Every year it’s the same tune, “The holidays are so stressful.” And yet you do it all again and again. Here are some tips that can enable you to perceive the holiday season in a whole new light, well not exactly new, but in a transformational way that can de-stress and release a healthier flow of energy into your life.
Be grateful. There is a certain sense of inner joy that is felt when you are grateful for even the smallest aspects of your life. Not just in what you can see, but having the ability to see it in the first place. When you place being grateful first in your life everything changes to what is really meaningful and valued.
Go with the flow. Too often when you ask someone how they are doing they reply, “Busy.” Or you yourself might add to that question, “Staying busy”? But that energy not only doesn’t serve you nor will it keep you healthy. Much like a telephone that you pick up and hear the busy signal, there is no real connection going on. So too can you lose connection with people and circumstances when you perceive yourself as being busy. There is a big difference in being productive and keeping busy and it begins in giving yourself a better perspective by going with the flow of life.
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Begin with yourself. The very essence of the holiday season is giving and rediscovering value in family and friendship. It is the time of year when we gather together and spend more quality time, and extend ourselves by helping the less fortunate. When you begin with yourself by sharing your speech as being nurturing instead of letting everyone know how stressed out you are, or blaming someone else for ruining your day, you have in essence become not only your own medicine but great energy for those around you.
The holidays are a gift in themselves as are all the days of our lives. You are only allotted so many of them, now is the time to really begin to live them with energy that gives you life in doing just that.
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By Patricia Huff, author, massage therapist.