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6 Ways To Move On From The Past

1. Mindfulness — present moment awareness. When we live in the past we are missing out on the now, which is where we experience our deepest joy. We can bring our focus into the now by tuning into the body through the senses because the body is always present, but the mind rarely is.

2. Exercise — moving into the body. Exercising regularly helps us to release pent-up emotions — which are energies in motion. When we allow these emotions to work their way out of the body we can relieve much of the baggage from the past that burdens us today.

3. Creativity — soul expression. Often times we can find ourselves overthinking the past, thereby allowing it to dictate how we feel today. When the past gets us down we can channel these emotions into creative expression rather than allowing them to fester within us and cause unnecessary suffering.

4. Positive energy — surrounding ourselves what makes us feel good. When we spend time with the people, places and things that make us feel good we bring our awareness back into the now. Spending time doing things we don’t enjoy is what can often lead us down the road of overthinking the past.

5. Passion — doing what we love. Being “bored” or having “nothing to do” encourages the mind to wander back into the past and relive previous experiences. Having hobbies or passions to immerse ourselves in occupies our time and mental capacity which makes projecting out of the now less likely.

6. Self-love — forgiving ourselves for our past mistakes. Condemning and shaming ourselves for what we should or shouldn’t have done can cause our thoughts to revolve around the past. We need to release these judgements we place on ourselves and accept what has happened if we want to move forward.

You have to release the old to embrace the new.

Peace & positive vibes.