Hi
Thinking out loud here xx :D
As
every week grab a drink and a snack and like always drink responsibly
and snack responsibly take this time for you, find a comfy seat, put
your feet up and let your breath guide you through this post, this week seems to be very breath related so please only do what you can
and if as I say later in this post, you have any breathing problems
please do not do any of the breathing exercises, do what works for
you and do what calms you when we come to those parts of this blog.
So sit back relax and let's get reading.
Before
we get into this weeks blog post like with last weeks I'm going to do
another little breathing exercise. So if you have any kind of
breathing problems please and I can not stress this enough, please
skip this bit of Mental Health Mondays.
Lets
take three deep breaths in and out, take a deep breath all the way in
through your nose, and hold for three seconds,1, 2, 3, and all the way out,
two more through your mouth and hold for two seconds, 1, 2, two more to go
breath in all the way through your nose and hold for three seconds, 1, 2, 3, and out all the way through your mouth and hold for two seconds, 1, 2, and the final one in all the way through your nose and hold for five seconds, 1, 2, 3, 4,5, and out all the way through your mouth and hold for three seconds, 1, 2, 3, now you can find your regular breathing pattern and breath as normal
having let any stresses of the day go.
Now
we can get into this week's Mental Health Monday, first off how is
this week 8, I am still amazed that I've kept writing, a massive
thank you to anyone who has been reading these posts. This week is of
course catch-up week so how is everyone doing? How has this past week
been? Anything changed? Anything exciting happening? Anything not
exciting but still deserves to be talked about? Whatever it is that
you are up to I hope you are having a good time. If at the moment you
are struggling I want you to know that this time will pass, as much
as it seems like it won't it will, it may take time and a little
longer than you want it to but please be patient, if you have help
listen to everything that person is telling you if you don't have
help but know you need help then please take this as your reminder to
go to your local GP, of course taking precautions for covid, but
please take the time to get help and to help yourself, you have more
to offer than you realise and have and will have in the future people
who care about you.
This
week for me is feeling good, after a bit of a crazy but good weekend
on a little staycation I am feeling ready for the week ahead, I
kicked off this morning actually watching one of my all-time
favourites Emmet Cahill who did a stage it for his 30th
birthday, something that was a little odd for an early Monday morning
but in all honesty, I could easily get used to it. For anyone who
doesn't know who Emmet is he is an incredible Irish singer who is
part of a group called Celtic Thunder if you haven't listened to them
or to any of the guys as solo artist then I recommend you do. They
are al amazing singers.
Today
I am feeling a lot clearer than I think I have in past weeks, whether
that is because I'm writing this post or not I don't know but
whatever it is I hope you all are also feeling good about the week
ahead. I'm definitely ready for getting stuck into writing, maybe
even getting ready for this years NaNoWriMo for those of you who
don't know what that stands for it is national novel writing month
and it happens every November, I will before November do a blog post
about it as a Thursday upload for anyone who is maybe thinking about
joining but aren't sure about it and want to hear from someone who
has done a handful of NaNoWriMos.
Lets
do something a little bit different, I would say close your eyes but
I realise that it is a little hard to do when you are reading a blog
post. For this next little bit, I am going to attempt to do a little
open-eye meditation, we won't go into a full medi, just a little one
for the next few minutes. Maybe you will be able to manifest
something that you have been wanting or something you have been
wanting to do for the past little while but haven't had the time or the
chance to do it, or maybe you need to let some more stress or worries
go.
Lets
take another two deep breaths in and out here to calm us before we
get started. Breath in through your nose all the way in reaching
every part of your body, hold this breath for three seconds, 1, 2, 3, and
breath out through your mouth all the way, hold for two seconds, 1, 2, last
breath, breathing in through your nose all the way in, hold for five
seconds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and breath out all the way hold for three seconds.1, 2, 3, Now find
you regular breath as we wind down, letting your breath guide you,
letting all thoughts go, if you are focusing on manifesting
something, hold that thought focus on that one thought, give it all
of your energy, maybe here say it out loud, let it be known.
If
you want to destress let every thought go, any worries that
you can't and don't have control over let them go, whatever it is
right now it doesn't have a purpose. It doesn't need to be taking
your energy away from something else that right now needs your
energy. This could be something you don't realise yet needs your
energy, but once you stop focusing on what may be the wrong thing for
now but the right thing later on a long time for this moment, once
you stop that focus, the thing that needs your energy now will
become clear.
Take
another deep breath here just one, in through your nose hold for four
seconds, 1, 2, 3, 4, and out through your mouth and hold this one also for four
seconds 1, 2, 3, 4, now find your regular breathing pattern. Now as we come to
the end of this little medi session, I hope you are feeling rested,
calm, if you were trying to manifest something, I hope now that it is
out in thought and in words. It coming into fruition for you may
happen instantly, and it might take time this all depends on how big
your manifestation is and how doable it is for right now. For those of
you destressing I hope you are feeling calm, I hope you feel lighter,
and I hope that you are starting to focus your energy on to what
really needs your energy but also for you what you want to focus your
energy on to.
For
everyone though as a reminder we should all focus our energy into
what we want to focus it onto, if what you have been focusing on
isn't working, has stopped working or used to be for you but no
longer serves you any purpose think about making a change, think
about what is drawing you in at this moment in time. What it is that
you keep going back to, and you've been trying to ignore it for
whatever excuses you've been coming up with to tell yourself to stop
thinking about it because you can't do it. Stop. You keep thinking of
this for a reason, whether it's a new business idea, a new job,
hobby, relationship, moving, taking a little staycation, whatever it
might be, stop stopping yourself. Only you can make changes to your
life no one can do that for you, your future starts with you, what
has been your past has served its purpose it has been apart of you
getting to this stage now, but now it's time to think about what the
future holds, what you want to do, who you want to be, and how to get
there. I hope over the week you think about these things, I hope you
take time to really think about what you want the person you want to
be and the changes you can start making today to make these happen.
Wherever
and whoever you are I hope you have a lovely day and a lovely week
ahead as always I will be back here on Thursday but if you only read
my Monday uploads I shall be back here next Monday for Mental Health
Monday week 9 until then take care, be present with your breath and
let it guide you when things get a little tough, use it as a tool
that your body provides it can help in so many ways to utilise it, and
let it help calm you, remember you can always take three deep breaths
when you need to just remember to always come back to your regular
breathing pattern after. Thank you so much again for reading this
post and once again I will see you back here on Thursday. You can
also, find me over on @allthingspositive22 on Instagram we also now
have a Facebook page at Allthingspositive
Kia Kaha, Kia Maia, Kia Manawa, Me Te Aroha. Be strong, Be brave, Be Steadfast, with love.
Love
always Thinkin out loud xx :D
