Tag: burnout

Burnout is a state of exhaustion, where you feel pushed beyond your limits, overwhelmed, not being able to keep up, impatient, and perhaps even a sense of desperation. It can arise from taking on too much, thinking too quickly, or engaging in work that is out of sync with your core values and interests. In this practice, we give ourselves permission to slow down intentionally. By breathing more slowly and focusing on one thing at a time i.e. the breath, we gently guide ourselves away from the overload, finding grounding in the pauses.

Burnout, by Elad Nehorai

In my heart
there is a beating energy.
In my mind
there is a truth
screaming
to be released.
In my soul
there is a mission
waiting
to be lived.
In my body
is the exhaustion
of trying to do it all at once,
and in so doing,
stifling it all at once.

Guide: Noelle Lim

Image by: Darko Pribeg, Unsplash

This is a practice of responding to burnout, which manifests as the feeling of exhaustion, drained and hitting our limits physically and emotionally, due to prolonged stress or lack of balance. The invitation is to slow down, honoring the present moment.

You Better Slow Down (extract), by David Weatherford

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,
or listened to rain slapping the ground?

You better slow down, don’t dance so fast,
time is short, the music won’t last.

Do you run through each day on the fly,
when you ask “How are you?”, do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed,
with the next hundred chores running through your head

When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
it’s like an unopened gift thrown away.

Life isn’t a race, so take it slower,
hear the music before your song is over.

Guide: Noelle Lim

Image credit: Natalia Nikolaiev, Unsplash