DO YOU REMEMBER GOING TO THE RECORD STORE? OR THRIFTING?

 Hard to believe, but, holistic wellness takes time to see when and where it fits into your life. Not only are you using your mind and body, like, all the time. There's always a place to practice decision making under stress, but nature doesn't usually guide you to what you want, you have to start seeking and discovering along the way. Sure you could call it a journey, or you could just call it, living your damn life.

This brings us to the

 RECORD STORE WELLNESS SCENARIO

DO YOU REMEMBER WALKING INTO THE RECORD STORE AND...?

THERE'S THE MOMENT OF, 

 "WOW, Where do I start?"

Do you remember your first time seeing all those choices, and your mind just goes blank? For some reason you're with a friend that has mastered the art of finding cool stuff, and you wonder, how the heck do they seem to know exactly what they want? As 10 minutes goes by, they've filled their arms with obscure imports and cool albums, while you've accidentally drifted over near a Backstreet Boys display, or worse, the smooth jazz section. 

This is like wellness, so many choices, but just like music, it's all based on the fundamentals at first. Do you like the groove? Does it make you want to tune in? Sure sometimes we drift into a weird culty drum dance thing, but shake it off, keep seeking. Because neither nature, nor the record store is gonna spell it out for ya. Keep trying, keep seeking. The signs are there.

BUT YOU STILL WANT TO MAKE A CHOICE

When you start any practice, it takes time to learn it, and to discover how to use it in our life. You don't just use martial arts whenever, or do yoga poses at the bank (no matter what Instagram says), or start journaling in an unsafe environment. Just like you don't just whip our your new Slayer  album all willy nilly, but here's the real test. 

CAN YOU STAND BEHIND YOUR CHOICES?

You walk up to the counter to purchase your records, cd's, or tapes. The smokin' hot, super cool person at the counter starts sorting through your selection. Do you:

• Think oh crap they're gonna see my Dave Matthews album and judge me?
• Stand behind your choices?
• Ask them if they have any suggestions?

This reminds me of the old days of practicing yoga in the south. It was not that supported, I was called things that would now have gotten those people cancelled. The lack of support and all the resistance was a gift though. As the journal journey book and course (hint hint) suggests. FLIP THE SCRIPT. It's asking if you really want to do the work, because if artists did things for universal acceptance. Most of those albums you bought would never have been made. This wellness work would never be needed.

A good holistic practitioner walks up to that counter, smiles, and says, "Yes, I happen to like Slayer and The Cure, oh and... could you order me the Elvis Christmas album?"  

Practice, seek, and see the correlations between all the work in this site and how it fits into every situation you are in. Build the lens to be creative and not have to have everything spelled out for you. Adventure is everywhere. 

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Matt