After practicing mindfulness for few years, I started to feel a shift within me. I am now able to identify from which place I am operating, whether it is from my head or from my heart or both. I am now able to tell whenever one is ruling the other one. I can now know if what I am saying to myself or someone else in on the heart level or on the mental level or both.
At first, I have been able to identify these 2 different levels with the words I was using... and of course, I became aware of the fact I was mainly saying "I think" instead of "I feel" or asking "what do you think?" instead of "what do you feel?". And I noticed the answers I got were different as well... Depending on the words I used, I was making a different type of connections with myself or others: either a mental connection either a heart connection. Then, the more I am practicing some body awareness/mindfulness techniques, the more I am now able to feel within my body where I am operating from. When it is from my Heart, I feel a lot of warmth around my Heart area, I feel more vulnerable (and this is scary and exciting at the same time!), and I express more my emotions. I am now also more aware of the level(s) other people are operating from. And this is not only knowing from which level(s) I am operating from. This is also about being able to listen to what has to say each level. And here, I don't believe one level is better than the other one. I believe our role is to be able to listen to both of them and to integrate them into our daily choices and actions. For example, when making decisions, integrating rational informations AND emotions. And in some situations, it is about being able to know from which level we are operating, which level would be the best to operating from and to being able to switch to the most adapted level. For example, when it comes to heart-to-heart human connexions. So ask yourself regularly when making decisions, having conversations with others or with yourself: from which level(s) are you operating? Is this the most adadpted one? If not, how can you switch to the most adapted one? What are your thoughts? #Mindfulness #Heartfulness #MindfulnessInspiration #CoachNadegeEsteban #WiseMind It all started more than 5 years ago when the most extraordinary but challenging thing happened to me… I delivered my first child in Malaysia. I have two young children now and I must admit they have been challenging me a lot till now – constant lack of sleep for 3 years, doubts about my education choices, worries about things that might happen to them, stress and maybe also a bit of depression. I was exhausted and feeling alone as my husband was working abroad at that time. Living more than 12,000 Kilometres from my family and my closest friends was not helpful too. I was negative, reactive and relentlessly complaining about life, my children, others… Eventually living my life on this autopilot mode with no goals.
Thankfully it is at this period of my life I have first encountered the concept of mindfulness. I didn’t know much about it but I felt deeply that it was what I really needed. So I signed up for the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) and it turned out to be one of the most reflective and life-changing experience in my life! Firstly, mindfulness has helped me to raise my self-awareness about the way I was living and also my perception towards motherhood:
Secondly, by doing my daily mindfulness practices, I got out from this negative circle I was in very quickly and see life differently. I notice that I am feeling more energized and relaxed. I have learnt to be grateful for what I have and developed the burning desire to do something with my life. Finally, I came to the idea of becoming a mindfulness trainer and coach I am now in hope to inspire as many people as possible to give mindfulness a try and adopt it, like I did. Thirdly, mindfulness has raised my awareness about the world. It is not only about me now but about the future of my children, grandchildren and the well-being of people as a whole. I realized that the current world is not the world I would hope for the descendants to come. I wish to see a world with more authenticity, compassion, kindness, wisdom, empathy, passion, positive energy, inspiration and peace; and I want to be part of the movement to achieve this, to make the world a better place. All in all, mindfulness has been the catalyst for me to be more aware, awake and alive! I have grown so much from the inside-out and am more than thankful that it has brought colors into my life. This is why I believe in the power of mindfulness – to wake people up, enable them live to the fullest (as it did for me) and ultimately build a better society we want for our children and grandchildren to come. I will continue to embrace my life with mindfulness and pursue any chances to be able to inspire and empower others to do the same. Will you? |
AuthorHi ! I'm Nadege Esteban. As a Mindfulness Trainer and Coach, I promote mindfulness as a way of living and working… and I gave myself this personal mission: to inspire as much as possible people to give mindfulness a try and hopefully to adopt it in their daily life. Be Inspired
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