How To Be A Flop, Cartoon by Kirsten Harris<\/p>\n
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Instead of a ‘how to be a success’ blog I thought I would write one about how to be a flop! Let’s take some pressure off and hopefully make life a little easier. It’s really much easier being a flop after all!<\/p>\n
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So, what if it was absolutely OK to be a flop at work, at home or at school? What if being a flop is actually a way to achieve more success? What if people actually saw your flopping as wonderful self care! A little bit of daily ease!<\/p>\n
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So when the pressure gets just too much why not just give up for a bit and let yourself flop over. Sitting on a chair is the easiest way. Simply let yourself hang out for a bit with your head between your legs and let go. \u00a0People will probably ask you if you are ok but that’s ok. It feels good being floppy, quite a relief really. So don’t worry what you look like, go ahead, flop!<\/p>\n
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Let your neck be free so your head can really hang…<\/p>\n
Surrender the weight of your head to give your neck and back a wonderful releasing stretch…<\/p>\n
Let the weight of your arms hang heavily, freeing your shoulder muscles and stretching the connective tissue around the shoulder blades, an area that can get really tight…<\/p>\n
Let yourself breathe out, big sighing out breaths easing the ribs…<\/p>\n
Let go and give up being an upright person for a bit and enjoy the view from between your legs!<\/p>\n
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Congratulations you are now a flop!<\/p>\n
If you have a cat or a dog they will probably want to lick your face as you are now at their level and they think that is very exciting. Just a mini hazard of your new found flopdom.<\/p>\n
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STRANGE BUT TRUE – if you imagine looking up your nose, you will get more of a releasing stretch on the back of your neck!<\/p>\n
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It feels great being a flop. Really it’s a\u00a0giant relief to take time out for a minute or two.<\/p>\n
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When you want to come up again, think about rebuilding the spine slowly from the bottom up … like a tower block … vertebrae by vertebrae…one bone at a time … one on top of the other … leaving your head until last so that it can find its balance point on the two rockers on the base of your skull.<\/p>\n
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I recommend you let yourself be a flop at least once a day.\u00a0It really is jolly good for your daily ease!<\/p>\n
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With love<\/p>\n
Kirsten<\/p>\n
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