Design: Turning

Musing… 
"Plants grow new cells in spirals, such as this pattern of seeds in the beautiful sunflower.  The spiral happens naturally because each new cell is formed after a turn.  
New cell, then turn,  

then another cell, then turn, ..."   

www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/nature-golden-ratio-fibonacci.html  (permission granted by Rob Pierce)                                               

Once you have aligned with your passions, values and purpose, the design of your unfolding can happen naturally – and perfectly – as we see in nature all around us. We just have to keep moving, keep turning in our natural expansion. We are a part of nature – turn to allow for the expansion of your true nature.

Kate’s Turn:  
No design remains throughout its unfolding; it is better thought of as a template that makes allowance for all the changes and unknown opportunities that life offers us. I have had MANY turns in the growth of my coaching practice. Following my passions of creativity and well-being have given me a map, but the actual course that I’ve sailed has been navigated by negotiating the winds of change that I’ve encountered. When a part of the original design (like a “job”) hasn’t materialized, my turning to move more in the area of creativity has clarified my niche and opened me to expand in ways I hadn’t foreseen – and it’s a more perfect fit for my true nature. The trick is to keep turning – keep moving – for it’s easy to stop when meeting an obstacle, and hold onto the plan. When I trust that my nature holds the perfect design, I can have confidence to move, to remain open and curious, to explore other options that become opportunities.

Get Fired Up:   
Turning means letting go of where you stand now - where are you asked to turn in order to allow for your expansion? What part of your true nature desires to have room to unfold?

As my dancer friend once wisely told me, “When in doubt – twirl.” 

Design: Contemplate

motif for coachingmoves.com 

Musing…

“Take one step backward into the unknown.”
 – Adyashanti

All talk of moving forward -- toward your vision, toward what you want to accomplish – will now be interrupted. Offering a splendid interruption like a suspended motion, to allow you to be…in suspense.

Charise’s Turn:

We recently had ten “Days of Awe” that began with the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah. According to Jerome Rosen, a coaching colleague, this is “10 days to be encouraged to see the aweness everywhere and to reflect on what has passed and to embrace the coming year.” Whether you follow this tradition or not, it offers inspiration. The first inspiration for me was hearing the word “aweness", which isn’t a dictionary word, but resonates with the feeling state of awe. I wanted to experience that feeling state, let it permeate. In the spirit of a coaching prompt, I gave myself an assignment to contemplate and write down one thing a day that awes me, for ten days.

Such an act of contemplation is not like going on a retreat; but in the midst of my daily routine I stayed keenly attuned to my surroundings, to what appeared, to my own attentiveness. I was giving importance to receptivity and to my inner engagement with the world. More yin for my yang, you could say. When you’re in this mode, it’s easy to be surprised. On the last day of the ten days, my web designer called to say, “your site is live!" .

Get Fired Up:

Being fired up is usually about expansion – moving outward, yang energy.

How about a quieter fire -- one that draws in, one that welcomes the world to pull up a chair to your hearth, to your creative spirit?