{"id":678,"date":"2023-11-13T15:51:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carynkatz.co.za\/?p=678"},"modified":"2023-11-13T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:51:12","slug":"awareness-is-a-superpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carynkatz.co.za\/index.php\/2023\/11\/13\/awareness-is-a-superpower\/","title":{"rendered":"Awareness is a SUPERPOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Being distracted is the norm. Hearing the beginning of what someone is saying and then zoning out. Asking someone\u2019s name and then promptly forgetting it. Not remembering how we got from A -B. Where did the food on my plate go? Where did this flippin headache come from? Ya know?!<\/p>\n<p>Awareness is the antidote. Coming back to \u2018now\u2019 and \u2018now\u2019 again. It requires a light-hearted intelligent approach. It\u2019s a valuable practice &#8211; arguably the most valuable. I can be busy with anything but if I\u2019m not aware of myself, my triggers, my habits and how to disentangle myself from them \u2013 it\u2019s for naught. Its still the same distracted me in the exercise class; its still the same pulled and misaligned me on the walk; it\u2019s still me with my locked jaw getting more tense by the minute in relation to a perceived urgency, its still me stuck in traffic not breathing. Yip wherever we go \u2013 there we are. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so interesting and important to bring curiosity, quietening and kindness to ourselves because as \u2018subtle\u2019 as it is \u2013 it\u2019s the necessary path towards health and wellbeing. <\/p>\n<p>Awareness is, crucially, non-judgemental. We have to resist jumping into the \u2018good\u2019\/ \u2018bad\u2019; \u2018right\u2019\/ \u2018wrong\u2019 paradigms. Practicing whole, bottomless curiosity and learning how to steer the ship back onto easy waters. Does that metaphor even work? You get my point. \u201cEasy waters\u201d is when I am present in my mind\/body and available for breath and available to choose. Trying to balance the world and ourselves in relation to each other. Neck free. Spine long and curvy. Doing less. 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