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Relaxing during moments of stress requires an acute in-the-moment application of awareness. The speed and precision with which you dissect your mental and bodily manifestations in these moments are honed by your commitment to daily practice. Furthermore, the calming of the mind developed during practice means more advanced planning and preparedness because you spend much less time with your monkey mind in general. And while life will always ‘conspire’ to surprise you, if you are ‘set’, if you are anchored and organised, you will find unexpected ‘storms’ easier to navigate. Perhaps there has been a mistake at work. Perhaps the discovery of this mistake has led panicking people to your door. Everywhere around you the volume is turned up to eleven. Is your instinct to deflect and find someone to blame or sacrifice and shoulder it all? Reporting from disaster scenarios often talks of an extraordinary calmness that people experience during life threatening moments. Those of you who know the Calmworks® Mountain Practice experience this feeling of calm every day. So next time your boss is balling you out. Or you’ve realised you are solely responsible for a terrible mistake... ...remember the stillness. Breathe. Notice your heart rate. Own it. Notice your fears. Own them. Notice your emotions. Own them too. Be. Step back. Think. Ask. Do.
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