How to Tune Into Your Inner Self
Begin by asking yourself these questions: What is behind my current feelings?, Try some of these suggestions and then go on with your own creative ideas. , Gaze downward or tilt your head a bit towards your lap, and feel your chest and gut; breathe...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Begin by asking yourself these questions: What is behind my current feelings?
How do I want to feel? What do I want to experience? -
Step 2: Try some of these suggestions and then go on with your own creative ideas.
, Just be yourself for a few seconds. , Whatever it is, accept the feeling by either hugging yourself while feeling it or mentally wrapping your arms around the emotion, as if it were a ball of light. ,, Look at the tree tops.
Notice how the breeze or wind moves them and if they have any birds in them.
See the clouds and note the direction and speed of the wind.
Touch something in the natural world, like a smooth stone or a plant.
Notice its texture and temperature. , Keep a sense of responsible awareness, but go ahead and feel the wonder of everything; try fun things like moving your body to mimic the poses the kid is striking, and let her or him in on it by pointing out stuff to laugh about together. , Write about anything.
Save what you wrote and read it later.
You'll enjoy it and gain insights into yourself. , Plan a picnic if possible.
Invite all ages of your friends and families! , Consider the differences and similarities between what is assumed and demanded by the post-modern world around you and what is necessary and desirable to you. , -
Step 3: Gaze downward or tilt your head a bit towards your lap
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Step 4: and feel your chest and gut; breathe while doing this for a moment or two.
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Step 5: Think about how you feel in this moment.
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Step 6: Pay attention to any impulses that come up
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Step 7: like a desire to go outside.
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Step 8: Go outside.
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Step 9: Play with a kid as if you were still that young.
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Step 10: Spend five or fifteen minutes writing in a journal.
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Step 11: Listen to Cat Stevens Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head
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Step 12: and Led Zeppelin's Tangerine
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Step 13: and then plan a drive (any time of year) into the country.
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Step 14: Relax about the pressures you perceive in the world for a moment.
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Step 15: Consider having fun every day
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Step 16: real fun that touches your deepest self.
Detailed Guide
How do I want to feel? What do I want to experience?
, Just be yourself for a few seconds. , Whatever it is, accept the feeling by either hugging yourself while feeling it or mentally wrapping your arms around the emotion, as if it were a ball of light. ,, Look at the tree tops.
Notice how the breeze or wind moves them and if they have any birds in them.
See the clouds and note the direction and speed of the wind.
Touch something in the natural world, like a smooth stone or a plant.
Notice its texture and temperature. , Keep a sense of responsible awareness, but go ahead and feel the wonder of everything; try fun things like moving your body to mimic the poses the kid is striking, and let her or him in on it by pointing out stuff to laugh about together. , Write about anything.
Save what you wrote and read it later.
You'll enjoy it and gain insights into yourself. , Plan a picnic if possible.
Invite all ages of your friends and families! , Consider the differences and similarities between what is assumed and demanded by the post-modern world around you and what is necessary and desirable to you. ,
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