Bare within the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Current
By Marijke McCandless (www.o-books.com)
Do you lengthy for extra intimacy, playfulness, and vitality? Are you bored with dwelling in a world saturated with distractions and calls for? Think about if being current had been as liberating and enjoyable as being seduced by a lover – that is the promise of Bare within the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Current.
Bare within the Now is a singular and playful information that takes the reader to the center of their being—an area of pure potential. I’m Marijke McCandless, a mindfulness coach, playfulness instigator, and award-winning author who helps folks shed their inhibitions and thin dip within the current second.
Over the past twenty-nine years, I’ve grappled with these questions of presence and connection. They fueled my journey as a seeker and consciousness practitioner, main me to each day meditation, rediscovering the magic of playfulness, and savoring the tiny moments of pleasure that abound.
The trail hasn’t at all times been straightforward. I’ve listened to the voices of PTSD stemming from childhood sexual trauma and infidelity, which demanded I keep on excessive alert. I’ve wrestled with voices advocating for righteous anger as the one technique of getting issues executed, and I’ve battled towards self-hate, echoing the idea that “I’m insufficient, not sufficient.” I do know nicely the eager for candy intimacy with life and a associate.
Pursuing perfection and outward success, I climbed the company ladder as a straight-A scholar. But, I found the draw back of perpetual striving – I judged myself and others for failing to fulfill unattainable requirements. It wasn’t till I discovered to loosen up and settle for myself precisely as I’m that I discovered true liberation. I needed to befriend my crying-every-day-for-seven-years self and embrace the juicy okayness of the current second. And by that, I don’t imply uttering platitudes to myself; I imply proudly owning that I’m inherently imperfect but wholly lovable.
At this time, I observe delighting in life as it’s, adopting a playful perspective that diminishes struggling. I’ve discovered to look at my ideas throughout meditation with out permitting them to devour me. These practices have allowed me to befriend myself and method life with curiosity somewhat than judgment.
I wrote Bare within the Now to share these insights and practices with you.
At its core, Bare within the Now asserts that our deepest need is to be absolutely current in life. We regularly search this in careers or hobbies that ignite our ardour, but conventional approaches like meditation can really feel like work. Bare within the Now teaches us a recent method that isn’t about mindfulness and meditation a lot as a playful exploration of presence. The practices are much less like issues so as to add to our “to-do” listing and extra like pleasant invites to expertise ourselves anew.
This light-heartedness opens us to an intimate, embodied reference to the second somewhat than a indifferent, mental understanding. As an alternative of being at conflict with our monkey thoughts, we meet it midway, intrigued. We be taught to cease striving to be totally different and relaxation in what’s. With every flip of the web page, we shed layers of distraction and self-doubt, rediscovering the enjoyment of being absolutely current.
Bare within the Now is for anybody in search of a deeper reference to their true essence and a extra intimate relationship with themselves, others, and the unseen world. Via the metaphor of an “inside striptease,” it guides us to uncover what lies beneath the floor, inviting us into the artwork of self-inquiry—a tried-and-true method of many traditions.
Typically, what we wish is healthier solutions. Asking higher questions is way more vital than discovering higher solutions. The appropriate questions assist us direct our consideration and strip away what now not serves. For example, merely asking, “What else is right here?” (that means aside from my ideas) may help us direct consideration away from the monkey thoughts and again into our sensual embodied expertise. “Is that so?” and the follow-up “Who would I be with out this thought?” invitations us to problem entrenched beliefs and assumptions. Lastly, asking, “Who or what am I?” helps us examine the character of our being.
Quick, partaking, and enjoyable practices all through the e book introduce these questions and others by arousing our curiosity, inviting us to interact in self-inquiry, and exploring our beliefs and assumptions to unveil our true essence. And don’t fear—the e book is peppered with juicy private tales!
Our journey to self-discovery is our personal, however we dwell in a world with others. Bare within the Now additionally gives ideas and therapeutic meditations for restoring and rejuvenating {our relationships}. The standard of {our relationships} can profoundly have an effect on our lives, both assuaging or rising our struggling. As Kirkus Evaluations places it, Bare within the Now gives “Refreshingly uncomplicated methods to enhance relationships with a associate or with oneself.”
Via my very own journey, I’ve come to cherish the practices I share on this e book. These practices have turn out to be my guiding gentle.
Two years in the past, my daughter was giving beginning to my granddaughter. Issues went flawed, and we bought a name saying the newborn won’t dwell by way of the evening. In these moments of desperation, my observe – this observe – got here forth as a shining beacon of sunshine. The second felt nonetheless and thick. Within the coronary heart of my being, I met the second because it was. I spotted there was nowhere else I wished to be however proper right here, tuning deeply into the love that was current.
I felt the inevitable helplessness, sitting within the nice unknowing. I didn’t beg for any end result or entertain “what ifs,” and “if solely” however as an alternative crammed myself up with not lacking any of it. The total moon illuminated the desert panorama exterior as I felt overwhelming love for my daughter, her husband, and the new child I had but to fulfill. On one in every of my darkest nights, being bare within the now comforted me the best way nothing else might.
Please decide up this e book and dive right into a journey of self-discovery. I hope the brief, recent practices that abound inside will arouse your curiosity, assist you change your mindset, educate you concerning the energy of vulnerability and authenticity, and assist you to expertise moments of pleasure – obtainable proper now. It’s by no means too late to begin this fulfilling journey to the center of the bare being. The practices shared on this e book can maintain you thru life’s mundanities and calamities, providing a beacon of sunshine in even your darkest moments. As you embark on this journey, put together to be woke up to the juicy aliveness that’s your birthright.
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