About 10 years ago I was traveling a lot for work. I was having many long days with lots of “windshield time”, out to customers then back home. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen were not making a dent in my lower back pain. I needed something different.
I decided to see a chiropractor to see if they could help. I was sitting in the exam room, the chiropractor came into the room, and asked “how is your posture?”. I said I thought it was good. He said “stand up”. He glanced up and down and stated “Your posture is crap. Your head, your shoulders, and your hips need to be in be vertical alignment. If they are not, then you’ll be in pain.”
He helped my back pain. A few days later I had a personal epiphany. Some call it a “V8 moment” or a “blinding flash of the obvious”, but it hit me: I had a spiritual posture as well and if I wasn’t in spiritual alignment I would be in spiritual pain. What do I mean by spiritual alignment? I need to be rooted and aligned in the present moment.
I needed a checklist to check my spiritual posture.
- Where are my feet? What physical sensations am I currently experiencing? Hot/cold, heaviness/lightness, tightness/looseness in the body
- Where is my heart? What emotions am I experiencing? The 7 base emotions are: sad, mad, glad, lonely, afraid, embarrassed, guilty. If it’s not one of these it’s probably an emotion PLUS a judgment of how things should be. Also where in the body do I experience the emotion? For me anger manifests as tightness between my shoulder blades
- Where is my mind? What am I thinking about? Am I judging, planning, recalling, etc? Are my thoughts true, kind, necessary, humble? Am I caught in some sort of cognitive dissonance sometimes referred to as “stinking thinking”.
- Where is my spirit? Am I in acting from a place where I am part of a greater whole. We are all connected to each other. Regardless of the question love is the answer.
Once you’ve checked your spiritual posture do your best to truly experience the moment you are in.
Good luck!
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