Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Achieving Balance, Rhythm & Flow

Achieving Balance, Rhythm & Flow


Starting something new is all the time awkward at first. Many of you know this from the New Year Resolutions you set earlier this year. Your initial steps are tentative, hesitant and unsure. You intended to fabricate a new eating or practice schedule yet when you got right down to it, nothing felt easy or natural.

Just like a toddler first attempting to stand, you have no balance, rhythm or flow when entering a new regime. This toddler has what it takes -- focus and tenacity. He has no opinion of failure at this point in his life. He will stand no matter how many attempts it takes. Once he masters the art of standing, his balance, rhythm and flow come naturally. Watch out; he's off and running.

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How are we so separate when studying a new behavior? Unlike the toddler who hasn't yet learned the art of personal sabotage, we set unrealistic expectations, are impatient, and easily criticize ourselves. We block our focus with excuses and procrastination.

In comes the fast food type of mind. We want results now. If they are not fast enough, we give up. This new attempt needs the rhythm to occur naturally, so get out of the way and permit it. Instead, we move onto something more authentically accessible, albeit self-defeating, like a cheeseburger.

All living things need rhythm. What would it be like to sit by an ocean without the soothing rhythm of the waves? What would the words of a song mean without the flow of music? How would our interpretation of these very same lyrics shift with a collection of rhythms?

We humans need sadness to appreciate joy, illness to value health, loss to appreciate abundance. We need day and night to equilibrium one an additional one out, seasons of the year along with seasons of our lives.

Rhythm is the gift. Side benefits are equilibrium and flow. When we are in rhythm and flow, our equilibrium simply follows, time flies by, productivity increases along with joy and fulfillment. When we are not in rhythm, it's an uphill battle.

This week, take time to study which areas of your life are balanced. In those areas where equilibrium is missing have probably lost their rhythm and their flow as well. For example, awakening early one day each week to write or practice creates no rhythm. Getting up early five days in a row for eight straight weeks creates rhythm, resulting in the equilibrium and flow you're after.

Have a dinky fun with this concept, have patience with yourself, and enjoy your discoveries.

Achieving Balance, Rhythm & Flow


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