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Presence of Peace - Shiloh Sophia
McCloud
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Practicing
Peace – A 30 Day Plan for Thriving During Challenging Times
Shiloh
Sophia McCloud
Practicing Peace is a DAILY walk with mindfulness that takes
less than 20 minutes and WILL change how your day goes. Guaranteed! Materials
Needed: A Journal
The following practices are to be done daily, with the
intention of practicing peace. By practicing peace, and cultivating joyfulness,
we can thrive no matter what.
This is a self reflection and
self assessment is free of guilt, it is more like a gently noticing. Then count
your blessings. Even if it was a hard day, count your blessings as the last
thing you do each day. Write who/what you are grateful for. Smile. And chose to
sleep really really well. As you fall off the sleep think beautiful thoughts
and images, give praises, feel as much sweetness as you can in your body. Let
the day be released and let your mind rest. Don’t allow yourself to fret before
sleep – give yourself a permission slip to be peaceful no matter what.
Bringing Completion to your process.
And if inspired, start another round and adjust it to what works for you!
After 30 days, celebrate your efforts however great or
feeble they were. And as you move into your new year, remember that you
personally have the power to influence how the year goes – regardless of the
economy or circumstance. The power we have to make changes is our challenge,
and our gift all in one. Let us choose to continue to thrive and improve,
regardless of the challenges, through choosing daily to be our most wonderful
selves, and practice peace.
The Peace Practices
A few tips to make this process funner and more satisfying.
Friendly Alarm Clock – I suggest making sure you wake up to
a nice sounding alarm, not a beep beep kind, or if you have to have that kind,
put it in the other room so it is is not right next to your head.
Tea or Coffee Mug – when you are journaling it is nice to
have coffee or tea in a mug you really like, if you don’t have one, buy one
just for you and for this purpose.
Creative Threads – Choose a blanket shawl or yummie robe to
do your journaling in, something that says, when I put this on, I am writing.
Put it on in the morning and at night before you write.
Add Color – get yourself some colored pens or pencils, of if
you have one of my journals you can also use watercolors. And when you do you
journaling you can do it in color, and draw alongside your entries. I suggest
drawing fanciful frames around your entries so the page feels more alive then
when there is just text. And, sign your entries.
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