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September 2005In this Issue: |
I am launching Be the Change to share the wisdom and learning I have received from my coaching clients and fellow travelers in the field of human potential; people engaged with conscious change and passionate purpose. With the launch of Be the Change, I am able to give you instant 24/7 access to the body-centered breaks (BCBs) that we do in life coaching sessions. Simply click and listen to your favorite audio-guided BCB any time you feel the need to slow down and center into your Self. Each Be the Change issue will contain body-centered breaks, some shared wisdom from our community, a short story, an inquiry, a poem, upcoming events/workshops and, perhaps, a thought and my own wondering. When I asked an acquaintance of mine, Arun Gandhi, to share the essence of his grandpa’s teachings, he explained them with one word and a question—the word was nonviolence (satyagraha), and the question,“ Can you be the change you want to see?” I encourage you to pass on Be the Change to family, friends and colleagues—anyone who has a desire to wake up and, live an authentic, fully expressed life. It is a true honor to be in community and communion with you. With respect and love, Sean Casey Leclaire If you'd like to share this issue with a friend, they can view the newsletter online at http://www.seanleclaire.com/ezine/. If you'd prefer not to receive future issues of Be The Change, click the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of this message. TURTLE TIMEMonday madness! Especially on Mondays, my mind starts attacking me. I don’t commute. I cannot survive that stop-and-go, stop-and-go. I work at home. I go against Monday and its often charged energies, walk against the flow—millions of people charging off to work; driven. Most folks haven’t even taken Sunday off from work. Recent studies indicate that we are working more on weekends than ever before. I enjoy coaching a maximum of 15 people a week. It’s enough. The presence I bring to the work supports people to slow down, inquire within, refresh, and gain perspective and move consciously into their day. It sure helps me! I know high-performance coaches who do 30, even 40 coaching calls a week! How do they even remember their client’s names? When I was an advertising executive, I often scheduled twenty meetings in a single day! I like what the poet Robert Frost said: Every person has the right to go slow, very slow. Why don’t people slow down? For me slowing down means that I inevitably come in contact with monkey-mind and with my fears. One Monday in August, I was somewhat overwhelmed by my mind saying things to me like: You had better pull your socks up Mister! You had better get BUSY buster! You had better get a part time job driving a truck buddy. Who do you think you are! This past month you only had seven coaching clients. NO ONE can live this way. YOU only sold 3,900 copies of that stupid book you wrote! I went for a walk. There’s a hidden brook near my home that meanders by a deceptively beautiful wetlands, hidden behind a coffee shop, where moms tend to gather with their toddlers for their mid-morning caffeine. I was standing in front of the brook observing my mind’s jabs when I spotted an old green-gray turtle walking through the ribboning flow of water. This turtle was trudging up stream. Its neck and head were moving from side-to-side with the elegance of a willow’s limb in a light breeze. Every obstacle the turtle met: a clump of leaves, a mound of dirt, a rotting iron gate, he gracefully moved around. A wedge of sandwich floated by; turtle opened his mouth. A red dragonfly relaxed on a fallen stem of purple Loosestrife. Turtle tongue movement; lunch. Time meant nothing to this turtle. Step after step after step water forked around his feet. He trudged upstream, determined and calm. Stillness, a quieting of mind came over me, as I focused and followed every slow and easy turtle step, until he disappeared into the darkness of an overpass. I believe Spirit speaks to me through people and places and things. Sometimes the things are obstacles like fearful thoughts that prompt me to stop, look, listen and go for a walk by a brook. Sometimes it’s a turtle walking against the current, or the giggles of children in a park, or simply the sensation of my feet on the floor, or an intuitive impulse during morning meditation, or the joy of sharing with a true friend. There is no doubt most people are very busy. Exhausted! And I see that many people look sad and disoriented these days. Speed as a solution for over-scheduled lives has become a cliché in our culture. People look hurried more than happy. Most people are trying their best to save time, make time, catch-up with time. Too many of us are tumbling down the steeply sloping hours of time. Has busy become your benchmark? Perhaps, a little turtle time is in order. BODY-CENTERED BREAKS (BCBs)The Body-Centered Break is a body-focused inquiry and awareness meditation lasting only two minutes and done whenever and wherever you are in your day. Benefits as described by coaching clients include: calmness of mind, overall sense of well-being, sharpened mental focus, reduced anxiety, increased ability of autonomous nervous system to recover rapidly from stress, and an increased capacity for learning. Click HERE for an audio-guided BCB at any time you feel the need to slow down and center into yourself. Or click on a specific BCB listed below to learn more... Enjoy the Benefits NOW! HeadRest Radiate QuietMind SteamValve SHARED WISDOM “I want fewer pieces in my life, so there is more peace.” “My purpose here on earth, in everything that I do, is to OPEN WONDER DOORS!” POEM I came here to create a world
INQUIRYWho are you when no one is looking? WONDERINGIf you scratch lust for people and places and things, you will find utter loneliness; if you scratch utter loneliness, you will find emptiness; if you sit with emptiness, you will know your Self. EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS Living Life on Purpose Living Life on Purpose Facing Dragons, Finding Our Hearts |
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