As I was working on a client the other day, I realized she consistently arrives filled with tension. So, on a whim, I turned on the 17 minute track of the Basic Relaxation and Energizing Exercise. She loved it. I loved it. I could feel her body relax and fill with energy as I worked silently and we both listened. I had been trying to get her to use the CD for quite sometime (it's at home on her shelf).
 
She is one of those people who understands the value of slowing down and filling up - in fact she believes in it firmly. She uses her treatments from me to do just that. She has seen me regularly for over 15 years and seems to leave my office after each visit more relaxed and centered (her rebooking indicates that as well). 
 
However, she just doesn't take the time to do it on her own, once she leaves my office. So as we listen to the CD together, I am reminded of the importance of having a daily rhythm and schedule that nourishes and feeds each of us.
Right now I have had two solid days of sitting and writing and my body wants to move. I took a great long walk two days ago, but my system is asking for more now. I am mentally committing to it as I write, looking at the clock and figuring out how it can happen before the day is out.
 
In the case of my wonderful client, she needs to put herself on her own "To Do" list, so that she makes it a priority to nurture herself in each moment. I remind her that she nurtures her staff at work beautifully. Together we brainstorm ways she can nourish herself in her daily life. I remind her that she has the CD she just listened to at home and that Full Body Presence has a new refined CD version of what she is listening to in the back of the book (and she has that already as well.)





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