Stressed out?
I am writing you a prescription for forest bathing.
Japanese studies show that the health benefits of forest bathing can last as long as 30 days.
It’s pretty much like the name says.
You choose a nice patch of forest or woods or in a pinch a city park.
Once you are among the trees, sit or walk or do some tai chi.
Find a spot that speaks to you.
No phone.
Of course.
Then engage your senses.
Smell. Inhale the phytocides.
Ask yourself, “What all do I smell?”
Listen for the sounds.
Listen for the sounds beyond the sounds.
Notice the colors.
Take it all in.
Touch the leaves and plants. Are the leaves wet with dew? Are they soft or rigid or prickly?
Like water in a bath, let the forest enfold you.
It can lower your body’s stress hormones.
Extra credit points for bare feet.
How long? Start with any amount of time… 30 seconds all you can do? No problem.
Then gradually work your way up to 2 hours.
If you want.
No pressure.
If your monkey brain chatter keeps interrupting you, taking you out of the moment, let those thoughts pass through you like a cloud, and direct your attention back to your five senses.
Forest bathing… too simple for us busy folks to do.
But it’s like breathing… simple, but has great benefits,
and we are meant to do it.
I offer abundance (money) coaching.
I offer life coaching.
And now, after a decade hiatus, I am offering photography.
i never quit photography totally, but 11 years after I closed the door on Ellen Yale Photography (my commercial/retail business) I am offering a limited selection of my services.
It finally feels good again.
I have dipped my toe back into the business from time to time, but my gut always gave me a hard no when it came to offering photography to the public.
Until now.
The three services on my menu:
- I am offering natural light portraiture for women.
I want to show women their beauty inside and out. - Branding photography… this is a particularly apropos blend of my skills: coaching, photography and marketing.
- And fine art photography collaborations… Portrait Stories.
See my webpage here… https://www.ellenyale.com/?page_id=6473
I have a summer special going on right now for natural light portraits!
My old clients have been finding me and asking me about working with them for years, and the demand seems to be getting stronger rather than diminishing. So here we go.
I’m getting back to my roots while at the same time growing, expanding and fine tuning.
It’s all coming together.
The reason you feel like there’s not enough…
the reason you sometimes feel poor…
the reason you have a lack mentality is not because you don’t make enough money.
It’s not that you don’t have enough saved.
It’s not that you overspend.
It’s that you are under-feeling.
You are not fully feeling your feelings.
- You are not asking for the raise because you are avoiding possibly feeling rejected.
- You are going down the Amazon shopping rabbit hole because you don’t want to feel so lonely.
- You are numbing yourself from feeling the pain of saying no to a relative who wants you to pay for their college education.
- You buy a bigger house/car/handbag than you would if you didn’t want to feel judged by the Joneses.
Think of the reason you are stressed about money.
Every reason involves under-feeling.
This is amazing news, because once you know the cause, the solution becomes crystal clear!
Let yourself feel your feelings.
All your feelings, the good AND the bad.
Feel more.
THAT’S how to fix your underlying financial worries.