Reclaming Your True Self
with Angela Dunning
How to Re-Centre Yourself and Find Your Balance By Angela Dunning
For many people, but especially for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), when we are in a high-energy, stressful mode of operating, or surviving, we often make rash decisions which go against our best interests, desires or well-being, and we can also get more easily pulled or knocked-off balance. We find ourselves running - running towards things, and running away from things; especially our feelings and true needs. If we take a moment to pay attention to this level of energy - we notice that we are unconsciously operating like this all of the time. And this is not healthy. In addition, we avoid accessing the positive hormones and endorphins which get released through deep relaxation, mindfulness and being in our bodies. Over a period of time this can lead to ill-health, imbalance and a general loss of power and energy, as it is simply exhausting to be at this stress-level for too long. Further, when we are always running, we are inevitably never actually arriving: Arriving to the present moment of what actually is; arriving to ourselves, to our presence inside: our feelings, thoughts, bodily sensations and intuitive insights. As well as never really being present with the people or animals in our lives too. This is such a shame as it means we miss out on actually being here; right now. Instead, our eyes remain fixed on a goal always ahead. Always, always ahead and never right here.
36 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COMe September 2017