The Time is Now

I have officially been done with my "pre-req" courses for medical school since last May. Gloriously spent a month in July getting married and traveling back to our lake cabin - all in Minnesota - over the summer. Hit the "submit" button on my applications for 10 medical schools in August and traded all my multiple jobs in for one amazing job as a scribe in a Cardiology practice. ( I have evenings and weekends with my wife for the first time EVER in our 10+ years together!)

Looking at it from this vantage point makes the divine order of it all shine brightly.

Meanwhile the application process continues and I have been on a roller coaster of anxiety and calm. Six of ten schools have rejected me. I have been on two interviews - loved one school, not-so-much the other. One more interview is in my future. 

Meanwhile the weight I gained with 4 weeks of vacation and celebration has stayed put. Moved in and unpacked. None of my clothes fit. I have been running every morning with our two pups, but not paying any attention to what was going in my mouth. Add stress and anxiety on top of a runaway diet plan and of course the extra 10+lbs are staying in place! 

About 10 days ago, I had a wake up call. The time is NOW.

I am approaching medical school and approaching 40. My hormones are NOT working with me anymore. This excess/lack of attention is going to propel me down the path of chronic disease and illness. Is that the kind of physician I want to be? Is that going to help me be successful in learning and navigating the rigors and long hours of medical training?

The time is now.

I need to stay in the present with my eyes set on the future instead of rolling around in the anxiety of where I will go to school and where we will move. Enter in the random text from a guy called Shane asking if I knew of anyone looking to start a 6-week boot camp program (3x/week), which includes a whole foods diet. Wait, what?  This is a program I inquired about 3 weeks earlier. A program I got no response or follow up from, and here he is looking for referrals?  I refer MYSELF, please!

I enrolled. The pounds are coming off slowly and my body is toning and changing shape. 

Divine timing again. The time is now. Lessons learned again. 

Stay in the present. Work the program, walk each step as it presents itself, having faith. 

The time is now.

Soften & become more expansive

I've been doing a lot of Anusara® Yoga lately, and am so grateful for the practice.

In reconnecting with Anusara®, I've had the chance to read some writing/blogging from teachers and folks in the Anusara® community, and came across Elena Brower's blog post - the Mindful Smack.

Today, she's talking about some core Anusara® teachings that are in line with the I>E>S heirarchy of Intrinsic Coaching® (which works with best thinking, intrinsic thinking).

Soften and become more sensetive, not because you "should", but because, when you do, there's more expansion, more resources, more aliveness, more to work with, more, more, more... more there than what's merely apparent.

For me, the combination of the clarity of thinking the intrinsic brings, along with Anusara®'s system of working with my body, mind & soul brings an aliveness and connection to Grace & God, that is humbling and mind-blowing.

So often we travel through our moments, barely breathing, literally & spiritually "hunched" and contracted. What would happen if we were all softer, more senstetive, fully alive?

Check out Elena's post & video here...Mindful Smack: Inviting http://thedailylove.com/mindful-smack-inviting/