This practice is great for those of us who can fall into the habit of being harsh on ourselves
Mindfulness can help us work with states of mind that may have a negative effect on yourself and others. Due to our biological program (the negativity bias in the brain) we are more easily able to see the negative more readily than the good. So we have to build our muscles of taking in the good and turning the negative into gold. One such negative is self-judging.
Here is a method and a meditation practice to help:
Do not judge yourself
For you’ve accomplished great things
When you judge yourself harshly
It’s like clipping your own wings
Instead, change the judging habit patterns of the mind
Remember your strengths, not your weaknesses, is one way to be kind
Remember all the things you’ve to manage to get through already
Develop the neural pathway of self-trust
Helps the mind become steady
Take in the good of these strengths you already have within
Every time you recall it, breath it in, let it be felt in the fabric of your skin
In that knowing let your shoulders drop
Your tongue goes soft and breathes in the fresh air of today
Let yourself just be regardless of what the mind sometimes will say
Judging thoughts are not a problem when you realize they are there
That’s just a messenger to remember your strengths and take a breath of fresh air
Turn your harsh self judgments into gold by just letting yourself be
This feeling of just being will help you to see
There is so much more to you than what your self-critic has to say
Take your self-critic by the hand let her know everything is okay
Treat all aspects of yourself kindly even the parts you do not like
Judging yourself for judging will keep you in fight and flight
But you have many strengths already you see
Don’t clip your wings by judging yourself harshly
Being mindful is to “remember”
You can set yourself free
Namaste
Tammy
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