Slipping on Wet Leaves #powerofnow
Yesterday I went to feed a friend’s kitties who decided to
vacation in Thailand for the holidays. On his porch steps were wet leaves. As I
climbed the steps to his front porch, I slipped on the leaves and landed head
first into the railing. This was one of those moments I wondered if my mind remained
elsewhere while my body walked without my attention. I tend to do that a great
deal.
When I cooked everyday, I would have cuts all over my hands,
because I just wasn’t into the now enough to watch every intricate movement.
Out of boredom and living in my own head—instead of in the now—I ended up with
many bruises, bumps, and cuts. Injury remains a clear reminder that you simply
don’t stay in the Now.
In yoga we do balancing poses to teach our minds to stay
present. One of my favorite poses is called Vriksasana
or tree pose. You place one foot firmly on the floor with the leg straight,
while the other knee is bent with the foot resting somewhere on the
straightened leg. If you become adept at the pose, you can rest your heel all
the way at the top of the thigh. Simply stand in that position, breathing
gently, 5 or 6 counts in and 5 or 6 counts out, with your hands folded at your
heart in prayer position.
In many spiritual cultures, simple breathing exercises will
bring you back to the present or the now. Just watch your breath, as it remains
the simplest human attribute to control. In biofeedback we learn that, if you
take a breath and make the inhales the same count as the exhales, prolonging
the breath to 5 of 6 counts, you can reduce your blood pressure 10-15 points in
a matter of minutes. You can also help your heart to beat slower with the same
breathing exercise.
A couple evenings ago, my heart began to race for no
apparent reason. I felt as if I had drunk three cups of strong coffee, when I
certainly hadn’t. I took my blood pressure, and it was 155/105 with a pulse of
96. That reading didn’t look promising. The last time my heart did this, I ended
up at Vanderbilt in the ER with the doctors believing I was having a heart
attack. After $50k of tests, they decided I had heartburn or something
ridiculous. But the tests showed no symptoms of heart problems at all.
In my studies of the mind and Post Traumatic Stress
Syndrome, I have found that a trigger in your life can cause your body to react
in fear, without you even realizing you have stepped into a land mind. The
first action that happens in your body when you get frightened is adrenaline makes
your heart race. This happens to get you to safety. It’s a simple bodily
reaction to fear.
I had this happen when I went to see the movie “Silver
Lining Playbook.” During the scenes when the father beat the young boy,
memories of childhood came up so clearly, I actually believed I relived the
moment. My heart raced, I began to sweat, and I became incredibly confused. I
left my gaggle of confused friends and told them I didn’t feel well. On the way
home from the movie, I ended up driving 45 minutes in the wrong direction.
Our bodies often tell us our story before we cognitively know
what happened. I realize now that some of the scenes in that movie clearly
depicted a scene that was way too familiar for me as a child. It brought back
memories that I couldn’t shake physically or mentally. I had to call a dear
friend who is a therapist to help me down from the tall tree I climbed to be
safe. When we got off of the phone, I was calm enough to drive home, this time
in the correct direction.
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