Apathy, Attachments, and Control

This is the classic spiritual practice you know from your yoga, meditation, and breathwork classes. It’s designed to give your body and mind a little break from all the input we get during the day. I recommend at least 10 minutes a day, more if you can. But even two minutes makes a huge difference.

• Pick a time of day when you can have up to 15 uninterrupted minutes - right after you wake up, just

• Turn off as many devices, notificataions, and pings as you can

• Set a timer for 2, 10, or 15 minutes

• Sit in a meditative posture and connect with your breath; fill the bowl of your pelvis with breath, lift your sternum and heart space, bring a gentle smile to the corners of your eyes

• Turn your attention towards your ‘internal input’

• Notice sensations on your skin, your hands, your feet, and face

• Notice sensations within your arms and legs; temperature, pressure, pain, comfort, etc.

• Notice sensations in your abdomen and chest; tightness, spaciousness, etc.

• Keep breathing in a regular easy way, simply notice these sensations without judgment

• Keep tuning in to the internal inputs until the timer goes off

JOURNAL afterwards! This isn’t to make meaning out of your sensations but to increase awareness over time as you do this practice

Joy is an embodied experience. As you go through this course, do everything you can to bring yourself back into your body as often as possible.

• Wiggle your toes and ask yourself “Where am I?” Remind yourself that you’re right here and your feet are on the ground

• Run your hands up and down your arms and legs to feel the skin and note the boundary of your physical body. Notice that you’re inside of it!

• Notice 10 things about your surroundings and how they affect you. For example; the wind is blowing and it’s cool on my skin, this blanket is blue and it’s warm on my legs

Think of a situation when you felt dissapointment and notice what expectations you had around that situation. Take some time to journal on this.

• What expectations did you have of the people in the situations, including yourself?

• What expectations did you have of the timing or how the event would go?

• How attached were you to the outcome? Ok either way, needing something to happen, or dependent on it?

Now using your intution, design a letting go ritual

• Choose a small object or symbol that represents an expectation or attachment you want to release.

• Hold the object in your hand and spend a few moments reflecting on the expectation or attachment associated with it.

• With intention, visualize releasing that expectation into the object and letting go of any emotional attachment.

• Physically let go of the object, perhaps by placing it in a ‘God box’, burning it if it’s flammable, or tossing it into flowing water, symbolizing the act of releasing.

Reflect on the sense of freedom and openness that comes with letting go