Here is another great article I found by the author of Emotional Freedom- Dr. Judith Orloff. I thought it might be helpful to some of you when you start feeling a little off kilter energetically.
Light and Love
Sister Bridget Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
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How to Center Yourself
by Judith Orloff MD
Watch your diet. Notice what foods feel good, which do not. Your body will
tell you what it requires. Usually, denser foods-meat, chicken, fish–have
more of a grounding effect than grains, vegetables, or fruit. I'm not a big
meat eater but if my body announces, "I need a hamburger," I will devour one.
Listen to your body's signals. Notice how they fluctuate.
Do mundane tasks. Mindfully focusing on everyday chores can bring you back
to your body. Grocery shopping, going to the bank, paying bills, washing
clothes, taking out the trash, or cleaning the yard can be grounding. These
activities anchor you in the here-and-now by drawing on the luminous nature
of the ordinary.
Practice Anonymous Service. Do something nice for someone without taking
credit for it. Hold the elevator for a little old lady. Let someone go
before you in line. Serve food to the homeless. Give a charitable donation.
Anything that shifts the focus from you to helping others. No deed is too
small. The act of giving–especially when you're most frazzled–opens your
heart, is regenerative.
Spend Time in Nature. As poet William Wordsworth put it, civilization can be
"too much with us." People, cars, the news, telephone cables matting the sky,
all can keep us from our bodies, divorce us from what is natural. Regularly
take at least a few hours out from your routine. Visit the beach, a forest, a
canyon, a river. Choose a spot that moves you. Aboriginals seek out windswept
plains for purification. Native Americans go to fresh streams to clarify
their inner vision. (Any water source, including a bath or shower, can
cleanse and purify.) Tibetan monks pilgrimage to mountaintops. Allow yourself
to draw on the earth's primordial forces. Savor the beauty of a twilight,
sunset, or dawn. Let them nourish and restore you.
Meditate. Sitting in meditation is a life-line to your center, to the
earth. By calming the mind, you can re-align with your essence. Close your
eyes. Focus on your breath. Then gently extend your awareness downward to
strata, bedrock, minerals, and soil. From the base of your spine begin to
feel a continuity with the earth's core. Picture having a long tail that
roots in that center. Allow the earth's energy to infuse your body and
stabilize you. If you meditate for five minutes or an hour this is sacred
time.
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more articles can be found at Dr Orloff's website drjudithorloff.com
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