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️(he/him) I suspect very few people appreciate how much patience and discipline it takes to rest.
To do nothing.
To allow yourself to be bored.
To let socializing wait.
To ignore your to-do list.
To tell yourself over and over again:
'I am not doing nothing I am resting. Resting IS a verb, and it is the thing I most need to do right now."
#spoonieLife #burnout #restIsAVerb #selfCare
@vlrny I get a lot of help from samatha meditation. In the tradition I work with (from Thich Nhat Hahn), you go through four stages of breathing. At each stage you focus on one thing for each in and out breath:
Stopping, Calming, Resting, and Healing.
-At the first stage, you think “I am breathing in, I am breathing out.”
-At the second stage, you think “I am breathing deep, I am breathing slow.”
-At the third stage, you think “My body is calm, my body is at ease.”
-At the fourth stage, you think “This is the present moment, this is a wonderful moment.”
I use mala beads to count repetitions, but just thinking in this sequence while breathing in and out really helps me rest.
@oceanic this is really wonderful. Thank you for sharing it. If you haven't come across it before, we have a #sitTogether tag for exactly these lil moments and techniques. Feel free to drop stuff there any time. 
@vlrny Great, I’ll put it there! Thanks 