Weeks 1 & 2 were practices on becoming more aware (in Body, Thought, & Emotion) this week you learn the next step in turning stress to success – ACCEPTING the awarenesses that come to you.
Here you will find:
- An Introduction to this week
- Suggested Podcasts for this week (Audio Files)
- Ideas for journaling during this week
- Challenges for this week
1) An Introduction to Acceptance
“Practicing Acceptance does not mean that you are surrendering to the status quo and not going to change anything. It simply means you are accepting what is as a precondition to change. …
The steps of becoming aware and then learning to accept what we have discovered about ourselves are often not part of life’s process.” — Turn Stress Into Bliss pg 90“What if I can’t accept? … What do you do with that? The answer is simple: Just notice yourself not being able to accept. That is part of your reality, part of your awareness of self, and like everything lese, it can be accepted also”. pg 92
3) Suggested Podcasts for this week
- Sample Week 3 – Acceptance (6 min from Unplug to Plug-In Teleclass)
- 20 Second Awareness & Acceptance Breaks (5x/day)
- Centering & Intention
- Body Scan (Focus on Acceptance of what shows up)Alternate these:
- Mindful Movement (password protected)
- Mindful Meditation (password protected)
- Refer to the ideas for journaling in Week 2
- Add this: Are you noticing any self-judgments about these self-awarenesses?
- And: Are you able to accept (or accept not accepting) these judments?
- Continue w/ 20 Second Awareness Breaks + Acceptance
Add a moment at the end to “accept” in whatever way and to whatever extent you are able to do so with an “Ah, so it is…” - Read: Radical Acceptance
April 22, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Soleil,
This is greatly helpful information and practices that really work! Thank you for adding the audio, it makes such a difference!
~banu