Do you ever feel like you’re just running around putting out fires?
Life happens at the speed of, well, life, which can feel pretty fast. So many of us spend a lot of our time reacting to life’s circumstances -putting out fires – rather than taking time to step away from the mayhem in order to think creatively about the way we actually want to live.
If you’re experiencing a lot of stress, it can feel scary to “take the time” to step off of the front line of reactivity and slow down enough to do some creative envisioning. But deep down you probably know that when you’re stressed, that’s when you need to step back the most.
Years ago, when I was over the top with my own work-stress-craziness load, one of my best friends made me stop and take a break, and the creative envisioning that came out of that moment changed my life.
That’s why I want to share, that when you do take time to slow down, step back, and think creatively about who you want to be, how you want to live, and especially, how you want to show up in the world, you have a much higher chance of manifesting the life you want to live, and in experiencing success on your own terms, than when you’re just running around in a state of reaction all the time.
When I’m working with my clients in Equine Facilitated Learning, we often do an activity called “Embodying the Goal.” In that activity, the participant works in partnership with a horse to accomplish a goal together, with awareness and mutual respect. One of the key steps in the process involves clearly visualizing the end result – the goal – that you want to accomplish.
Visualizing something you want to accomplish is a hugely creative act.
Naturally, envisioning a result you want to accomplish also plays a HUGE role in manifesting the life you want to lead – it’s a mindfulness technique I often teach, drawn from Yoga Nidra.
The difference is, that in Equine Facilitated Learning, you’re also called upon to embody the goal, to embody the reality you want to manifest. Because the activity calls on you to tap into the wisdom of your body, and to move mindfully, and physically, from that place, the level of empowerment and self confidence you can gain brings you into immediate and intimate relation with your goal. It puts you in touch with the core of your being in a way that teaches you how to move swiftly closer to accomplishing any goal you set your heart to.
Creative envisioning + Embodying is the opposite of Reacting
So today, let’s take a moment for ourselves, a long exhale, some breathing room to slow down and simply be. Let’s encourage reactivity to take a break, and invite our creative capacity to step forward. Let’s remember that we’re always in creative partnership with the forces of nature in our lives – other people, other beings (horses if we’re lucky), our circumstances, our surroundings. Let’s take time to muse creatively about how we want to show up – for our friends, our kids, our selves, how we want to live, who we want to be. Today, let’s send that vision out into the world, either simply in the silence of our own minds, or by sharing it with others.
If what you’re creatively envisioning seems a million miles away from where you want to be, remember that the longest journey is the one you never take. So why not start today?
With love,
Erin
p.s. Look for information coming soon about the Equine Facilitated Learning retreat/workshop I’m offering in Amado, Arizona, this fall. Can you visualize yourself there? Registration opens soon! If you’d like to hear the details as soon as they’re available, just let me know. My email is: Erin@Radiantenergyforlife.com xoxo, -e