{"id":583,"date":"2012-08-05T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2012-08-04T20:38:31","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T03:38:31","slug":"the-spirit-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit Within"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We all find times when our mind and body are in misalignment and we seek to reconnect with ourselves.\u00a0 This can be done many ways and often takes a good sense of what makes us feel more in tune with who we are.\u00a0 What does that look like for us and what can we do to create opportunities to bring forth our true nature?<\/p>\n

I have found that within myself is a clear yearning to connect with a conciousness that allows me to be at peace.\u00a0 What I seek is peace of mind, a peace of mind that allows me to be content within my day and in the interactions that I have with everyone.\u00a0 I contemplate throughout my day and reflect on myself, taking time to ask myself what messages I am saying to myself and how I am treating others.\u00a0 Am I being judgemental?\u00a0 Have I acted with kindness?\u00a0 Do I exhibit understanding and compassion?<\/p>\n

Meditating is a well-known method by which we can find the spirit within.\u00a0 This does not have to be silent or force one to sit for long periods of time and challenge your ability to empty your mind.\u00a0 It can be found in a chant, a passage for the day that you reflect on or a mantra for example.\u00a0 Walking meditations are a wonderful way to clear your mind and give you a sense of peace.\u00a0 This involves walking in slowly and deliberately placing one foot in front of the other heel to toe carefully touching the ground.\u00a0 This offers one the opportunity to become conscious of our body and mind connection.<\/p>\n

Spiritual practices are a personal journey and can become a part of ones life in whatever form creates that space for you to develop a stronger connection with your inner spirit within.\u00a0 Its an open invitation from the universe to extend yourself beyond your physical self and enter into a dialogue with a higher power.<\/p>\n

By encouraging my practices towards develop ing a healthy mind I have followed a road to creating positive and constructive efforts towards improving my well-being\u00a0 with more ease.<\/p>\n

Share your spiritual practices with us and what you might recommend to gain a closer connection to the spirit within.<\/p>\n

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We all find times when our mind and body are in misalignment and we seek to reconnect with ourselves.\u00a0 This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583"}],"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=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}