Are you in a season of breaking?
Mindfulness Talk:
Are you in a season of breaking? Maybe it was a rupture, a huge and instantaneous cracking open that shocked you to your core. Maybe it’s a jagged breaking so glacially slow that it has filled you with ice, almost but not quite hiding the scar. Maybe it’s a steady, consistent tapping that threatens to crumble you.
Seasons of breaking are vulnerable and exposing. But in these moments, we might just be open enough to let nature teach us a very valuable lesson. Are you open?
Everything in nature breaks exactly the same way. Scientists recently discovered this lesson. Whether smashed open quickly or slowly crushed or tapped until broken open, everything breaks in exactly the same pattern of big pieces to little pieces. “Regardless of the material or the force used, the force itself geometrically divides any space in the same way,” says scientist Emmanuel Villermaux. Even the surface of a bubble.
Can you hear it? Nature is telling you that you are not alone. Everyone breaks, but we are not disconnected or isolated in our breaking. We all break, but in an intimately connected way.
You are not alone.
Until next time,
Laura
Meditation
Finding Present Meditation: Begin by concentrating on something crinkly. Maybe touch something crinkly, or maybe listen to something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCmWk7mlM9k
Breathe and concentrate on the sound of crinkling.
When you feel present, continue to do this meditation or begin the mindfulness meditation.
Mindfulness Meditation: Slowly begin to imagine something crinkled. Maybe something fun like a crinkle-silk dress. Maybe something beautiful like a crinkle-painted vase. Maybe something sentimental like a crinkly-old face.
Breathe and imagine.
Slowly begin to choose a crinkle path to follow. Follow it slowly, noticing how the path sometimes thins and then thickens back out. Notice its turns and bumps and dips. Just breathe and follow the endless crinkle path.
As you follow the path, you might notice a thought or a feeling or an image arise. Slow to a stop and just notice it. Notice it until you are ready to leave it, and then start following the path again.
Just breathe and follow the crinkle path. If you notice another thought or feeling or image, just slow down to notice it and then continue following the path.
Closing Routine: When you are ready, rub fingers together and take three cleansing breaths. Or use any closing routine that works for you.
