What are some things you surround yourself with to keep you on a positive path? It’s all too easy for our minds to wander in a negative direction... to lose focus... we somehow find the burdens that weigh heavy and complain internally til we explode.. The hardest part is picking ourselves back up from the eruption, dust off the debris. So how can we stay committed to our dreams, our practice? What if just simply placing those gentle reminders all around us could help guide us towards more gratitude, happiness, inner peace, adventure, possibilities of what could be rather then what isn’t in this moment?
.... to eventually dissolve the pain and suffering from our lives (past or present..) and to foresee a brighter future with more of what we want...
No one ever said it would be easy, each day brings on a new experience and it’s own challenges for sure, but it’s what do with it and how to move on from them that make all the difference...
Ask yourself.. what do you do to make shifts in your world when things get shaken up?
Here’s a few ideas from my “healing toolbox” that have helped me along my journey, I hope they help you too....
•Journal
•Positive affirmations
•Aromatherapy
•Yoga
•Meditate
•Run / Hike
•Gym Lift weights ..recently boxing (yang to my yin to release some deep emotions)
•Listen to positive personal development podcasts
•Read mostly spiritual & adventure novels
•Mantra Sacred repetition with Malas
•Place positive mindful messages all over to bring a smile to your face and know all will be ok (as you see here in this pic, I have water bottles with inspirational stickers, print outs of quotes, affirmative agenda, spiritual clothes, notebooks for experiences and podcasts around me always, even in my car!)
•Post inspiration on social media / blog (this is not just to share for others but for me as well - Law of Giving and Receiving -inspiration shared is SO much more powerful and they are constant reminders to continue the positive work you are doing)
•Breathwork
•Energy medicine
•Play games with family and explore (rather than just watching tv)
•Healing Bathing rituals (epsom salt bath with aromas, crystals, gua sha, abhyangha self massage, Reiki cleansing, smudge home)
•Create make music
•Dance
•Animal therapy
•Cook a delicious meal paired with a good vino
Please do share if you too do some of these to regain balance or others I didn’t mention! Curious to hear your go to’s!!