contemporary Living Feng shuimagazine magazine month Winter20XX 2013
pleasing tendencies where we flex to the point of losing a part of ourselves, cause us to suffer both physically and emotionally. Only balanced flexibility can restore us to wholeness.
opened my mind to creatively contemplate my topic for the day. It was during the last fifteen minutes that Universal inspiration and solutions presented themselves.
I want to share with you a few things I’ve learned to do over the years to reduce the stress in my life which now allows me the flexibility to go with the flow.
Breathing is another very useful tool that can take as little as five minutes to reset stress levels. And remember: when you’re less stressed, it’s easier to deal with what life throws at you. Being flexible is just part of the reward.
You’ve heard it before, and I will mention it here because it works: Meditation. Twenty minutes in the morning can completely change your entire day! And, therefore, your life. When you go into a meditative state, you release yourself from this world’s worries. And as you settle into the nothingness of all that is divine, the Universe offers up solutions to some of the worries and concerns that have been occupying your mind. Divine guidance is a beautiful thing. If you have a hard time meditating because you can’t empty your mind, take a walk. Last year, when I was hosting my weekly radio show, my nerves would get a little rattled before airtime. I found that a thirty minute walk an hour before the show was extremely helpful. The first fifteen minutes would be spent emptying my mind and the last fifteen minutes
Take a deep breath in...and breathe it out... all the way down into your toes. Continue doing this for five or six minutes. I call this my transition breath and I use this exercise when I’m between places, usually in the car after I’ve stopped travelling from one place and before I enter the next part of my day. This transitional breath prepares me for what I have to do next. I breathe in flexibility as I reduce stress and unclutter both my mind and my life. With breath and meditation, my flexibility increases and allows me to go with the flow.
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racy Makarenko is an Intuitive Healer offering hands-on holistic healing treatments. She provides clinicbased individual treatments, angel card readings, and reaches clients throughout the world via Skype. In addition to her practice, Tracy offers workshops including all levels of Reiki and has developed several of her own. Her latest workshop offering is based on the success of her memoir, Moving from the Outside, In, available through Amazon.com, Chapters.ca, and BarnesandNoble. com. Tracy has authored many articles on Holistic Health and was the host of a VoiceAmerica weekly radio show. www.livingfengshui.ca