Get on and Shine with Holly Honeychurch

Get on and Shine with Holly Honeychurch

Focusing Attention

Day 29. A warm glorious sunshine dance round posh suburbia land. Scented flowers, tiny cute puppies, sailing boats, sparkling sea, pristine lawns, green neat hedges. Folk have made this area nice down here. Meditating on my movement, I realised that I’ve been focusing on my right foot and all its drama and struggle, like forever. That’s all I feel and think about when I walk. On and on it goes. My own personal nightmare of suffering. So I thought, I can think about a different area of my body instead, how about my left foot, just for a change. And all of a sudden I feel like I’m in an entirely different body, on a different foot that works and walks easier. Just by refocusing my attention on the foot that doesn’t hurt I have this new freedom. Oh my gosh, that’s it. Focus on the things that are working really well. Take your thoughts and feelings and actions into the best bits of your body. The bits that you love. Giving attention to pain makes me forget about all the good healthy bits I have. It consumes me. I don’t want to be consumed so I’m making a conscious effort to explore the goodness in my body rather than focusing on the bits that are a challenge. So hello left foot, pleased to meet you. I wonder what adventures you and I are going to get up to tomorrow…if right foot wants to come along it can but it won’t have all the attention this time. Not now I know how to give other parts of me a chance to shine out 🌟 Fav song - Strange World - Push - Andrew Bayer. What a joyful classic.