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Trade Talk
Self-compassion during COVID-19
We hear stories all the time of people who lost everything and bounce back better than before. If you are severely impacted by COVID-19, in your personal or professional life, you can do it too.
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Just don’t beat yourself up. Rather treat yourself to some self-compassion.
Try these three exercises. They may look short and easy, but I promise you that they are powerful. Smile when doing these exercises and do your best to be in a place of silence.
1. Chant Your Name
Place your hand on your heart and chant your name slowly three, six or nine times.
Why? Because your name is the sweetest word you resonate with and this self-sound therapy technique emphasises it.
We hear other people call our name all the time, but we never call ourselves by our own name. Dale Carnegie once said, “A person's name is to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language.”
2. Your Ho’oponopono
Place your hand on your heart and at a steady, calm pace, say “I love you” three, six or nine times.
Ho'oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian art that means “set things right’” or “to make right”. It is about letting go or erasing the unwanted and negative feelings within us. It tries to get us into a state of inspiration, love and excitement.
By saying ”I love you," you are saying “Thank you for allowing me another opportunity to be who I am. Thank you for recognizing those pent-up feelings and setting me free from those
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emotions. Thank you for the divine intelligence and wisdom. And thank you for removing obstacles that hold me back.”
Gratitude From You
Place your hand on your heart and say “Thank you for…” three, six or nine things you are grateful for.
Saying thank you to all that has happened to you, all that is happening to you and all that will happen to you, makes you humble.
Forbes reports that a study on ‘Behavior Research and Therapy’ published in 2006, found that Vietnam war veterans with higher levels of gratitude experienced lower rates of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder”.
Remember, everyone is flawed, and everyone has problems. Just the degree varies. Gratitude allows us to see beyond the labels of inadequacies and failures.
Truth is genuine gratitude is often ignored by most of us. We should not.
Ancient cultures, spirituality and modern science, all promote the cultivation of gratitude.
And it costs nothing.
