My interpretation of "at ease" includes a fair amount of activity, as I seldom find myself just chilling. When I feel most at ease I am apt to be standing at the kitchen counter chopping a mound of vegetables. My most memorable childhood moments are those spent baking cookies with my grandmother. My Energy Channel is like the Food Network on steroids.
Last week I almost posted a blog under this same title, but the content related more to the importance of taking good care of our bodies as part of expressing unconditional love for ourselves. I even took pictures of the breakfast I served Andy that morning and was going to share the recipe with all. Doesn't it look yummy??
But then I chickened out and figured we didn't want to turn Mental Pilates into a food blog.
However, this is now legit! Part of my homework! I have identified a time and place I feel at ease and I have even identified an effective redirection procedure - one that I've used successfully many times in the past. When it's time to step away from a potentially negative situation, break out the chopping block!! Start dicing onions, peeling potatoes, chopping carrots, washing lettuce ... works for me!
And I even have a candidate core identity icon! I don't know if this is pushing it, but there's great vitality and symbolism in this icon for me!
Let me know if you want the smoothie recipe! :)
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Very, very good! I'm impressed. Good thought, good results! It is all about awareness. Being aware of all the symbolism in one's identity icon is what makes it powerful.
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Dorothy,
ReplyDeleteI was very inspired by the non-traditional identity icon you chose! I can imagine visualizing Julia in a moment of duress and having that re-balance me. It is hard to find anyone more vital than her!
I have decided that the identity icon is not for me and that I am doing an identity action instead. At the end of yoga class we bring our hands in prayer position to each of our chakras. Like a pavlovian dog, now every time I do this action I feel some of the serenity that I do at the end of class. Since this exercise is literally about centering, I have chosen it as my identity action.
It does look yummy and I do want the recipe! I'm similar in my 'at ease' state. I'm at ease when accomplishing stuff and I've got flow doing it. I understand!
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