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Tonight while I was on VR with my partner, we meditated on finding a balance between work, play, and relaxation.
We were in a cozy cave world, mirror dwelling with some lovely music playing in the background.
My stomach hurt, my joints hurt, everything hurt. He asked me if I was tired, but I wasnāt mentally, only physically.
I said to him how ever since I started working from home, Iāve been feeling more energized mentally. I have the energy to play more in VR, which Iāve actually noticed has boosted my productivity at work by finding creative ways to be more efficient.
But physically, I am still tired from my disability.
So I brought up how I had been considering the concept of relaxation: how the body stores stress physically by tensing throughout the day, how we carry that within our muscle memory and our connective tissue, and how, if I really take a moment to consider, Iāve never truly allowed myself to just relax.
Iām really trying to deprogram all of what I have been taught on what it means to exist as a human being. Itās the reason why it took me over a decade to get my joint problems diagnosed: āpain is normal, stop complaining, focus on your work,ā among other things.
āWhen was the last time you just listened to music?ā I asked.
āThis morning.ā
āYes, but, when was the last time you listened to music and just let yourself experience the music?ā
āI guessā¦ a long time.ā
So I proposed that we try to relax by listening to the background music of the cave world and letting that consume our mind instead of anything else going on in the world or in our lives.
As I listened, my mind relaxed and so did my muscles.
And then, I pictured my body swaying with the music.
And thenā¦ I did sway.
Normally, movement takes a large toll on me. But with a relaxed mind, the movement was intuitive. My arms, then my shoulders, then my neck, my breath, my abdomen, my hips, my kneesā¦
It was lovely to dance so uncoordinated with traditional dance structures yet so coordinated with what my body craved.
It couldnāt have been more than 3 minutes before my body requested to lay down again. After that, for the next 15 minutes or so, I felt a sort of primal high.
One of extreme relaxation.
We both felt it, even if he didnāt move. He listened to his body as well.
Iād love to incorporate that kind of relaxation into my routine to find that balance.
Iām thinking: each time I need to transition into a new task at work, I ought to reward myself with that kind of full-body relaxation for completing a task and have the peace within myself as a means to begin a new one.
Even if it doesnāt involve movement. I felt the urge to dance while my partner didnāt. Yet we both felt that high. All it must include is that intuitively relaxing experience that encompasses the present moment.
My work may exist within a computer, but I exist within the universeās computations.
I have all the programming I need within me to know what behaviors I should and shouldnāt be doing.
I ought to remind myself of that more often.
Connection ā> Balance
Tonight while I was on VR with my partner, we meditated on finding a balance between work, play, and relaxation.
We were in a cozy cave world, mirror dwelling with some lovely music playing in the background.
My stomach hurt, my joints hurt, everything hurt. He asked me if I was tired, but I wasnāt mentally, only physically.
I said to him how ever since I started working from home, Iāve been feeling more energized mentally. I have the energy to play more in VR, which Iāve actually noticed has boosted my productivity at work by finding creative ways to be more efficient.
But physically, I am still tired from my disability.
So I brought up how I had been considering the concept of relaxation: how the body stores stress physically by tensing throughout the day, how we carry that within our muscle memory and our connective tissue, and how, if I really take a moment to consider, Iāve never truly allowed myself to just relax.
Iām really trying to deprogram all of what I have been taught on what it means to exist as a human being. Itās the reason why it took me over a decade to get my joint problems diagnosed: āpain is normal, stop complaining, focus on your work,ā among other things.
āWhen was the last time you just listened to music?ā I asked.
āThis morning.ā
āYes, but, when was the last time you listened to music and just let yourself experience the music?ā
āI guessā¦ a long time.ā
So I proposed that we try to relax by listening to the background music of the cave world and letting that consume our mind instead of anything else going on in the world or in our lives.
As I listened, my mind relaxed and so did my muscles.
And then, I pictured my body swaying with the music.
And thenā¦ I did sway.
Normally, movement takes a large toll on me. But with a relaxed mind, the movement was intuitive. My arms, then my shoulders, then my neck, my breath, my abdomen, my hips, my kneesā¦
It was lovely to dance so uncoordinated with traditional dance structures yet so coordinated with what my body craved.
It couldnāt have been more than 3 minutes before my body requested to lay down again. After that, for the next 15 minutes or so, I felt a sort of primal high.
One of extreme relaxation.
We both felt it, even if he didnāt move. He listened to his body as well.
Iād love to incorporate that kind of relaxation into my routine to find that balance.
Iām thinking: each time I need to transition into a new task at work, I ought to reward myself with that kind of full-body relaxation for completing a task and have the peace within myself as a means to begin a new one.
Even if it doesnāt involve movement. I felt the urge to dance while my partner didnāt. Yet we both felt that high. All it must include is that intuitively relaxing experience that encompasses the present moment.
My work may exist within a computer, but I exist within the universeās computations.
I have all the programming I need within me to know what behaviors I should and shouldnāt be doing.
I ought to remind myself of that more often.
Connection ā> Balance