What’s weighing on your mind?

This is a 4-part mini-series about my 4 E’s Method spotlighting the Solar Plexus Chakra. All Shake Up Your Chakra posts can be found HERE.

What’s weighing on your mind? Is it stress? Worry? Regret? Not being able to catch up with the ever-quickening flow of information?

Please stop. Take a deep breath. And heed the most important advice you may ever hear:

You will NEVER, EVER, EVER catch up.

And that’s ok. Embrace it. Let’s make it a little easier to do that with some Solar Plexus wisdom along with today’s Baby Step.

(#turtle power!) Image created by Deb Plotkin

THE CHAKRA

Since it’s out in the open now about never being able to catch up – it’s not just you, it’s ALL of us mere mortals – take a cue from a small yet powerful animal…the turtle.

Slow and steady.

That’s the vibe of the Solar Plexus Chakra and that’s the message your Soul wants you to embrace.

There is no race to the finish line. There is only NOW and what you are enjoying right now. And that, by the way, will continually change. That’s okay. It’s supposed to change…it’s called growth. You don’t have to won’t enjoy the same things your whole life through. Mix it up. It’s been said that variety is the spice of life. So…

4 E'S METHOD - PART TWO

EFFORTLESS

First, ask yourself this:

• What do I do that I find to be effortless?

Next, realize this:

• Listen, my peeps, this can literally be ANY thing. For me, it’s being 100% present and loving what I am in the midst of doing at that moment – whether that’s washing dishes or admiring the beauty of the trees or writing these blog posts. Do more of that.

• And, sometimes that thing you are doing seems hard and challenging and the most unfun (#adulting). Yet, you can still make it feel effortless (and, dare I say, enjoyable) by vibing to an awesome playlist in the background or finding someone to help you with it or perhaps taking a few minutes to meditate before starting.

• Finally, if you still can’t get yourself to do something, take a little advice from an old song that goes like this: “If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with.”

BABY STEP

In other words, take this tiny bit of wisdom your overworked brain will appreciate, and do it one turtle-inspired Baby Step at a time…

Love what you’re doing right now to lay the groundwork so you will love what you’re doing later even more.

Doing this will train your brain to see everything you do as effortless and enjoyable and easier. And, to back me up, Confucius has some effortless-inducing advice for us all:

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

CHAKRA CLEARING

I CLEAR MY SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA – at the level of my MIND – so all things I choose to do can continually feel effortless and enjoyable. And so it is :)