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Learning to Rest with it All

“Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest” Tilopa

Category: feelings

Love to the Inner Child in Us

I enjoy being awake in bed between about 5am to 7am, especially during these dark winter days. Several cups of … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, refuge, self love, silence, success, worry

Hello again Anxiety

Awoke with disturbed feelings amid a vivid dream about C. The theme was me trying to get love and him … More

anxiety, childhood damage, fear, guilt, letting go, self compassion, self soothing, shame, suffering, thoughts, worry

Reconnecting – List

The changes, leaps and new realisations require time and space to settle in. So I’m just having a simple little … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, dzogchen, mindfulness, nature walks, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life

Surrendering

It’s pouring right now, windy and dark outside. Leaves flying off the trees. Inside it’s still and warm and cosy … More

being present, building resilience, feeling safe, letting go, self compassion, self love, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life

Imagination and Suffering

A visitation from emotional pain. Goodness gracious, what a level of suffering I went into yesterday. Succumbed to worries about … More

anxiety, fear, letting go, self compassion, self soothing, stress, worry

The Smooth and the Hard times

It was a pretty serious session with the first client in the morning, with death as a theme. Of her … More

mindfulness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life, worry

Handing over Objections

Playing with the order of positive self soothing affirmations this morning. I have been introducing this manner of of talking … More

acceptance, being present, letting go, resistance, self care, self compassion, self soothing, suffering

Pausing and Allowing

Saw an otter yesterday in the river just after I had a strong inner prompting to slow right down to … More

Appreciation, fear, letting go, love, resistance, self care, self soothing, suffering, surrender experiment

Monday Morning Healing

Yesterday a new pine woodland to explore beyond the city. The vibration of driving calmed the nervous system, new sights, … More

anxiety, building resilience, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, shame, surrender experiment

Shadow Work

Day started with one friend inviting me for breakfast at the local bar/restaurant. I didn’t enjoy it. There was a … More

building resilience, childhood damage, guilt, letting go, resistance, shame, suffering, surrender experiment

Shame

Trigger warning – this post about shame may be triggering for some to read, so please tread with caution. I … More

anxiety, childhood damage, dread, fear, feeling safe, guilt, habits, pain, shame, suffering, worry

What a Great Day

Long intense detailed dream of me and another one or two friends actually inside this AI art program. Instead of … More

beauty of nature, being present, building resilience, childhood damage, curiosity, fear, feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, letting go, living abundantly, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life, unity

Learning to Rest in Awareness

Being awake in bed and just being for a while. Not doing anything. Not picking up the iPad. No rush … More

anxiety, being present, building resilience, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, mindfulness, self compassion, self soothing, surrender experiment, thoughts, worry

Therapy Session

Light rain bringing such wonderful smells. It was lovely to walk in the fields and woods in the rain yesterday, … More

anger, childhood damage, compassion, Recovery, self care, suffering

Flow of Experience

Being carried along by the morning’s experiences Noticing the way the early sunshine beams through the room. Bending down to … More

being present, letting go, mindfulness, self compassion, thoughts

Navigating Feelings and Thoughts

Windy wet start out there this morning. Dog curled up happy beside me. Nearly always open and happy she is, … More

Hello Sad

Sadness has arrived this morning seemingly on the back of a dream. So I’m being here in it, with it. … More

being present, mindfulness, solitude, suffering, surrender experiment, thoughts

Testing testing !

Who am I when things don’t go my way?What happens when events I don’t want to happen just happen anyway?When … More

acceptance, building resilience, reactiveness, resistance, suffering, worry

Back Here

My 3 months of this long job is drawing to a close. It has been a joy not to have … More

abundance, anxiety, dread, fear, guilt, money fears

Surfing the Constant Fluctuations

Same again this morning, woke with disturbance inside, anxiety while coming out of a dream of being in the middle … More

anxiety, being present, feeling safe, here and now, letting go, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Safe and Home

Again this morning, the Gayatri ‘tat savitur varenyam, bargo devasya demahi, diyoyo naprachodyaat’ and peace, peace and more peace. Then … More

Appreciation, dzogchen, gayatri, nature walks, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life

Shadow work by Dream

Dreamt I was back in an office after 3 or 4 days off. I was asked by some colleagues if … More

anxiety, fear, stress, suffering, surrender experiment, worry

Appreciating the Small

Awake at 5, I open the window and the fragrant rainy fresh air rushes in, and my body says thank … More

being present, building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, self soothing

Worry Thoughts

The more I practice dropping into the feelings in the body, the more pain I uncover. There’s a whole lineup … More

anxiety, fear, stress, suffering, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Emotions in the Body

I light a little tea candle and place it in front of me as a reminder to feel into the … More

anxiety, feeling safe, habits, kindness, resistance, self compassion, stillness, success, the body doesn’t lie

Turning Towards Feelings

Awoke with the start of some little nippy worry thoughts arising in between sleep as I surfaced. The ones that … More

anxiety, being present, fear, feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Procrastination Part 2 and Resistance to Happiness

Coming here and writing was a big help yesterday. It is often helpful for clarifying and clearing the mind, and … More

anxiety, Appreciation, building resilience, fear, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, nature walks, self compassion, surrender experiment

Aloneness

I just read an excellent article summing up why reading the news is bad for us. It really spoke to … More

Appreciation, friends, painful times, silence, solitude, stillness, suffering, surrender experiment

Privileged Abandonment

I was on a course all day yesterday about the damage done to children who are sent to boarding school. … More

attachment, childhood damage, Recovery, self care, separation, success

Low Mood Morning

The colourful visual zigzags started yesterday signalling the start of a migraine and then it arrived. Mildly painful only but … More

anger, asking for help, building resilience, gratitude, letting go, misophonia, self compassion, suffering

The Truth at any Price

A glimpse of sun after all the rain yesterday enticed me out for an early walk this morning which was … More

fear, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life

Just this Moment

The hum of the heating, the warmth on the skin, the weight of the body on the seat. I’m breathing … More

anxiety, being present, dzogchen, fear, feeling safe, here and now, letting go, resistance, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Dip of a Morning

Not sure why. It was a stressful day yesterday with more minor bad news from another project – easy to … More

childhood damage, letting go, trusting life

Into and Through Suffering

Yesterday turned out to be unexpectedly social. I was glad for the company on what was an odd, out of … More

anxiety, building resilience, fear, freedom, nature, nature walks, resistance, self soothing, stress, suffering, surrender experiment, worry

Ebbs and Struggles

Third day of this migraine. Headache just humming away in the background. Not that sore but draining. Starts up again … More

aversion, pain, painful times, resistance, self compassion, suffering, ugly thoughts

Letting Go

I’m struggling today, migraine started yesterday and lying on the sofa now. Feeling low energy and mood. Can’t find anything … More

family relationships on the spiritual path, friends, letting go, old friends and family, resistance, surrender experiment

Being with Uncertainty

The days seems to disappear in a blink, as do the weeks. Thursday already and this week has carried this … More

anxiety, building resilience, compassion, fear, Intimacy, letting go, mindfulness, suffering, thoughts, worry

Drop the thought. All is well.

Strange night in and out of sleep. Not sure what the what is going on. Lot of blankness it seems, … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, here and now, honesty, letting go, self compassion, silence, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Quiet time Now

Much excitement has been arising inside about how far this relaxing into the present can be taken. A kind of … More

anxiety, beauty of nature, being present, emotions, fear, feeling safe, here and now, inner peace, pain, relaxing, self compassion, self soothing, silence, stillness, suffering, thoughts

Connecting with Difficult Feelings

The body is the secret. What is being felt right now in this very moment? How do I know how … More

allowing feelings, anxiety, breathing, distress, fear, feeling safe, kindness, mindulness, self care, self love, self soothing, suffering, thoughts, wellbeing, worry

Jumpy This Morning

Thursday. There’s a lot of this happening during this opening/awakening situation I’m in, disturbances and sufferings are way more noticeable … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, guilt, letting go, resistance, shame, stress, trusting life, worry

Face the Fear of not Interpreting….

‘Face the fear of not interpreting and stay with the experience’. I was advised by an anonymous person on a … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, here and now, letting go, thoughts, trusting life

Ripples of Anxiety

Awoke this morning feeling a little clenched fist in my chest area. So I turned my attention to it, right … More

anxiety, Appreciation, fear, letting go, mindfulness, self compassion, self soothing, stillness, thoughts, worry

Surrounding Suffering

I had another night of listening to the centuries old Dzogchen texts read out by Samaneri Jayasara. I’ve got her … More

anger, being present, compassion, covid, love, painful times, stillness, suffering

Free of ‘Me’

I’m so very grateful to these directly felt experiences of how beautiful life can be. Right now everything feels perfect … More

being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, here and now, inner peace, letting go, mindfulness, Recovery, relaxing, stillness, trusting life

What is Happy

It is definitely a feeling that arises from within for me. I’m pretty sure it’s there all the time, joy … More

anxiety, feeling safe, gratitude, inner peace, love, self love, worry

And Back to Peace again

Relative peace anyway. My ego is on alert now it knows I’m onto it! I am on this intensive personal … More

anxiety, being present, fear, mindfulness, stillness, stress, surrender experiment, thoughts

Another Round of Processing

The angry call from my mum triggered some old childhood memories and feelings. The way our mum used to brush … More

anxiety, feeling safe, letting go, mindfulness, nature walks, old friends and family, self care, suffering

And Happy Again

Noticing a pattern here. You look right at the disowned feelings, allow them to be felt, let disturbance in and … More

feeling safe, here and now, inner peace, inspiration, letting go, love, nature, non-duality, relaxing, stillness, trusting life

More Feelings to Process

Allowing my feelings to be felt more, I have more material to work with, again appearing in a dream. In … More

anxiety, fear, self sabotage

So I Opened the Gates

And there’s now a little queue of unaddressed neglected feelings all lined up waiting their turn to be felt fully … More

emotions, feelings, letting go, self compassion, suffering, surrender experiment, surrendering

Dropping down into Feelings

A thrill of anticipation this morning as I was getting up. I know how to deal with anxiety at last … More

anxiety, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, love, self care, self compassion, self soothing

Letting go of Anxiety

By feeling it. Fully. And relaxing with it. The fear is that if we allow uncomfortable feelings to be felt, … More

acceptance, anxiety, being present, dzogchen, fear, feeling safe, love, Recovery, relaxing, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, worry

Feeling Off

I call these periods mini ‘dark nights of the soul’. I like the drama of that phrase and it does … More

letting go, resistance, self care, self soothing, separation, suffering

Untangling Obstructions

With the quiet patience of few expectations this last week has been one of resting, simplicity and a chance to … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, gratitude, mindfulness, refuge, self compassion, self soothing, wellbeing

Hello Again Stress

How are you doing, it has been a while. As I woke up I noticed some kind of mild suffering … More

being present, fear, feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Testing the Wings

Up super early today and sitting gratefully cosy and comfy here on this December morning. Cold and dark outside. All … More

anxiety, being present, building resilience, curiosity, fear, feeling safe, gratitude, mindfulness, peace, resistance, self compassion, stillness, worry

Short Wise Quote – Gay Hendricks

“I had been resisting reality all my life—resisting facing it, resisting accepting it, resisting feeling it. Whenever I would have … More

Appreciation, being present, fear of success, feeling safe, flourishing, freedom, inner peace, letting go, love, mindfulness, Recovery, relaxing, resistance, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, success, suffering, trusting life

Thoughts Suggest what we should be Feeling

Thoughts come in continuously giving me suggestions of what I should be feeling. A thought can often be a suggestion … More

Appreciation, dzogchen, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, love, mindfulness, mindulness, Recovery, refuge, relaxing, self care, self love, self soothing, stillness, suffering, thoughts, trusting life, wellbeing

The Power of Admitting it

“I feel fear…… I feel fear……. I feel fear….. hello there fear I acknowledge you’. I say it out loud … More

acceptance, anxiety, aversion, fear, love, pain, resistance, self compassion, self soothing, suffering, worry

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