Doing a Check In
We’re all feeling the strain of past, current and future restrictions.
These changes affect our hearts, our minds and bodies. Scientists used to believe that our thoughts triggered responses in our bodies and that how we managing our thoughts could give us control over how we feel.
But recent research agrees that there often isn’t a distinction between one event and another. Our thoughts and bodies reach simultaneously to our surroundings and often overlap each other. Having control of one isn’t a surefire way of managing the other.
So one way of Noticing how we’re feeling (and thinking) is to take our minds for a walk through our body. We get to be in the driving seat like an explorer, taking any twist and turn we choose, to have a look-see at what’s going on beneath the surface. ‘Upstairs’ we may present a calm front like the proverbial swan, but underneath we may be paddling like mad, and caught in the reeds.
Doing a check in is a way to take a casual stroll inside to shine a light on any blockage. You can be as superficial or ruthless as you want, but if the focus is discovery, it makes sense to use the exercise to unearth any issue that might be causing a problem.
There are 5 steps in the process.
- Get yourself ready for your Check in by choosing a good time when you won’t be disturbed for at least 10 minutes. Be prepared to be without your phone for a short period
- Practice being still and ‘going within’. Embrace the chance to be alone with yourself and let your mind go for a walk on the inside
- Be okay with steering your light, and imagination with an ‘all access’ attitude
- Be curious about what comes up and be ready to take a real look, and let go of anything that doesn’t serve you
- Build this into a regular Me Time to investigate your defences
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