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Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: yogasimplifiedmethod Date: September 21, 2022, 10:38 am
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Chapter 3
Isn't it interesting how the topics we discussed during the zoom
session resonate with the chapters in the book? The homework
assignment regarding the shad darshans describes intellect,
elements, intuition, dualities, logic, etc. So what does Phil
mean with the title, "Keep Intuition In View At All Times?" He
identifies six types starting on page 30. Out of the six, can
you share an experience you have had with at least one?
Travel Tips
Dr. Goldberg offers a list for your journey in life. For the
next few days and continuously (if possible) practice those tips
and see if you notice anything. Please respond to any of the
questions asked in topic seven.
Chapter 4
This chapter focuses a lot on the power of intellect but may
limit the use of intellect (the irony). He's basically saying
intellect is great, but you can only go so far with it. Reflect
on the conversation between me and Erin K discussing logos in
the Nyaya concept. Sometimes too much logic and rationale can
reduce intuition, feelings, emotions, and vice versa. There are
highly intelligent beings in the world who are high achievers,
book smarts, scholars, innovators, etc, that personify
brilliance. However, they may lack social intelligence,
emotional intelligence, and street smart.
As we discussed before, sometimes, when we overindulge in a
topic or feed too much into one way of thinking, one way of
being, we will lose the ability to adapt, retract, and discern.
Travel Tips
Based on chapter 1/2 and our conversations through zoom, choose
between questions 1-3 to answer and practice the remaining three
(read deeply, use your head, and contemplate).
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: Niki Ehrenkranz Date: September 22, 2022, 10:52 am
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Chapter 3: 6 Types of Intuition (Discovery, Creativity,
Evaluation, Operation, Predication, Illumination)
Evaluation- Over the passed few years I have been doing a lot of
hiking. Over those years I have grown more in-tune with myself,
listening to my body/mind, and advocating for myself to my
partner or group. I haven put in the work to be more fearless
and push myself further, but at times still need to evaluate and
reflect, "this is my limit". I definitely still have moments
where my breathing gets a little wonky and I have to tell the
group I need to stop in fear I'm going to have a panic attack..
One of my "don't do it" moments happened a few years ago while
in Zion National Park. My friends and I had hiked up and were
going out to angels landing. angel's landing has a very narrow
path and a 5,770 foot drop off. There were tons of people
walking out to the point which meant I would have to maneuver
around them. My intuition told me I am not ready for this and
it's ok to be fearful. I hung out with the park rangers learning
about condors as my crew went out to the point. I still have a
great experience and hope to go back one day!
Travel Tips: 5. Open the Cage
Free style journaling has always been a part of my life. No
prompt, just pick up the journal and write it out. I will
occasional go back and re-read and will always learn why I may
have done something or thought a certain way. After letting
things out on paper helps me navigate clutter in my mind. In the
upcoming days, I will work on treating my intuition with respect
and not be so hard on myself for doing or not doing something.
Chapter 4: Question 1:
In high school I was seeing a therapist who introduced me to
mindfulness. I had no idea how this would help me, so I went
into our sessions with an open mind and t not rock the boat. A
licensed therapist was using this tool so I wanted to believe it
and inclined to accept it as true. Overtime this has come full
circle and now I know it to be helpful and true. It also goes
with travel tip 1 in chapter 3 of opening space in your mind
reducing noise, a safe space to clear the agitation.
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: Kelli Cook Date: September 25, 2022, 12:54 pm
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Chapter 3
The 6 Types of Intuition (Discovery, Creativity, Evaluation,
Operation, Predication, Illumination). Very interesting to
read, and to be honest, I find myself having to re-read a lot of
this book to really take in what it is saying. I have always
been one to get sidetracked when reading, I am reading the text
but my mind is floating somewhere else. So this definitely
challenges me to be in the present and really consume the
teachings.
I chose "Evaluation". The first sentence "A binary function that
whispers (or screams) Yes, No, Do it or Don't. This was me
right before deciding to embark on YTT. I was feeling dull and
unfulfilled too often. I was happy with my family and friends
but something was missing and work was no longer filling the
rest of my cup. A lot of my life changed over the last two years
and I just kept blaming it on that. But maybe I changed some
too. I needed a new challenge and something to bring back the
motivated person I once was! It was hard to accept that. Why
was I not feeling fully happy? I should be. What is making me
feel down and unmotivated? I could no longer ignore or put off
those feelings. I had to really evaluate my emotions and deal
with my intuition that something was missing. Then one day I
was at the pool with my sister-in-law, who is a yoga teacher,
and I was telling her about these feelings and saying how I
needed something new, something challenging, something to learn.
She said you should do Yoga training. And yes, that was it.
It clicked at that moment. I had been loving how yoga has
helped me mentally for the last two years. My favorite studio
just announced YTT. The early bird discount was a week away.
It felt right. My old self would have contemplated it way too
long or even talked myself out of it. But I sent in the deposit
the next day. And here we are!!
Travel Tips - "Get Away from it All" - I immediately thought
about Social Media and why I decided to give that up. A period
of time when you are disengaged from the problem you are trying
to solve (mine was too much information that overwhelmed me,
made me anxious or compared to others). Stop obsessing. Go
somewhere and do something else. It has been two weeks off
social media and I have been a much more present happy person it
seems!
Chapter 4 - Travel Tip Question #1 - If you find yourself
inclined to accept something as true, when you are not really
sure, ask yourself if it is because...
This was me after having my son. 6 weeks after having him I
found myself lost. I was having huge emotions I have never felt
before. I felt sad, alone, and isolated due to the pandemic.
My husband was back to work. I could not sleep and could not
shut my mind off. I was over-consuming information about
motherhood. I was experiencing intense insomnia and panic
attacks in the middle of the night. What was happening to me? I
remember thinking. I finally accepted I needed some help and
went to see my doctor. Looking back now, I am so happy with how
they tried to help me at first. It was not just to put me on
anxiety medicine right away, it was to try and meet with a
therapist who can help me with tools. One of those tools was
meditation. I wanted to believe that it would help and I had
heard how much it had helped others, but it seemed overwhelming
and almost like a lot of work. I was not sure. Looking back
now, it really does. You just have to find the right people
and space to learn and do it with. You have to be ready and
open to it. You have to be ready to put in the work and practice
of it. Looking back now, I have come a long way from that woman
and I have the tools to help me through it now!
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: Dmurphy193 Date: September 25, 2022, 1:31 pm
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Chap 3:
Of the six types of intuition, Prediction is one of the types of
intuition that has played a large part in my life. When working
in the different roles with the Police Department. Intuition
which at the time, I had only thought of it as a 'gut feeling'.
It was a feeling that was relied heavily on to try and keep
safe. There were so many times that I was able to react quickly
to a person that I was dealing with who had reveled some subtle
cues through body language or words that would lead me to
believe they were about to escalate the situation.
Travel tips 5, Open the Cage: unrestricted self expression for
me has typically come in the form of brain storming through
decisions or options with a good friend when I'm looking for
answers from an outside prospective. For other answers and just
quieting my mind to open the opportunity for answers to come, I
get a lot through art, drawing just sketching or ever
markers/colored pencils and painting. I don't invest my time in
that like I used too but I am always interested in starting back
up with it.
Chap 4, question 1:
I try to look at everything from different perspectives and
decide from there if I want to or need to believe it. One
example that I have was losing all belief of religion while I
was a Police Officer. I became so accustomed to seeing people
commit horrendous and violent crimes against other people and
just the negativity, self-fish and ugly behavior that they
exhibited. It seemed to me that there was no way that there
could be anything better to go to after this life. It was the
only world I really knew after starting that job at 19 years
old. During that time it was easier want to believe that's just
how it is.
It wasn't until I was away from that career and the people in
it, where I was able to be more open minded to spirituality and
choose to believe in it, because of hopefulness that there's
more purpose to this life then we understand.
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: yogasimplifiedmethod Date: September 25, 2022, 6:30 pm
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[quote author=Dmurphy193 link=topic=6.msg36#msg36
date=1664130672]
Chap 3:
Of the six types of intuition, Prediction is one of the types of
intuition that has played a large part in my life. When working
in the different roles with the Police Department. Intuition
which at the time, I had only thought of it as a 'gut feeling'.
It was a feeling that was relied heavily on to try and keep
safe. There were so many times that I was able to react quickly
to a person that I was dealing with who had reveled some subtle
cues through body language or words that would lead me to
believe they were about to escalate the situation.
Travel tips 5, Open the Cage: unrestricted self expression for
me has typically come in the form of brain storming through
decisions or options with a good friend when I'm looking for
answers from an outside prospective. For other answers and just
quieting my mind to open the opportunity for answers to come, I
get a lot through art, drawing just sketching or ever
markers/colored pencils and painting. I don't invest my time in
that like I used too but I am always interested in starting back
up with it.
Chap 4, question 1:
I try to look at everything from different perspectives and
decide from there if I want to or need to believe it. One
example that I have was losing all belief of religion while I
was a Police Officer. I became so accustomed to seeing people
commit horrendous and violent crimes against other people and
just the negativity, self-fish and ugly behavior that they
exhibited. It seemed to me that there was no way that there
could be anything better to go to after this life. It was the
only world I really knew after starting that job at 19 years
old. During that time it was easier want to believe that's just
how it is.
It wasn't until I was away from that career and the people in
it, where I was able to be more open minded to spirituality and
choose to believe in it, because of hopefulness that there's
more purpose to this life then we understand.
[/quote]
I can't even imagine some of the experiences you endured working
in the police department. Intuition would have to play such a
huge role to interpret body language and making sure you're
making the right decision in a split second. I commend you not
only for sharing bits and pieces of your previous career but
also for stepping out of the role to embark on other paths and
expand on the nature of humanity.
Opening the cage is a great way of self-expression and a
mind-release exercise. We will be doing this in training in the
third immersion, so you'll get some time to color at the studio.
In the meantime, I hope you are finding some time to sketch and
color as it's a great tool not only for the mind but overall
therapeutic.
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: heidi91@comcast.net Date: September 26, 2022, 7:57 am
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I chose evaluation…. The moment of truth comes after a long
period of ruminating, when you can’t put off your decision and
your gut finally tips the scale, this stuck with me after
reading it. Going back to work full time when my kids were in
school full days was a hard decision for me I struggled with how
to do it all, be a mom and work full time but I some how
managed. (Never easy but doable especially when you have an
amazing husband to help) just when I think it’s all good I get a
call from a friend who has been asking me to work for him for
over 2 years but I honestly wanted to but didn’t think it was
doable to add another thing to my life, but this was a dream of
mine to work for this company. After countless phone calls with
my friend and me saying the time isn’t right I just said yes
this day. It was a game changer in my career and I spent the
next 10 years traveling for this company teaching amazing people
the art of loving what they do! I don’t know why I waiting so
long to make the decision but I’m so happy that day I finally
went with my gut and said yes! The journey was worth it!
travel tip #1 open space in your mind. I’m going to say this I
know not everyone feels the same way but Covid was good for me.
It helped me a tremendously! Covid forced me to slow down I had
no choice my whole life came to a standstill. My husband worked
from home and my kids had school from home and my job I can’t
work from home I literally had nothing to do. It forced me to
focus on me and only me. I took this time to work on myself, I
took to my mat daily and walked outside with my dog daily. I
spent a lot of time during the day alone with my thoughts it
taught me to get rid of stress I didn’t realize I was carrying.
I learned skills to carry with me know to continue life a little
more quietly and less stressful.
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: Madi Rowan Date: September 26, 2022, 4:13 pm
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Chapter 3: 6 Types of Intuition
I loved this chapter & found myself really relating to the third
form of intuition which is Evaluation. I actually experienced
exactly this as I came upon deciding to sign up for YTT. YTT has
been something I've felt called for for years now but for
whatever reason, it never happened. Maybe it was due to lack of
a connection with the studio, budget, time, etc., it just never
seemed like a real or doable possibility until the Collective
announced this program back in May. I was SO excited & felt like
the timing was right. However, my husband plays basketball
overseas & he signed to play again in Norway around the same
time the YTT announcement was made. This made my decision to
actually sign up extremely difficult. I went from feeling so
excited to really torn because signing up for YTT would be that
I would have to be away from my husband for 4 months. We've done
long distance for a month or so here & there but it's never been
longer than 2.5 months at a time. After a lot of conversation, I
was feeling really torn & really stressed because although I
wanted to do YTT so badly, I also didn't want to disappoint my
husband, who obviously enjoys having me live overseas with him.
Towards the end of July, I had to really lean into my evaluation
part of my intuition leading up to me taking the action to sign
up. As I really listened to my inner voice, I knew this was the
right decision for me in this stage of light. I even believe
that it will help me once I do go over to Norway to be with my
husband after YTT is over find peace in my surroundings, since
Norway 2 years ago was not an entirely pleasant situation for me
personally. Once I found clarity & weighed all of the pros &
cons, my decision to follow my intuition & sign up for YTT felt
right & on par with what I envision for myself. So I did it &
I'm so grateful! Also the day that I went to actually sign up, I
noticed a gap that I hadn't realized before in our schedule
which allows me time to visit my husband in Norway at the end of
October, which made this even more doable because that trip will
be right in the middle of the four months! Ultimately, I
followed my intuition & everything worked out!
Chapter 3 Travel Tips
I definitely notice that creativity ("open the cage") is a
constant in my life & has been one since I was a little girl.
I've always been very creative in various aspects of my life. I
loved to play the piano (I took lessons for over 10 years), I
have always enjoyed singing (still do to this day, I find it to
be extremely peaceful, relaxing, & good for my mind), & since
I'm an introvert, I've always enjoyed writing. I journaled when
I was a teenager almost every night & that practice of getting
my thoughts out was very comforting for me & I believe it helped
cultivate a trusting relationship within myself. Now, a large
portion of my work requires me to be creative, which makes it a
lot of fun but at first I definitely remember feeling a little
concerned or nervous about what others may thought, especially
because a large part of my work & creativity is done on social
media for many to see.
Chapter 4: Question #1
If you find yourself inclined to accept something as true when
you're not really sure, ask yourself if it's because believing
it gives you hope...
I transferred after my sophomore year of college & it was
undoubtably one of my most difficult seasons of my life. I had
trained essentially my entire youth & teenage years to earn a
full basketball scholarship to a Division I school, which I was
able to do & it's still one of my greatest accomplishments to
date. However, it was not the right situation for me & it was
extremely difficult to accept since I had worked so hard to get
there in the first place + how hard I was working every day to
maintain my scholarship. I was struggling with a variety of
things, but deep down I believe I was just so stuck in the
uncertainty of my situation & since I didn't want to come to
terms with it, it caused me great distress until I had no other
option than to accept it & move forward. I was able to find
myself another full basketball scholarship at the school I
ultimately graduated from & although I was so sad, uncertain, &
truly didn't know one person at this new school, I had to
believe it was the right decision because it was one of the few
things that gave me hope.
Again, I find this relative to "The Path of Action" in Chapter 1
because it demanded ego-free detachment from the fruit of one's
efforts whether I was ready for it or not!
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: Erin Curro Date: September 26, 2022, 8:22 pm
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Chapter 3:
Oh, the ocean I could dive into when talking about Intuition.
It’s funny to me, my nature is to be very empathic towards and
highly intuitive of other’s emotions while also being hyperaware
of my mind and body and also like… not at all haha. My Dad (who
fun fact aside: is also a Psychologist) used to tell me growing
up, “Erin, watch your body in space!” because I would literally
walk into walls, bump into corners, etc. all the time. My mind
and body were shall we say, disconnected. I have learned over
the years to strengthen this mind body connection and now have
the language to understand and conceptualize what was happening.
That being I struggled with lacking interoception as well as
alexithymia. For example, not being able to describe what I was
feeling or even knowing that I was experiencing a certain
feeling and ability to notice where it was showing up in my
body. To this day sometimes my husband will look at me and be
like “you seem stressed” and I will respond, “I’m not stressed,
I feel fine” (he is always right, it just takes me a second to
recognize it 😊). This may seem hilarious and is quite
the juxtaposition as a Psychologist and while I may be pretty
great at helping others identify their thoughts and feelings all
day long, for myself, it has been an active growth process. And
I am learning to be more accepting of this and find the humor in
it because it makes me smile.
All of this to say, I am choosing Creativity and Evaluation. I
resonate with the different facets of Intuition but Creativity
and Evaluation stood out to me most in reflecting on this
assignment. Creativity automatically makes me think of dance and
I had a very trusting relationship with my body. I had to trust
that it would know where to go and it helped me to let go. If I
tried to over control a movement and got in my head, it
backfired 100% of the time, so it became very adaptive for me to
equally tune in while being equally tuned out meaning quite
literally trusting the process. My yoga practice is now very
similar. And it is something I now try to embody in my daily
living, which is my authentic self, and also what my rational
mind or logic mind tries to ‘hijack’ and control. Attempting to
control things has always provided an artificial sense of safety
and security and I am continuously learning to trust and let go.
And sometimes when my mind tries to control things it can shift
me into Evaluation mind including sometimes Evaluating what I
believe are facts without sound logic aka making evaluations
based off of feelings. For example, in some situations I have to
be mindful that I cannot always trust my mind/body, such as
post-treatment having to accept that I may not get a hunger cue
at times but that counterintuitively means I need to ensure I
still do eat and eat enough to fuel my body. Evaluation can also
lead me astray at times, such as overthinking YTT before I
signed up, or in general ruminating on what-if worries. When I
have found myself in these thinking traps, I instead *try* to
follow the principle of “just do it” or “do it scared” when
again my mind tries to go “stranger danger!” And sometimes, such
as with YTT, this “do it” philosophy comes with the
compassionate encouragement of others in my life, in this case
Jim reminding me of how much I needed and deserved to do this
for myself. And I realized it was all ok! I am learning to
practice these wise mind skills (and humbled by the struggle
daily) where I try to walk more of a middle path between logic
and emotion mind and evaluate information (psychologically,
emotionally, physically, or otherwise) as “both/and” with
increased compassion, curiosity, and acceptance. I believe that
the more I am able to tap into this cognitive pathway
continuously will allow me to tap into a deeper level of
Intuition that is more Illuminative.
Travel Tips:
5) Open the Cage
I felt drawn to this Travel Tip as I can often find myself
ruminating on what-if worries and finding excuses to do so. I
have found breathwork and mindfulness meditation in addition to
yoga practice to really help me mind my monkey mind. I have
noticed since doing this more intentionally and daily I feel
much more at ease vs. anxious. I am again humbled by how taking
an equal and opposite approach has helped me to feel more at
peace. It has now become a non-negotiable for me and has become
a nice parallel process in my clinical work as well, explaining
to clients that I tried to write it off too, but it will and
does work. So this week, I will work on deepening this practice,
taking additional time to prioritize meditation and mindfulness,
not just in the morning or at night, but throughout my day. I
will also practice this by continuing to say “yes” and opening
myself up to new experiences. Focusing on pursuing the things I
value even when I feel like I do not have the time or can’t. For
example, this past weekend I was On Call at the VA/hospital. In
years past, I would have allowed the stress to dictate my
weekend plans and while they were limited, for example, I could
not attend a CS class, I was able to still go to Jim’s Friday
night game (they won against their biggest rival, Pinkerton-yay
Lancer’s!) and go out to dinner with our friends. When I found
myself starting to worry, I realized I was making excuses to
find things to worry about and instead tried to reframe my
thinking to wow, ok, I can do hard things and be ok, which
opened me up to realize I can do more than the self-limiting
beliefs my mind tries to tell me. So I am electing to let go of
feeling caged in my own mind and recognize that the door has
always been open, I just have to make the intentional steps to
pass through it. It's almost like as Jim will lovingly remind
me, everything will be ok! He is right again. It was and it will
be ok.
Chapter 4
Travel Tip Question #1 -
I really liked this Chapter and continue to echo the same
thematic elements I think I started to outline from Chapter 3 in
my description above. I truly admire cognitive flexibility and
resiliency, an Achille’s heel for me that I am actively working
to strengthen. My overindulgence can be ruminating at times too
much on worries or leaning too heavily into emotion mind and not
challenging discomforting thoughts and feelings when they arise
with wisdom and discernment from again more of a wise mind
approach. What we feed grows, so I am practicing not feeding
into the worries. YTT has also been a nice adjunct to my
clinical work, which at times, like for all of us I’m sure can
feel all-consuming. I realized being overly invested in work
without investing in more of the activities that bring me joy
and resting is a recipe for burnout. And I smile too just
thinking about the parallel process. I think my clients are all
going to be sick of hearing me talk about mindfulness. For
example, I literally had a conversation with a client today
making myself the butt of the joke and professionally disclosing
how mindfulness based practice has been a lifelong journey for
me too and not something that comes easily, even with a
Doctorate behind my name as a Psychologist, but has been truly
lifechanging. So mindfulness, meditation, etc. I very much
struggled to accept it as being capable of working so well for
me if I truly put in the consistent work. I now definitely see
just how effective it is and I am forever grateful to you all
and YTT. It also warms my heart to see many of my clients now
buying into practicing and cultivating their own yoga based
practice and celebrating their healing and personal growth in
and outside of therapy. YTT has been the gift that keeps giving
back. From the top to bottom of my heart, thank you.
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: erin_kelly Date: September 27, 2022, 8:20 am
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Chapter 3:
Of the six types of intuition I choose cooperation. Since losing
my Dad I often look for “signs.” I often catch myself asking him
to show me a sign and help me see that I am on the right path. I
feel these signs in the slightest way but I try to use my
intuition and these signs as a guide. I’ve been trying to be
more intune with my intuition and when I have a persistent urge
or a repeated feeling I try my hardest to follow.
Travel Tip #6: Pay attention. Like I said above I often look for
signs from my dad and I think of how many times those have been
overlooked. I want to start paying attention and keeping track
of the calling cards. In the book they also made an example that
dreams can often be overlooked. They suggest staying alert to
the signals that are trying to break through your awareness.
Chapter 4:
Travel tip #1: If you find yourself inclined to accept something
as true when you’re not really sure, ask yourself if it's
because…Believing it gives you hope.
After I lost my dad I felt hopeless. The strongest man I knew
had died by suicide. In these moments of hopelessness I tried to
turn to God and believe in him. I believed in God and that he
was going to turn something bad like losing my dad into
something good. I had to believe this was true to give me some
hope when I had felt so hopeless.
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Re: Road Signs - Chapter 3/4
By: oliviamarotta Date: September 27, 2022, 4:11 pm
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Chapter 3
Operation
There have been a few notable occurrences in my life that I can
distinctly recall following my intuition. I would consider
myself a logical person, I try to analyze (and sometimes
over-analyze) situations from all sides before making a decision
or conclusion about something and value fairness above most
things.
As an adult, I feel a deeper connection to my intuition and find
myself having a “gut feeling” when I am in certain situations. I
try to be cognizant of what my body and mind are telling me, and
to act or decide accordingly. When I was younger, I remember my
parents telling me that they were proud of me for being afraid
or nervous about something, and doing it anyways. I use to feel
a sense of pride in the fact that I didn’t let fear hold me
back, but my perspective has changed.
* In the past two years, I have noticed that I have been
experiencing stronger and more frequent waves of anxiety, which
mostly stemmed from feeling a lack of control over the
environment around me paired with a fear of the unknown. I have
made a conscious effort to acknowledge when my body is sending
me signals, and to honor my intuition when something feels off.
The logical part of me wants to make sense of it and attribute
symptom A to cause B, when not everything can be explained in
such simple, linear terms.
This summer, I had tickets to a concert with one of my best
friends from college. It was for an artist I really like and I
was looking forward to seeing my friend again after a few
months. A few days before the concert, I had this sinking
feeling every time I thought about going to this concert. I
became so frustrated with myself because I couldn’t explain why
I had this feeling and could not understand the reason for it. I
ended up not going to the concert because physically I felt so
strongly against it, despite trying to convince myself that I
would enjoy it. Even though I missed out on an experience, I am
proud of myself for listening to my intuition and following its
lead.
To me, “keep intuition in view at all times” means to not lose
sight of our innate feelings and responses in favor of logical
and rational information or explanations.
Travel Tips
#4) Get away from it all
The travel tip that I can connect with the most is “get away
from it all.” I am someone who wants to do everything and say
yes to everything, often at the expense of my free time, so
creating boundaries and putting my needs first is something that
I am working on. I used to babysit a lot, and found myself
mentally drained at the requests I would get from parents
because I felt the need to say yes all the time. I over-extended
myself for people and my own interests took a back seat. Over
the past year, I gained the courage to set limits and not allow
my time to be taken for granted.
I can also relate this to my job as a bridal seamstress who is
consumed by work May-October, which is peak wedding season. I
spend six hours a day, four days a week, in front of a sewing
machine. Much of my day is spent focusing on the intricate work
that I do and when I get home all I want to do is relax, not
alter curtains for my neighbors, pants for my aunt,
etc.🤪 I find that I need to step away and focus my
attention on other things, such as taking yoga, reading a book,
or catching up on a show I like in order to not feel burnt-out
day after day.
Chapter 4
Travel Tips
If I find myself inclined to accept something as true when I’m
not really sure, it’s because I don’t want to rock the boat. I
am someone who struggles with conflict, confrontation and
disagreements and find it to be really uncomfortable. I would
rather pacify the situation than stand up for myself, and
sometimes compromise my needs in the process. From this chapter,
I have learned that I should stay true to my intuition and not
trust the information I receive at face value. I believe that
many things in life require balance, such as intellect and
intuition, and that I can speak my own truth while respecting
that of others, and that one truth is not necessarily more
correct or better than the other.
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