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How can I slow my body down too?

I’ve been striving lately to slow down our busy household of six people. It takes a conscious effort what with clubs and teams and school and play and beautiful spring weather that makes us just want to go, go, go. But I also know that when we do go, go, go, we are cranky, cranky, cranky. We have a little song we sing about hunger and fatigue which is sung to the tune of Bringing in the Sheaves, I think we need another one about overbooking.

We’ve been doing pretty good at the whole process – eliminating excess activities, saying no on occasion to various parties and playdates, establishing specific family times, scheduling in more time between appointments so that we can move to it more effortlessly and trying to make the time we do have together feel conscious and connected. (Conscious and connected. That should be my mantra right after empty it, fill it) I’ve even been trying to make sure that at times when there really is a tight deadline, such as on school mornings when there are four bodies to get up, fed and out the door, that I move through the routine without spiraling into a frenzied, RUSH mode. I’m not always successful at this one though and this is where my question comes in…

When I am rushing through something in an effort to try to get to the school bell or the meeting or the appointment, is there any way I can actually slow my nervous system down so that my mind can then follow? Are there any tricks I can use Carrie, that will help me regulate a little bit more in those harried, hurried moments? I know when I do slow my whole system it helps, I just don’t always know just how to do that.

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