Focus:
Connecting with your intuition — trust that a neutral, calm feeling about something means you are connecting with your intuition.
A feeling of fear, urgency, or any excitatory feeling means the decision is coming from dysregulation, not intuition.
Repetition:
I am connected with my intuition.
My intuition knows what my body needs, and it speaks to me from a place of calm and neutrality.
I will slow down and take the time to listen to my intuition and make measured decisions.
Learning to Learn
This week we will focus on learning. We live in a time where information is at our fingertips and this is a good thing! We can have a free education with just effort and tenacity! How we take in this information is actually really important. We need to first learn how to learn, listen, be still and retain the information. This will take us far in learning, our spiritual lives, our relationships and with our nervous system!
We are almost to the three month mark and we will begin to experience a shift in our microbiome that allows us more clarity. It is now that we want to begin to practise using our minds well. Begin to sit in silence, being still and open for 5 minutes a day, outside is best. Be open to hear what God, nature, your own body has to tell you.
Listening to Your Body
Since we are journaling daily and keeping track of the shifts in our body, we should begin to see patterns, notice how we feel when we do or do not do certain things. Let’s implement a new practice when it comes to listening to your bodies. Instead of immediately looking up a symptom, something you want to research or something you want to buy, write it down on paper. You can have a section in your journal or you can create another notebook for this purpose.
Write down how your body is communicating with you and what you think may be the reason. Look back to your journal and see if there are any patterns. Keep an eye out for this symptom to come up again and write down surrounding circumstances. An example would be “Headache that expresses in pressure in both temples. Breakfast was ____, second meal was ______, I did my full morning routine, I was online for this much time, I isolated today, I took my walk, it was stormy outside, my aunt called, it was a full moon, etc.”
Agree to make time to be online to look into these symptoms, shop or research once a week only and make sure to organise your information first, giving yourself time to look for the patterns and to listen to your body. Agree to read more articles and books instead of short bursts of information. Listen to soothing, classical music while learning.
Slowing the Pace
Our brains were never meant to take in information in the manner that we experience learning now. Our devices can place us in a sympathetic state and the more we interact with them differently, the better we will be. Our goal is to slow down our pace so that we can actually do more! We can heal more, we can learn more, we can play more and we can discover more of who we are.
Our dysregulated nervous systems cause us to want to constantly rush, take in information, be entertained, keep ourselves busy all day. We want to practise moving at a normal pace for our nervous system, learn how it is best for our brains, give ourselves space to think about, take in and truly understand what we have learned. We need silence to process information, emotions, questions, desires, plans of action, memories, relationships, etc.
Books and Curiosities
Make a list of subjects you want to learn about and seek out books about those subjects. Look in the reference section of books you already have to see what an author you respect has used in their research. Keep a list of books you want to read and go through them every year, reading each one even for 15 minutes per day. Keep a list of your curiosities and questions on every subject, not just health.
Remember to stay away from influencers or teachers that use shock value or are not healed themselves, if they are focused on what is wrong with the world, if they are speaking negatively, expressing themselves in an angry way, etc., give yourself a break from them.
Practising Listening
Practise listening so you can be a better learner. Practise this with your loved ones, podcasts, teachers, people you have just met, nature, your own body, etc. When you are listening to someone talk, learn to really take in the information, without interrupting or waiting your turn to talk, think of questions to ask after they are done talking. Notice three things about the person you are talking to, keeping your focus on them.
When listening to a podcast, pause and write questions and try to truly listen. While sitting outside, releasing thoughts when they enter to spend time listening to birdsong, wind, insects, etc. Practise being still and just allow the silence to show you how full it actually is, one of the most powerful parts of a piece of music is often the “rest,” it allows for the true strength of the sounds to be more evident.
A Lifetime of Learning
We want to learn quite a bit over this portion of the protocol but the ultimate goal is to use this information as a launching point for a lifetime of learning and growing. I am a gatherer of information, I gather, organise and offer to others. That is the job that speaks to me, that God has placed before me. I began this journey to help my family heal.
I remember hearing a podcast with Mary Ruddick where she said something close to “The information [that I teach] needs to be in every household.” It was then that I knew what I wanted to do. And the best part is, we are doing it together. This is how we change the world, as Becky Plotner said, “Learn one, do one, teach one.” Let us listen, learn, grow and share.
I am so proud of all the unlearning and relearning you are willing to do!!