Changes in life are imminent, and springtime allows you an opportunity to change your thinking and being. You can embrace new foundations, and rewire your brain for positive change!
Spring is a period of renewal and rebirth; offering you a fresh start, to feel energized, find balance, harmony and new beginnings.
How do you move effortlessly with change versus react?
You need to understand how to rewire your brain for positive change!
At any given moment, your brain can either support a deepening of who we are, help you be more effective and efficient or hinder new learning, growth and change.
Are you stuck on auto-pilot?
3 key strategies
1. Meditate
- The imprint upon which you close your eyes
- Focus with your mind to the activity of your breath
True meditation is instructional versus guided; it always brings you back to yourself and develops awareness. It should not be mindless, or a means of escape, distraction, disconnected numbness or bliss.
Rather than mindfulness, which is very popular at present, this meditation encourages a heartful approach to life. This means that we engage with life with an attitude of gentleness and compassion, and develop a loving quality of presence which is naturally healing for our body mind and spirit
Reconnect to the rhythm of your own breath
Informing and instructing, the Introductory Gentle Breath Meditation is perfect for beginners or for anyone interested in developing and establishing the quality of their own gentle breath. This is the true value and purpose of meditation.
2. Journal
By writing, you become aware of what, how and why you are doing what you are doing. You can identify useful strategies, recognise strengths and weaknesses and ultimately become more congruent as awhole person.
If you are willing to accept responsibility and be self-directed, a keen sense of observation and open-mindedness is fostered. Reflection allows you to establish a connection between all aspects of your being and life, acknowledge your feelings and emotions, observe patterns of behaviour and thinking, that may be holding you back.
Access your creative side with doodling
To find answers use colour to doodle to access your creativity.
The right, creative side of your brain verus the logical left side of the brain is a model to describe different styles of thinking. By using both sides of the brain equally, you can find an organic flow between writing and images, analysing and creativity.
Another reason to journal, is because it has been found that if we look ahead at a screen this accesses the logical left side of the brain, versus if we look down when writing or drawing on a page we access the creative right side of the brain and in reality we can be 10 times more productive.
A model that describes different styles of thinking
Utilise your whole brain to move beyond fixed attitudes.
Confidence and assertiveness naturally follows which helps you easily change attitudes, perspectives or priorities, without resistances. By identifying barriers and patterns as well as challenging your beliefs, you will avoid repeating the same patterns: this raises your conscious awareness and presence.
3. Infinity
number eight lying on its side) for 1-2 minutes a day.
These simple approaches help foster a more integrated whole you. They are easy to implement and will help you to rewire your brain in an ongoing way to be congruent with yourself and life.
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