Stress Busters for Environmental Leaders
BAM! How to Eliminate Pain or Anxiety
Have you noticed that sometimes when you are feeling a lot of stress at work, that your body starts complaining? Maybe you develop a headache, your heart pounds, your stomach aches or other pains crop up. Rather than grabbing a medicine bottle or simply ignoring it, here's a quick hack that can reduce or even eliminate that pain or discomfort. Listen to your body, it’s sending you some important information! Marci Shimoff, a transformational trainer, introduced this process to me.
Sit up straight and take 3 deep breaths from your belly. Inhale for the count of 4 and exhale for the count of 4. Identify where you have some pain or discomfort. Is it in your shoulder; is it in your neck; is it in your belly? Where is it? Then take your hands and put them on that location. Breathe into that place in your body where you have that discomfort or pain and send loving thoughts to it. Keep breathing into that area until you feel that the pain has minimized, or it has gone away. Keep tuning into your body and pick up if there's another area that pops up. So again, focus on that area. Put your hands on it ,breathe into it send loving thoughts to it. Keep doing this until you feel that you pretty much cleared out all the discomfort in your body. Thank your body for communicating with you and then go about your day.
What is your body telling you right now?
Sacred Earth Science helps environmental leaders avoid burnout by teaching them tools and techniques that transform the way they do their vital work. Our tools and techniques integrate eastern, western and indigenous science and we support growth through our Next Level Coaching.
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