Calming our minds and bodies can sometimes feel like an uphill struggle.
Thoughts come into our minds ten to the dozen sometimes,
Bringing feelings which we quite often don't feel equipped to handle.
If we can begin to recognise and understand our feelings we can start to make shifts in our reactions and behaviours.
A little method that I found very helpful and that I recommend to all my clients is the three A's.
The A's stand for Aware,
Accept and Articulate.
So let's have a look at these in a bit more detail.
So the first A,
Aware.
Become aware of your feelings,
Feel into that feeling instead of pushing it away with distractions.
We quite often find that very easy to do.
Distract ourselves with other things,
Food or drinks or television programmes.
But instead feel your feeling,
That you're feeling at that moment.
Shine your torch on it if you like,
Because once you see it you're aware of it.
The second A is Accept.
Acceptance.
It can be tricky but acceptance is the opposite of denial.
So not burying your head thinking it'll just go away.
Accepting that this is how you're feeling.
You might not want to feel this way but not accepting that you do and denying it will just make that feeling come back again even stronger until you do accept that you feel this way.
The last A is Articulate or speak it out,
Have a conversation about it.
This could look something like I'm feeling whatever it is,
Because and that makes me feel.
So when you become aware,
Accept and then articulate or talk about a feeling,
It kind of releases from your body and do this as much as you need until the feeling no longer needs to be felt.
So if you're feeling something quite strongly keep feeling it until it gradually doesn't need to be felt anymore.
