Self-care has many dimensions that include your physical health, your mental health, your emotional health and your spiritual health.
One of the most ignored aspects of wellbeing is spiritual health. The human spirit is a powerhouse of strength, grace, calm, harmony, and peace that can carry you through any challenge, big or small. When you feel disconnected from joy in your life, consider that you may have forgotten your connection to your spiritual self.
There is good news! You can NEVER lose your connection with your spiritual essence. It’s as much a part of you as your nose or your toes.
You are strength. You are grace. You are harmony. You are peace. This is your essence!
You can forget about it though. And the insidious symptoms of stress feed this forgetfulness.
How do you know when you are connected to your soul or spiritual essence? Whenever you feel deep peace, joy, wonder, gratitude, bliss, calm, love or happiness – for no particular reason. Shifting into connection with your soul can be compared with turning the dial on the radio or changing channels on the TV. You are changing frequencies.
In moments of connection with your soul, you shift your frequency to a higher level of vibration. It feels light or fun or good. It’s like coming home.
Here are a few simple ideas for a quick connect with your spiritual self and deep self-care, just to get you started.
1. BREATHE
- Take one really deep breath and hitchhike a ride on it like a slow wave all the way down to your navel and back up. Take a few more like that and you will notice that you have slowed down your heartbeat. You might even have calmed down your mind for a few seconds. If you are wondering what to do with a quiet mind – enjoy it or listen. You have just connected with your beautiful spiritual self.
- If you are having one of those days where you just don’t have enough time, take a few nice slow deep breaths down to your navel and back. You can do that anywhere. We all have to breathe. Then feel grateful for all the time you need to do what is most important. You might notice that some of the things on your ‘To Do’ list just aren’t that important right now. Or, out of the blue, someone offers you help. Accept it! It is a gift from your soul.
2. WONDER
- Admire a beautiful sunset. Don’t think. Just admire.
- Smell a flower
- Gaze at the stars
- Look into someone’s eyes deeply and see their beautiful spiritual self shining through those eyes.
3. PLAY
- Catch a snowflake on your tongue. This could take a while if it’s not snowing.
- Have a funny face competition with your kids. My son, Matt, has the best funny faces in our family. I always lose because I’m laughing so hard.
- Smile at the person in line in front of you.
- Give someone you care about a hug. Just because.
4. GRATITUDE
- One of the quickest ways to shift frequency is to think of something you are grateful for. You could even make a list. But don’t stop there. To really shift your frequency, feel grateful. Really feel it. The feeling of gratitude, especially gratitude combined with love, has the highest frequency of all our feelings. That will lift the heaviness.
- You can feel grateful for the driver on the busy road who leaves a space for you to merge in. You can feel thankful for your car, for getting you safely to and from work. Did you notice that the ride seems easier and quicker?
One of the most powerful ways to give yourself soul self-care is through purposeful practice. Purposeful means that the practice is regular and consistent.
In November of 2019 I collaborated with a colleague, Ahana Lara, to create a mantra group for regular, consistent and purposeful practice. Our group has met every week since then to chant the Abundance Mantra.
Talk about fortuitous! We had no idea that the world would be turned upside down only a couple of months later. Even through the pandemic, this practice brought everyone in the group such a deep core of calm and peace that nothing moves us from that centre.
This group is still active, 5 years later, and is part of the weekly practices in the Harmony Within Sanctuary. This Sanctuary was created for purposeful practice, offering a variety of ways to nourish your soul every week. Or every day if you choose.
If this is a community that you feel would support you in your soul self-care, we are offering one month free for you to check it out to explore the community, join events and connect with members.
Click below for a tour through the Harmony Within Sanctuary
And as you explore the many wonderful ways to connect with that brilliant spiritual self of yours, you begin to notice that you are bringing happiness, health, harmony, hope, humor and passion into your life. And don’t limit your singing to the shower.
In Health and Harmony,
