Decording.
I had no idea what this was until last night. I was chatting with my mother and our Zumba instructor about how much we have been disliking our jobs (Healthcare, blarrrg!). The Healthcare field, as some would know, is a very hard, rewarding, stressful, and physically, emotionally, and mentally draining field.
I come home most evenings feeling anxious, angry, and tried, with a little bit of 'emotionally drained' sprinkled on top. My under eye circles scream "LEAVE ME ALONE" and "SOS, NEED EYE-CREAM".
After class, our Zumba instructor, Ann, asked if we had ever done any Decording before. I had no idea what it was and so she explained that it is basically like cutting the emotional umbilical cord that connects you to everyone in your life. Much like people practice aligning their Chacras or meditating, Decording is about letting go of things we cannot control and letting go of bad energy. Now, I don't particularly believe in energy and spirits, burning sage and Chacras, but Jesus Christ if practicing Decording can help relieve some stress from my life, you can be damned sure I'm going to try it.
I haven't had much time to really look this practice up, but the one article I did read said basically; "At the end of the day, picture your stress in your mind. A person, a thing, whatever it may be, picture it and place that image inside a piece of glass and shatter it in your mind. Do that as many times as you need to start
feeling better."
I am excited to try this and see if I can mentally separate myself from bad energy. We shall see :-)
