In Network care, we talk about reaching new levels of stability with levels of instability in-between. Levels of stability are periods where life is going well and not much is changing. Periods of instability refer to periods with lots of change from what you are used to. Last week, someone helped me see this concept as layers and I wanted to share my experience.
I recently restarted meditating and doing breathe work from the Art of Living. I am doing this with the intention of upgrading myself before our new kiddo arrives Earth side in July. The only issue was that I was waking up extremely grumpy and even angry after doing this work. This happened consistently for the first 5-6 days of doing the work. This was concerning to me, and it was causing instability in my life. I know that meditation and breath work are supposed to be good for me, but being a grump gus all day is not great. I consulted a practice member and friend who is a master yogi and his answer was simple and profound. He said it sounded like I was running up against a layer of something (anger) and he suggested I do more of the breath work and meditation in order to push through.
I realized that the anger after meditating was the reason I had stopped meditating many years ago. Meditation used to be extremely enjoyable and productive for me until something changed and I simply quit the practice. Anytime I tried to start again, I never made it through the angry layer.
I am happy to report that I stayed with the practice and am seemingly through the layer of anger and on to the next level of stability. Meditation and breath work are once again enjoyable and productive, I just had to push through the anger layer/level of instability. It took about 5 days until I noticed a wonderful shift. I was no longer grumpy and instead was laughing and playing with our kiddos more. My goal is to continue to do these practices daily for at least until the baby comes- I’ll try to continue then, but there will definitely be some instability to deal with.
Are there any unpleasant layers/levels of instability that you have been avoiding? if so, maybe its time for you too to push through the next layer.
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