Yin & Yang

It’s about balance! Energy workers balance your energy fields! We clear out

stagnant energy and replace it with vibrant energy. The world of energy medicine

deals holisticly with the body, mind, and spirit, as well as the physical fields. If one

of these fields is out of balance, it has an effect on the other fields. For instance, if

your mental field is being stressed at work, you could end up with a headache,

which means your stress in your mental field has manifested itself in your physical

field. Sometimes, the stress in your mental field can make you angry with your

co-workers or with your family when you go home. Perhaps your home life is not

what you would like it to be, and you start making work and other aspects of your

life more of a priority. Right away there is a shift in the balance in your life. You

may not feel it right away, but you know something is wrong. If you look at where

the focus has been, hopefully you will realize that maybe a little more time spent

focusing on the reason your home life is out of balance, and you will feel the

balance returning. The old cliché about “all work and no play make Jack or Jane

a dull person. I’m sure we all know people that only talk about work or play or

home stuff, that is a definite lack of balance, and it takes a conscious effort to not

be like this, but if we can step back and observe ourselves we will realize that, hey

maybe there is more to life than what we constantly go on about. A new

grandparent has a little leeway in this department, but even a new grandparent has

to give equal time to other issues eventually! Another area of our lives that is often

out of balance is the physical aspect of our lives. If we’re always sitting at our job,

we need to balance that with being on our feet and using our whole body to do

something, anything! On the other hand, there are people that are on the go all the

time and never take any down time. They also need to balance their activity with

inactivity, whatever form that may take! We all know people that have to be doing

something even when they are sitting down, because they can’t bear to waste time

even when they are supposedly relaxing! They consider daydreaming a waste of

time!  We all need to give our minds a rest, and heaven forbid that you don’t have

something tangible to show for the time we were sitting down. Giving our mind a

rest means that we are sitting quietly, no distractions, no TV on, nothing! Surely

our minds deserve even 5 minutes rest every once in awhile! We may live in a busy

household, but unless you are a parent with small children, surely, you have time to

go to your bathroom, close the door, and have an uninterrupted break from the

world. It is really important to have this time to ourselves, or we start to lose our

good perspective on things. The fact that bathrooms are not just functional but are

becoming a refuge is significant because it is probably the only room in the house

that one can feel that one is entitled to privacy. It is amazing what wonderful

thoughts and ideas come into our mind when we actually open our mind. Enough

quiet time and you will realize that perhaps you are learning to mediate! A whole

new world opens up when we actually take the time to balance the busy times

our mind has to deal with QUIET!! Busy parents of busy little people HAVE TO

make sure that they have down time as well; they have to take turns, whatever it

takes to have some solitude as often as they can! You will be teaching your

children that it is important to have this time alone and they will learn that a closed

door means that you need to have privacy! Remember that children grow up

REALLY fast! You will be teaching by example that it is good and important to

have this balance in your life. One aspect of our lives should never over balance

another. Take a look at the time you spend on different aspects of your life. Are

some parts of your life getting too much focus at the expense of other parts of your

life?  What is really important to you?  We all have to work, but does this

mean we shouldn’t have time off? Will your children grow up and not know who

you are and what your dreams are? Surely you are not just a meal ticket? Nobody

ever said on their deathbed that they wished they’d spent more time at work,

instead of spending their time with the people they love. Is whatever you are

striving for, more important than the people in your life? We all have choices!

Don’t let the people in your life feel like they are not a priority! People need to

simplify theirs lives and decide what are needs and what are wants and than at

least you are making an informed decision. Remember that when our lives are in

BALANCE nothing takes on an importance it does not deserve!

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