So what can we trust? The story we fear isn\u2019t likely to play out. We know that! But why doesn\u2019t logic and probability help? How can we learn to relax out of the panic and settle into what\u2019s also always true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See if this makes sense to you\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you\u2019re scared, you can\u2019t think straight, right? I bet you know that by now! Our trusty pre-frontal cortex shuts right down. On guard instead is the more primitive part of our brains, telling us to fight, flee or freeze. The body wants to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only we default to that trusty intellect of ours to try to figure stuff out. If we can only just get this right, right now, it\u2019ll be ok. We\u2019ll be safe again. We scramble to fix or blame or ??? you fill in the blank. What\u2019s your go to? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve had a series of concussions over the last two and a half years. I\u2019ve fallen off a bike, gotten whiplash, fell on the ice while skating, and even just did too many up dog\/down dogs in a row when I wasn\u2019t fully healed. Geesh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All my life I\u2019ve relied on this brain of mine to keep me safe. I was a smart cookie. But lately it\u2019s not been doing its job so well. I\u2019m forgetting stuff and losing track of things. Believe me, this is scary. When I let my worried, hobbled-enough-as-it-is brain have it\u2019s way, I can get even more crazed, lost in a myriad of what-if scenarios. Not at all fun! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In times like these my wise body can be my ally, if I will just let it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve learned that when I tactilely feel the support that\u2019s there beneath me, I can more easily trust that I\u2019ll be ok, no matter what else is going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I feel my feet in contact with the earth or move my pelvis on the chair, my body convinces me that right now, in this moment, I am safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I can remember to take several slow breaths, counting to five as I inhale and five again as I exhale, my body will calm down, and so will my mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I practice receiving the sensation of my body in contact with the solid ground beneath me, I don\u2019t doubt that I\u2019m deeply held by the Goodness of this Earth and its sustaining nourishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The more I sense this connection, the safer and more sane I feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My body helps me trust what is true, amidst everything else that can upend me. Because in this moment I am far safer than my anxious mind fears. My challenge, and probably yours as well, is to receive what\u2019s here already, instead of trying to run off and look for a solution elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do YOU do to remember that you really are safe, when your freaked-out mind tries to tell you otherwise? What helps you trust and receive the Goodness that holds you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Ones, let yourself receive all that\u2019s here to help you through. Spring will come and this pandemic will end. You can trust these truths\u2026 and so many others that Nature gifts us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With so much love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/diviningbeauty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Signature-1.png\")
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