Happy slightly past the middle of July.

It’s catch-up Book Club season, and today’s excerpt from abetterway was originally published June 26, 2021.

Next summer (2025), I anticipate taking a blogging hiatus in June and July. I seem to have taken a hiatus this summer, just not intentionally.

It doesn’t feel good to be ‘behind’ and need to ‘catch up’. Life keeps moving forward.

In a previous catch-up post, I mentioned it was a summer of learning for me. I specifically mentioned three relevant and familiar parts of my life that were screaming for attention: learning how to learn, nutrition, and yoga. It’s true that knowing what to focus on, and why, can create immediate shifts and satisfying results. For me, it’s a journey.

**I did a short training/experience yesterday with a social-emotional curriculum where I was the student. The facilitator initiated the what and the why.

**‘Journey’ popped up in something I am reading, and is why I chose the word rather than process. I’m trying it out 🙂

Reflection:

1. Can you intentionally create feeling states in your body? If so, how do you do this? Why would you do this?
2. Can you differentiate between an open feeling state and a closed feeling state? If it’s helpful, practice noticing the feeling state by using the parts of your nervous system: mind, heart, belly, muscles, skin. Objectively name what you feel: tight, loose, free, captive, fast, slow, open, closed, etc.
3. What does the feeling state of possibility feel like? Are you open to being curious about this state? Can you be open to a practice of intentionally cultivating a preferred feeling state? (my favorite is possibility, that’s why I use it often as an example) Why would this be helpful?