Inrageous/Outrageous Self-Care Enchantments for September 4, 2008

Inrageous/Outrageous Self-Care Enchantments for This Week

 

Do you ever find your self wondering exactly what does “self care” mean?  This segment of course is all about self care and we have been using this terminology for the past many months, yet I have many women still ask me, “but isn’t it selfish to put myself first”?

 

Last week I included the phrases “motherly love” and “compassion towards yourself” as capturing the essence of self-care!  Another word that fits into this discussion is “maitri.”  Maitri is a Sanskrit word often translated as “unconditional friendship with oneself”.

 

What strikes me is that as we can develop “unconditional friendship with ourselves”, we bring compassion and a gentleness into our “self-care” practice.  Starting from gentleness and respect allows life to flow forth in quite a different way than striving towards the completion of projects.

 

So, this week, as we edge further into the fall season, explore the practice of unconditional friendship with yourself and from a soft and gentle place, experiment with the following enchantments:

 

Self Care Enchantments for the week:

 

1.  Explore the concept of friendship, and consider if you hold yourself to a higher and different standard than you hold your friends ie are you more critical of yourself than you are of your friends?

2.  Be gentle with yourself this week and notice when this is easy or difficult.

3.  Mark the changing of the seasons in some way.  You may wish to buy a new journal or prepare your garden or design another ritual that helps you say good bye to summer and to welcome fall.

 

“May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in beauty and joy each day.”

 

– Native American Proverb

 

Please share about your learning and exploration with these enchantments on www.thepowblog.com in the comments section of these enchantments!

 

namaste,

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