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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

Tag: self care

A Passage

Awoke happy and deeply relaxed this morning, stretched out savouring the experience….no thoughts at all, just an awareness of the … More

Appreciation, being present, letting go, love, pain, self care, self soothing, suffering, surrender experiment, trusting life

Triggered

I feel the cold of the key as I turn it in the lock. Then the wondrous smell of the … More

anger, being present, feelings, gayatri, nature walks, non-duality, old friends and family, self care, self sabotage, suffering, thoughts, upper limit problem

Intimacy with the Now

The single act of choosing to be in the present moment has profound effects. I notice a big resistance to … More

asking for help, being present, here and now, letting go, present moment awareness, self care, self soothing, trusting life

Riding Highs and Lows

The frosty fresh air and unique smells and energies of the early morning hit me in my face and it’s … More

anxiety, being present, business, iChing, letting go, self care, self soothing, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Keeping it Together, just

In the shower I run my hands down over the body and say hello to my tummy, hello to the … More

anxiety, Appreciation, covid, fear, gratitude, mindfulness, self care, stress, worry

Starving thoughts of Attention

Brain is saying any old shit. Any number of comments on life or about this or that, me and how … More

mindfulness, self care, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts

I love you, I appreciate you, I value you….

Said a few times gently with a hand on the chest, while generating kindness and compassion….after a deep breath. Change … More

Appreciation, breathing, feeling safe, love, self care, self compassion, self love, worry

Highs, and are they even Lows

Kind of knocked sideways or something with this tooth pain going on still. Though I don’t think anything about it … More

Appreciation, enlightenment, letting go, self care, self love, self soothing, trusting life

Body Wisdom

Such a deep communion with my therapy client yesterday morning. (Note to self- watch out for using the clients to … More

being present, body wisdom, breathing, self care, self love, self soothing, thoughts

Allowing

Dropping down out of the head area and orienting from the heart/chest/midriff/tummy area of the body is remaining with me. … More

feeling safe, gratitude, inner peace, Recovery, self care, self love

Good Cheer

Friend N called me by mistake at 3.30am and it’s now at 5.30 still awake. But happily drinking tea and … More

acim, feeling safe, Gay Hendricks, gratitude, mindfulness, self care, self love

Courage

I sincerely asked for help last night, and help came. It arrived in the form of an encouraging and empowering … More

asking for help, courage, gratitude, self care, self compassion

The Circumstantial I and the Essential I

The ‘Circumstantial I’ – the fluctuating waves on the surface and the ‘Essential I’, the ocean. I’m listening to Eckhart … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, gratitude, inner peace, money fears, present moment awareness, self care, self soothing, stillness, worry

May Reality guide my every Thought

Took a big long space yesterday afternoon and evening away from the demands of the world. A therapy client then … More

being present, breathing, building resilience, mindfulness, nature of mind, refuge, self care, thoughts

Too much Happening

Strong dreams again which I think are actually lucid since I know I’m in one and can decide what to … More

anxiety, money fears, self care, self sabotage, stress

‘Oh hello little toes, hello legs’

It was only towards the end of the shower that I realised I hadn’t been really there for the experience. … More

being present, self care, self love, thoughts, trusting life

Recovery Time

‘Twas a mixed bag our Xmas. And now I’m recovering my marbles back here with some space on my own … More

being present, self care, self compassion, self soothing, suicidal, worry

Conversing with Fear

Feeling a bit uptight this morning. Hmmm. Curious about what’s happening. ‘Hello again fear, how it’s going. Anything you want … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, letting go, self care, self compassion, self soothing, trusting life, worry

Less Afraid of Feelings

Same again. This is how the tools are learned. After noticing a slight unease inside, I went down out of … More

feeling safe, letting go, mindfulness, self care, self love, self soothing, trusting life, wellbeing

Restoration of Love

Ooo well that little foray yesterday ended with me in quite a lot of tears as I described my experience … More

childhood damage, letting go, self care, self compassion, surrender experiment

Feeling Safe

In bed as I awoke at 4am I said to myself gently I’m here for you I care about you … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, mindfulness, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self love, surrender experiment, trusting life

Rainy Monday

Grey and very wet morning and I’ve been cheering myself up by singing as I get dressed and make tea, … More

self care, self soothing, stress, 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

Tools for dealing with Rumination

One trigger after the next the last few days! It has been painfully uncomfortable though feel grateful to the experience … More

being present, gratitude, letting go, ruminating, self care, self compassion

Luxury Waking Up

The experience of awaking this morning was delightful. As soon as I realised I was awake I started saying a … More

building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, trusting life, worry

Making Life a bit more Fun

Each day starts with noticing that I’m waking from sleep. Immediately some words of love and support come into my … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, mindfulness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, trusting life

Calming the Nervous System

A nine hour sleep last night and as I awoke I put my hand on my heart and said I … More

anxiety, being present, feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self soothing

Encounter with Resistance

Thrilled to be noticing how integrated my self talk has become recently. There is barely anything other than positive affirmative … More

being present, feeling safe, gratitude, habits, letting go, resistance, self care, self compassion, self love, self sabotage, self soothing, surrender experiment, upper limit problem

Saturday Morning

Blissful spacious love, I surrender into you. I give myself full permission to relax further and further into a backdrop … More

Appreciation, being present, breathing, building resilience, dzogchen, feeling safe, gratitude, inner peace, letting go, living abundantly, mindfulness, relaxing, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, success, surrender experiment, trusting life

The Magic of Self Love ❤️

Each morning in the early hours when I stir from sleep I say some of the phrases from my list. … More

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

Back to Love

Tired this morning, 4 hours sleep after staying up exceedingly late into the night watching series 5 of the Handmaiden’s … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, letting go, love, resistance, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life

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

Surrendering back into Love

Working away on my irritated reactiveness to noises, noticing that crucial tension point of decision…. ….to ally myself with the … More

feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment

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

Love Bombs

I’ve been dropping these love bombs on my beleaguered conditioned psyche recently. Think there’s quite a lot of inner adjustments … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing

You are held, you are cared for, you are loved

Out into the Sunday morning sunshine, a slow amble along the swollen river to the now rather muddy edge of … More

beauty of nature, building resilience, dzogchen, feeling safe, freedom, letting go, present moment awareness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life

I love, I respect and I like Myself

Breakfast in the park and walk with a friend in the morning, then a deeply restful afternoon yesterday. After that … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, childhood damage, feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, inner peace, letting go, Michael Singer, mindfulness, peace, Recovery, refuge, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, success, surrender experiment, trusting life

Thank you Body, thank you Shower…

I look down at my body standing there and I thank it for working so well. Then I thank the … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, letting go, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, trusting life

You are Loved, You are cherished, I’m here for You

Another long sleep and bobbing in and out of sleep from the early hours. And again I went through the … More

being present, building resilience, covid, feeling safe, love, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, stress, surrender experiment

I love you, I admire you, I thank you….

Whenever I surfaced from sleep in the early hours, I would say, “I love you Susan”, and then onto several … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, gratitude, present moment awareness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, thanks, trusting life

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

Thank you

Looked after despite my fears, time and time again. I doubted and was starting to worry about the lack of … More

Appreciation, being present, gratitude, letting go, self care, trusting life, worry

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

Back out of It

As of yesterday, another project is more or less arranged for the men to move onto. I bounce out of … More

acceptance, anxiety, compassion, fear, money fears, nature walks, self care, trusting life, 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

Resolution and Healing

In bed writing this morning. That’s unusual, I want to ground myself. It’s been a rocky night. Lot of awake … More

dzogchen, self care, self soothing

Noticing and Dissolving Fears

Some fear and dread appeared again this morning, I could feel the sensation of the constriction in the throat and … More

anxiety, Appreciation, being present, dread, self care, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Supplements, minerals and drugs

The only time I felt at ease yesterday was when I found a spot in the long grass with the … More

anxiety, gratitude, self care, self soothing, Tara Brach

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

Abundance of Miracles

Gosh what a joy and an honour and privilege to witness the abundance and the multiple miracles around in nature. … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, honesty, nature walks, present moment awareness, Recovery, self care, thoughts

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

Day to day Life

May Day public holiday so the whole team is off. A beautiful atmosphere comes over the city on these public … More

freedom, resistance, self care

Later

Well well well, it didn’t take much to shift that stuck energy, and I did feel pretty stuck. As I … More

acceptance, being present, business, gratitude, letting go, self care, surrender experiment, trusting life

Actually doing it

Not only reading about it and watching YouTube videos about it….. Being here and now this. very. second. I am … More

anxiety, Appreciation, enlightenment, feeling safe, flourishing, freedom, gratitude, Intimacy, letting go, non-duality, resistance, self care, success, thoughts, trusting life

Grounding

I write this down after reading a couple of posts on a forum on “Awakening’ on Facebook. It made me … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, feeling safe, gratitude, grounding, mindfulness, nature, self care

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

Stealing Peace

At times I feel as though I’m ‘stealing’ moments of peace. I don’t trust it fully. It’s like a passing … More

being present, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, living abundantly, love, Recovery, self care, self love, self soothing, success, worry

A Different Today

Every day is so very different. It’s almost like a brand new life starting all over. “How fabulous, happy and … More

fear of happiness, fear of success, feeling safe, gratitude, self care, self love, trusting life, upper limit problem

Trusting Safety

Another day in the life with some of my inner processes. Again written for my future self. Who I imagine … More

being present, feeling safe, freedom, letting go, love, mindfulness, non-duality, peace, refuge, self care, self soothing, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life, wellbeing

Hungry Ghosts – Addiction Dropping

This is a little personal congratulations and an acknowledgement of something that is of significance to me, and that is … More

anxiety, freedom, habits, letting go, Recovery, relaxing, self care, surrender experiment, wellbeing

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