Care Package
Hannah Green
Sending my very best to each one of you during these tender times.
I have moved my practice online and am meeting with all clients remotely and will be back in the office face to face as soon as possible. I am deeply loving my work with clients and couples right now and am enjoying my home office as a haven for online therapy.
I am experiencing this time as a unique opportunity awakening. What is true for me right now...
Everybody's journey is sacred ~ I am in awe of how the present circumstances are challenging and supporting all of us in growing exactly where we want to grow. The spiritual work we are doing now is creating awakenings that will have a lasting effect.
I can take it one day at a time.
There is the present moment and then there is everything else ~ the invitation is to keep returning to present. Both the breath and the sensations in my body are portals to the present.
Resource, relief, aliveness, intimacy and peace are found in the present.
When I am triggered I am in relationship with that trigger not with the person in front of me. If I become triggered I want to work with the trigger not on changing the other person.
I can connect with my higher power and wake up to the present moment any time. Waiting for someone or something to change is not necessary.
I feel love! For the Universe, for my husband and for every person in my life.
What is true for you right now?
RECIPE FOR THIS MOMENT
SEEING WITH THE HEART
"Everybody needs to take some time, in someway to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart"
~ Jack Kornfield
I think that when we see with our heart instead of our eyes we are identified with what mindfulness practice calls "the observer self." This is the part of us that sees with curiosity, openness and wonder. This is the part of us that has healthy boundaries and is able to refrain from offending and protect ourselves from being offended. The observer self is the part of us that can feel the depths of our being. When we are in touch with the depths we are accessing an inexhaustible resource. My codependence tells me - if I'm not reactive or overwhelmed it means I don't care. My truth is the exact opposite. When I am in touch with the depths and identified with the observer self, I care deeply. I care for self, I care for other and I honor each moment and each persons experience as sacred. Taking a step back and identifying with the observer self creates a sense of spaciousness and opens the door to compassion.
Connecting with the observer self is a powerful tool for the present time.
To connect with the observer self:
Notice your breath
Notice a center place inside
Imaging that you are observing whats happening from this center place. I feel my observer self gazing from the heart.
Where do you feel a center place?
What is it like to let this center place breathe for you?
How do feel when you observe from this place?
Can you observe not only events and circumstances but also your own feelings and reactions from this center place?
How do you feel about others when you observe them from this center place?
TIMELY BOOKS
These are two of the spiritual classics that changed my perspective forever years ago. Perhaps listening to them on audible would be supportive right now...their message is powerful and they have such wonderful voices...
Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Loving What Is by Byron Katie
For deep comfort try these audible classics read by two of my favorite narrators...
Wiinie the Pooh by AA Milne
Mists of Avalon by Marrion Zimmer Bradley
Incredible guided mediations with Starhawk and her drum!
Wiccan Meditations by Starhawk
CARD FOR THE MOMENT
3 OF CUPS
The 3 of cups keeps coming up! I am grateful for the reminder to focus on the abundance of the present moment and on developing an attitude of gratitude. An attitude of gratitude is powerful and resourcing. It allows us to be of service to ourselves and those around us. The 3 of cups also a reminds me to share feelings with others. All kinds of deep feelings are surfacing and can we keep sharing them? Can we drink them in and be nourished by them? Feelings are the substance of connection and intimacy. There is an abundance of feeling available to us. Lets take care of ourselves and use our boundaries whenever we need but also remember to enjoy the connection that comes from sharing real feelings with those we are close to.