The world demands we use our brains a LOT. We plan, organise and strategise. Our minds do an incredible job of keeping us safe, keeping us learning, keeping us active and keeping us growing. And yet we know that’s not the whole story
When we over-rely on the mind we can find ourselves
- Spending a lot of time analysing, ruminating, assessing or intellectualising but not always act on what we think
- Tired, so tired of the mind always whirring but not knowing how to stop it.
- Struggling with meditation even though we know it might help.
- Being a bit overly serious, all the time.
- Feeling a a bit overwhelmed by our emotional needs in unhelpful ways (hello fridge/scrolling/new project/helping others).
- Feeling disconnected from ourselves and our intuition, our wider wisdom.
- Feeling distracted.
- Feeling disconnected from others.
There are communities on this earth that believe we have three brains one in the head (the analytical brain), one in the heart (the compassionate brain) and one in the gut (the intuitive brain) all of which are important in navigating life.
And more simply most of us know that when we spend time dropping out of our head and into our bodies a bit more we feel calmer, more present, better able to know what we need and express ourselves and usually make different decisions.
Yet how often do we practice that or feel supported to do that?