Say you’re going along, everything is great and boom -- you get derailed. A bad day, a series of unfortunate events, even a tragedy.
Gina Benkendorf
Once you are derailed, how long does it take you to get back on track? A day, a few, a week or a few of those.…?
Once you are back on track you feel good, life is great again, you may even feel on top of the world.
It works.
Just being aware and encouraging yourself to be the observer will allow you to get back on that train of the good life much faster.
Most importantly, while observing yourself, notice exactly how you feel, and what exactly happens to you when you decide to shake it off and move on. THAT IS THE KEY!
Once we make a decision to move forward, the bad news becomes the past and you are able to live in the present. Your life is no longer dominated by something that doesn’t even exist anymore.
It’s an easy practice, too.
1. Encourage yourself to get out of your head while you are derailed and just watch;
2. Take in the situation at hand by accepting it, rolling with the punches;
3. Only you can determine the length of time you allow yourself to be discouraged, angry or for your present to be stolen by the angst of the past;
4. Be very alert when deciding to "get on with your life" -- notice that decision and your feelings;
5. Feel that feeling strongly and be as aware as possible.
Detaching for a moment, tamping your emotions down enough so you can see yourself -- for better or worse -- is the only path to knowledge proven to yank you out of a funk.
Do you ever watch a baby learn to walk? Sometimes they fall, they cry. But soon they are back up again, stumbling around but picking up steam.
“The best way to waste your life,” author Chuck “Fight Club” Palahniuk writes, “is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch.”
A Southern belle who has found her place amid the bustle of our area, Gina G. Benkendorf helps others obtain " prashanti" -- supreme peace. Her yoga instruction emphasizes not only flexibility and balance but also the ability to breathe, releasing the natural chemicals that can take you somewhere without noisy helicopters, incessant deadlines or backed-up arteries -- whether you're talking River Road or your body. Besides working as a local and non-local Specialized Yoga Instructor at At East Coast Fitness (Edgewater), Shiva Shanti (Rutherford), Kids Yoga (Weehawken), and Prana Yoga Studio (Denville), Gina welcomes private clients. You can contact her at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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