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My Ideal Spiritual Practice

4/10/2018

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"To the Danes, hygge is less about a particular aesthetic and more about feelings of belonging, conviviality, and contentment, so essential for the soul. In that sense, hygge could almost be considered a spiritual practice: a stance and attunement that helps you return to your true self and pay closer attention to the many blessings and Sacred stirrings that surround you."
-Lacy at A Sacred Journey

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Yesterday, I suggested an exercise that would help you explore the idea of creating a spiritual practice that would be perfect for you. If you didn’t get a chance to try it, you can find that post here.

In this post, I’ll be sharing my own thoughts about what an ideal spiritual practice would be like, and you may get some ideas from that, but I have a surprise for you, too, that I .

And it will be much more meaningful if you were there yesterday or you take a moment to try the exercise now. I’ll be right here when you get back.




My Ideal Spiritual Practice (1 min, 20 secs)


When I first did this exercise for myself, I was just waking up & the ideas began to come to me so fast, I stopped to write them down before I did anything else that day.

Then, I went back to them, for tweaking, when I had my cup of tea & could give it a little more time.

This is my dream spiritual practice…

It brings me peace, and creates moments of happiness or contentment. It engenders hope & the sense that everything’s going to be alright.

It connects me with my deepest truths & highest self, and inspires any change I need from a place of safety & comfort. It guides me, helps me let go of what no longer serves me, gives me peace & helps me daydream about & send energy to the life I want most.

Does any of that resonate with you?

Or inspire any other thoughts about what an ideal spiritual practice would be like for you?





What about Winter Blues?

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For me, having winter blues means that I probably won’t want to do my spiritual practice in the morning.

Because in the morning, my hygge strategies are designed to do one thing & one thing only: wake me up and get me going in a way that doesn’t annoy me. At first, I don’t even want to ask myself to think coherently. I just want to get myself to my primary source of bright light – my light box – and be there in front of it.

Know what I mean?

The best time to do your spiritual practice is the time that will work for you. Do not believe anything you read that says it must be at this time or that time. Choose the time of day you feel most alive and open and that will be a much easier time commitment to maintain. ~ Jeanine

During the winter blues part of my year, my state of being before I spend extended time with my light box reminds me a little of that Dolly Parton song. It’s not a time for deep thoughts or holy reckonings.

So for me, a hygge spiritual practice would need to happen in the afternoon. Perhaps, an afternoon tea occasion.

And by then, my light box time is over, my son and I will probably be done with homeschooling most days, and I’ll even have gotten some work done.

So I can settle myself into coziness, with tea, a candle, my journal and something to read nearby and I’ll be ready to begin.

What about you? How would you plan your hygge spiritual practice in light of your winter blues experience?




Surprise!

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Thanks, again, for doing that exercise yesterday and for anything you may have added to it today.

And, surprise! It was a hygge spiritual practice exercise.

And tomorrow, I’ll share more about how to choose your hygge spiritual practice.

Love to you!

Jeanine


8 Comments
Cathy Chapman
4/10/2018 07:51:15 am

Such simple ideas to delve into infinite possibility!

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Jeanine Byers link
4/10/2018 11:48:34 am

Thank you, Cathy!! :)

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Roy A Ackerman, PhD, EA link
4/10/2018 10:16:23 am

I manage to keep centered with my daily 7.2 minute prayer session.

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Jeanine Byers link
4/10/2018 11:49:27 am

Oh, that's wonderful, Roy!!

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Tammy Fuller link
4/10/2018 03:14:46 pm

For me first thing in the morning is the time that I get centered. We finally finished furnishing a room just for that purpose that I can go have my quiet time. By the way, the photos you choose for your posts are just perfect. I feel relaxed just looking at them!

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Alice Gerard link
4/10/2018 08:05:29 pm

I'm an outdoors person so the best way for me to center myself is on a walk. If it's too cold, centering myself and focusing on my spirit becomes challenging. On a slightly warmer day, it works well. I feel at one with creation, even if it is a very snowy day. I like to walk alone so I can bond with my environment. Thank you for asking. I do enjoy the progression of your blog posts.

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Martha link
4/10/2018 08:19:13 pm

I find that early morning works best for my spiritual practice. It's peaceful, quite and I can talk with God to get my day going.

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Jen link
4/10/2018 09:36:42 pm

So much of this resonated with me today. There's a partial line in your description of your dream spiritual practice that really gets to me, though.

"gives me peace & helps me daydream about & send energy to the life I want most."

I am so tired of worrying about everything all the time. I've put things into motion that will, hopefully, alleviate a lot of this, but it will take time. And in the meantime, I still worry. And that definitely, obviously, robs me of peace.

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