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The Bow Of The Boat And The Wake Of Time - Welcome Presence
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The Bow Of The Boat And The Wake Of Time. Sign up to receive Dave's newsletter for tips and discussions on cultivating presence. Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party. August 31, 2016 by Dave Rowley. Hi, my name is Dave Rowley. I like oceans, digging my fingers in the dirt, and any kind of pastry when it's filled with apples or pears. Presence is my passion, and I love helping other people be more fully present in their lives. You Might Also Like. May 24, 2016. February 21, 2016.
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self kindness Archives - Welcome Presence
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Give Yourself The Gift Of Self-Kindness For The Holidays. The holidays can take a toll on us if we neglect our own needs. It’s easy to get lost in focusing on other people and events, and trying to check all the boxes. The Holidays are a time for connecting with the people we love, and it’s important to take care of ourselves too. Focusing on self-kindness. Is one way to help get you through the season without feeling too drained. The Gift Of Permission. This involves consciously setting some boundaries&...
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You Deserve Some Space In Your Day - Welcome Presence
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You Deserve Some Space In Your Day. Daily life can get so hectic, so quickly, that sometimes you don’t feel the mental, emotional, and bodily effects of that until you’re deeply affected. That feeling of constriction arrives in response to being squeezed on all sides by a rush of distressed thinking and racing to meet impossible expectations. What Does It Mean To Have ‘Space’ In Your Day? Spaciousness is the opposite of that. Our bodies are more free to open up, we breathe easier, we move around aler...
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You Can Stay Present When Things Get Tough - Welcome Presence
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You Can Stay Present When Things Get Tough. Steam rising from your morning cup of tea, birdsong in the garden, the soft warmth of a blanket thrown over your legs, a small child offering you a smile. Being present often means opening up to the beautiful things in life. Other times, life presents tougher vistas to take in: sickness, emotional or physical pain, financial woes, getting caught in a storm, a tough crowd bearing down on you. When we look back on these times in our lives, we can often see the st...
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Courses - Welcome Presence
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The Self Care Cycle. Self care is major theme that comes up when I’m working with coaching clients. A lot of articles about self care revolves around lists of suggested activities that you can choose from to take care of yourself. That can be a helpful approach. Plenty of those ideas can be useful, but what if the particular activities listed don’t resonate with you? Through the four weeks of the course we will:. Explore the relationship between self care and self compassion. Sign up to receive Dave's ne...
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Sentience is not an attribute of a body in isolation: it emerges from the ongoing encounter between our flesh and the forest of rhythms in which it finds itself, born of the interplay and tension between the world’s wild hunger and our own. What do you long for? What does your body long for? Are these two different things? There’s something striking about the shape-shifting nature of desire, and how what we think we desire sometimes turns out to be not so. Desires Stretching Us Out. I’ve also been thinki...
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Refresh Sessions - Welcome Presence
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Feeling Stuck Is No Way To Start Your Day. Sometimes it can feel impossible to catch up with life’s demands. If you are constantly expected to perform, have goals you want to achieve, or are simply feeling overwhelmed with busy-ness, giving yourself the gift of a little space and guidance can make a huge difference at the start of your day (or any time you need a lift! During our Refresh Session you will:. Gather yourself and allow tension and anxiety to subside. Clear your mind and get focused. Let’s ma...
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Coaching - Welcome Presence
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You want to experience your life as deeply and fully as possible. Some things you value: kindness, curiosity, clarity. You’re a capable person and sometimes you feel overwhelmed with busy-ness, but you know there’s more to life than just getting things done. Some other things you value: beauty, creativity, spontaneity. Sometimes you catch yourself in the same old situations and you’d like to find find new ways to respond to old problems. More things you value: sensitivity, intelligence, self-compassion.
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The Art Of Noticing - Welcome Presence
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The Art Of Noticing. How do you feel when you face a blank page? Some days it’s not a big deal for me, some days it’s difficult. When it’s good, writing and creating is like something fresh and vivid pouring itself onto the paper. Then there’s the not-good times. The block shows up first in my body as heat, as tension it’s like I’m a thermometer and the red mercury of dread is rising up through me. This Is How It Works. Start by writing the word ‘noticing’ at the top of your page, and begin to write what...
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presence practices Archives - Welcome Presence
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How To Be Mindful When It Feels Impossible. You’ve heard about the benefits of being mindful, and you’re in! You want to be present and available to life. You want more clarity and calmness. You’re done with being dragged around by wasted moments, and now it’s time to feel more present, more grounded, more able to really take in and appreciate life. You say. But when you get to the doing, something happens to bounce you out. Because there’s always something waiting to bounce you out, if you’ll let it.