Tools For After A Difficult Encounter
- Shake Off The Stress: Small rhythmic movement help ease muscles and the nervous system. Shake out your hands, your shoulders, your hips, your legs, and your feet. Let your whole body shake and shimmy and let out your breathe in a big sigh. Imagine the negative energy shaking right off your body and getting soaked up by the ground. (Courtesy of Brittiney George)
- Rinse Off The Stress: Water is a great energy conductor. Run water over your arms and hands. Imagine that you’re peeling an energetic glove off from your elbow to your fingertips and letting the negative energy or anxiety run right down the drain. This is a great exercise to do in the shower. Imagine that you’re washing of the anxiety or stress and letting it all run down the drain. (Courtesy of Brittiney George)
- Ton glen Meditation: Breath in how you are feeling-whatever the emotion is without judgement or analyzing. Breathe out love. Repeat for 5-20min. (Courtesy of Jen Perry)
- Releasing the Judgement Meditation: Breath in love. Breath out all of the could haves, should haves, and would haves that no longer serve you. Repeat mantra as needed. (Tama Kieves Breath Meditation—Courtesy of Brittiney George)
- Visual Laying Your Burdens Down: “To begin, sit with your eyes closed and envision an all-powerful, supremely comforting being in whatever form that takes for you, standing at the end of a road. See yourself carrying a large sack, box, or other container, imagining that all your worries are inside it. Watch as you make your way to the being of your choice, and lay your baggage down at their feet. Allow yourself to feel the lightness and relief of this action, express your gratitude, and surrender. You will be amazed by how this simple meditation can liberate you from a burden you were never meant to carry.” (Excerpt from Daily OM-Laying Our Burdens Down—Courtesy of Karen Steinbrecher)
- Play: People often underestimate the power of play and recreation. Find a way to participate in an enjoyable experience. It releases pent up energy and allows you to reconnect. (Courtesy of Tracey Smith)
- Walk Barefoot in Nature: The earth is naturally grounding. Take off your shoes and connect to the earth. As you stand or walk, imagine giving the burden or the energetic charge you are feeling from the exchange to the earth. (Courtesy of Jen Perry)
- Music: Music is a great way to shift your energy. It not only lets you get out stress and anxiety vocally, but can help to move stuck energy in the body. Sing in your car; sing in your shower, sing anywhere you’re comfortable. It doesn’t have to sound pretty or even melodic, just put on your favorite song and let yourself sing!
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