Have you ever…
Allowed each sensation you felt, pleasant and unpleasant, to be welcomed as a friend?
Offering complete acceptance for the being you are, right now?
No judgement, no ridicule, no telling self to do better, be different, do more, be less.
The present moment is the only time you have direct influence over, and to be in the present moment completely – you have to radically accept ALL of self. Radically accept your actions, your mistakes, your accomplishments, your physical pains, and your broken dreams. When you can radically accept YOU, you are in the present moment, not the past or future.
Allowing failures or achievements to be just what they are, and not label them as “bad” or “good”, keeps your Being in the NOW. When you label yourself good or bad for an action, outcome, event, anything actually, you place judgement on yourself. Judgement constrains energy and sets your nervous system to work out of a stress response. Remove judgement by radically accepting all of you and you reduce your stress response, which decreases the triggers you have, which keeps you in the present.
Radical acceptance reduces your stress response; in other words, not expecting reality to be different from what it ACTUALLY is, was, or will be, decreases cortisol. Decision making, accurate thinking, clear understanding does not happen when the brain is chronically flooded with the stress hormone, cortisol. Thinking is blurred because thought is not needed where instinct is required. Deciphering if what is happening is good or bad NEVER crosses the mind of an animal.
So the next time you are arguing with, complaining to, or judging yourself (we’ve all done it):
Pause
Take a deep belly breath
Hold for a count of seven
Exhale
RADICALLY ACCEPT IT ALL
Nicole Kerr, ND, LAc, Somatic Activated Healing Method™ Coach
After 15+ years treating fertility and female health issues, Nicole has found her true calling in somatic work. The profound personal growth and physical healing Nicole experienced with Somatic Activated Healing Method™ led her to become certified to teach, lead and coach somatic practices. You can find Nicole, aka Divine Somatics, throughout CT guiding, transforming, and moving those ready to fully return home to their body.
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