Thought Bath: Ease

Attuning to Ease

No person, place, or thing has any power over me, for I am the only thinker in my mind

~Louise Hay, founder of Hay House Publishing

An Introduction to Thought Baths

Here in True Nature I am sharing one of my favorite practices for conscious cocreation - an exercise in deliberate focus.

A Thought Bath is meant to be an immersive, somatic experience. Like a warm bath you draw for yourself, or a breezy hammock you recline within, a Thought Bath is a space where we can release tension, relax, and replenish. Words are chosen, repeated and savored for the feeling they conjure - not for their novelty, wittiness, or poetry.

Part meditation, part contemplation - a Thought Bath may be lovely to hear - but that is only a surface effect. When I think, speak, or listen to a Thought Bath, I cross a threshold. I move from discursive thinking - where thoughts are moving unchecked across the surface of my mind - to selective thinking, where mental chatter subsides. Here in this space of heightened focus, I can feel the tangible sensation of the vibration I am tuning to. I can feel the things my thoughts are turning into. My body gives me moment-to-moment, accurate feedback. And I am certain that your body does too.

I love to sit down at the computer, open a blank page, and then choose a word to “seed” a few minutes of selective thinking and writing. I choose the seed-word dynamically. First I ascertain exactly how I feel at the moment. This is important because how I feel tells me what vibration or frequency I am currently tuned to. If I am feeling strong negative emotion, drawing a Thought Bath for myself is not first on my list. Instead I might meditate or take a nap. Thought Baths are for when I am feeling basically okay, or slight negative emotion. Once I know how I feel, then I will consider a word that conveys a vibration I would like to tune to.

One of my favorite seed words is ease. I like it because even if I am really frustrated or worried, I always seem to be able to access the feeling of ease. It is like a very reliable pressure point for full-body relaxation. Ease is a feeling tone I have come to trust for full mind-body replenishment. This is the seed-word I am sharing today.

Over time, I have observed a clear relationship between how I am feeling, what I am thinking, and how my life is unfolding. When I practice feeling on purpose, I notice a very obvious shift in my external circumstances, including my physical wellbeing. Before I vividly experienced the connecting points between my mind, body, and life - I felt lost in a sea of ideas and frameworks. I had no clear sense of where my inner compass was, let alone how to read it. I did not understand why I would sometimes feel in my center, in my groove or…sometimes outta wack, not feeling like myself. Once I saw for myself the inherent feedback loop between my inner and outer worlds, things clicked into place. I observed how my current mood was the telltale for the unfolding of my day, how my body feels, what thoughts I have access to, and the social interactions I have. I began to trust my focus, and my focus began to gather its own evidence.

I do not always feel good. But I do know I can get back there. This is why I write Thought Baths! They help me return to or enhance a mood that feels like me. The more accustomed I am to feeling like myself, the easier it is to notice when I am not.

I think the greatest benefit in learning to think and feel selectively, is that we cultivate the skill to choose the channels we tune to. Problems and solutions exist on different frequencies. Confusion and clear knowing are two different vibrational states. The manner of thoughts we have access to while tuned to a frequency that feels like anger or despair, are very different from the thoughts that abide on the frequencies of appreciation, joy, or love. Different tunings give us access to an infinity of ideas, words, and actions - and ultimately, vastly different universes of experience.

I hope you enjoy the bath and find the inspiration to draw your own.

With Love,

Emma

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Below you will find:

• The Thought Bath: Attuning to Ease audio file (6:13 min)

• The written script

Thought Bath: Attuning to Ease

Audio Recording

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Thought Bath: Attuning to Ease (Script)

Read the following words as if they are your own thoughts. Take the time to feel the statements. Allow your mind to find images and pleasant memories that correspond to the meanings conveyed. Savor the feeling you conjure through your focus.

I like the feeling of ease

I like the feeling of things going smoothly in my life

Easy

Easy-going

Smooth

Smooth like a good zipper

I love the feeling of flow

I love flowing through my day

Flowing from one idea to the next

Flowing from this nice moment and this delicious meal and this lovely conversation with this person I adore

Smooth, flowing like a great big river

Clear

Clear waters streaming

Rivers of clarity

I love when my thoughts are clear

Flow, flowing, flowering

Blossoming open

Sweet sigh of relief

I love this feeling of flow in my body

This energy circulating, I feel it in my fingers, my arms, my legs, my belly

Ease feels so good

I like the feeling of one step at a time

Easy

There’s no rush, I get to decide the pace

One drop at a time, my bucket fills

So easy to fill, so soon it’s overflowing

I love the feeling of having plenty of time

My timing is always perfect when I feel relaxed like this

Smooth like a stone, river stone smooth

Smooth and clear, clear like clean glass

Transparent, my heart

Open, clear

I love when my mind feels clear like a crystal

I love these thoughts that feel like me

Who I really am

What I really know

What feels the truest and best in the deepest depths of my being

Ease and flow

All my cells know what to do

I feel it, I know it

Coursing through me

Billowing from me, a soothing breeze

This energy that is me

It’s moving out into my life - into my day 

This is what I choose

This smooth, easy ride

I love ease in my life

Everything unfolding in perfectly smooth ways

Traffic lights turning green

The wide open road

The winding flowing road, I’m flowing and cruising

I’ve felt this before

The right words

At the right time

This is my clarity

This is the thing I need, appearing before me

I don’t have to plan anything, just feel this feeling

This feeling of ease, of easy timing

Easy-going

I love things falling into place

This is me!  I’m the one flowing

Glowing, within me, around me, pouring from me, out into my world

My life,  I choose the energy

Ease and flow

And smooth

And clear

Pure streams flowing down the mountain

Through green quiet forests

Silver-light water

Crystalline beauty

Gentle breeze, soothing soft rain

Fruits ripen in their own sweet time

Perfectly ripe, no need to rush

No need to force, just let them be

Spacious.  Open.  Clear.

My life can be just like this

Perfectly ripe, no need to rush

No need to force

Spacious.  Open.  Clear.

This is the signal I’m sending right now

This is ease in my life, this is what I know I like

Opening, flowing, glowing

Beauty; I feel beauty

Right now, this ease fills me

I did this, I focused myself here 

Into this flow, this feeling of

Everything shifting and changing to meet me

In my flow

My timing

My sense of alignment

This is a frequency that feels like me

This is a vibration that I know as me

I can choose me!  I can choose ease!

Smooth, ease, flow

Smooth, ease, flow

Easy like a Sunday morning

Sunlight streaming

Warm, home, easy, this feeling of me, this feeling of right

Slipping into a warm bath, all my cells relaxing

In breath

Out breath

Taking my time

So smooth, like a shell

Sea glass smooth, the still surface of the water

Smooth gentle ripples, love freely flowing

Clear skies, fresh air

Fresh like the morning

Clear starry skies

My eyes bathed in starlight

Clear eyes, clear heart, feeling my heart wide and clear

I like easy-going

I like plenty of time

I like me in my life, choosing what feels right to me

Clouds clearing, sunlight streaming

The sweet rains falling at just the right time

I am the maker

I am the loving creator

Of my life, my world

I say yes to love

Yes to life

Yes to ease, its what feels right

This feeling is the signal I’m sending

And I’ll know when the signal gets fuzzy

Or my tuning changes

I have the dial

Right here in my heart, in my body - I feel it, I have the power

Of focus

I can come back to these thoughts

I can clarify the signal I’m sending

Any. Time. I. Want.