The Kindest Thing Weekly Video: Has Lightning Struck You Yet?

Published: Wed, 09/28/16

A weekly reminder to live kindly and gently with yourself.
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"The Kindest Thing"
with Jan Lundy

Has Lightning Struck You Yet?

Welcome to this week's self-compassion video. 

As you may know, my big Fall online program—a Sadhana—is focused on

I'll be the first to admit I have some pretty strong feelings about how aging is perceived in our culture. I dislike the pressure our culture puts on women, especially, to look so youthful. A youthful spirit, yes! A strong and healthy body and mind, yes! Attuned to a higher purpose, becoming a sage, yes! Enjoying life to the fullest, absolutely! 

In the broadest sense, our society's stance on aging is in need of a reality check. And because we have all fallen victim to so many unhealthy viewpoints on aging, WE are in need of healthy doses of self-compassion! 

Today's video features my thoughts on the big WAKE-UP call many of us might experience about aging that an expert in this field calls "Lightning Strikes." 


If you have had a Lightning Strikes moment, I hope you will take some time to reflect on how YOU are currently feeling about your unique aging process. Are you struggling with it? Welcoming it? Are you aging gracefully or with frustration? Do you feel limited or expansive?

I DO want to age well and kindly, with grace and dignity. I do NOT want to fight myself all along the way. So far, for me, my aging years have been about finding greater freedom around who I am and how I choose to live. I have also given great thought to what I still need to heal and let go; what I need to strengthen and embrace.

What about you? How are holding and experiencing your aging?

And, of course, if you'd like some companionship exploring all of this and support while doing so, I am here to help. 


May all of the days of your life be gentle ones,

Jan 

Jan Lundy
Spiritual Director/Mentor, Educator and Author

 
"The Kindest Thing" Video Vol. 24
​​​​​​​"Lightning Strikes!"

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"Embracing Our Aging
as a Spiritual Practice"
~ A Sadhana for mid-life, later-in-life & elder-women ~ 
           
Begins October 5!

Our Sadhana will focus on 
adapting to and appreciating these
Soul Invitations of Aging:


• Body changes (health, beauty, vitality)
• Mental changes (attitudes, interests, memory)
​• Emotional changes (softening and strengthening)
• Relationship changes (love and loss)
• Spiritual changes (deeper meaning, higher purpose, lasting legacy)
 Navigating the 4 stages of aging
• Facing the 4 major fears around aging

... and learning to apply self-compassionate principles and practices to all that we are experiencing when it comes to our unique aging journey.

 

"Don't accept the modern myth of aging.
You are not declining.
You are not fading away into uselessness.
You are a sage,
a river at its deepest
and most nourishing.
Sit by a riverbank some time
and watch attentively as the river
​​​​​​​tells you of your life."

William S. Martin, The Sage's Tao Te Ching


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