Movement in Emotions
When I say the word movement, we most likely contribute that word with exercise and working out, but what if I were to ask you where you find movement in your emotional and spiritual health? As we read in Paul’s blog earlier this month, it is important to find variation or play in our movement to help our nervous system adapt to our ever-changing environment. Just as our environment changes for our physical needs, our mindset and seasons change for our emotional health. There is always something new coming at us in different seasons of our life and we need to adapt to those changes.
Have you ever had a season in your life where it shifted so much that you didn’t know if you were going to make it through? And, somehow you came through the other side of it stronger. You had to adapt and grow to the change happening around you. You had to look for new ways to cope with the emotions of change while processing through past emotions that might have landed you there in the first place. The point is there was movement in that process. If you never adapted to the new environment that your body was in, you would stay stuck in those old patterns and never grow. Stagnation leads to disorder (and disease) and let me tell you, it is not always easy. The more movement we create, in this area, can feel so heavy at times that we want to stop, but if we stop moving or finding out what we need to get us through can be crippling.
Movement doesn’t always mean doing something when it comes to emotional work. One of the hardest things for me to do is REST. I am one to go, go, go and make myself busy just for the sake of doing something. Finding stillness in the chaos is a form of movement that we have a hard time doing in this culture. Rest and stillness does not mean to sleep or sit down (even though that can be a part of it) but rather finding the calm and relaxation of your body and mind. This could be going for a long, slow walk taking in nature and the sounds around you. It could be journaling about your day or reading a book. We are in a world of busy and sometimes the best step we can take is to find that rest. It is something that I am working on and will continue to work on throughout different seasons of my life.
The movement that we need to find will be individual to each and every person. It might be the physical play or movement practice that we heard from Paul earlier this month. It might be needing to take a deep look at your emotional health and see where you can make improvements. Wherever you are, just remember that any change takes time. Take it one day at a time. Give yourself grace if you fall off track. Pick right back up with it the next day. Don’t stay stagnant, you deserve more for yourself. Find your movement so you can Live Free.
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