I find myself here a lot - trying to get into the habit of practice. I know what it is I want to achieve and do, but I ain't doing it.
Simple things like centering, building and maintaining shields (personal and property), working with my local vaettir etc, let alone meditation and trancework (all these magnificent other/inner worlds you people speak of). The first ones I can do quite easily, they've always come easy to me, but I know then how much better I could be at them. Others I've never experienced through lack of effort.
I know the trick is consistency, and all the standard things like 'put aside 5 minutes a day', 'start small', but you know how mental life is. Sometimes we forget to feed ourselves, let alone find 5 minutes to do a thing. And which thing do I do first? Meditate for 5 min? or pray? I'm re-reading Norse Shamanism for the 4th time, but there is just so much to do. I know I should start small, but like weight loss, im impatient, and I know with sufficient effort I can lose 5 kilos in a month if I really tried.
I'd like to be celebrating the WotY a bit more too. I feel an affinity to the seasons, but I don't seem to care enough day to day to do anything about it.
So how do you practise practice? What things are you doing regularly? What things were you doing regularly that you're not anymore? What do you wish you were doing?
Simple things like centering, building and maintaining shields (personal and property), working with my local vaettir etc, let alone meditation and trancework (all these magnificent other/inner worlds you people speak of). The first ones I can do quite easily, they've always come easy to me, but I know then how much better I could be at them. Others I've never experienced through lack of effort.
I know the trick is consistency, and all the standard things like 'put aside 5 minutes a day', 'start small', but you know how mental life is. Sometimes we forget to feed ourselves, let alone find 5 minutes to do a thing. And which thing do I do first? Meditate for 5 min? or pray? I'm re-reading Norse Shamanism for the 4th time, but there is just so much to do. I know I should start small, but like weight loss, im impatient, and I know with sufficient effort I can lose 5 kilos in a month if I really tried.
I'd like to be celebrating the WotY a bit more too. I feel an affinity to the seasons, but I don't seem to care enough day to day to do anything about it.
So how do you practise practice? What things are you doing regularly? What things were you doing regularly that you're not anymore? What do you wish you were doing?
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