The Ravages of Fear
Melinda, 19 April 2020
“Stress is the health epidemic of the 21st Century” – World Health Organisation
90% of illness today is based on stress and lifestyle – not genetics. The relevance of this fact is that we can do something about the former. We can gain back empowerment of our lives by making changes and being pro-active about how we live our lives and the choices we make. When we perceive something is ‘stressful’ the brain reads it as dangerous, therefore the ‘Fight-Flight’ response is triggered.
We enter into sympathetic nervous system dominance.
This changes our biochemistry within our body; it is preparing us to get away from the metaphorical ‘Tiger’.
When we are in fear we inhibit our immune system.
The Journey to Peace
Melinda, 18 April 2020
As the sun set on another action packed day full of internet drop outs, phone hiccups, cows escaping out to the creek and resulting in water laden gumboots and scratched arms for us mere humans. The day rolled on, wiping tears away from well-worn faces of those doing it hard and turning up on my doorstep for a good cup of tea, homemade bickies, a chat and “please do that Tapping thing”. The Tapping ‘thing’ would ease the anxiety and allow their brain and mind to formulate a sensible and safe plan for permanently putting a roof over their head. The cup of tea would warm their heart and belly.
I suddenly stopped and realised, as if looking into someone else’s life, that ‘that feeling’ was absent. It was gone. I couldn’t find it anywhere.
No more blender in the belly and heart beating out of my chest, vanished had the sweaty hands and headaches.
I felt tired and saddened from hearing the stories and humoured by the cows, but no frustration, no anger, no overwhelm and definitely no triggers.
I was free. I felt at peace and healed.
I reflected then celebrated that all my Tapping, meditating and being mindful to my triggers and unserving habits had paid off, big time.
I saw by healing my body, heart and mind it allowed me to hold a space for others to be who they chose and to begin to heal.
Maintaining our self-care practices
Melinda, 18 April 2020
The importance of practices can not be expressed strongly enough. Daily routines help settle and align us for the day or for a peaceful night’s sleep. Some suggestions for a daily practice would be to commence from the moment you open your eyes.
Just dropping into how you are feeling, taking a deep breath and giving yourself space to settle. A round of tapping on any sort of thought and/or emotion that might not be serving you to create a peaceful and loving day and version of yourself.
Rising and doing some light and easeful stretching poses.
3 – 20 minute meditation, focused on how you want to feel and think.
Neuroscientists have now published a lot of documentation on how regular and repeated thoughts and actions create neural pathways in the brain which in turn create unconscious actions as a part of our life, for good or bad.
Let’s empower our lives, health and relationships to make decisions for freedom in all these areas and others, by using simple daily practices.
