Confessions of a Multitasker

The blessings of flower essences - I use Australian Bush Flower Essences, how about you?

 I was recently on the hunt for Ayurveda’s view on the path of menopause when I discovered important information about multitasking. These discoveries had a deep and profound impact on my well-being which prompted me to explore my relationship with multitasking.  I felt shocked, to be honest, and a little bit anxious and challenged by the information. 

I knew something had to give. 

From the perspective of Ayurveda, multitasking is really unhelpful to living life in a balanced way. I know, I know, you might suggest that you gain energy from it. But that hasn’t been my experience or the experience of the women I work with, and I also wonder about a few things like, how sustainable it is to be doing so much at the same time. 

My goal is to engage with life from my centre out to the edge, as I choose and back to the centre. What I’ve noticed about myself and others I know is that we’ve been playing to the edge for quite a while now and there are cracks appearing. 

Can you relate to this share from a friend? 

She has a liquid breakfast while rallying the kids to their breakfasts, preparing - like making lunches, reminding the kids to pack extra things for the day ( the after school, work, activities and play date necessities ) and then begins to nudge them out the door to their various activities, like school or daycare.

All the while her phone which pretty much remains in her hand or close by buzzes with text messages, reminders, emails and notifications. Popping a load of washing on before walking out the door herself, she checks the fridge for milk, while the kids actually jump into the car.  She takes a sip of her liquid breakfast with phone, keys and bag in hand which makes a great story for Instagram; so she poses at the same time as walking to the car!

Now driving, she instructs Siri to respond to texts, record new reminders and respond to any notifications or emails, for an updated playlist while voice recording notes for meetings and pieces of work she needs to write.  The kids, mirroring her,  are all pretty much on devices as well. And this, my beloveds, is before 9 am! 

The struggle is real. 

So let’s look at some ways we can move away from our edge and come back into the center of our being without changing anything in our days….. for now!

I love Australian Bush Flower Essences - their Black-eyed Susan essence is so powerful. What it did for me was give me space so I could begin to feel into the edge I was walking and make some very helpful choices.  

I’d recommend you buy that directly from them and buy their droppers as well, they’re way better than others on the market at the moment - I’ve used those as well. These flower essences work so subtly and will bring about change. 

I would recommend a daily listening practice just with yourself, here is a short practice I recorded for you on Spotify.

Listening practices are so powerful as they increase your capacity to truly listen to and be present for others. This is something the speedy Gonzales types in our community struggle with. 

Journal Practice.

These you can do daily or once a week or even once a month. 

Let’s start:

Q1: Am I, “In relationship” with my life? - Am I in flow?

Describe how this feels.

Am I fighting life?

What is my embodied experience?

Is there pushing,  pulling or resisting? 

Q2: Do I feel in love with my life?

Do I love what I am doing in life right now?

From 1 - 10 where does this ‘in love with my life,’ sit right now?

Describe what you experience, you might like to notice any sensations in your body and describe them. See if they are familiar to any others you’ve felt before when journalling.

Q3:Am I listening to what life has to say to me?

Am I receiving what life has to say to me? 

If my ‘best friend’ gave me feedback about my life, what would they say, and how would you receive it?

 If their goal was to help you move away from the edge of your life and back into the centre of your life - how would you receive their feedback? 

See how you go with these suggestions, taking flower essences, incorporating listening practices into your daily routine for a little while and then journalling.

Hopefully, there is something here that supports and inspires you to connect to your radiant Shakti and bliss!

There are many ways to kneel and kiss the ground ♥️

Let me know if any of these resonate for you in any way.

As always, sending love and gratitude

Rabia

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