Out of “Doing” Mode to “Being ” Mode

A busy day with daily routine, a lot of things to be done on time, homework, the job, ourselves and these lists sometimes can seems like a big mountain which gives us a pressure, anxiety and a feeling that will not be able to make it. Negativity and sadness all around us and our doing mood is taking over us , unless we take action. The doing mode has a strong tendency to keep itself going and to reassert itself once the mind has switched to another mode of processing without empathising the healthy need of body and mind.

This can change only by shifting thoughts or by doing nothing and instead of obsessing and pressuring ourselves with a simple break and a deep breathing is helping the body and mind to reconnect with the now and to relax. The basic tool to shift mental gears is the intentional use of attention and awareness.

Usually, moments like these our emotions take control and make us feel small towards this world and we forget to breath, to deep breath and to allow ourself, wherever we are to breathe and for a moment to stop doing whatever we do, and just to be, to pay attention to an object or to focus on a colour or just by closing the eyes for a moment because a moment is enough to release the mind by overthoughts. It may sound funny but in "being" mode, the mind must do nothing, just to be present to that moment of that thought and feeling, allowing us to be fully present and aware of whatever is here and right now.

If this is not enough and the pressure in the chest is not relief yet, then take more time, step out for a fresh air, will be so helpful to your body and mind, shifting your mood. Boost yourself with sun rise or rain!

Realize that is just a hard time that our body and mind is passing and will be nice to treat ourselves with a very taste sweet or food, will help to boost energy, will help to feel powerful for climbing that imagination mountain.

Shift you mood by playing your favourite music will relax you mind and move your body in its rhythm while the body is in a free movement will evaluate your positive energy by travelling with the music.

Take some moments to empathise your body, take a moment to think just for you and what is your need at that moment. Take a moment to examine how it feels to disengage from a busy mind into "being" mind.

Connect with Your Thoughts

• At first invite your thoughts to think about your feet without looking at them.

• What thoughts come to mind when you think about your feet? Perhaps there are judgments about your feet. How much you like them? How much you dislike them?

• Perhaps there are thoughts about how you’d like them to be different. Maybe thoughts come to mind about the places your feet have taken you. Perhaps thoughts about problems they may have caused you.

• What thoughts come to mind for you?

• There’s no need to control your thoughts in anyway. Just let the thinking unfold naturally. Taking your time. Taking a few minutes now simply to let thoughts arise.

Connect with your Being

• And now, the invitation is to gently bring your attention down at the legs into the feet, sensing your feet directly without looking at them.

• Allowing your awareness to sink into your feet and fill them from the inside to the outside, from the bones, right out to the surface of the skin, perhaps sensing the many small bones within the feet, maybe feeling the sensations of touch on the skin, the sensations in the soles of the feet, the sense of touch and pressure where the feet make contact with the floor. Perhaps exploring with your awareness the boundary between the feet on the floor.

• And now, if you will, clenching your toes, drawing them in as close as you can, being aware of the sensations in the toes, the soles, and the body of each foot. Directly sensing the pressure in the toes, feeling the tightness in the muscles, the coming and going of sensations throughout the feet, ankles, and legs.

• And now, just relaxing the toes, keeping the awareness in your feet and noticing any changes in the sensations in the feet and toes as they relax.

• Before changing your position, taking a few moments to get a sense of the body as a whole.

We can learn to switch out of automatic pilot by bringing our awareness to the present moment.

It may sound silly to do some these steps but is a guarantee that will shift your mood, will release your stress and you will be more productive!

In the end, we need to balance" being" and "doing" mode in our lives. When we do this, we start to see that we have a choice, and this is often the first step in taking care of ourselves differently in the face of sad moods.