{"id":440,"date":"2012-05-06T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2012-05-04T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T01:19:31","slug":"tuning-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"Tuning In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tuning-in-to-our-bodies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-449\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tuning-in-to-our-bodies-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>There are many ways in which life seems to call forth our attention to its rhythm and ask us to tune in.\u00a0 Sometimes its by way of us experiencing life&#8217;s unexpected joys, like the birth of a baby or an opportunity to reunite with our families.<\/p>\n<p>These times can often bring us to a new sense of hope and understanding about how life ebbs and flows and\u00a0unfold a new\u00a0purpose to our lives beyond what we imagined.\u00a0 This can also happen very much in the same way when we discover we have a health condition.<\/p>\n<p>Our bodies are receptors to the universe, active listeners receiving through our senses and channelling through our feelings and physical sensations.\u00a0 When we are unwell, our bodies are\u00a0working to give us messages, calling our attention to refocus our energies and become self-reflective.\u00a0 I once hear it described as a &#8220;phone call&#8221; as if our bodies are sending us an invitation to pick up the phone and dial in to ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>It is an opportunity to ask ourselves questions about the choices we are making in our lives and the direction we are going, seek out guidance from our inner selves.\u00a0\u00a0 Our bodies may be calling us to\u00a0evaluate at what pace we are living our lives. Are we running through\u00a0life, to focused on doing, neglecting our\u00a0needs as human &#8220;beings&#8221; to be?\u00a0 Are we\u00a0channeling our energies towards positive adventures\u00a0that will lead us to\u00a0discover more about who we are?\u00a0\u00a0Do we live\u00a0consciously in our\u00a0daily lives, through words and actions\u00a0with\u00a0an intention\u00a0to love\u00a0rather than to\u00a0fear?<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the questions that I found myself asking about when I became ill and have continued to refer to whenever I feel out of balance with life.\u00a0 I give thanks for\u00a0having awakened through illness to my body and the opportunity to listen more to my inner self.\u00a0 I ask more questions than ever before about life and with this find my healing progressing.<\/p>\n<p>What messages have you been getting from your body lately that have you considering life&#8217;s important questions?\u00a0 Please share.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways in which life seems to call forth our attention to its rhythm and ask us to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}