Receptivity – part 2
Receptivity – part 2
May 2nd, 2013
In August 2011 I wrote a blog post on Receptivity and today I’d like to revisit that concept, because today is a beautiful day.
Today is a beautiful day to take stock of your ability to receive. Take a few breaths, and just notice, are you accelerating at a top speed of giving and doing? Do you run through your day in high mode of action and reactions? Are you exhausted, frazzled, tired, disgusted and just plain old fed up?
Today is a beautiful day to take one more inhalation, and then take a long slow exhalation and pause. Take note of how you feel, and what it is you are receiving right NOW.
At first you may not notice anything, as you have been on action and giving mode for so long that you can’t be still and just feel. You may start to wonder, “what is it I am supposed to be doing here?” Just take note of what you are feeling and thinking. Keep taking a simple, easy breath and allow yourself to slow down a bit.
When things settle a bit, start to notice your capacity to receive. Take that next inhalation and feel how your body is receiving it. Does it feel tight or restricted? Take another one and see how you can open to receive it. Then reflect on the last time someone offered to help you out, or gift you with something. What is your first instinct? For many the answer is a form of rejection or resistance, similar to the sense of tension we breathe with.
Maybe you notice that you don’t feel worthy unless you are doing or giving yourself. Or for some of us we only feel safe when we are the ones doing, and it feels too out of control when we allow someone else the space to give.
Today is a beautiful day to start opening to a graceful and grateful attitude of receiving. Just as you may feel wonderful when you are giving, it is equally powerful to create the space for others to feel dynamic by opening to receiving their gifts. Sometimes even more empowering than gifting is the way in which we openly receive what is being offered to us
Today is a beautiful day to believe in how beautiful YOU are. Express that beauty in BOTH the ability to give and to receive in a gracious and grateful practice.
Today is a beautiful day!