Exercises to soothe your mind

Ilha Paqueta, Rio de Janeiro

I was reading an article the other day ; they were suggesting 3 exercises. Here they are:

Do know that an exercise is more efficient if you do it again and again …

Fill in the ‘worry-boat’

o      Get comfortable, close your eyes, relax and breathe deeply. Then, visualise yourself on a river bank. The place is bathed in a blue, maybe white light

o      Visualise the boat that sails toward you. Reliable and solid. It is sent to you to ease your mind. Obverse it in detail before you let it be near you. Its colour, its shape, its texture . . .

o      Think about what is concerning you most (little or big worries). They can appear to you as an object, a sensation, an image . . . Put them into the boat and feel your relief

o      Observe the boat, heavy with your worries, that is sailing away and feel your lightness . Follow the boat with your eyes until it disappears.

o      Come back here and now, slowly, moving your fingers, your toes, open your eyes

o      Breathe deeply

Make peace with your 5 fingers

o      Touch your thumb with your index and remember / recall a moment when you felt an important physical fatigue.

o      Touch your thumb with your middle finger and remember / recall a very loving moment (conversation, e mail, phone call . . . ) with a specific person (your life partner, a friend, your child . . . )

o      Touch your thumb with your ring finger and remember / recall the most loving gesture you received. Re live the scene like a gift.

o      Touch your thumb with your little finger and go with your thoughts in a dream place. Deeply experience its beauty.

o      Breathe deeply

Write down all your extras

o      You need a note book and to program the time you wake up 20 mn before your usual time.

o      For 20 mn, write down all that comes to your mind, without sorting them out.

o      Do not worry about the style, the grammar, spelling . . . . small worries, big projects . . .  accept everything

o      After 20 mn, close your note book, do not read what you wrote.

o      Breathe deeply

o      The aim is for you to let go of the life you have planned to welcome the life which is ahead of you. You may read your note book after several months to have more distance with what you put down.

Have a lovely day ! 

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