Blooming

This class has re-inspired me! I have sought a "deeper meaning" my entire life so much of this is nothing new. I believe we are absolutely what we eat. I believe we were made to swim like fish and run like deer (IOW---keep moving) and eat like squirrels (squirrels eat chocolate right) ;-) I believe we can heal our own minds with "right" thinking, rest, emotional support and self love. I believe that the last thing we need are "happy pills". I believe that God/spirit surrounds us.

So, while I loved this class and would love to talk about these things for at least a year, it didn't really "change" me, but it did help me to grow. I am now taking yoga (OMG----I'd rather ride my bike 60 miles---yoga hurts!) & if it's hard, we need to do it! I am meditating every day! I just talked to a friend who returned from a week long spiritual retreat in Nevada. He told me to take a deep breath, say for an 8 second count, hold it for 8 seconds, release for 8 and then try to "stay" there for 8. Repeat time after time... (Remember Smurfs?) yep...it's like that... AMAZING though, the more I practice it and the more I don't allow myself to freak out those last 8, the easier (and clearer minded) it/I get.

I was having trouble sleeping this winter and started taking Melatonin. Melatonin gives some people really bad headaches. This took me months to figure out, but I threw it away and now when I can't sleep, I do the deep breathing practice and I go right to sleep. Also---do you know, it's really hard to cry when you force yourself to take deep belly breathes? Not that crying isn't good sometimes, but you can calm yourself during the most difficult of times by breathing. I took breathing for granted before, unless I was being athletic. This class has really made me examine the wonderful benefits of breathing.


Mostly, I believe that we grow until we die if we are wise. Those who think they "know it all" or have "arrived" are missing out on so many more lessons, so much more wisdom. I "plant seeds" everytime I get opportunity & I am getting skilled at doing so in the subtlest of ways. People do nto want to be "told" but they will accept gentle persuasion & they will listen to someone elses less-than-ideal experience if they can glean a nugget to use in their own life. So, I think using these concepts professionally will come very naturally for me. It's not so much what we say, but how we say it and it's not what we have but how we live that people pay attention to.

Lifes a dance you learn as you go,

Michelle