Inner Peace Practices

5 Responses to “Inner Peace Practices”

1. Col August 12th, 2009

   I’m such a big fan of the concept that stress doesn’t need to be our set point … and that we can make inner peace the new standard. Beautiful job!

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2. Mary Allen August 12th, 2009

   Absolutely! Stress doesn’t have to be our set point. By staying mindful and willing to shift back to inner peace — it truly can become our predominant way of being!

   Thanks for posting!

   Mary

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3. Elizabeth Barbour August 12th, 2009

   I love the 5 daily gratitudes practice. I keep mine in “The Secret” Journal which helps you be grateful for what IS in your current reality and then also be grateful for what you are creating in your future reality. It’s awesome! Thanks for these tips and for being an awesome coach (my coach!)… and love the ocean sounds in the back of your video… so relaxing!!!

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4. Kim August 13th, 2009

   Hi Mary – I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE your new videos. Today’s was exceptionally brilliant – and timely. Recently I’ve been informed by two different health care providers, that my stress level was affecting my thyroid and adrenals… and I didn’t even realize I was experiencing stress and actually didn’t really believe it. The first naturopath discovered this through a bio-feedback like technology (NES) and to be honest, I wasn’t convinced of its accuracy because I didn’t “get” that I was experiencing stress. Then yesterday, my new naturopath (my previous one moved to BC), having received the results of my blood work informed of the same thing! I share this, because as you say in your video, much of society has been conditioned to accept stress as normal – and that is dangerous because in doing so we can also, by default, start accepted the results of stress as normal…. yickes!
   Good news, right after I received the news yesterday from my naturopath I received an email from my neighbour inviting me for a salt water swim and hot tub soak at her health club. First temptation was to respond with my usual “I’ve got too much to do” but I didn’t – instead I said “I’d love to and thank you so much for thinking of me.” I definitely used the opportunity to start strengthening those “inner peace” and “self care” muscles.

   Much Love and appreciate for you!
   Kim

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5. Mary Allen August 13th, 2009

   Elizabeth, You’re so right, simple practices like writing in our gratitude journals does have that added bonus! In addition to expanding our inner peace, it helps us create our reality.

   Kim…I think a lot of people don’t really feel “stressed”, but there are lots of ways to measure stress in the body objectively. Cortisol levels, muscle tightness, digestion problems are just a few of the not so subtle ways we KNOW our inner peace is dipping. Way to surrender to the hot tub soak!

   To your inner peace,

   Mary

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