Routines are wonderful in that they create a healthful structure for our lives. When we are able to automatically, through the creation of healthy habits, accomplish the daily tasks of living, our life is easy and joyous. However, we also have routines that do not support creating health filled automatic structures for our lives. We also create routines based in fear. For example, out of fear-based routine creating are routines of worry, chaos, terror and overwhelm. And…to make this even MORE special, we define who we are by these fear-based routines, just as we define who we are through our love-based routines. For instance, have you routines fueled by rage which express themselves in physical body inflammation? How about the grief routines expressing themselves as an inability to move forward? We all have routines such as these, that for the most part are deeply hidden, creating undercurrents upon which we base our lives. They cause us to live with eating disorders, using addictive substances, being angry at ourselves, and holding us back from becoming all we can become. They are the underpinnings of our anxieties.
On the other hand (quite literally as you will soon see) we also have and live love-based routines. For instance, we participate in routines of joyous holiday celebrations, of keeping our personal spaces tidy on a regular basis, of making sure we engage in a routine exercise program, and so on. Our love-based routines contribute to creating a healthy structure for our lives. These are all great routines that keep us from worry, chaos and overwhelm and free us up to enjoy life.
Now onto “on the other hand.” Here is an exercise to bring order out of chaos regarding our routines. You can do this exercise sitting or standing, eyes open or closed – whatever is comfortable for you. Hold your hands out in front of you, palms up with right hand slightly out to 2:00 and left hand at 11:00, elbows at your sides. In one hand (you decide which one) “place” your love-based routines, and in the other hand, “place” your fear-based routines. Now move your arms slightly away from your body so the elbows are not touching the body. Allow the hands to come together by themselves. Do not force them. Allow them to dance around until they eventually touch one another. When they touch one another, allow them to clasp together, palms touching together and thumbs crossed in an “X.” Hold them at the center of your body. When ready, look at the “X” of your crossed thumbs for a few seconds and give thanks for bringing seemingly opposites together to be unified as one. In Brain Gym® call this the Integration Metaphor. It can be used for anything in your life you want to experience more congruently.
As always, your comments about this experience are welcomed. Click on “comments RSS” to do so.
The message for February 19 from my book Doorways to Daily Soul Nurturance: A Book for Daily Inspirational Focus is:
Everything
about
your life
is carried
in your
heart
like the seeds
in a pomegranate
as your seeds
burst forth
they
enrich worlds
with their
juicy
glory
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May 9, 2010 at 6:51 pm
So very important is the gestire to affirm the intention of placing two imagined object in opposition into our hands and then bring them together in harmony. I did it as a child in play…..resolving the imaginary conflicts….and was victorious every time….Thank you for the reminder of the wisdom in a child.
May 9, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Thank you Bill for reminding all of us of our child-wisdom. The more we as adults listen to our child-wisdom, the better off we are. I think that is why I enjoy using and teaching Brain Gym® so much because it is simple to use with BIG results. Our child already knows that!