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Designing your life after that life Wake-Up call Turning Point to be more than just one day feeling – Easy Like Sunday Morning. I ask WHAT’S GOOD IN YOUR DAY?
Inspirations, musings and practical tips on how to live a Pause Moments Lifestyle. Representing a conscious slower, holistic balance.
Like you my life is busy so in the podcast I create time to Pause… I uncover mindful awareness of things that influence your physical and mental well being. And creating home spaces that embrace serenity and the sacred. Pause + Space for mind, life & home by Linzi at www.NaturallyLinzi.com
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This is a time I felt truly heart centered and loving kindness with the work that I do. Helping a client with grief who feels overwhelmed create a serenity space their home ready for selling
There are times when I feel truly heart centered, coming from a place of loving kindness with the work that I do. This I felt when Helping a client overwhelmed with grief with decisions on what to keep, what to give away and creating a serenity space in her home, ready for staging to sell and moving on with her life.
I assisted a client who was needing help with getting her property ready for staging to sell. She's creative and musical and recently lost her husband and soul mate. There were so many ornaments, photos and artifacts, memories of him and their beautiful life together. She had decided to sell and the first part of this process was to sort, organise and clear some parts of the house in preparation for staging photographs.
This emotionally loaded activity is an important part of the transitional process. The grief of both loosing a loved one and for yourself moving from one home to another. The client told me she was overwhelmed with it all and needed my assistance.
I delight in helping people create a serenity space. Areas which are mindfully dedicated to honouring someone, something, maybe an event or an intention of one's life in the future. I work in a compassionate way.
With this client I also provided a listening ear [see my Listening Cheerleader]. As we worked together, making choices with the individual items, she shared with me how grief had affected her, what changes there now were in her life and her intentions for her new life.
Transitions, life's turning points, key events marking our journey. The process of deciding what to keep as special, bringing us joy and good memories. Or things we no longer enjoy despite their financial value, or nostalgic attachment. Items we've kept 'just in case' yet that day never happened and deciding now to dispose of them . Every item has energy. Every decision takes energy. Each physical movement to pack, place in the recycling box, or collection of items which will be passed onto a new owner. We forget how much emotional and physical energy is expended with this process, whether you're doing it alone or with a friend/professional.
I spent the day helping her pack those special ornaments away, memories that will be unpacked and displayed afresh in her new home. Listening to her wonderful stories of life together, over tea and biscuits sitting on the balcony with birds chattering near by.
This is one way I work creating Serenity home spaces and offering Listening Cheerleader sessions as part of Naturally Linzi, taking pause moments, soothing you into the embrace of now. https://www.naturallylinzi.com/listening-cheerleader-session/
Client's response:
" Thanks again for your invaluable assistance today. It was the momentum I needed to get the ball rolling out of the unstuckness as I had felt so overwhelmed."
If you are ready to create a serenity, sacred space and would like my assistance I work online and in person. For more information look for me on LinkedIn Linzi Naturally Linzi
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Winter traditions solstice collecting holly and tree divining cards
In the winter time and we like the comfort of staying nestled inside. Let me encourage you to embrace the rain, the coldness and traditions surrounding Winter Solstice. In this episode I introduce winter solstice and the tradition of collecting holly and ivy. These examples of evergreens represent life as it flourishes through this season of shorter days and longer nights. The transition towards the Spring.
If you think there's too much focus given on the glitz and glamour of Christmas, try stepping outside sitting by a tree and do a Pause Moment with divining cards. In the Pause Moment for this episode I use the example of The Wisdom of Tree Oracle, inspirational cards for wisdom and guidance by Jane Struthers and illustrated by Meraylah Allwood. Jane says "Reconnect with the natural world and discover your true sense of self."
In my personal Serenity Space (www.naturallylinzi.com) at home I display and refer to seasonal cards by the artist Wendy Andrew www.paintingdreams.com. Serenity Spaces are divine sacred areas dedicated to something we cherish, or wish to intent within our life. The Solstice is an ideal time of year to take a moment for self care and mindfulness of who we are, what we are grateful for and what's right in the world!
I ask you to ask yourself 'WHAT'S GOOD IN YOUR DAY'?
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Zoom-aholic! Healthy Smoothie Pause moment make from what's in my kitchen
Zoom-aholic! Healthy Smoothie Pause moment make from what's in my kitchen
Smoothie Making for fun and health from what's in my kitchen
Here's to having creative fun experimenting with ingredients to make a healthy based smoothie that you can drink straight away or store in the fridge for later.
Taking time in this way is a form of Pause Moments, one of my short senses based mindful meditation techniques to refresh the mind and calm the emotions.
Smoothie making is a good distraction from an intense period of work or just as a reset in your day.
I don't make any claims that this is going to make you a healthier person and for some people the ingredients may not suit them. Feel free to substitute ingredients for what works or suits your taste and preferences or values.
List of ingredients. For a more detailed explanation of the ingredients, their health benefits and tips on using go check out www.naturallylinzi.com .
Plain dairy or non dairy yoghurt
Raspberries - frozen or fresh
Banana - frozen or fresh
Kale leaves
Non diary milk - almond or other
Protein powder
Brazil nuts
Powders: Ashwagandha, Turmeric, Himalayan pink salt, Cacao, Vitamin C + Calcium.
Tasting notes:
Delicious. Delightful colour from the raspberries I'd describe as Damask Dusky Dark Rose. Not too runny consistency, partly due to the flax seeds absorbing some of the liquid. And if left overnight the consistency would thicken more. Just a slight protein powder taste and not too over powering.
Enjoy experimenting with ingredients and blending smoothies as a Pause Moment in your day and for overall health.
Let me know your favourite ingredients that you use in your Smoothie and if you have any tips to share.
Which do you prefer frozen or fresh fruit?
Nuts for your smoothie, do you prefer natural, salted or roasted?
Life is often too full up and messy. I explore how to live life with more awareness and delight. Tips and techniques for a slower lifestyle on www.naturallylinzi.com
There are free Pause Moment cards to download.
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Healing Burn out and trauma with quality rest, The Art of Pause, Allison Marlowe interview
Healing Burn out and trauma with quality rest, The Art of Pause, Allison Marlowe interview
“Rest is part of our rhythm, part of our aliveness. Rest is part of our renewal which provides an opening for something new to emerge, for transformation.” The Art of Pause – rest and renew for “when life makes us want to run, rest teaches us to come home to ourselves”.
The theme of this episode is also understanding the benefits that quality rest gives us in dealing with traumas in your life and in these times of uncertainty and change. Change brings both uncertainty and the potential of possibility. How can we support our sensitive self during changing times using rest.
Guest Allison Marlowe talks about overcoming trauma.
My guest is Allison Marlowe. In 2014 Allison suffered her second major burn out. Her life up til then appeared to the world as having ‘made it’, with all the signs of a good life. Then she lost both her business and marriage. She had been a business coach and successful founder of Global Winning Women, a networking and connections organisation.
Her recovery journey back to health took 4 years. During this time she learned about the effects of life’s traumas and how they go into the body. Often without us being conscious to this. Effecting us physically and also mentally. In 2020 we have all been affected by a global trauma. Allison offers us a way to dissolve these traumas as she describes the benefits of experiencing quality rest.
Allison Marlowe is the founder of The | Art | of | Pause, a sensory focused approach to living, that uses the intelligence of the body to release layers of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion and also trauma. She draws on her previous career in teaching and extensive training in coaching, mentoring, NLP, trauma awareness, movement practices, body work and Yoga Nidra to help her clients to slow down embrace the full range of human emotion and savour the experience of being fully alive.
Allison runs workshops, 1:1 trauma informed coaching, Yoga Nidra and Movement for trauma classes. She also co-hosts the 13 Moons monthly women’s circle.
This conversation is covered over two episodes, watch out for the next installment. You might like to check out this other episode in this podcast. Eps Pause Moments For You. Why? Slow down, balance mind body, senses mindfulness meditation -
Pause Moments mindfulness meditation for an oasis of calm
Reset your mind and body when anxious with the practice of Pause moments. The senses based mindfulness meditation.
Pause Moments mindfulness meditation has become really popular. Meditation has been adapted into many variations from it’s original roots of traditional Hinduism and Buddhist spiritual practices and yoga. I consider mindfulness as being part of all spiritual life no matter what the beliefs. Pause moments are aligned with mindfulness practice.
If you experience one or more of the following states then do listen to this episode. To hear more about pause moments. How they form part of conscious slow living.
Describing your life as rushing around, with too much to do and too little time. Feeling irritated, impatient and self critical or critical of others. You becoming frustrated at minor things. That you are not in control. You have self doubts and that gloomy dark cloud comes by to visit one too many times.
Slow down in life
Practicing pause moment mindfulness meditation enables you to make more healthful, heart-centered decisions. The techniques assist in bringing your mind and body back into balance to equilibrium. You’ll find it easier to take life slower. An additional bonus is developing Being kinder to yourself. Something which is very much needed in the world. Self compassion is learned. In this podcast episode I describe Pause Moments mindfulness meditation and why the practice is beneficial.
I reveal a little about my own character and why, as the originator of pause moments, these micro mindfulness techniques has changed how I lived my life, for the better.The Pause moment sequence at the end is a senses self awareness, we focus on listening, smelling catching the scent on the air and breathing.
BiL Conference speaker
At the BiL Conference my presentation was Micro Mindfulness Pause Moments for Support of a Life Work Balance. I explained to the audience what pause moments are. That the practice is beneficial to your mental and physical wellness. Watch the BiL talk here on Youtube
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What makes a perfect body? Is it your Health, your looks? Lets consider perfect imperfection known as Wabi Sabi?
What is physical Perfection? Is it health or elusive looks or simply wabi sabi?
What makes a perfect body? What is that exactly? Is it just looks or health? Is it simply an elusive goal?
In this podcast episode I consider and muse over what is perfection? Who gets to decide what the perfect body is? I was inspired to talk about this subject after hearing a panel discussion. ‘Perfectibility of the body’ was the name given to the cultural arts discussion panel at The Festival of Science and Arts, in London UK. The panel included Alison Lapper, who is the well known outspoken disabilities artist advocate and the writer and poet Michael Horovitz.
Alison Lapper said, “in my eyes I’m in the perfect body”. What a powerful statement of body confidence.
Plato and Aristotle, the philosophers from ancient Greece, stated this about perfection. They believed there could not be a perfect anything. This perfection relates to a colour or a book or a breast. What a relief that is then! Aristotle wrote “that is perfect that has achieved it”.
I wonder if in our culture we are being overly perfectionist in how we do things. Considering what makes a perfect body. Whether wabi sabi would be a more gentler approach to how we view the body and almost everything.
In the episode I provide a list of the practical ways we can help ourselves to becoming or maintaining healthy and happy in our body and mind. It’s not rocket science and it’s not perfect body!
Pause moment senses based mindfulness
For the Pause Moment in this episode I guide you into taking a quiet moment for yourself. I use the power of positive words and visuals to relax the body and mind. To include the letting go of being perfect. We can become our own cheerleader towards living a life we feel comfortable with.
I enjoy hearing about how you dealt with a situation that initially required perfection on your part. How you stepped aside from the stress of perfection and created your own wabi sabi of the situation. You can subscribe to my email list to hear about my new episodes, articles and other subscriber only events.