At times we may feel low or insecure. Stressed or frustrated. Using our breath to slow us down and bring us back to what really matters provides us an anchor.

Overwhelm is real. Burnout is common. Where do you turn?

Find your breath. Keep moving.

It’s helpful to get into nature to relieve stress. Go for a walk outside, what do you see? What do you hear? If you have time and it’s accessible, taking a walk in nature can be just what you need to reset and refresh.

In the meantime, please enjoy the soothing sounds of a babbling brook and accompanying birds at Hidden Falls in Auburn.

In this visualization, imagine your success and align your efforts to get you there! Focus is your key.

Looking to just stop? To pause the rush of emotions, the racing thoughts, and rapid heart beats?

Reclaim your breath.

Reclaim your thoughts.

Reclaim your focus.

In this session, to further our self-awareness journey, we practice a loving kindness meditation. This is a practice designed to help us overcome anger, hate, and bitterness towards others , as we cultivate self-love. All of which, with consistent practice can help us to relieve the stress of emotions that are not serving us - which also detracts from our focus.

Let me know how this lands for you.

Spiraling? Just feeling off or out of balance? Bring yourself to the present with a gentle and focused breathing exercise.

When could you use such a practice?

Many of us move with stress and tension aboard like it’s a necessary backpack . Can you imagine moving without it? Can you imagine releasing stress and setting it free?

Not into journaling? I get it. Willing to try?

It’s common to feel run over by our day, our work, our stress. And then whatever follows the hit and run, well sometimes it can feel like whatever it was backed up and ran over us again!

Let’s stop that, yeah?

To accompany our intention setting this week, I invite you to explore RAD. Recognize a stressful situation, acknowledge it, and decide what you will do next.