Chiropractor for the Soul

Chiropractor for the Soul: Day one of using Sarah's mourning routine.

Yesterday evening I spoke with Sarah (my 1st true love, in a previous century) about her morning routine. This morning she asked "Let me know if you feel or think any change that relates to the routine" This post is my way-too-complete response with pics and relevant context. The short answer is yes, but there was way too much going on to separate out any specific changes.

So here's the routine:

10-Minute Morning Routine

First thing upon waking

• Light & fresh air — 2 minutes

• Wake up without glasses.

• Open a window or go outside.
  Spend about 2 minutes in natural light and fresh air.

• Cold water
  Splash or apply cold water to wrists, face, and neck.

• Breathing — 3 minutes
  Inhale for 4 seconds, Hold for 2 seconds, Exhale for 6 seconds.

• Write a few simple words
  Best outcome of the day, What I’m looking forward to, What I’m grateful for or appreciate.
  Note: It’s important to keep the past century’s technology alive. Pencil and paper are great for our nervous and intellectual systems .

• Movement — 2 minutes
  Do light aerobic movement to get the heart and body moving

• Relax. Enjoy the day.

I accomplished most of it, but was rushed because I was committed to picking up a mutual friend (we all met and spent a lot of time together in high school) for breakfast and then taking him to the train station.

Old Friends at Elmo's Diner

As example of completing one of the morning's activities, I made the 3 simple journal entries (hand written) in a journal I had not touched in over two years. One readily identifiable "change" as a result of implementing the routine. 

The Journal

The Journal Entry

One the way into breakfast I was struck by this beautify tree (probably a Japanese variegated privet, based on after breakfast research). I have recently often  been struck with nature's beauty.

Wow

I prepared myself for what may be the last face-to-face conversation with this more brother than friend by donning my new favorite T-Shit. My companion Rory is a Standard Poodle and my son is a drummer.

Ready for anything

My friend/brother has been in a full alcoholic fugue for longer that anyone can remember. It is taking an irresistible toll on his body and mind. I think of him as a brother because I love him in spite of his lack of ability to hold up his end of a true friendship.

The day wound down with a lecture/demonstration from Lee Lawrence. He is a local phenomenon that defies categorization. After a near death experience in 1997, he diverged from being a tax lawyer when he discovered he could viscerally feel and interact with other's souls. He went back to school in psychology, neurology and many other scientific disciplines to try and understand what he was experiencing. Hence my title for this note:  Chiropractor for the Soul. He experience's his subject's life altering experience and then adjusts their stored trauma haptically. Needs to be seen and better yet, experience, to even begin to understand.

SALON: "Depth Psychology and the Human Soul in These Changing Times", by Lee Lawrence

https://www.jungnc.org/event-details/salon-depth-psychology-and-the-human-soul-in-these-changing-times-by-lee-lawrence

So that was my day, mostly. Changed by the morning routine...definitely but unquantifiably.