Centering Myself

The past week has been really strange. There’s so much going on and I’ve been really excited. The really great kind of excited! Though the energy that goes with that is intoxicating I find that a times I just can’t focus; I’m just too wired with positive energy.

Yesterday it got to be too much; I needed to calm my system and get centered so I could focus on my work. I decided to do a little afternoon meditation.

I plunked myself on my couch and got really comfy. I closed my eyes and focused on my breathing. It’s been a while since I meditated and it didn’t come as easy as it used to when I did it daily. I made myself stay in place until I was calmer. As the excited energy calmed down I relaxed into a wonderful meditation. It wasn’t long; I only went for 10 minutes. That was enough to be able to get centered. The best part is that I felt like I had a restful nap.

Being centered is an important part of living a healthy and balanced life. It’s what helps keep us level when there is a storm brewing around us. It’s the difference between being able to handle an emergency well or falling apart through one. Everyone needs to know how to center him or herself.

For me it’s meditation; for someone else it may be folding laundry (which can actually be considered as a form of meditation, believe it or not). Centering yourself is doing anything that calms you down and clears your mind to a place where you have clarity. This is a necessity in this world where we are inundated by the house phone ringing, the cell phone ringing and a new e-mail all coming in at once. Our senses are over stimulated on a regular basis and need to be quieted.

I’d like to hear about how you center yourself. It would be great to share new possibilities with each other. Leave a comment and tell us what you do.