Softening the Belly Meditation
As we move through each of the days that make up our lives, it’s essential to make time to pause. It’s good to check in with yourself and see how you are faring. Is it easy for you to relocate your center…has empathic distress gotten the better of you?
There’s plenty to be concerned about in our world and it’s essential that we pull back, take a breath. If that suggestion seems out of touch then I’d ask you how does it serve for you or me to be in ongoing empathetic distress? Brain science and neuroscience have proven that focused breathing and consistent rest slows down our trauma and trigger responses.
Take rests as much as you can: even between breaths there’s a rest. The turmoil we are in will last for some time to come so it’s wise to know ourselves and pace ourselves.
The message from the famous Oracle at Delphi is “know thyself” and “nothing in excess”. This is timeless guidance for our world today.
