Dropping In
If you’ve followed my blog posts in the past, you may recall some of my writing was around the importance of grounding, and being present. Even though I’ve struggled with this, I’ve been working on being and living in the right now; listening to my heart and not all up in my head/ego. However, during a recent energy session, I heard the same message again from my practitioner about the importance for me to stay grounded (even though it sounded a bit different this time).
The message I was given was I needed to drop into my body. WHAT? Drop into my body? Immediately, I thought how do I do that? Okay Sheryl, let’s not put the cart before the horse. As I listened to additional guidance, it was mentioned to fully relax in a comfortable position and let go of any judgements and try not to focus on thoughts while maintaining clarity of mind. A surrender of sorts of just letting go while noticing the ground underneath. Then start sensing being rooted to the earth. Turn from the outside world to inside your body, just noticing the breath. Start scanning the body from head to toe and toe to head to see if a place in the body was calm (it could be anywhere). Let it be whatever comes forward and turn all attention to the calm and still place. Let the calmness guide your practice.
Scan the body again from head to toe and toe to head to see if there is a place of tension or anxiety (without judgement, just curiosity). Then imagine if the feeling could move over to uncover the source of discomfort. Ask if this feeling is anger, fear, anxiety or anything else that comes up. Validate those emotions. Scan the body one more time to find the same or another place of calm. Once there, linger for a bit and then open your eyes and come back to the outside world.
I grabbed a folded blanket and used it to sit on against a bedroom wall, lit a candle, and treated it as a special ceremony. After closing my eyes, I scanned my body from head to toe, I felt nothing, but when I scanned it back from toe to head, I felt a calmness in my stomach. It felt as if I was ready to receive the grounding energy of being present. I was calling myself home. Home to the peace and love living within me, trying to get my attention. It felt tingly and energizing all at the same time. The second scan head to toe and toe to head to search for tension was found in my forehead. I validated my feelings before moving on to the last body scan. For the next little while I let any messages come in while I set my intentions to commit to dropping in my body on a regular basis.
I love trying new practices to help me stay on the path, and this new one feels right for me now. I’m making the commitment by dropping in to my body every day during the month of October to see if I feel a difference in paying attention by turning inward. I’ll use a journal to write down anything that comes forward such as next action steps in moving forward. If it lands on you and feels right, I invite you to join me during the month for your own personal journey going inward.
xoxox…..Sheryl