It's been a long time since I felt alive and well. I miss that feeling, when I really felt the glow come back to my soul. Unfortunately life isn't a steady stream. The lows can really, get me down. Which is why I developed my own grounding technique rooted in my feet tattoos.
If I ever find myself looking down and all I have the strength to do is breathe, that's just what I do. My tattoos say "Better Times" + "Bitter Times." One is beaming bright and the other is gripping her tears in the depths of despair. The grounding technique brings me back to the center, where I am both and neither. I am me again and I just breathe. I make it through the darkness of the storm. With my dreams in fact, and my feet on the ground.
Another meditation I developed for myself is a walking meditation. It can be right after the first one I mentioned above which is great when I desire momentum in the moment. It starts off with three deep, slow breaths and continues into reaching up from a standing position. Then, in rythmn with my breath, I bring my hands to my feet in a deep stretch, feet together.
Next I position my feet just a little wider than shoulder width apart and repeat the process but this time leaning towards one foot then the other. I begin my walking meditation, not in any particular direction. I focus on the soles of my feet connecting with the ground with each step.
This is to manifest exactly why I got these tattoos in the first place. To remind myself that better times will always come, do not dwell. And when those better times arrive, darkness is never too far behind, so be here, now. In this moment.
"Sometimes we forget, even baby steps move us forward."
