{"id":437,"date":"2016-03-08T09:23:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T09:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/?p=437"},"modified":"2016-03-11T07:34:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T07:34:46","slug":"permission-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/?p=437","title":{"rendered":"Permission to Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took Maisie my crazy cockerpoo for a \u00a0walk past the Stopping Permitted sign again today and couldn&#8217;t resit another lie down. Big blue skies, cold ground, whacky windmills! The weight of a surprised alert dog. A mad magic moment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6672.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-439\" alt=\"IMG_6672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6672-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6672-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6672-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6672-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifwisheswerehorses.co.uk\/thedailyease\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6672-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stopping is permitted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Really Permission to stop&#8230; right here, right now! You don&#8217;t have to do much to stop!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lie on the floor in the office, the living room, outside! Really why not? (Social inhibitions? Not enough time? Laziness&#8230; ha ha, well thats a good one!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We make excuses not to stop!<\/p>\n<p>Not to take time out, let go, do nothing, non do!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do I mean &#8211; not thinking? quieting the mind? meditation, mindfulness&#8230;??<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NO not really! Just simply permission to stop in your body for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Permission to lie down and do nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Permission to let go and let god!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rest will take care of itself and YOU!<\/p>\n<p>You may be amazed what magic occurs when you let go in semi supine for a while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you need some inspiration for letting go, check out <a title=\"Body Magic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/bodymagic.html\">Body Magic<\/a>\u00a0media download<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/bodymagic.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Breathe click here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/breathe.html\">or Breathe &#8211;\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I dare you, don&#8217;t do something &#8211; lie down!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirstenharris.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.kirstenharris.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took Maisie my crazy cockerpoo for a \u00a0walk past the Stopping Permitted sign again today and couldn&#8217;t resit another lie down. Big blue skies, cold ground, whacky windmills! The weight of a surprised alert dog. 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