Support for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Can you cultivate a rest state within by staying present, focusing on what is, noticing the difference between the stressful internal chatter and the actual state of your present peaceful reality. Come into presence and get anchored in the here and now, within the body. The mind takes us away from our body and truth – that all we have really is the here and now.  We get to choose - either a vicious cycle of stress or a virtuous circle of peace.

For me, the only true way to leave that monkey mind, to leave the procrastination, the rumination, the catastrophization of our mind is to come into the body. This is my truth, when I come home to myself and drop into my body; this is the fact of the matter - right now I am ensconced in nature, I can hear the babbling brook, I can feel the beautiful warm air on my skin, I feel expansive, free, liberated; I’m moving my body and I feel well. I’m breathing deeply, oxygenating my whole body with freshly oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood and getting out of breath. I feel fantastic. That is my truth in the here and now.  If I choose to stay in my mind, I can get very stressed and generate an entire stress state in my body. When I choose to drop into the body and stay present with what it is, my truth at this very moment, I get to experience something wonderful.

There are so many ways we self abandon. And one way to stop ourselves from doing this is to commit to self care with our time, intention, attunement, focus. In this way we replenish ourselves, fill our boots in whatever way moves us, inspires us, enables us to feel alive! Embodiment is to be at home in the body, to stay true to ourselves versus self abandonment.  In remaining embodied, we are present to what is, to life in that very moment, rather than drifting off into the future or past. It is here that we can fully and completely experience life, tuning into all our senses and feeling every sensation. I find myself in nature, immersed in nature. Over and over again. I come home to myself. How do you remain embodied and cease the self abandonment?

This season I’m letting go; letting go of thoughts, mindsets, beliefs that no longer serve me. I’m decluttering, clearing out – physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically and spiritually. Creating space, for expansion, for allowing new beliefs, mindsets, thoughts and new feelings come in.  I’m clearing the decks and every day I ask the question “is this serving me?” - is this thought, this mindset serving me, and if the answer is no, I let it go - with grace, with love, with compassion and I create expansion in my body, space in my mind; I create and grow and nurture resilience to support me to go forth.

There is enough time! Try this as a mantra to yourself to soothe your nervous system and return to steady state.  This together with belly breathing and extending the exhalation is a quick, easy way to get out of the stress state and into the rest state.

Our mind can be our best friend or our worst enemy! We get to choose. What we focus on grows, amplifies, so be careful what you think about! We have agency, when we can catch our thoughts, recognise that it’s our thoughts that determine how we feel inside and we can challenge or gently be curious about these thoughts and instead attune to what’s going on in the here and now, in the body. This is our reality, what’s really happening in the here and now, in our body.  So when we drop into the body, breathe into the belly, exhale for longer than we inhale, ground ourselves - then we can come into the here and now and recognise what is true for ourselves in the here and now; are we safe in the here and now, or have our feelings been running amok and creating the physiology of stress rather than rest. When we come into the body, come into our truth - we can come to that beautiful state of rest instead.

How safe and soothed do you feel in your mind right now? Ask the question about your body. How safe and soothed do you feel in your body right now? You might notice a vast difference. Notice how the mind takes us away from the present tense and your place of safety, with its constant chatter and disappearing into the past or future, into the dramas of daily life. Drop into that safe space of your body in the here and now instead.  Anchor into your body - to find your refuge, safety, wellbeing.

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MINDFUL MOMENTS….How many of these do you allow yourself in your day? A chance to come into presence. To notice your surroundings. To notice yourself. How do you feel. Can you come into presence and connect through your senses to the here and now and to yourself. Can you take some slow deep inhalations and longer exhalations. Then notice how you might feel differently now. I so hope you feel better for and coming into your present reality and for returning to your true self.