Om Diary

Anxiety.  If you suffer from it you know it’s not easy to deal with this state of mind/heart. When you are anxious it seems impossible to think clearly to manage even the simplest task. I hear ya!  So, what can you do? Start with your breath. It may seem obvious, yet when anxiety takes over it makes it difficult to even inhale and exhale properly.  Your breath is one of the most powerful tools you have available at all times and deep breathing activates your parasympathetic nervous system, the system that slows the heart rate and relaxes your muscles.  The way you breathe affects your mind/body as they are always connected and depending on each other.  You can calm your mind and relax your body simply by breathing slowly and deeply. As you start with the inhale followed by the exhale, do it mindfully - breathe with a sense of awareness.   Take a full deep breath in through your nose, fill the lungs, exhale through the mouth, repeat. Let a large sense of release fill your whole body/

  Non-Attachment.  A term the world is becoming more and more familiar with if.  Have you ever found yourself saying “I want peace”, “I want to feel more connected” or “I want to be able to live in present moment”?  Letting go of things, situations that no longer serve you, projections, desire to control the future, and expectations are the best practices to live a mindful and healthy  lifestyle; the recipe to a fulfilled and stress-free life.  Let go and start living!  Let go of stuff .  Are you the type of person who acquires so many things because you believe that this new ... fill in the blanks...  or that .... fill in the blanks ...  will make you happy?  By continuing to search outside of yourself for comfort without a strong inner practice, you will always be hungry: your heart and bellies will never feel full.  What if you could come from a place of enough—how much stuff do you actually need? Have you ever asked yourself that? Let go of the story.   What stories about yourse