How are you doing?
These unprecedented times are intense… A lot to keep up with!
And yet, the gravity of massive crowds protesting racism + a global pandemic has weighted the scales to = a tipping point! We have begun an important journey from feeling alone toward being together. Our survival-instincts have awakened; a natural desire to protect and care for each other. Open-hearted, sharing is the silver lining created by such tragic events. We feel real… we feel alive… we feel connected. I recently saw an article about Nevada protesters and police launching into dialogue after they risked a hug. It gives me goosebumps just to remember it.
My invitation to us (you and me) is to allow this realization to guide us. Coming together for the good of the whole is our natural neurological response. Our nervous systems are designed to connect with others in caring ways and when we do our bodies grow healthier and we feel happier–no matter what our political, cultural, religious or educational differences. In fact, research found that when college students watched videos of Mother Teresa helping poor children, the whole class received a boost in their immune system. Even the immature young men who were making fun.
As I write this blog, thunder rumbles, hail drops while the sky is brightly sunny overhead–isn’t that just like life! Flowing with inconsistencies… and Mother Nature never apologizes because that’s just the way life is…
Life calls us forth–sometimes the hero, sometimes the rescued. In the end, they are the same…
Enjoy this 6 minute audio Meditation
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Hero Meditation
Dr. Deb Sandella c2020
Right now, close your eyes and with a deep cleansing breath relax down into your body… Taking a few minutes to rest here… you’ll notice something inside you calling your attention… it’s your hero. Receive it as best as you can regardless of where it’s hiding in your body… no matter whether it’s large or small…smooth or rough… warm or cool…
Noticing what color your attention gives it, imagine being in that raw hero energy that you were born with… it’s always been there and always will… and right now you’re choosing to allow it to be felt…
Notice the feeling of it as you immerse yourself… swimming in, around and into it…
Rest in this place as long as you want… allowing the hero in you to be know and allowed as much as possible…
From this place, gaze out at humanity with all it’s joys and sorrows… all it’s ups and downs… all it’s agreements and conflicts… all its brilliance and ignorance… all its grace and awkwardness… all it’s wins and losses…
Noticing a feeling of generosity rising up from your core, you allow it to flow from you out into the world blessing all the inconsistencies and polarities of life… just the way they are…
Your body responds and you notice how this feels… something feels good to united with what is… even though we may not agree with it… something within you knows you are part of something greater than you’ve ever imagined… even if you don’t what it is or how to do it… it just is… you just are… the way you are… hero and rescued all in the same…
And so it is!
Dr. Deb Sandella c 2017-2020
