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Welcome to my October newsletter.
Our newsletter this month explores reflective practice
as a way of influencing our lives. How we
see the world comes from how 'we are' - so it follows that if we have unhealed
wounds and emotions within then this distorts how we view the world!
With the days getting shorter and the days a bit
colder, Jim is happy, he loves running in the cold and he loves the autumn - Kevin, one of our training group,
loves night-time runs on the downs - he describes the magic and how he knows he
is safe and the moon and stars light his way.
Fiona writes this month of the value of being outside
whatever the weather and the effect this has on us at a more profound level.
This is good reflective practice for Rob and I, as we
like running in the sun!
But - the earth is moving around the sun and we cannot
control the movement of the planets!
We can, however, keep seeking our own centre point within the external
movement. It isn't what happens to us that defines us or shapes our destiny, it
is how we react and respond to events and circumstances.
We can influence our destiny by choosing to transform
and move beyond habitual ways of being and thinking that might keep us locked
in a negative cycle, re-creating stories and attracting the same events and
people in different guises.
Happiness is a choice that we can make minute by
minute. On waking up on a cold dark wet morning, we can choose to live it
fully, appreciating being alive - here on this planet in wonder of all the
elements, or we can moan about the weather!
We shape our lives by our attitudes - that is the
power we have as human beings. What we think and what we say changes our lives
in the present and creates a different future. We create our lives outside from
within, which is why taking notice of where we are in emotional pain is
important for our own future happiness. Learning to love and appreciate
ourselves and change our emotional set point shapes everything we do and say
and who we meet.
Vena looks at how connecting to feelings means a shift
to a deeper connection to our personal power. Suzy too writes about how healing
in relationship with self through moving to a compassionate place with people who
we feel hurt, wounded and disappointed by can make a difference to our own
'blank sheet' and shape our future.
Both Jim and Jane explore this too - how our inner
landscape is played out on the stage that is our life story.
And Mark has completely shifted his outer reality, by
flying across the ocean to be inspired and to go deeper into his yoga practice
and we have his article straight from NYC!
Taking time to reflect on past experiences is a route
to learning, understanding and healing and to creating a brighter future.
It is there for us all, but it requires that we remove
ourselves from the negative images and influences around us in the media and
make the choice to create a life of our choosing based on love, compassion and
understanding rather than disappointment and regret.
I hope you
enjoy this month's newsletter!
Julia
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