Sometimes the best medicine is to give none at all but to pull back, go inward, and meditate. Sometimes calming meditation is all you need to clear the head and soothe the body. A good dose of quiet time alone will do wonders for the human body and the human soul. During stressful times think first of calming meditation to address your woes. You can’t do any harm, and isn’t that the first consideration? Do no harm, meditate.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
In times of stress learn to manage the energy within yourself. It may be the only control you have. When something outside of you cannot be changed, change what is going on inside of you. Change your stress levels by breathing into your heart, by calming your mind with your breath, but cooling your temper with your breath, by reminding yourself that eventually things will change. In times of stress find peace and guidance within yourself. You may not realize it, but you have more at your disposal than you think. There is a deeper you ready and willing to come to your aid, to participate in your life, to be what you need. The solution is not to be found in your head but in your heart. Breathe. Just breathe.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Let calm breath enter you and breathe away what is conjured by the mind. Let a new tune enter you and sing a new song. Let new words of compassionate wisdom enter the place where old negative thoughts have dominated. Harmonize with your own rhythm, with the breath going in and going out in its own natural way. Stay tuned to the beat of your own heart and the spirit in you that seeks to find its own voice after so many years of silence. Listen to that voice more carefully and more often, the one that is your own true voice. Let it nurture you and sustain you at last, bringing you into calm reverie for all of your days.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Find your way to inner peace and calm no matter what is going on outside of you. It’s the only way to stay stable and sane. It’s not selfish but necessary in times of turmoil. And yet, do not be so inward turned as to miss the important things in life, especially the call to make changes that are beneficial, to move on when necessary, and to grow beyond where you are now. For even in inward turning, changes are expected if the inner process is to have impact. Otherwise it’s just another cover for not doing what needs to be done, for not facing what must be faced, and that will benefit no one. The charge of life is always to grow and change. It’s what the world is doing all the time, especially in times of turmoil, pushing for change. Let the self be still but never asleep. Let the self be calm but never inert. Let the self be inward turned but stay alert and aware, and never stop growing. For growth is the creative urge in all of life and that’s exactly what’s called for now!
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
