Integral Healing Arts

Count Down! Day 2 out of 7 aka 364 days of SELF-DISCOVERY THRU RECOVERY The truth is… I am an addict. Mostly booze/alcohol. But long periods of daily ma*****na use. Ci******es off and on since I was 15/16… yuck. And the day I got fired, I poured the bottle of gin out in the gutter my street. And I shuttered with Shame, grief, humiliation, devastation, confusion, relief, anger, clarity, embarrassed but I felt free.

And I started counting days, sometimes hours, mostly weeks. Weeks turned into months. A year.

364 days. 52 weeks. 12 months.

Suggestions:

Choose to notice when you want/ would have a drink. Take note. Make a different choice. Witness the felt sense. Connect to Center. Love. Integral Healing. Craft. Design. Implement strategies. Adapt when s**t gets weird. Acknowledge feeling. Disconnect when necessary. Integrate Love.

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Happy almost anniversary to me!

Mondays are my new Sundays. I’ve extended my weekends into all aspects of my week. I use spaciousness as a strategy to create time to stretch, to roll out tension, to sit in silence, to write and to eat mindfully.

Here are some of my modes and methods for self care—

Movement: yoga, Anya, dance, steel mace work out, basketball, yard work, cleaning the house, biking and walking.

Massage: rolling out (styrofoam roller & Yoga Tune Up balls), tapotement, massage gun, thai partner massage and dry brushing.

Meditation: Seated, standing, brushing teeth, when chewing, in between thoughts, in conversation… exercising the pause. The breath is my guide.

Motivation: Goals, rituals, ceremony, setting intentions, aligning with my preferences.

Metta: Loving Kindness