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Tending to Yourself - Kindly

9/18/2020

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On any given day I may receive several emails from family, friends and colleagues which speak to their level of stress or worry given the times we are living in. My response is often something like, "Please take good care of yourself. These ARE challenging times." An act of self-care, of self-compassion, is an act of presence. 

Today, I'm culling a video from my archives that offers a bit of sage advice about how to kindly take care of ourselves in a moment of difficulty, a moment of suffering. Suffering is experienced anytime we are disconnected from our calm, clear, wise self. I hope this message with a practice helps restore your equanimity as you tenderly care for yourself in the midst of any challenge you might be facing. 

Watch the video on Vimeo here: 
https://vimeo.com/189211572
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Kitty
9/18/2020 05:27:01 pm

Forever a cherished strategy, thanks to your guidance, Girl! I've been using it more than ever in the past half-year, naturally, and have tweaked it a tiny bit: now my acknowledgement of a moment of suffering shifts like this: "Oh! Okay, a jab of anxiety is rising here ..." rather than "I am anxious". It's an Ani Pema strategy I need to bless meself!
This subtle diff in voicing helps me experience the transience of the suffering: whew, it's not something I'm stuck with.
So love the pure pausing while seeking the Kindest Thing to do right now -- opens the door to freeing peace, so gently, to the breezes of spacious calm and to tiny wise doings.
THANKS, dear Jan, as ever, for reminders about reinforcing the flow of systemic goodness within!

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Janice Lynne Lundy, DMin
is an educator, interspiritual director/guide and retreat leader who has been pointing people back toward the Sacred for more than twenty years. She is the author of several spiritual growth books, including Your Truest Self, My Deepest Me and Portable Peace., and is the co-founder and co-director of the Spiritual Guidance Training Institute. 

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