Our busy lives are full of tension and stressful events. Some are fun, while others are more challenging.  Though situations and emotions can cause us to feel stressed, they are not necessarily the cause of stress in and of themselves. How we engage and choose to cope with them is the real cause of stress.  It’s not what happens that matters, it’s how we relate to it. Self-identification, like “I am depressed” or “I am angry,” keep us stuck in the emotion and disconnects us from the truth of who we really are. That in itself creates tremendous stress in our body because it’s imposing something that is completely disconnected to our soul truth. Simply rephrasing “I am sad” with “I am feeling sad” or “I am angry” with “I feel so much anger,” allows you to honor your journey by acknowledging your experience in the present moment without engaging with the drama and this false identity.  The sources of stress and the emotions we feel as we process them aren’t who we really are.  In times of grief, anger and depression, tools from mind-body practices, like JoyFull yoga and meditation, offer us techniques to help us channel the challenging emotions in healthy, compassionate ways that are supportive and deepen our connection to our true north. This allows us to navigate through the events of life with more clarity, so we can release the pain and clear the emotions out of our body and mind so they don’t settle there and affect our health and well-being.

“Tension is who you think you should be.  Relaxation is who you are.”  ~Chinese Proverb

If we take time to cultivate a peaceful mind for just a few minutes every morning we can be more efficient and experience a more balanced day. Staying committed to a daily practice can impact our stress levels and improve our quality of life tremendously. Of course the biggest obstacle is always the illusion that we are too busy to take time for our inner well-being. The reality is that when we don’t make time to create balance, things can escalate into overwhelm. It’s like putting the cart before the horse. Your mind is the horse and your body is the cart. Meditation helps you take the reins of your mind so you can be the driver and direct your mind to create the life experience you want. The constant doing and doing brings us into “Do Do” mode. Learning to create more balance between Doing and Being will give bring you into a Do Be Do Be Do Be flow of your day. “Do Do” mode is the number one cause of burnout and creates high levels of stress in your body which always impacts your health in a negative way.  I have created my Stress Rx “Do Do Rescue Remedy” to help you get started with a more balanced and joy-full life.

The “Do-Do Rescue Remedy” gives you tangible solutions and strategies to help you balance doing and being throughout your day. Go to www.Foundation4yourLIFE.com or www.Joyfull-yoga.com and get it now for Free. This program offers you on the spot help to flow through your day with a “Do-Be-Do-Be-Do” rhythm for a more balanced & joy-full life.

© Louise Lavergne 2001-2018