zone. She invites me to consider, “How can this be easy?”
- Can I remember to sit back in my chair and breathe while I respond to emails?
- Can I take 10 minutes out of my day to just sit and eat, without doing anything else?
- Can I enjoy the walk from the office to the bathroom, enjoy the sensations of moving my body, enjoy the comfort of being in my home?
- Can I do LESS instead of more and enjoy the LESS more?
This recommendation to find Ease was also mentioned by the Keynote speaker at the QC YogaCon on Friday night. During the panel discussion he was asked if had a recommendation for the students for the weekend. He summed it up in one word, “Ease.” How can you invite ease into your learning, your practice, your presence with others?
How could you Make It Easier? How would your life change if you invited in more ease, allowed yourself to receive, and unclenched just a little bit?
Space to be Human Updates
- NEW LOCATION: I am still at Davenport Acupuncture for now, but starting 3/21/22 (HAPPY SPRING!!), I will be located at 2805 Eastern Avenue, Davenport IA, Office 232! The building is located at the corner of Eastern & 29th, to the east of the Annie Wittenmeyer pool.
Now it’s time for some ease (I’m reading Pride & Prejudice for about the 80th time) and sleep. Hope you have a beautiful day!
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