The Power of Pause
A Well Intentioned Pause
Katy was tired, her body exhausted and her mind scrambling to keep up. Refugees from Hurricane Katrina teemed through her doors like hordes at the gates. The world watched as walls of wind and water ravaged cities from New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and the worlds they knew. Some lost their lives. The Gulf Coast reeled from the one-two punch of the killer storm and the flooding of New Orleans. The whole country jolted as rescue efforts spiraled into mayhem and chaos. The botched response from the ill-prepared and devastated city governments and the achingly slow federal response shocked hearts across the globe.
Katy, the Director
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These are extraordinary times. Spiritually committed people around the world are feeling the call to excellence in all avenues of life: loving and raising families, success and respect in business, human values and relationships, nurturing the natural world, and the realizing of truth in our everyday lives. We are called upon to stoke the brightest light of our selves and to shine brilliantly
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But the task of lifting the world from darkness can feel daunting. The specter of every ism known to society: sexism, racism, classism, poverty, hate, and greed can zap the energy, along with all the good intentions, from many a spiritual activist. The evening news is a steady stream of war, tragedy, horror, and violence. The environment and our precious resources are under siege; offered on the world market at discount
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Yet we are born for such times. We are called to fortify our truest selves, to marshal our physical, emotional, mental, moral and spiritual energies and direct them for all that is right and good in this world. And in the scope of all the work needing to be done, it s easy to exhaust ourselves in the process; to run on fumes; or worse, flat out of gas. This is where practicing the simple Power of the Well
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The very nature of energy is to expand and contract. It s one of the few constants in the universe. The stars and their moons rise and set, waves of water crest and fall, electricity pulses, hearts contract and then pulse, lungs rise and fall, orgasms come and go. Energy may be constant but it oscillates. The energy keys in our bodies are the same.
Physically we have times of effort and times of rest and sleep.
Emotionally we balance our sense of individuality and our need to connect with the people around us.
We can be mentally muddled and confused or focused and clear.
We can pursue lives and ideals we don t
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Spiritually we can remain dormant or we can sparkle and thrive.
There is a fine line between efficiency and burnout. The fulcrum that makes the difference is respecting your body s need for pause and rest. This simple directive sounds, well too simple. But in these times of over stimulation, hyperactivity and multi-tasking, our bodies consume tremendous amounts of energy that we simply must restore. If we are to continue to thrive we must learn to balance performance with pause.
A prime example comes from the laboratory of pro sports players. For thirty years sports psychologists Jim Loeher and Tony Schwartz have helped professional athletes define
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The importance of a work-rest ratio was first introduced by Flavius Philostratus almost two-thousand years ago. Flavius, a trainer of Greek Olympic athletes, understood that after intense training, his athletes needed time to rest and recover their energy. Modern science calls this compensation. As Jim Loeher states in his book The Power of Full Engagement:
After a period of activity, the body must replenish fundamental biochemical sources of energy Increase the intensity of the training or performance demand, and it is necessary to commensurately increase the amount of energy renewal. Fail to do
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A well intentioned pause is an extension of Loeher s discovery with tennis players. A strategic pause becomes a practice for everyday life. It is simply remembering, on a regular and consistent basis throughout the day to completely unplug from the all-consuming tasks at hand: a chaotic workday fraught with calls, meetings, and deadlines; demanding children, navigating the stresses of family and relationships; driving in traffic; balancing the demands of personal life and community service, or fighting for social justice.
It is our focused intention that
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a few minutes of breathing or meditation,
a set of stretches, sit-ups, or push-ups
going to the gym,
a dance, yoga, or aerobics class,
reading a juicy novel,
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a phone call to an inspiring friend or a loving family member,
a walk outdoors in nice weather is mighty helpful,
a nap,
savoring a healthy meal.
A well intentioned pause can last ninety seconds, ten minutes, one hour, a day, or a week. Don t underestimate the power of a deliberate ninety-second pause. Remember the tennis pro s in Loeher s study. Between points, they each had a ritual that rested their energy, calmed their breath and heart-rate, and then focused their attention to the next point. It was this consistent rest and recovery, brief as it was, that separated the top-ranked players from the rest of the pack. The key is to train your
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The ten to twenty minute pause is a good place to start for beginners. This is ample time to unplug from the demands consuming your attention, soothe frazzled nerves, and to refuel spent energy. Ten minutes of focused breathing is excellent. Train the people around you to respect your pauses. A ten minute pause interrupted by a phone call and an officemate poking their head through the door is barely a pause at all. You d have to be as skilled as a tennis-pro to get much benefit from such a pause.
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A day long pause sounds easy enough, but how
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