Swimming In Tension

Here's one way you cause yourself tension – and how to quickly relieve it.

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Transcript

Swimming in Tension

Some years back, while I was doing my swim workout, a thought just . . . splashed into my mind.

Tension is caused by physically wanting to be where you aren’t.

And as I kept swimming laps, my thoughts drifted—right on cue—to the long list of things I’d scheduled myself to do that day.

Errands. Chores. All the “important stuff.”

My mind wanted to be doing all of that now . . . while my body was very clearly in a pool.

And then I noticed something.

My shoulders were tightening. Tension was forming in my neck.

There was a pretty direct connection between wanting to be somewhere else and the tension showing up in my body.

That was the revelation.

I was causing my own tension by trying—impossibly—to be in two places at once.

Once I saw that, the tension eased. And the rest of my workout went . . . swimmingly.

So here’s the takeaway.\

Start noticing how often you want to be where you’re not. And then notice what your body does when that happens.\

Just noticing the tension—and the thought pattern behind it—has you swimming in the direction of letting that tension melt and fade away.

Feeling tense?

Try giving your attention to where you physically are. Really feel it.\

And then watch the other destination . . . and the tightness . . . disappear from your thoughts and your body.

Ya know, I still think that random thought I had that day was a bit of a "stroke of genius."

All the best,

John