🗺 You Are Here

🗺 When I read this quote today, I said, “Oof!” out loud. Marj’s words really resonate with me today. Lately I’ve been pushing. I’ve been caught up in the alluring swirl of busyness and productivity. I’m realizing that I can be grounded as a wise old oak tree in my teaching, but in my daily life I can be pushing and striving and rushing and and and ...

🗺 Try this: before you open that new email or flip the page in your score, give yourself a pause. Where are you? Are you with your reaction to seeing that person’s name in your inbox? Are you with that tough passage of sixteenth notes that have been driving you bonkers for the past week? What would happen if you took a pause to really notice where you are, without trying to change it?

🗺 I’m rushing. My breath is high and my chest feels constructed. My throat feels tight. My tongue is pressing into the roof of my mouth. My shoulders are up around my ears. Hmm, that’s interesting. Noticing these things, now I feel like I can breathe more deeply. My shoulders have unclenched. I can feel my bum on the chair. I am here. Hmm, this email doesn’t feel as urgent now. These sixteenth notes don’t seem as daunting.

🗺 Locate yourself today. See what you find out about pushing vs being.

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