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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
April 15, 2023
The focus for today's inspiration is:
I choose to get out into nature and let it soothe me.
A few minutes in nature reduces levels of the stress hormone cortisol, giving your body and spirit a break.
If you can go outside into nature, take a short pause to observe a bee drawing nectar from a flower or the movement of a creek as it tumbles over rocks.
In that moment, you might come to recognize that you are under a lot of stress lately and need to take time out to relax. You might realize you need to get out into nature more often and let it soothe you.
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Today's inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
How One Short Pause Holds The Potential for Profound Change
Written by Carl Greer PhD, PsyD
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of getting out into nature and letting it soothe you (today and every day)
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The Necktie and The Jaguar: A memoir to help you change your story and find fulfillment
by Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD
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Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD, is a retired clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, a businessman, and a shamanic practitioner, author, and philanthropist, funding over 60 charities and more than 850 past and current Greer scholars. He has taught at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago and been on staff at the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being.
The shamanic work he does is drawn from a blend of North American and South American indigenous trainings and is influenced by Jungian analytical psychology. He has trained with Peruvian shamans and through Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s Healing the Light Body School, where he has been on staff. He has worked with shamans in South America, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ethiopia, and Outer Mongolia. He is the best-selling, award-winning author of Change Your Story, Change Your Life and Change the Story of Your Health. His new book, a memoir titled The Necktie and The Jaguar.
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