{"id":144452,"date":"2025-03-19T21:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alternative-medicine\/how-to-stop-running-away-from-yourself\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:27:51","slug":"how-to-stop-running-away-from-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=144452","title":{"rendered":"How to stop running away from yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There\u2019s one thing I noticed pretty quickly when I started to practice\u00a0mindfulness meditation<\/a>. And it\u2019s something I come back to ALOT.<\/p>\n

In a lot of ways, it\u2019s the heart of my practice.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about relationships. In particular, it\u2019s about relating to my six-year old daughter. She\u2019s smart and sassy and she\u2019s a real joker.<\/p>\n

Having a little girl grants me a lot of gifts. For example, she\u2019s taught me how to play again. How to get down on the ground and relate at kid-level. It\u2019s a whole different world!<\/p>\n

Avoiding Relationship, Avoiding Ourselves<\/h2>\n

But it\u2019s also forced me to see the many many ways that I run from my relationships. Of course, I don\u2019t think of myself in that way because I\u2019m generally an extrovert.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n

Through my practice, I started to notice that sometimes I just disconnect from my little person. Usually, it\u2019s because I\u2019m overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

At those times, it\u2019s easier to go into a rote response and stop genuinely relating to her as a little human being with very big feelings.<\/p>\n

I go on autopilot and become a two-dimensional rule enforcer. And the thing is, kids really feel this kind of disconnect.<\/p>\n

Take a Breath, Stop Running, Get Curious<\/h2>\n

Mindfulness meditation has helped me not only to identify this pattern, which is already a win.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also given me tools to stop checking out when I feel overwhelmed and when the demands of parenting push me outside my comfort zone.<\/p>\n

How?<\/p>\n

Mostly, it comes down to reconnecting to my breath and remembering that I\u2019m alive right now and right here in this moment. And instead of running from that feeling of overwhelm, I turn towards it and get curious.<\/p>\n

From that place, I\u2019m connected again. To myself and to my daughter.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s always amazing what I find there. There are resources available to us in these moments when we come back to our own ground of being. Creativity, flexibility, ease of being. <\/p>\n

The dignity of facing myself squarely\u2026with compassion.<\/p>\n

Meditation for Life<\/h2>\n

This move is simple, yes. But not always easy. That\u2019s why we practice!<\/p>\n

Practicing mindfulness meditation is as much about what happens off the pillow as on it. Maybe even more so.<\/p>\n

As I hope it\u2019s clear from this example, we practice on the meditation cushion so that we can remember not to run away from our experience in moments like these when we\u2019re stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, scared, or enraged.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be learning how to cultivate these skills in\u00a0<\/strong>Coming Home: A 5-week Mindfulness Meditation Course.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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