Simple Acts of Calm: Sitting Still
It sounds simple enough doesn't it? Sitting still. Not scurrying, pacing, rushing, texting, talking, but sitting, breathing, being. Yet, for the overstimulated mind sitting still is not so easy.
And yet, in practice, sitting still and not speaking for five minutes is often challenging. The trouble is, we're not used to it and our minds resent it. We might feel frustrated, antsy, or downright contained and bursting at the seams to speak and move.
As discussed in my post "What if I'm too Tense to Relax" sometimes we have to meet ourselves half way and find a place where we can sit still and gain full benefit from the experience but still pacify our mind so that it might settle down and let us be.
Ease yourself into the benefits of a few moments of deeply restful silence today. And when you have, note your experience in your journal, or leave a comment in the box below - writing commits our experience to memory so that we can remember what's good for us in times of challenge.
Article written by Ananga Sivyer. Join me on Facebook or Twitter
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