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Everyone knows that a person can lose memories due to trauma. For the majority of people in this storm, it has has traumatizing elements. After sickness and trauma, the body simply remembers it and it hurts. A lot. Never in life will you wonder how you came to feel that way: memories and pain live in your body. Ever wonder why some people are prone to crying during a yoga session? It is their body releasing pain stored in their body, often in their muscles. This happens most often in hot yoga environments. It is cleansing for a reason. Now those places are closed and release is withheld — go to take a hot shower and stretch, just stretch and feel that hot water like holding a yin pose. Good is all around us, just have to adapt to see it, eh?
Holding onto even the possibility that good is possible is hope. Hope is important to have in troubling times. The process by which I actively engage hope to prove to myself is what I call it every day magic. In this every day magic, I sit mage quiet to observe what options are around me to make it happen. Ever wonder about stonehenge? Or how in the blessed world your grandfather got a skidoo up in the rafters of a shed completely by himself? These men were geniuses in their own rights. Anything is possible with the right levels of curiousity and ingenuity. They always figured out a way.
Okay, so we are no longer in that physical reality and forced, more or less, to be in the virtual environments. So, how can that mentality be transmuted to this one? We are still in our physical realms, so it is even more important to be present in it with hot showers, actively engaging your whole body in workout like effort while washing the dishes, and running around with your animals or kids (or like me, enjoy going for music walks). Stay in the present, stay in the present realm. Let yourself take on the ability to appreciate and enjoy, because it is an often forgotten skill. Then say to the world: I’ve got this. This does not mean forget what is happening around you, but it will allow you to handle situations with more awareness and calmness. This calmness does not always come naturally and is learnt. Personally, I wiggle my toes to bring myself back from my mind to feet. It is easy to feel rushed and overwhelmed with everything.
Your feet are still on the ground. You still have the possibility of good. You still have hope. You still have laughter and feel good from being present in your body. You feel released from adding yoga practices into every day habits. We will come out of this for the better.
Have a wonderful day, Amanda Rose Horsman The unLibrarian
References
This article was inspired by these references:
Chodron, P. (2000). When things fall apart: Heart advice for difficult times. Shambhala Publications.
Chödrön, P. (2007). The places that scare you: A guide to fearlessness in difficult times. Shambhala Publications.
Schwartz, A. (2020). The complex PTSD workbook: A mind-body approach to regaining emotional control and becoming whole. Sheldon Press.
Van der Kolk, B. A. (2015). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Penguin Books.
Vieten, C. (2009). Mindful motherhood: Practical tools for staying sane during pregnancy and your child’s first year. New Harbinger Publications.
Walker, P. (2013). Complex PTSD: From surviving to thriving. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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