{"id":4015,"date":"2021-06-16T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2021-06-16T17:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:25:49","slug":"girl-put-the-kettle-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=4015","title":{"rendered":"girl, put the kettle on…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The week begins in high anxiety,\u00a0
which I can tell you feels like a constant\u00a0\u00a0
churning inside\u00a0
worries of unknown origin\u00a0
incessant\u00a0\u00a0
gnawing\u00a0
some sort of invisible thing\u00a0
chewing away at small pieces inside\u00a0
of me\u00a0
or running wildly on a wheel to get\u00a0\u00a0
very quickly\u00a0
nowhere\u00a0

Ugh…\u00a0 really is my first thought\u00a0
I know this feeling well\u00a0
can recognize it almost instantly\u00a0
comes as a\u00a0\u00a0
cycle\u00a0
shift I think, in hormones\u00a0
or something\u00a0
pays no dividends to fight it\u00a0
wastes precious time and energy trying to\u00a0\u00a0
sort it out\u00a0
best thing I know, is just\u00a0
to\u00a0
put the kettle on\u00a0
invite it in…\u00a0

which is to say, as always\u00a0\u00a0
to begin with slowly\u00a0
deeply, breathing\u00a0\u00a0
in\u00a0

and a meditation of loving kindness\u00a0
which begins simply\u00a0\u00a0
with me\u00a0
May I be guided kindly and gently through my day\u00a0
then I expand out, to my family of loved ones\u00a0
one by\u00a0\u00a0
one, repeating…
as I have to be at work\u00a0
I spend my morning repeating the mantra\u00a0
for each of my co-workers\u00a0\u00a0
by name\u00a0
past and present\u00a0

then, if you are needing…\u00a0 I think of you
and I wish you well\u00a0\u00a0
in this moment, I say your name\u00a0
May you be guided kindly and gently through your day\u00a0
I breathe\u00a0

each time the monkey chatter begins again\u00a0
I return to breath,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
slow the moment\u00a0
focus inward\u00a0
expanding my circle of compassion\u00a0
May you\u00a0\u00a0
be guided kindly and gently\u00a0\u00a0
through\u00a0\u00a0
your day\u00a0

I breathe this in\u00a0
I breathe this\u00a0
out\u00a0

I breathe in the pain, the\u00a0\u00a0
worries\u00a0
the inadequacies\u00a0
I breathe in the frustrations, the overwhelms\u00a0
the aggressions\u00a0
I breathe out love, forgiveness, kindness,\u00a0\u00a0
tender\u00a0
ness\u00a0
and peace\u00a0

I do this slowly and methodically\u00a0\u00a0
letting the words flow through me\u00a0
gently, inhale…\u00a0 gently, exhale…\u00a0
until I am once again breathing\u00a0

Love
Kindness
and\u00a0\u00a0
Peace
in a slow rhythmic grace\u00a0

freely in\u00a0
freely\u00a0
out\u00a0

then…\u00a0 \u00a0I take a walk in the sun\u00a0
and\u00a0
speak to the flowers\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

as they almost always, have something lovely 
to say \u2665 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The week begins in high anxiety,\u00a0which I can tell you feels like a constant\u00a0\u00a0churning inside\u00a0worries of unknown origin\u00a0incessant\u00a0\u00a0gnawing\u00a0some sort of invisible thing\u00a0chewing away at small pieces inside\u00a0of me\u00a0or running wildly on a wheel to get\u00a0\u00a0very quickly\u00a0nowhere\u00a0 Ugh…\u00a0 really is my…
Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[673,675,676,557,674,677,74],"class_list":["post-4015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anxietyhappens","tag-frommetoyou","tag-howtodeal","tag-lovingkindness","tag-putthekettleon","tag-talkingtoflowers","tag-toyouthisday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4015"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}