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1.2 | What have you observed about your self-care practice?
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Self care is certainly what tends to fall further and further down the list of priorities for me sometimes. Since our first session, however, I’ve worked on being mindful of small incremental changes like nutrition and being compassionate with myself with choices I make that are not perfect. I think I completely threw my healthy habits out the window after some trauma this year and have realized that I can’t do that for much longer – my jeans are too tight! Being mindful of my body and being in my body helps with taking a step (many steps) in the right direction.
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I have noticed more intentionally when I need to take breaks throughout the day and this has brought about better pacing in the work that fits my need to break and rest when my body is calling me to do it. If that is not possible, even taking 5 deep breaths before going on to the next task has been very grounding.
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I’ve observed that as a part of my self-care, I need to focus on my self-care practice! Unfortunately, some of the self-care practices I added into my schedule after session 1 are now slipping back to how they were originally, showing me that I need to prioritize my self-care plans, make it a habit, and not give myself excuses for not going through with it.
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My self care is strong. Water is a big challenge. I’m working on it.
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I am catching up with myself and with this course here with this post. It is mid-November now and I am grateful for Nikki’s invitation at the end of last class to return to the discussion board. This class and what I am learning are never far from my thoughts and integrated into my day yet I am realizing I have created stories about how I am not a part of the group. It was very helpful to name psychological safety as a legit and essential piece of human work together. Some of my stories of not being a part of the group were to keep me safe. Groups, especially ones with a spiritual flair have been my homes but also I have had some great learnings about psychological safety. I came to this group with a core intention of “healing my relationship to leadership — my own leadership — and the leadership of those around me. I was seeking a grounded and very clear and direct container to approach this intention and when I started to get a sense of what I was hoping for coming alive to be honest I recoiled a bit. This could not be true. I will hold back a bit more I told myself. And keep checking if it is safe to show myself, not to the group necessarily, but to myself. My self care practice up to this point has been a lot about coming into alignment with my intention and taking the steps to come into relationship with not only the glorious embodiment practices but with the nitty gritty logistics of letting my group know when I was not available rather than beating myself up for weeks because I was not able to attend a group and did not let them know. Self care for me at this time is noticing my impact on the psychological safety of myself and hope to embrace my lunacy, and do good, and not harm and ask for help. Thank you for this wonderful offering.
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I really dont have much of a wise answer to this question. My workload doubled this year, my staffing went down by 50% and the new staff are much less trained. My focus is simple, get 7-8 hours of sleep each night, at least 30 minutes of meditation 3 days a week and an hour 2 days a week, exercise at least weekly. I can maintain more equanimity when I have meditated in the morning.
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As I grow older, self care has taken on great meaning to me. I have been blessed with good health and now that I am in my late sixties, I want to maintain the good health I have. I have to pay attention to me. Mind, body, spirit. Mindfulness practice is a part of self care. It starts with mindfulness and then grows into self love….make sure I get enough sleep, eat well, engage in healthy relationships; avoid relationships that are unhealthy. During the pandemic a group of us started a staff “self – care” sessions that meet for short, twenty minutes, 2X per week, where staff can sign in via zoom and different staff run shortmindfulness sessions.
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I’ve learned that I love it! And my days are so much better with it. When I make self-care the first thing I do each day — everything is better. This includes my productivity at work, as well as all of my relationships, and my ability to think clearly. My life is better, more effective and more enjoyable when I am making my physical and spiritual well-being a priority.
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The self care aspect in my practice allows for a suspension of self judgement or condemnation. My eyes turn toward redemption, and this opens the gate for liberation.
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Certain aspects of self-care of difficult for me. I have a rich spiritual and emotional life but struggle with health issues. Throughout this portion of the course, I’ve realized that it’s okay if my self-care looks different than others.
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I have a daily sketch book that is helping in practicing spontaneity and creativity in small bites. My partner and I place a big priority on good food as self-care, and I have been trying to pause before eating each meal to thank the gift of food and intentionally gift it to my self. Fun/play, new experience, and bodily care have been less strong in my life during the pandemic, but looking for small ways to integrate these into the weeks.
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One of the main priorities in my life is to get out into nature regularly. Noticing all the wonders outside- the birds chirping, leaves rustling in the wind, feeling the breeze and warmth of sun on my skin, etc. soothes me and balances out my nervous system. My mind clears up/becomes more spacious, and I feel very connected with life, with nature/people/animals. I sometimes practice mindful walking/jogging which I find really helps bring me back to my body- will try to do this more vs my go-to of podcasts and music.
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