CATALYST NEWS

Eva Dahm, CPCC, MA

August, 2003

Dedicated to your growth and exploration.

NOTICING THE FLOW OF LIFE

"If there is no movement there is no life." Franklyn Sills, The Polarity Process

DAILY FLOW

When is the last time you recall a day that seemed to flow: things got done, progress was made, relationships were formed, or relaxation was enjoyed. Did you pay attention?

It is humbling to planners like me when a day seems to flow in perfection without my straining to push it along. Flowing into the next best task or project is a much better way to instinctively determine the sequence of the day.

I'm learning to flow through my days. I know roughly what I want to accomplish and what appointments I have. I also ask myself if any one or two items have to get done due to time deadlines. After that I simply allow for inspiration, last minute changes and roadblocks sending me on a detour. I feel more peaceful during the day and happier with the results at the end of the day.

Vernon Howard says, "True independence comes when we cease to force and start to flow." (Quoted in Pathways to a Radiant Self by Kathy Pike.) Flow is the focus of the second energy center or chakra. Movement and cleansing and change are themes of this portion of the chakra system.

Where do you witness movement in your life? How does your body move? Do you enjoy dance or tai chi or yoga? How can you create flow in your day?

Anodea Judith writes, "To find consistency within change is to embrace the unfolding flow. Where we developed grounding, stability, focus and stillness in the first chakra, now our second chakra challenge is just the opposite: to let go, flow, move, feel and yield. Only by moving does our consciousness expand, and only through change is our consciousness stimulated. Movement and change stimulate awakening."

LIFE WORK FLOW

Another place where I am sensing flow is in the coaching work I do. More than three years ago I began planting the seeds for this business and a year ago I followed my intuition and studied the mind body coaching and chakra work. At the first of this year when I advertised my first introductory workshop, I had 19 people attend and two small groups to study the eight-week program with me. People told me "You really seem to be in your element with this work."

Flowing with my intuition into this mind/body work was a reminder of three years ago when I followed my heart into coaching. I have found the most meaningful work I have ever done and the most rewarding. And people are attracted to the work. Clients flow towards me and towards this material.

When we align with our life passion (also a second chakra theme), people are attracted to our energy and progress is made easily. This is a measure of the rightness and authenticity of your work.

A spiritual view of this would be walking the path you are destined to walk-doing your life's work. Things come together and opportunities abound.

I walked into a bookstore this summer with a sample copy of Kathy Pike's chakra workbook and got not only an order but also an appearance for a workshop. I dropped off a copy of the book and got a call to speak at a downtown Mind Body Healing Expo in October. Opportunities appear when I speak honestly about this work and my passion for it.

Another testimony to being on the right path came when Kathy Pike called with the idea to go into partnership doing this work. She also felt the resonance I have with this work, and knew we could pursue it together. And I am thrilled to be partnering with her to take this material to a wider audience. Wonderful opportunities arise when you are passionate about what you are doing.

So what makes you passionate? Notice when you feel alive. What are you doing? Who are you with? How can you create flow in your present life? Feel the movement of the day and go with it.

"When you are tapped into your essential nature and your whole sensing being, your brilliance and life flows. Expression comes easily and you create with less effort. You are in the boat, on the river of life, floating gracefully in the main current. Time becomes endless and the magic of life unfolds in every moment. You are free to feel and sense your inner being and the magic of the world that lies before you." Kathy Pike

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