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Simple, Easy Grace

11/19/2018

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As you sit with friends and family around the Thanksgiving table this Thursday, most likely it will begin with a grace of some sort; a recitation of a prayer, a gratitude for the food and friends, a heartfelt recognition of all that you've been blessed with, even if it's only this plateful of food.
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Saying grace before a meal has been a long-standing practice for most families although, to be honest, many have strayed since the invention of the TV dinner. If it's been missing at your table, perhaps it's a great time to make it a regular part of your meal process, just like setting the table and serving the food.

Saying grace and offering blessings doesn't have to be a religious act but simply an expression of gratitude and appreciation. So many conditions have come together for the food to be on your plate - not just the cooking and shopping but all the work that the farmer did, the earth, the sky and the sun. When you look deeply, there’s a great fortune there.

Eating the food provides nutrients and minerals, essential components of energy for your body to do you all the miraculous things you do. You're fueling your tank. Make it healthy, non-GMO food for super power.

You can also continue the appreciation for the food by eating slowly and with curiosity. Really experience what’s there. What does this really taste like? How do the textures change? Can you feel your body receiving the food, noticing fullness approaching?

This mindful view of your food, with grace and appreciation at the beginning, during, and end, can add a wonderful dynamic to your relationship with your plate and how you're truly fed. Perhaps re-initiate an offering of grace at meal time. Make it a regular practice for a week or so and see how this mindful ingredient adds lots of flavor and spice to an otherwise standard experience.

Love and Peace to you,
Shanti


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Music Makes It More Than Fine

11/12/2018

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Did you ever have a really rotten day and, on your way home, you slip in a CD of your favorite tunes and "crank it up to crank it out"? Within minutes of singing out loud, drumming on the steering wheel, grooving in your seat, and whatever else moves you, all your stress goes away. "Bye-bye mess back at the office! I've got boogie in my bones." Yes!! 

Music has such capacity to change our mood and switch our outlook... and all within seconds. How fantastic is that! 

For as long as I can remember, I've had native flute music playing in the background as I work in my office. One particular CD was always dialed in... over and over. I never got sick of it. I wasn't really paying attention to the music itself but it was there, creating a soothing space as I went about my day.​

Then one day, the CD portion of my Bose system broke. Total bummer. (really sad face)

After a few days, I noticed an interesting thing. There was an edge to my energy. I was a bit more easily agitated and frustrated for really no reason at all... except the calming melodies enveloping my background space were no longer there. 

Unfortunately my Bose system is still broken (and if anyone has one and never uses the CD portion, I'm happy to compensate and trade with you) with my work-around now being listening to this music on my iTunes. Edges be gone!

This week, experiment yourself and try different music on. Notice how different styles of music affect your mood; which ones act as mood stabilizers or energizers. This can be a fun thing to do, especially as holiday music is beginning to be pumped into the airways. You want decide what you want to listen to.

Peace to you,

Shanti

P.S. Lyrics to "More Than Fine" by Switchfoot... a favorite song to start the day and a powerful proclamation that I'm in charge of my life. When I wake in the morning
I want to blow it into pieces
I want more than just ok, more than just ok

When I'm up with the sunrise
I want more than just blue skies
I want more than just ok, more than just ok

I'm not giving up, giving up, not giving up now
I'm not giving up, giving up, not backing down

More than fine, more than bent on getting by
More than fine, more than just ok

When I'm lit with the sunshine
I want more than just a good time
I want more than just ok, more than just ok

I'm not giving up, giving up, not giving up now
I'm not giving up, giving up, I'm not selling out

More than fine, more than bent on getting by
More than fine, more than just ok...  


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