Chaotic Reorganisation

You’re speeding along in a car on the highway

Placed throughout car are all your belongings, packed in a way that makes sense to you.

Work stuff. Sentimental stuff. Practical stuff. Hobby stuff.

There’s a certain comfort to it all — a familiarity

Then BANG, out of nowhere, you hit a speed bump you didn’t see

The bump is significant enough to send everything flying off the seats, floor, dash.

It’s only for a few moments, but it feels like forever…

Everything’s floating

Time seems to have dissolved

All these parts of you, now in limbo, weightless, dislocated from their usual place.

The suddenness of it all brings an incredible sense of presence

A suspension of the default mind.

It’s so strangely light.

Is this what peace feels like? Is it just the eye of the storm?

But almost as soon as that thought has formed, the sensation of falling begins.

Reality sets in. 

CRASH — everything clatters down again.

The photo boxes in the back. The work folders. Your tan Birkenstocks. The dog…

and every piece of sand, dirt or dust in the carpet

And now everything’s a bit of a mess

Things have moved.

This is a microcosmic example of a greater phenomenon — massive change.

The car is you. The highway is your life. The belongings are parts of you (inside and out) that make up the tapestry of your reality.

I love to talk about change because it’s so reflective of our bodymind state.
How ready are we, if at all?
And how can we be better equipped to navigate what we’ll never really be ready for?

I’ve got a story about this… and an update from the last month, which I’ll share in the next blog.

First I want to hear your reflections (or you can journal on them privately).

You could spend 1-2 minutes writing on each of these:

1. What is the first significant, change or life event that comes to mind?

2. Did you respond in a way that was typical for you?

3. What was something challenging about this?

4. What was something you can be proud of?

5. What previous self-work, practices or habits supported you through this time, so that it was better than it could have been?

Much love,