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GO WITH THE FLOW

Writer: Danielle Gigante
Danielle Gigante
Apr 16, 2018
4 min read

Updated: Sep 5


There are times when the energy of life feels heightened and we find ourselves processing more than usual. These are the moments to get profoundly honest with ourselves and ask: “What is it that I need?”

Sometimes the answer is not to do more, but to ground, integrate and simply allow.


When it all feels too much, too much to do, too much to achieve, too much to bear... overwhelming ourselves with should, would & could.....

THAT IS THE EXACT MOMENT TO LET GO AND FLOW!

Pretty much everyday, I see physical, emotional and mental exhaustion in my clients, friends and family. We all reach these points at some stage in our lives and some are experiencing it on a daily basis for years on end...

It is SOO detrimental your health to indulge in this state of mind, it affects us on every level! I find many people don't know how to interrupt the cycle of stress, worry and exhaustion that can eventually lead to burnout.

It reminds me to slow down and remember why I have made the changes I'v made in my life, why I choose to live in the present, peacefully and in my own natural rhythm... It reminds me to slow down and remember why I made the changes I did in my own life — why I choose to live more presently, peacefully and in my own natural rhythm. I know firsthand what it feels like to become deeply depleted from prolonged stress, and learning to slow down, stay centred and move to the beat of my own heart drum became an important part of my recovery.

I have followed the work of medical anthropologist Alberto Villoldo, whose teachings around flow have resonated deeply with me. He describes flow through the natural movement of tides, oceans and rivers — an effortless movement that finds its way around obstacles rather than continually pushing against them.

That understanding has stayed with me.


No amount of mental, physical or emotional pushing against the grain has ever been known to solve our problems so why do we keep doing this to ourselves?

The answer is in our programming, how we have been taught to deal with our obstacles in a totally man made way!

We are of the earth and it makes sense to follow the natural laws of the earth...To Flow....

Learning new but ancient tools and incorporating these practices into our daily lives is the way forward! Life is a rollercoaster of ups and downs, that is just a fact! We can't stop the curve balls but we can save ourselves a whole lot of unnecessary health issues if we could just flow with the changes, like a dance, out of our minds and into our energetic understanding!

The lesson is to allow what is distressing us to happen and then to remove the attachment to the outcome! The art of non-attachment is a gift and the way to flowing in harmony with life's occurrences instead of pushing against it!

Non-attachment can help us step away from some of the mental stress created by constantly trying to control an outcome. Prolonged stress can take a very real toll on our physical, emotional and mental wellbeing, which makes learning when to soften and let go an important practice.

NON ATTACHMENT and ALLOWING is a gentle place within us that we don't visit often enough, we are conditioned to continually push to achieve our desired outcomes, to try harder, to succeed in our goals and ambitions but our emotional & spiritual growth is just as important. To be able to utilise different aspects of ourselves to expand and create, is as much a part of this journey as our professional, relationship and financial achievements, if not more important on a soul level!

So what are some of the tools and practices we can use to take ourselves out of this state of being and into flow

1) Practice non attachment

All things in life are forever changing, living in the present moment opens the possibility to the many other ways we can create our dreams Fixing on and holding on to one way, person and/0r one outcome is only going to create disharmony within our being. The art of letting go!

2) See the big picture, practice the Eagles perspective - seeing the situation from outside of yourself, witnessing the big picture.

If we could acknowledge that this life and all its experiences, are part of a larger universal picture, we would find it easier to let go and accept the challenges. Understand you are ancient and this life is but a drop in the ocean comparative to your souls experience. When we are out of our minds, we are in our inherent ancient wisdom!

3) Utilise the elements of the earth - Shamanic practices, Traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic practices, food as medicine, earth meditations, being in nature, washing in water, understanding the elements within us. Earth, Air, Water & Fire

We are here and made of this beautiful earth, she gifts us with the earth elements, flowing with experiences in life is like water, using the element of water to cleanse and balance ourselves is how we start to wash ourselves clean of the things we cannot change and start to create from a different place in our being. Choosing clearing, cooling and calming elements in our food and practices or treatments at these times is medicine!

We are all here to remind each other of our gifts and abilities, I know how grateful I am when my soul family remind me of my essence in times of change and fluctuations! We all have the ability to tune into ourselves on a deeper level, let's remind each other instead of judging and persecuting those in flux!

Letting Go and Going with the Flow is easier than most think....

Open yourself to the endless possibilities when you tap into your energetic potential! When our energy is in harmony with the divine, we magnetically create our path and purpose organically without the push/pull!!


 
 
 

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