What is your greatest fear in life? Have you had to face it?
Were you prepared?
How we do anything, is how we do everything. If we are
paralyzed by our fear, in a land of scarcity and doubt then we will be trapped
until the cycle is finally broken.
Stepping into a space of vulnerability allows doubt,
worries, shame, fear, unworthiness to wash over us like waves pounding the
beach… but it is temporary and each emotion is different. I encourage you to feel what you are feeling
and to notice, what you are noticing. Being in a mindful practice is critical
to living the life that we have imagined. Removing shame around crying,
expressing emotion, and that women are inferior because of the propensity
toward emotion must be released from the confines of our society and cultural
fabric.
That being said, I do not believe that fear is always bad.
Sometimes fear can be motivational; harvesting this power in fear and allowing
it to propel you into a place of love is a potent use of this emotion.
Throughout time our Nervous System learned to hold onto negative thoughts,
memories, and situations in order to protect us from them in the future. Happy
or positive memories were let go of, and this served us well for many thousands
of years. With all of the technology we have around us now reminding us of our memories,
both positive and negative perhaps it is time that we shift the balance and
hold on to more positive memories. Finding balance is always the key and will
help to better serve us while we are on our life path.
I will always argue for balance over extremism. I have to go
in deep and pull myself out of extreme “black or white” thoughts in order to
find greater and deep ease within my own body. My brain wants to pull me into
fear V love; right V wrong; positive V negative but my heart seeks
understanding, forgiveness, and most importantly balance. This is when practices or daily rituals come
in handy! Activities such as prayer, meditation, journaling, exercising, yoga,
drinking tea, or whatever feels best in your body come into play. These are not only outlets for your emotions
but inlets for your heart space to expand and grow. When you are upset, flip
the script on yourself! Do not ask, “why me?” ask “what can I learn from this
experience?” This is when true and meaningful transformation can and will
occur. This shift must happen on the cellular level so that your entire body
both physical and energetic experiences the transformation. You may have the
best of intentions but the transformation happens when you put it into action.
Be an active participant in your own life so that you fully experience each
moment, breath, and emotion. You may e sad, but this is temporary. You may be
joyful but this can also be temporary.
Whatever it may be, breathe into and feel it in that moment. What are
you supposed to be learning? Going back in your memory bank, what have you
already learned? It is these lessons that brought you to this moment today,
show some gratitude!
Choice is always, always your next option or move. You can
choose to be angry or perhaps you choose to learn from this experience. Maybe
this time is a combination of both, just feel it before you fully react. This
is not about being perfect, about nailing your daily routine every single day. THz
sis about practicing, everything in life worthwhile is a practice and is seeking
balance.
As you step into your practice notice that you find deep inner
peace even in the middle of stress. You never want to remove stress, stress is
good. Instead of thinking that you want to get rid of stress, practice adapting
to stress. This will allow you to move in and out of sympathetic and
parasympathetic responses with greater ease and will decrease the pressure on
your body. Remember that fight or flight
is a good response when you are in danger or facing an intense situation in
general. Your body has an innate powerful response to these situations, this response
is amazing! Honor your sympathetic response and know that it is temporary. As you come back down into parasympathetic
state (rest and digest) honor that you have this ability and that your body
this automatically. Once back in parasympathetic
state, enjoy it! Take time for gratitude, breathe deeply, and feel the ease in
every cell of your body.
Fear does not need to paralyze you! Open your heart, open your mind, give thanks
to God and find that balance. It will shift each moment or perhaps each day but
be on this journey toward balance. Your thoughts and emotions are powerful and
do control the bio chemistry of your body.
Join me for ‘Yoga Rehab with Dr. E’ each Tuesday evening,
6:30pm, 123B El Paseo next door to my practice Genuine Chiropractic. I am committed to publishing a blog on the week’s
theme, before the class, and creating a magical corresponding play list each
week. My style of yoga is equally heart centered as it is derived from anatomy.
I pull on my innate wisdom to create the flow as it feels right and am able to
work with injuries well, as a chiropractor. This unique blend will leave you feeling
relaxed, inspired, informed, and better adapted to the stresses in your
surrounding environment.
Get clear, be inspired, Cultivate Vitalism
In love & light,
Dr. Elizabeth M. Wisniewski
Author, speaker, yoga teacher, chiropractor
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