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Alarm clocks, coffee pots, cat scratching at the
door, dogs pacing to be taken for a walk, the race
to the shower, the last embrace of the night all
compete for the sacred first moments of the day.
I offer the following as one person's solution to
what potentially distracts from the first centering
moment of the day. This takes less than fifteen
minutes.
I want to welcome the day and to welcome myself
into it. I want to receive what the day offers and
to offer myself to the day. I do this within my
own religious and spiritual traditions.
1. If I had a dream, I jot down the key words,
images, and thoughts in my journal.
2. I sigh and take three deep cleansing breaths.
3. I stretch slowly and gently: arms, legs, neck,
pelvis, torso, scalp, face.
4. Lying on my back, I reclaim my feet from the
night and offer them to the purpose of my life this
day.
5. I do so from toe to head attending to ankle,
calf, knee, thigh, buttocks, and pelvis continuing
on to the top of my head. I linger longer here or
there or skip along if so moved in the moment.
6. At every station, I breathe a cleansing breath
and pray one of many invocations, prayers, mantras
I've collected over the years. The season of the
year, the current theme of my life, external events,
relationship issues, dreams may lead me to select
one over another.
7. When I complete this conscious reuniting of
psyche and soma, I offer my whole being to the morning's
call to life.
8. I keep all of this simple.
9. I do it in the language of my soul.
10. I do it in the least noticeable manner.
However gentle this spiritual exercise may appear,
take heed not to engage in it without invoking the
protection and wisdom of your guides. You will be
confronted with what begs for further evolution
in your development, offered assistance, notified
of your resistance, and invited to actively participate.
By writing this, I am aware that I have opened
myself to the exacting demands of the calling to
integrity. I tremble at my need for still more courage
on the journey.
Rich discoveries to you.
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