| Looking for some ways to feed your soul in the | | | | daily. Here are a few new ways to think about: |
| midst of all you do? Try one or more of these | | | | Play daydreaming games with yourself to |
| great ideas! | | | | discover who you long to be. Scrapbook your |
| 1.) Body Work/Movement: Tai Ji, massage, | | | | dreams, your work life or your dialogue with your |
| Feldenkrais, Reflexology ... there are tons of | | | | soul. Journal your night dreams, then draw or |
| modalities which contribute to healing in soulful | | | | write poems about the images you dreamt. Learn |
| ways. Try one today! | | | | about feng shui, the Chinese art of placement, |
| 2.) Connections with Others: Support networks | | | | which teaches you how to create a soulful |
| groups, accountability groups, on-line chats/boards, | | | | atmosphere in your home or workplace. |
| spiritual direction, soul mates and soul friends all | | | | Experiment with expressive arts, which involve |
| offer you healthy interconnections if these | | | | artistic, fun techniques for relating with your own |
| relationships help you maintain a fluid balance while | | | | unconscious through metaphors. Make an inner |
| you protect and defend your interpersonal | | | | child play date with yourself weekly to keep life |
| boundaries. | | | | from becoming too serious and foreboding. |
| 3.) Daily Rituals: Setting quiet time aside for your | | | | 6.) Dialogue With Yourself and With Your Higher |
| soul daily both refreshes and empowers you. | | | | Power (whatever you conceive It to be): Take |
| Experiment with meditation and visualizations. | | | | classes or read self-help books which enable you |
| Journal your thoughts, feelings, blessings and | | | | to identify, explore and live out your life's purpose. |
| conversations with your soul. Discover | | | | Write your spiritual autobiography. Try new ways |
| aromatherapy. Use music to affect your mood, | | | | to pray. Find a spiritual director. Journal your |
| energy and creative output. Take a self-discovery | | | | personal conversations with your Higher Power. |
| walk, a luxurious bath or a nurturing nap. Make | | | | 7.) Create a Personal Wellness Calendar: All of the |
| time and space for personal expression every | | | | great ideas above will fail to serve you unless and |
| day. | | | | until they become firm, scheduled habits in your |
| 4.) Create Mini-Retreats: When you go on a | | | | life. So create a personal wellness calendar to |
| retreat you create conscious cocooning space in | | | | enable you to do just that. |
| your life, which allows you to nurture your | | | | Schedule the elements above that you choose to |
| woolyworm nature into the butterfly you know | | | | begin experimenting with, remembering that it |
| you are supposed to be. Set aside time in your | | | | generally takes 21 days to establish a new habit. |
| lunch hour for things that enliven you. Every few | | | | Set firm boundaries around these activities to |
| weeks take off 2-4 hours if you can, just to | | | | protect them while you learn to integrate them |
| spend with your soul. Try to attend a weekend | | | | into your life. Try incorporating no more than 10 |
| retreat seasonally if possible. Retreat time need | | | | new habits into your life at any one time. |
| not be complex - it can be as simple as making | | | | Consciously downshift at key points throughout |
| homemade bread or simmering soup just for you. | | | | your day and week and use the activities above |
| 5.) Express Your Natural Creative Heritage: From | | | | to help you do so. Be flexible in your scheduling |
| cooking to music to writing to crafts, there are | | | | and your thinking - it is your soul that matters, |
| hundreds of ways to express your creativity | | | | not your planner! |