Ashley describes the Shortcut, “Stop, Drop and Roll” … 
Shortcuts to Inner Peace are the building blocks of a simple system for hitting the pause button in life: linking fast, easy, restorative pauses to ordinary daily activities and experiences.
We all want inner peace in our lives. Yet, we often think that we need to change our circumstances in order to feel peaceful. Or we simply don’t have the time or inclination for lengthy meditations.
Let’s face it – we live in a stressful, multi-tasking, overstimulating society. Most of us on a daily basis juggle the competing demands of work, kids, household duties, and a personal life. It can be a challenge to stay calm when everything around us conspires to maintain the frenzy.
Shortcuts to Inner Peace are simple ways to pause, create stillness and redirect to one of the ‘portals’ to inner peace:
calm the body, quiet the mind
open the heart, focus the senses
awaken to spirit
Shortcuts to Inner Peace are healthy habits that anyone can integrate into their day because they link to ordinary daily activities (such as washing hands, brushing teeth and standing in line) and experiences (such as saying hello, commenting on the weather and feeling stressed or negative).
Best yet, once we begin to integrate Shortcuts into our day we find that they happen automatically. The activity or experience (washing our hands or feeling stressed) begins to ‘trigger’ the restorative pause … without even thinking about it, moments of inner peacefulness simply happen.
Click on one of the daily ’triggers’ below to find a restorative tool:
Taking a first sip from a beverage
Find yourself using negative language or thoughts
Other resources and links:
ABC Meditation Technique (PDF) - A simple and short meditation technique, as easy as ABC, to help you to relax and begin to cultivate a feeling of inner peacefulness.
Peace Links:
www.dailyom.com –Inspirational daily readings with an eastern religious orientation.
www.dailyword.com –Inspirational daily readings with a western religious orientation.
www.pemachodron.org – Writings and teachings by an extremely wise Buddhist nun (on meditation, peace, overcoming challenges, etc.).
www.freemeditations.com- A wonderful variety of meditations from various traditions. From classic yoga meditations to 1 minute ‘quickies’.
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