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Guest post by: Sandy Kingsley

Article Overview: I'm thinking that with her senses cut short, only seeing straight ahead, no periphery vision, her hearing muted, she was off balance. Slightly off kilter. This also made her depressed. She was missing out on fun, like seeing a bug out of the corner of her eye that she could stalk, play with and then torture.

Use Your Senses

Last month my kitty, Parvati, had to wear a cone around her neck (you know, the lampshade thing). It was interesting to watch her maneuver at first. She had trouble even just walking straight ahead. She seemed confused as to which foot to put down in front of the other. After a few days, she became more accustomed though, and by week two she was barely awkward at all. I'm thinking that with her senses cut short, only seeing straight ahead, no periphery vision, her hearing muted, she was off balance. Slightly off kilter. This also made her depressed. She was missing out on fun, like seeing a bug out of the corner of her eye that she could stalk, play with and then torture.

So, my question to you is, how many of your senses are you engaging on a regular basis? Many of us are actually pretty used to going through life with our senses muted because we are focused on something other than the present moment. How often are you so focused on moving "forward" and on what is coming next that you don't even notice someone calling your name? In fact, we are so bent on moving ahead that it is often reflected in our posture, our necks reaching forward, out of alignment with our spine. And like Parvati, we get so used to that that we don't even realize that our alignment and balance is off.

I get up early in the morning - around 5:30 am. I don't actually leave my home until around 8 am usually, and yet I still can feel like there is just not enough time. I have 2.5 hours to meditate, work out, shower, eat or do whatever combination of the above I feel like, and yet I can still get grumpy that I don't have enough time for me in the morning. Isn't that strange?

I realized that there was something wrong in that, so I experimented. I decided to just pretend one morning that I had plenty of time to do what I needed to do, plus feel un-rushed enough to enjoy the morning. It worked! I got everything done I wanted to, and did not feel resentful that I still did not have enough time.

I think that I had been so focused, from the moment I got out of bed, on what I needed to do next, and what time I had to leave, and on what I would be doing once I left the house, that I lost the present moment all together. I was seeing only directly in front of me; pushing forward; forgetting to appreciate any of my senses except my tunnel vision. When I reminded myself to breath more deeply, to sit down in the quiet coolness of the morning instead of eating standing up, and to engage my senses in the present moment rather than to move on to the next thing, my morning totally shifted. Having 2.5 hours in the morning felt like the significant amount of time that it is.

So, even if you don't have quite that much time in the morning (and the only reason I do is because I choose to get up early - it's a choice), just pretend tomorrow morning that you have all the time you need. See if it shifts for you too. And even if you are 5 minutes late to wherever you are going, the realignment of your morning might just make you not worry about it! (Let me know how it goes.)

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