V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #32: Stillness

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It is not in my nature to be still. If there is a current, I will push against it. When my body fails me, my mind is churning. Emotionally, I am in a constant state of restlessness. Stillness does not come naturally.

And yet, when I take time to calm the body, release the mind, and breath through emotions, I can enter into a deep and restorative state.

So why don’t I do it more often? What am I afraid of? And is it fear, or is there something there in the depths of my soul that I cannot allow myself to touch/ reveal? Is it a sense of unworthiness that holds me back?

When the world feels like it is crashing down on me, I recognize the invitation. It is time. This week, I challenge myself to practice stillness, through meditation, breathing, yoga – however I find myself there.

Won’t you join me?

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Look forward to your responses.

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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

59 thoughts on “V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #32: Stillness”

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      1. Actually I watched a TED talk to help me understand the creative mind. It`s in the pauses and stillness that creativity flows, after the initial work is done.

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  15. Okay, challenge accepted. I was looking specifically for some kind of blog challenge and I am hapy to have found yours. I like the deep thinking part of these challenges. 🙂

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  16. Another interesting idea to explore, V. J. I find that those moments of stillness shine a light on how our thoughts and senses (yes, even the sense of pain) create our personal reality.

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      3. I’m thinking of looking into CBD oil for pain relief and actually my familiar doctor agreed since I’ve been taking Advil for too long, but he can’t prescribe it until April because of the Ford’s government regulations for Ontario.

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