My Dear Fierce One,
You, (yes, you) have the power to shift from never-ending worrisome thoughts to a body-centered sense of peace and calm.
This video will give you a taste. (It's what we do each week in the #FierceOver50 Gathering.)
I show you how to do that in this brief moment from our #FierceOver50 Gathering sessions.
Here are the props you need:
::A folded up bath towel
::Two tennis balls in a sock
::A yoga block or a pile of books.
Here’s Your link to the video: Feel Your Neck and Let Go of Stress
Why do so many of us exhausted achievers have stress in our neck and shoulders?
Many women tell me it is because they are hunched over their computers and phone. I used to think so too. Just tight shoulders.
"Get a massage," your exhausted achiever mind tells you. "That'll fix it."
But the massage doesn't fix it.
Your shoulders might feel good that evening, but the next day, the pain is back. Right?
While we travel, exhausted and stressed, through our days, our minds addictively think thoughts. We become a worry machine. (Eckhart Tolle and many others describe this process.)
These thoughts then instruct our bodies to manufacture emotions: fear, frustration, anger, anxiety, and even joy.
In turn, these emotions cause physiological effects in our bodies called stress.
This stress, after lingering in your body for decades, unseen and sometimes unfelt, causes inflam
mation, auto-immune issues, weight gain, sleep deprivation, anxiety, immune deficiency, loss of sexual appetite, pain, and stiffness.
When we begin to create freedom from stress, it's not about removing the thoughts (Eckhart Tolle and others instruct us to merely observe the thoughts, but that's not enough. And that's why meditation alone doesn't work.)
Freedom from the damage caused by stress comes from the amazingly simple act of feeling your body.
Simple, but, perhaps not so easy.
You, however, are an exhausted achiever and I know you can do this.
Enjoy! Observe! Feel!
Above all, put yourself first.
Love and Gratitude,
AnnMerle
P.S. More information about the #FierceOver50 Gathering is below. Click reply to this email if you want to set up a free, 20-minute chat to find out if the #FierceOver50 Gathering is right for you.