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Check in and feel: Peace

Writer's picture: Ren Ren

Updated: Jun 13, 2024

I want to begin by asking you how you are doing. Maybe you don’t know.

Could you take a moment for yourself and check in?


A Check In Practice:

I like to take three deep breaths and picture roots coming out from my feet into the earth. I then picture a dome of white light surrounding myself as I go inwards and ask myself about my thoughts. What are they like today? Is my inner critic guiding them and fueling my behaviors? Am I being gentle and kind with myself as I move through my day? Am I judging others without knowing what they are going through or how they are feeling?


Then I move on to my body, which holds the wisdom of my emotions. What is happening in my body? Am I tight today? Can I loosen up around my neck, jaw or shoulders? Can I stretch a bit? Do I have a pit in my stomach? How is my breathing?


Keep breathing, slow and steady, I think to myself. I tune into my heart and ask what I am feeling. Whatever the emotion, I can accept it because there are no bad emotions. Emotions exist to give us information so I am able to get curious about my anger, my frustration, my worries or my sadness. Does this feeling have a place in my body? A shape? A color or a texture? What happened recently to lead to this feeling? Maybe this feeling is not recent. I ask and I listen to my body. I seek to understand.


Finally, I ask myself how my behaviors have been lately. Am I acting in my integrity, do I speak and show up as my true self? Do my behaviors match my values or am I pushing my values over for some one else’s approval? How am I showing up for me? Do I promise to do things and then not follow through? What is taking up my focus, time and energy?


I ask all of these questions as both the Scientist and the Science experiment. I revel in the idea that I am the only person who will truly know my experience and if I tune into myself, I will understand exactly what I need and the next step to take. The above is a practice that I do at least twice a day, but maybe more often, depending upon the demands of the day or the way I am feeling. This practice not only helps me to feel more at ease and calm, but it helps me to stay centered regardless of the emotions that other people might feel in a given moment.

I often say quietly to myself:


I am peace

I come in peace

I hold peace

I leave in peace


I’m grateful that I practice the inner check in and that I choose peace each day. So many people are struggling and suffering in our world and they need compassion and understanding. When people are hurtful, it is almost always a projection of their inner world coming out at us. Although this does not excuse immature behaviors and definitely not abuse, understanding that other people's words and actions are not usually personal can help us maintain our inner peace.


Practicing inner connection and peace daily allows us to view others as souls who are in pain instead of some kind of “bad” person. We can slow down in any situation. We do not need to engage with people who are emotionally dysregulated. We can navigate any moment because we practice tuning into our inner teacher. And that voice knows exactly what to do.


Maybe you can try this practice and ask how are you doing. I hope that you give yourself that space and time and that you take care of yourself. Then we can both hold the peace that this world needs.

I hope this helps.





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