I love being in sync. I find if I really tune in and listen to my inner voice everything starts going right for me. A few weeks ago I was completely in the zone. I was cruising around being guided by my inner goddess and everything was rocking. I was waking up with giant pushes to sign up for a photography course, do the health coaching course with Institute of Integrative Nutrition, be a Naturopath, practise Shiatsu, go to Melbourne for a writing conference, I was literally in 100 places at once. I can handle it.   I was organising all this amidst moving house to South Fremantle, and what a gorgeous sanctuary it is. Hot backyard bath, and incredible vegie garden, a sacred meditation and healing space, beautiful high ceilings and ornate details. It’s like a holiday hideaway at home.

 

But there was just one thing….I was missing meditation.  With the busy-ness of the move my meditation space was packed away and then not set up for a couple of weeks.

 

 

This is a story of a girl who does too much. The Friday before last I woke up, relieved to have a day at home. I had a photography course at 9.30, and was on my way for an early start, I found myself at the parking meter and realised I had left my wallet at home. 'Why did I do this to myself?' I wondered. I went back to retrieve it and thankfully I was only a few minutes late. Later on I looked in my diary and found I had completely missed an important appointment for the online course I'm doing. I was so excited about this course I found it unbelievable that I had simply forgot about this first call. Hmmm things were not going so well.

 

 

I was reminded of a lecture I heard the other day about synchronicity. It seems that when you follow your own inner guidance and honour yourself, you find that you are in the right place at the right time. Consequently ignoring your own inner voice finds you in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was experiencing this first hand. Things were not going so smoothly and I was feeling awkward, tired and full of bad habits.

 

 

I had spent the morning rushing rushing, not quite meeting my appointments, not quite having the right kind of camera for the photography course (though definitely good enough). I was hurrying home to be prepared for a phone interview about Shiatsu with the Mind, Body Spirit section for the Tuesday West Australian. I had been careless enough to schedule it at the exact time the photography class ends …. not giving myself a chance to properly complete one thing or prepare for the other. Had I just sat and listened that morning…. listened to my phone messages that is, I would have received the message that the journalist was ill and wanted to reschedule for the next week.

 

 

How different my morning would have been had I received this piece of information, how unrushed, how complete. Had I taken my time to respond to what was directly in front of me, checked my date book, clued in to all the cues, how effective I could have been. But most importantly, I would have enjoyed myself a hell of a lot more. Now thank my lucky stars I had another chance to get it right. Slow down, relax, meditate :-)

 

 

My meditation space is now beautifully set up and reverently peaceful. It sits at the south end of the shiatsu room, holding crystals, candles and pretty images of peace. It’s like heaven in a garden studio and I love it!

 

 

Sitting in stillness is paramount in helping me stay on the right path, get more done and my most important task...do my best to be of service in the name of all things good.

 

 

Whats your favourite way of slowing down and chilling out? I'd love to hear about it in the comments below.

Much love

Lib x