Wellness
stress reliever, which is funny,
because most people who think
about it are completely stressed
out by it. But there is something
so powerful about relinquishing
personal control, listening to your
calls and being safely swept up by
someone who’s there fully to
protect and support you.
As a health and wellness writer,
someone who specializes in mindbody medicine, I will say it is a
mindfulness practice; a meditation,
a challenge to stay in the present
moment. You cannot worry about
what you did the minute before and
not fear what you are about to do.
You have to be there, in the now, and
wait, sometimes longer than you
think. But the call will come when it’s
time to let go and fly. It’s when you’re
not in the present, when you are not
fully there and listening to what is
being said to you, that things go
awry-- just like in life. Our stress
is in the past, and the future and
present moment are pure. It has to
do with relinquishing control, adding
trust, and believing in yourself.
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I had a friend of mine who said
he wanted to join me for a day of
trapeze. He said he had a mortal fear
of falling and of heights. I asked him
if he understood that he would be
doing two of those three things that
day. He knew and he agreed. It took
him several trips up before he was
finally able to jump off the platform
and swing, but by the end of the
class, he was doing somersaults off
the bar. Later, he thanked me for the
experience and said he felt like now
he could do anything in his life.
When I tell people some of the
things I do: swimming with sharks,
scuba diving, spelunking, repelling,
zip lining, skydiving, paragliding,
they ask me if I have a death wish.
I say no, I have a life wish. I want
to stretch myself as far as I can,
physically, emotionally and
spiritually. I want to experience
every moment because we never
know when it’s going to be our last.
Why wouldn’t we want to fully live?
Stay in the moment and enjoy your
life, make changes and take risks.
Fly high through life.