Mind Vacations
Jan. 21st, 2019 08:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
salixjSometimes you need to get away from it all, but can't. A trip anywhere or even a stay-at-home vacation is out of the question. There is too much too do, too little time, and you may barely have energy for anything on your must list, and some of that is sliding.
Two minutes, and revitalize. Take a mind vacation.
Some people do this by meditating, and that can be quite helpful. Taking a deep breath and allowing everything to be all you need to get back into the thick of whatever you are doing.
When stress starts to overwhelm me, I go away, two minutes, nothing more, to a little world within my mind. It has everything I want and need, and nothing that I don't want. It is a calming place. It is what sometimes helps me to get to sleep.
It takes awhile to develop though. You have to work at building this home in your head, so that it is easily accessible. It needs to become familiar. The sights, the sounds, the scents need to be alive.
What would your ideal place look like? What is it based on? Are there people in it? Plants? Animals? Is there any water nearby? Gardens? Are you inside or outside? What do you smell and what do you hear?
Write the world down. Draw it if that is your skill. Make it real within you.
Make the place yours and keep it private. It is your personal retreat, and no one and nothing can enter without your permission.
Two minutes, and revitalize. Take a mind vacation.
Some people do this by meditating, and that can be quite helpful. Taking a deep breath and allowing everything to be all you need to get back into the thick of whatever you are doing.
When stress starts to overwhelm me, I go away, two minutes, nothing more, to a little world within my mind. It has everything I want and need, and nothing that I don't want. It is a calming place. It is what sometimes helps me to get to sleep.
It takes awhile to develop though. You have to work at building this home in your head, so that it is easily accessible. It needs to become familiar. The sights, the sounds, the scents need to be alive.
What would your ideal place look like? What is it based on? Are there people in it? Plants? Animals? Is there any water nearby? Gardens? Are you inside or outside? What do you smell and what do you hear?
Write the world down. Draw it if that is your skill. Make it real within you.
Make the place yours and keep it private. It is your personal retreat, and no one and nothing can enter without your permission.
