This week during final poses in yoga class, a woman on a cell phone started her rant outside our studio. I decided it’s only energy and continued to breathe and focus on my poses. I inhaled the room’s scent of jasmine and picked up sounds of passing cars like ocean waves. Even the brakes of a bus sssushing to a halt across the street turned to pure energy in my mind.
I will use these images during times of disruption. The ability to return to my core strength and use the breath, mind and body will assist in future situations.
After class I thought about the onslaught of our technological world. We absorb so much stimulation with cell phones, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, podcasts, Blogs and Web-t.v. In one day we receive the effects of communication that took individuals a year to experience during the 1900’s.
Do we have attention deficit issues because the human body rebels from the technological stimulation we absorb in our lives?
Nearly four decades ago, Alvin Toffler warned about information overload in Future Shock and The Third Wave. John Naisbitt questions where technology lures us in High Tech. High Touch.
Writing by hand will help us return to simple. Take time each day to interrupt your technological bonding. Remove the earbuds and listen to the songs of birds and search for a rustle of leaves. Crush leaves and inhale their scents. Feel the wind across your arms and day dream with hand written pages instead of texting on cell phones and computers. Take a notepad for a walk and record the world outside.
Breathe in nature’s refreshment and free your imagination. You will gain more emotional energy when you connect with the basic elements of natural energy patterns.
Creative Write: After a break and an immersion in nature, write a story about returning home to discover all your devices have disappeared. How will you communicate?
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