PMS = most should know what that is??? IHM = Irritable husband syndrome

So when my brain feels like it's in a pressure cooker I decide to let Carina help me decompress by going to her Body Jam+ class. I've written it before - she is a real inspiration and a marvelous teacher. She's got such fantastic body language - it's clean and gritty at the same time. When you jam, it's so not supposed to be picture perfect, which is why I fit in just fine :-).

It definitely helped, but I still had that sense of burden inside, sort of like when you wish you could have an hour-long "ugly" cry just to let it all out. But, nope, no tears.

So when the kids went to bed I got the incense, candles, and meditation pillow out and tried a zen meditation for about 10 minutes. This particular method allows you to accept all the feelings and sensations you are experiencing, you just don't judge them. If you start thinking, you become aware of it and label it, "thinking", and return to your breathing.

In the middle of it my eyelid started to itch like crazy. So I decided tonight that I would let it itch (acceptance) and keep my calm. It worked, and eventually the itch subsided. When my timer rang, sure I still have somewhat of a headache, but I really did feel better.

Now I am unfortunately not one who meditates on a regular basis, but I am going to make an effort to do it more often!

 

Lena

23 januari 2009 09:51

Kanske finns det någon rökelse som kan röka bort mitt onda i ryggen också? För jag kan säga att jag har alla irritations-bokstavs-kombinationer möjliga!!

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