for a long time, being overstimulated has felt normal. the phone beside us constantly. the news. the endless scrolling. the pressure to respond. even when nothing is wrong, there can be a feeling that we should be doing something. our bodies get used to being switched on. we call it busy. but now, it is simply too much. there is a growing desire to step out of the constant stimulation and into something quieter. the body know when enough is enough most of us don’t need another person telling us that we are overstimulated. our bodies tell us. we can’t sit still. silence is uncomfortable. we move from one task to the next without awareness. we are physically present but disconnected. this is where the idea of heart coherence becomes interesting. not as something mystical or complicated but as a way of describing a regulated state. a state where the body/mind isn’t constantly on. peace isn’t the absence of life I use to think peace meant everything around me had to be peaceful. but that’s not what peace is. life will continue to be life. people will disappoint us. plans will change. our bodies will change etc. peace is not about creating a life where none of these things exist. it is about developing the capacity to meet them without constantly being thrown out of ourselves. that is a very different thing. coming back to the heart when I talk about moving into the heart, I don’t mean ignoring the mind. we need our minds. but the mind isn’t suppose to run the entire show. there is another kind of intelligence that becomes easier to hear when we pause. it sounds like: this isn’t right for me. I need to rest. I don’t need to respond right now. I already know the answer. that doesn’t mean every feeling is intuition. it means we become better at distinguishing between a disregulated system and what is actually true for us. and that take daily practice. we don’t have to escape the modern world I don’t believe the answer is to stop participating in the world. that’s not realistic. the shift is much more ordinary than that. it’s asking: what is happening in me right now?

Instead of just capturing a picture in San Christobal, I put my phone away and paused, taking in the beautiful scene. How often do we just take a photo but miss the moment?

Hi everyone, sorry I have to cancel today’s zoom, I got put into a last minute class at the same time. See you next week! In the meantime keep pausing:)

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