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All too often, our lives can be spread too thin, and it becomes important to gather our thoughts and center ourselves to become whole again. When our thoughts are scattered in several directions at once
and we are no longer conscious of what we are doing or why, it is time to
center ourselves. When we center ourselves, we begin by acknowledging that we
have become spread too thin and we are no longer unified inside. Our thoughts
might be out of sync with our feelings, and our actions may be out of sync
with both. The main signs that we need to center ourselves are scattered
thoughts and a feeling of disconnection or numbness, as if we are no longer
able to take anything in. In addition, we may feel unfocused and not present
in our bodies. Centering ourselves is a way of coming to terms with all the
different energies within us and drawing them back into ourselves. Centering yourself means that you are working from or being aware of the core
of your being in the solar plexus area of your body. At first it may not make
sense, but as you progress you will understand what this feels like. We
naturally know how to center ourselves when we take a deep breath, for
example, before making a big announcement or doing something big. Another way
to center ourselves is to sit down and engage in breath meditation. We can
start by simply getting into a comfortable upright position and noticing as
our breath enters and leaves our bodies. Our breath flows into our center and
out from our center, and this process can serve as a template for all of our
interactions in the world. In conversations, we can take what our friends are
saying into the center of our beings and respond from the center. Our whole
lives mirror this ebb and flow of energy that begins and ends at the center
of ourselves. If we follow this ebb and flow, we are in harmony with the
universe, and when we find we are out of harmony, we can always come back into
balance by sitting down and observing our breath.
When we sit down to center ourselves we can imagine that we are gathering our
straying thoughts and energies back into ourselves, the way a mother duck
gathers her babies around her. We can also visualize ourselves casting a net
and pulling all the disparate parts of ourselves back to the center of our
being, creating a sense of fluid integration. From this place of
centeredness, we can begin again, directing ourselves outward in a more
intentional way.
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