What's more down to earth than your body?

One of the first things to look at when aiming for down to earth spirituality is how you view and experience your emotions. I have worked with clients who have had a difficult time emotionally because they held a belief that they didn’t belong here on earth. Is this you? Do you feel alien? Like it’s a mistake that you are here? That you were born? That you are in a body?

If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, acceptance of your decision…yes, YOUR decision to come to Earth is the first step you’ll need to take in coming down to earth, spiritually speaking.

It’s no fun being a space cowgirl or cowboy. If you’re not inhabiting your body fully, then you are missing the point of being here. If being space was your intention, then there would have been no reason to come to Earth. But here you are, and come, you did.

So, perhaps it’s time to embrace, as Zorba the Greek called it, ‘the full catastrophe’. Now, I don’t think it’s a catastrophe, but life can sure throw us curve balls, and depending on how much we resist what is, it can feel like catastrophe. That’s for sure!

Inhabiting your body means you get to experience life on a physical level, and feel your emotions too. Emotions are experienced in the body. And if you’re hovering somewhere above your body, you can’t let the emotions flow through you the way they’re supposed to, naturally. They’re supposed to do this: begin, rise, peak, fall, diminish, and be over with. But not being in your body, keeps them in a sort of suspension. Which means you keep feeling them over time, long after they should have dissipated---and that generally doesn't feel that good.

If you feel I’m talking about you, try this: take a deep breath and as you exhale, feel your awareness, your energy, plop down into your pelvic area from above your head, kind of like a ball someone let go of and gravity took over. Feel the weight of your energy in your pelvic region. This is what grounds you and allows you to be connected to Earth energies, which are actually pretty darn sweet energies, if you ask me.

Once you decide to be present in your body, you will experience your emotional life differently. Your emotions will become one of the ways your experience your human aliveness. Your human richness. Your human tapestry of life.

More on this tomorrow, but in the meantime, keep taking those breaths and exhaling as you allow your energy to drop right down into your pelvis. Your body has been waiting for you……

Wishing you love, peace and all the joy your heart can hold.

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach