Snapshot Into Your Subconscious
Let’s say you join a gym and begin taking a yoga class. Several times a week you take the class. At first you struggle to get through some of the positions and your body and mind fight back with inflexibility, soreness and thoughts of failure. This is the point where you make the choice to keep going, trusting it will get easier, or you let your habits, patterns, thoughts and beliefs get the better of you.
This tendency of ours to push forward or stay stuck, applies in many areas of life. There are simple reasons why we struggle so much with adopting new behaviors that have positive impact on our Well Being. You will be happy to learn that it’s not your fault nor does it rely entirely on your motivation levels.
Since it is estimated that we spend 95% of our day in unconscious thoughts and behaviors, how we show up in the world and our daily thinking becomes habitual and routine. A good example would be, when you arrive home only to realize you don’t remember paying any attention to actually driving.
What was your brain distracted by? Likely thoughts that you have had time and time again. this is a perfect opportunity to become more aware.
This perfect autopilot example highlights our ability to rely on learned habits, patterns and behaviors. The subconscious part of our brain really is the super computer, translating data significantly faster than the conscious brain.
When faced with the inevitable “push back” feeling from stepping outside your comfort zone, write down your thoughts and be with your emotions. Examine which ones are based in fear, especially fear as a result of change and the unknown. Highlight any self worth beliefs.
Pushing yourself outside of current limits is the perfect way to get a snapshot into your subconscious brain. These otherwise hidden programs can only show up to your conscious mind when you actually participate in ways that you don’t regularly do. Just like those stiff muscles from that new yoga class showed you where you lack flexibility and strength.
Be Well,
Andrea