{"id":1098,"date":"2014-01-05T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2014-01-04T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T20:53:12","slug":"groove-to-the-seasons-duality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1098","title":{"rendered":"Groove to the Season’s Duality"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Each\u00a0season with its\u00a0changing weather patterns\u00a0has in my time given me much insight.\u00a0 As the seasons bare their fruit, each in their own way, they offer us a gift\u00a0of\u00a0how nature creates balance and how we can as well.<\/p>\n

The winter\u00a0landscape changes\u00a0instantly\u00a0from day to day.\u00a0 Here this weekend the winter storm so strong\u00a0layered us in snow;\u00a0its winds fierce retreated us to our homes, quieted us down and slowed us\u00a0to groove to the pace of the\u00a0season.\u00a0 It\u00a0brought\u00a0us to take a moment for reflection.\u00a0 Just as powerful as the bitter winter cold came,\u00a0the next day it offered\u00a0the intensity of the warming sun.\u00a0\u00a0The heat of life so strong to melt away the snow that just the day before seemed so powerful and holding on us.<\/p>\n

What comes to us\u00a0is the renewal of the spirit.\u00a0\u00a0We are invited to face the\u00a0cold outside\u00a0with the sun’s encouragement. To\u00a0get up, stand up and be in motion with the spirit of our\u00a0energy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With such\u00a0abrupt seasonal weather changes nature demonstrates to us that\u00a0the opportunity to\u00a0create balance in our lives is always before us no matter what the season may hold for us.<\/p>\n

Practicing adjusting our behavioral patterns\u00a0to help guide\u00a0us\u00a0to a state of peace\u00a0helps us to\u00a0restore balance from day to day.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, when we find our physical health in challenge it is our minds eye that can help to bring ourselves towards accepting that these moments of difficulty have within them an opportunity for us to demonstrate our strength and compassion.<\/p>\n

We learn that we can not control what may come to us to pass from one day to the next.\u00a0 Knowing this, we can take every opportunity to create our day with as much “life” as possible.\u00a0\u00a0We can participate in our day, actively making sure that within the errands and commitments we take on, we make time for ourselves.<\/p>\n

A simple exercise that you can do\u00a0is to take a moment creating a vision of your day using your imagination:<\/p>\n

Close your eyes now. Take a moment to envision yourself on\u00a0a runway in an airplane you are flying slowly making your ascent into the blue sky which has a mixture of weather.\u00a0 Storms can be seen to the left and right.\u00a0 Some rain is apparent in the distance.\u00a0 Sun is strong on the window pane, warming your face and can be seen between the clouds.<\/p>\n

How do you feel in your core?\u00a0 Are you trembling with fears of the unpredictability?\u00a0 Are you looking down with intimidation as you go higher and higher in the sky?\u00a0 Do you find yourself wanting to close yourself\u00a0down immediately descend?<\/p>\n

Or, do you find yourself remaining comfortable with the weather in its duality?\u00a0As you are\u00a0lifted higher and higher, can you find yourself\u00a0ascending with a feeling of lightness and a conviction of your spirit.\u00a0 Do you seem to want to\u00a0focus on\u00a0the light of the sun between the clouds beckoning you forward.\u00a0 What do you see before you?\u00a0Which way do you want to go?<\/p>\n

Your flight is yours to enjoy within the fullness of all that lay before you.\u00a0 There is a duality at every turn we make; we may find ourselves in darkness at one moment and light the next.\u00a0 Accepting this as all a part of the possibilities and choosing to direct ourselves forward towards the light is ours.<\/p>\n

Groove with the season, groove with your day and make each choice reflect an effort towards creating balance and enjoyment.<\/p>\n

In health,<\/p>\n

Safara<\/p>\n

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