ENERGY AWARENESS
I was contemplating energy and the types of energy we experience with different places, people, situations, circumstances, in all aspects of life in general. Why do one day we have clear minded thoughts and others we find it difficult to focus? Is our mind pre-occupied elsewhere? Some days we are full of energy and easily can access it while other days we feel resistant, stuck, or feel simply depleted of energy. How much of that is physical due to an imbalance in diet, exercise, sleep, work, play and environment? How much of that is thought and emotion based?
The mind can create an imbalance in energy or enhance it. The mind’s thoughts signal the body and the body’s response signals our emotions which control a tremendous amount of our energy via hormones and other chemical releases. Once our emotions are out of control, we lose focus and ability to function effectively. Don’t get me wrong, people who are cut off from their emotions are out of control of their energy too.
Some people drain us. Seriously, you know what I mean. Some people are just disconnected, overly mental or emotionally reactive. They don’t consciously mean to drain us, but they do. Others are energy vampires. They literally suck energy from others as opposed to create it from within or receive it from nature. When you are unaware only two kinds of people can drain you; those that are stronger than you energetically or those that are weaker than you are energetically. When you are aware no one can drain you as you are constantly balancing the flow of energy in and around you in all aspects.
We are all highly affected by others energy, by the energy of nature, work, a building, colors, light, shapes, smells, sound etc. Energy is all around us. Pay attention to it and to yours and how you interact with energy in all its expressions. That is the homework assignment for the week and for your life. Once you start to observe your energy from waking, through daily life until sleep you will see how you energetically interact with your life and those in it as well as your environment. Awareness is the first step to transforming and transcending any out of balance thought, feeling or situation.
Become aware of your energy, the thoughts, and emotions behind them. When do you have more or less energy and why? How do others energy make you feel? How does the energy at work or school make you feel? How does your home make you feel? How does simply thinking about positive or challenging situations make you feel?
Start by sitting still and bringing awareness to your breathing. Is it full, tight, shallow? Are you breathing through your nose or mouth? Breathe through your nose in a relaxed but full manner with equal length breaths in and out. Relax the belly.
Sit upright off the diaphragm. Become aware of your posture. Where do you have tension in your body, where does your body feel strong or weak? Can you feel moving energy through your body? Can you feel your heartbeat? Do parts of your body feel warmer or colder than other parts? Can you sense the hair on your body?
Are your thoughts stuck behind you in the past or are they racing ahead in the anticipated the future? Focusing on the past or anticipated future places energy outside of the body and out the present moment, out of your presence.
Bringing awareness into subtlety takes some work. Is the energy of your thoughts harmonious? Is the energy of your home comfortable? Is the energy of your work purposeful? Is the energy of the people you interact with uplifting? How much of this perception is truthful? How much do you take responsibility for the energy around you or do you project responsibility outside of yourself onto others and view it as “out of your control”?
Awareness takes effort, it takes consciousness, it takes concerted attention in an honest, direction. It is not always comfortable to be aware of things. Truth be told we are either consciously becoming aware of who we are, or we are unconsciously and subconsciously led by those unbalanced thoughts, emotions, circumstances, places, challenges, impulses etc. like the tail wagging the dog.
I would rather be aware and begin to build my own consciously balanced life and bring that awareness to all I think, say, and do.
Remember start with awareness of breath, the body, and any tension. Move to awareness of your senses (smell, touch, taste, sight, and hearing). Move to awareness of thoughts and feelings. Guide the awareness with equal length inhales and exhales. Try not to judge but be aware of judgment.
Energy can be transformed, it can be given and received, and it can expand and recede. Energy can be balanced. Awareness allows us to view our energy from a different perspective, one of consciousness. Awareness raises the vibration of our energy not only for ourselves but for the planet.
