Pause : how to press pause before life does it for you / Danielle Marchant
Material type:
TextPublisher: London : Aster, a division of Octopus Publishing, 2017Description: 224 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781912023097
- 1912023091
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Danielle Marchant is a beguiling leader - a refreshing mix of pragmatic and soulful. She facilitates with a light hand and an engaged heart" Queen of Retreats
Pause is an important message ready to be heard.
We check our phones an average of 221 times a day, we have apps that help us sleep and remind us to be mindful while we secretly measure our success in 'likes'. Time is our luxury and yet with technology we are never able to leave the office, even when we aren't there. The fear of missing out makes us rush from one thing to the next, not really taking any of it in.
Pause allows you to finally put yourself, your feelings and your intuition first. Learning to say no, doing the things that make you feel good, and not doing the things that don't make you feel good - these are not self indulgent. Listening to your own heart and wisdom doesn't make you selfish, slowing down to appreciate your life isn't lazy or unambitious. It is an ancient message, but still just as strong; when you pause to take care of yourself and your own life, you become the person you're meant to be.
This book gives you the space and the practices so that you can learn how to benefit from the power of the pause. It uses nature, creativity and your inner spirit to allow the energy to flow freely once again. There are exercises to ground you, give access to your intuition, to breathe deeply and allow your monkey mind to settle. It gives you time to explore what is big in your life right now, to know deep down what matters. It opens you up, allowing you to freely experience all the pain, the joy and the twists and turns of life. It gives you back your courage, your fire and your connection.
I know life is crazy busy. I know you spend most days moving from one task to the next, getting stuff done but never really aCcomplishing your heart's desire. I know it's relentless. It feels impossible to stop, doesn't it? That somehow if you slow down everything will fall apart. I know you remember another way, a different time when there was more space to breathe. It might have been a long, long time ago but the memory is still reachable within you. A time when there was laughter and dancing, ease and flow. Somehow, somewhere the flow was dammed. Blocked by to-do lists, endless email, and meetings that went on far too long. Everything urgent, but nothing so important--not really. And now it's hard to breathe. To simply catch your breath and feel. Chest tight, body aching, restless nights, that constant dull ache in your head that never seems to go away. Always switched on, yet somehow sleepwalking through life. If this sounds like you, it's okay. I get it. It was my story too. I'll share it with you sometime. For now, this is your time to pause.