Just BE It!

Just BE It!, by Janet Roper, facilitator

'Tis the Season! Have you noticed your schedule becoming even busier lately? Have you found yourself doing more preparations around your house for the holiday season? Are you doing more cooking, cleaning, shopping and laundry? Are you doing more organizing so everything is in its proper place when the guests visit? Are you doing more chauffeuring? Are you doing more and more for others and less and less for yourself?

Aren't you tired of doing? When we find ourselves doing, without being, we are out of harmony with ourselves, friends, family, the world and the universe.

At this time of the year it is particularly easy to forget we are not human doings but human beings. I encourage you to use the reflection exercise later in this issue to help you be.

Mini-Reflection Exercise

Go to a quite place, either in your home or in Nature. Make sure this is somewhere you feel safe, comfortable and won't be interrupted. Take the time you need to calm down, center yourself and become aware of the present moment. Pay attention to your breath; breathe out your concerns, anxieties and toxins. Breathe in peace, harmony, joy and love. Now, think of something specific you want to release and with your next exhale, let that concern go. What do you want to bring in to replace that concern? With your next inhale, bring that specific quality in. Think of it this way: Nature abhors a vacuum, so when a space is created by releasing, it will be filled ~ you may as well request what fills that space! For example, exhale concerns around scheduling, inhale harmony regarding time management. Repeat as needed...and rediscover your human being!