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• 1 Dawn Jan 26, 2009

  Glad to see this link fixed so I can post!

  My intention for this week is to gently caress myself with kind, encouraging phrases whenever I feel fear, frustration, and anxiety bubbling up around my dissertation writing.

  The kind phrases will include:

  “You’re okay, you’re doing fine.”

  “I know this is tough, but you’re getting through it.”

  “Just take a moment and close your eyes and breathe.”

  “Let yourself feel these feelings, and now watch them pass.”

  “You’re doing good work.”

  And so on! I’m going to try to think of more and maybe even put them on flash cards.

• 2 Cyberdelia Jan 26, 2009

  My intention is “unfurl” a bit more (I saw that word used on another blog, and it really resonated with me!)…open myself to others, to life, to new possibilities. To stop clenching into myself and pushing everyone away. To spend some time each day literally opening myself with stretches, holding arms open, etc.

  I can’t wait for the Cafe!

• 3 Diedra Jan 26, 2009

  I’m going to gently nudge myself into much needed routines this week and notice when I wander off the path, it’s ok, I can just take another step back on without beating myself up for it, or giving up.

  We’ve had a great time relaxing, hibernating, cozily living life from minute to minute since my husband got home from Iraq in December. We’d eat dinner at 10 pm, sleep till noon, watch movies all day, then have breakfast for dinner. Now that he’s done with leave and back at work, I’m floundering in days of no structure at all.

  I just have to be gentle with myself to get back on track.

  As always Jen, thank you for being there to guide us!

  Diedra’s last blog post..Blue skies on my birthday.

• 4 Julie Jordan Scott Jan 26, 2009

  My intention is to not let
  communication glitches make my
  skin feel itchy and see them as
  something “I cause” or “I do” or
  “I create because I am somehow
  trouble-maker-personified” I will
  recognize communication glitches
  are simply glitches – without
  any additional meaning.

  This week I will recognize them
  for what they are, pure and simple.

  

• 5 Helga Jan 26, 2009

  Brimming too – and impatient with myself for not having digested it all. Time to take it slow, do everyday stuff, and let my unoccupied self-parts stir the pot while I’m not looking. Almost always amazed at what comes out of “Let Be.”

• 6 Lora Jan 26, 2009

  Acknowledge and give in to the wintery urge to nest and sleep!
  an aha! not only does it nourish my body to give it the rest it wants, I can also be doing my part for the planet by turning OFF the TV, turning OFF the lights, the stereo, the dishwasher, etc. and sleeping through the longer (and quickly getting shorter) dark of the night. So I am remembering with each later light minute to take advantage of the cold and dark while I can and sleep, sl ee p, s l e e p.

• 7 kimberlee Jan 26, 2009

  I intend to spend some time gently easing back into exercise (latin dance videos don’t seem like as much work). I also intend to clear some space for myself so I have a quiet spot to work and escape from the fur children who demand so much attention as soon as I walk in the door at night. I will use some quiet time to write and get one poem drafted this week.

  kimberlee’s last blog post..Ten Days and Counting

• 8 Anne Jan 26, 2009

  My intention is to accept the miracles in my life–and write them down with a red pencil in my Life Organizer. I had no idea when the day started that I would create a new blog just for my tutoring business, but suddenly I was doing it!

• 9 Brandie Jan 26, 2009

  I intend to get as little outside input as possible this week. I’m not reading a book or magazine. In fact, I’m not coming back to this site for a week, either! I need to allow myself time to be clear about where I am and be still without seeking to fill my mind up with other people’s ideas for a few days. I think sometimes I get overloaded with input from external sources and ignore my own spark.

• 10 Kathleen Jan 26, 2009

  My intention is to be more observant and aware. I also want to slow down and take inventory of my soul and spirit. My husband left unexpectedly 2 months ago and now pleads to return. I need to take a step back and take stock of my real feelings.

• 11 Kris Jan 26, 2009

  I intend to exercise with enthusiasm this week as if my workout is a training session for the Olympics and I am a proud athlete ready to win the gold!

• 12 Anita Jan 26, 2009

  I intend to find a way to calm down. I am very much tied in a knot all the time. I need to take a small step to try and find some inner peace and not feel so responsible for everything and every one. I intend to find a way to live with a serious decision I made by NOT isolating myself, but by confronting the reality of the situation. What is done, is done and the worst is over. I intend to change my perception to one of hope and forgiveness.

• 13 Christy Warrington Jan 26, 2009

  My intention for the week, is to be kind to myself. Allow myself some time to stretch and do some yoga, and enjoy my horses. Spend some fun time with family.

• 14 Rachel Jan 26, 2009

  I love reading everyone else’s intentions! They are really inspiring, and I feel like it creates this group-effect… like we are all doing this together. I like to picture everyone in this circle, lots of candles (b/c I like candles), each whispering (or shouting) our intention for the week, and then going away on our own for the week. But not going away alone, b/c we have the memory of the circle, the candles, and the whispered intentions.

  I really like your intention, Jen. That is something I constantly struggle with, and would be good for me this week b/c of fertility treatments I’m going through. I push and push, when I should rest and breath more.

  I’m going to tweak it a bit, b/c another thing I keep doing this week is dismiss my emotions and not stop to acknowledge them. So I walk around on a day I’m upset trying not to cry, instead of just going to my room and crying… which feels more frightening, but would be much easier and open more room for living life.

  So… my intention this week is to gently notice my body and heart’s requests to stop and breath, even when I feel that I don’t have time to stop and breath, or feel that stopping could be “dangerous” and scary(like with heavy emotions).

  And re: the carpal tunnel, u take good care of those wrists! I ignored pains in my wrists three years ago, kept typing anyway, and ended up away from the computer, playing piano, couldn’t even peel potatoes, for months. All b/c I didn’t stop when I should have. I learned my lesson, and now, if I feel pain, I stop.

  Yoga has helped me a great deal, and as long as I keep up my yoga, and listen to my body, I don’t have problems typing anymore. Though I didn’t have carpal tunnel in the end, it was myofascial pain syndrome. It was radiated pain from my shoulders (which were crazy tense) to my wrists.

  Rachel

  PS. I’m *still* not watching the news… ! And still have my sticky note on my laptop, reminding myself to be kind to myself, to create what I want, and to do what I want. Can’t wait for Feb. 1st at your comfort cafe. It’s going to be great, I know it.

• 15 Ingerbelle Jan 26, 2009

  Oh Jen you continue to thrill & inspire me
  My intention this week is to lovingly accept my limitations in yoga and to embrace when my body learns to stretch further!

• 16 Lynda Jan 27, 2009

  A quote I have in my journal is my mantra of the week…

  “Take the time to come home to yourself everyday.” – Robin Casarjian

  I get so wrapped up in the demands of my work-a-day world that I feel like I am consumed by it at the end of the day… so I am trying to take mini-spa breaks from the chaos, ahhhhh.

• 17 Eveline Jan 27, 2009

  My intention is to remember to “breathe” this week, to not get too anxious and to rest into healing after my surgery tomorrow.

  Eveline’s last blog post..Something Finished!

• 18 Sharon K. Moritz Jan 27, 2009

  I checked my Inner Organizer and found I had decided to take better care of myself this week. Funny how I just set the intention on Sunday night and had already forgot what it was. I may need to start using post it notes.

  Rachel I have a candle lit too.

  Jen I hope that your wrists feel better soon.

  Sharon

• 19 Catherine Sweeney Jan 27, 2009

  I am going to add tuning into my physical body and listening as much as I am to other areas of my self and to the seasons as I connect to them. I see it as a wave intention. Flowing in and out. Blessings

• 20 "Dr. Donna" Jan 28, 2009

  I am a health and weight loss coach and as you can imagine, for those of us in the weight loss and fitmess fields ,there is hardly time to breathe in Jan./Feb.

  My intention this week is to create more balance and fun in my life-not to just think and talk about dancing but to actually put on my dancing shoes and go-even if it means that a client or prospective client has to wait a day or two before starting our program.

  I believe I will be a more effective coach and more happy, balanced person as a result!

  Thanks for giving me a public forum to share this..

• 21 Carolyn Feb 7, 2009

  My intention is to have faith that I am healing and to trust in it, and quit having fear that I might fall backwards.

  I want to trust in the hope of the future, and celebrate my progress and victories lately, instead of letting a niggling little doubtful voice creep in on me.

  So intentions are to: have faith, to trust, and to celebrate successes and progress. Cheers to me! Kindness to me!

• 22 A Comforting Mish Mash » Comfort Queen May 4, 2009

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