Savvy Raj

July 21, 2024
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Grateful

A shift in perspective

In feeling thankfulness

In sensing appreciation

In seeing the glass half full than half empty

In seeing the sunny side of things than as partly cloudy

The way of seeing is a choice in our hands

Natural involuntary effects

An increase in dopomine

Sense of satisfaction

A boost in sertonin

Feeling of positivity

A practice of seeing all things with a positive attitude makes life more meaningful

Gratitude makes us recognize and value things we already have even more. That is how it brings a sense of abundance.

Seeing the positive side, focusing on the good in life journaling regularly and being thankful

Every day a practice of gratitude could include a variety of things that may feel right to you.

And of course you will have unexpected serendipitous moments that you can’t help feeling grateful for…

Today morning as I stepped to my terrace garden I saw a beautiful squirrel enjoying the food bowl and water bowl I have placed on the ledge there for birds. I watched with joy and happiness as this little guy munched and munched.

Feeling grateful for a great start my day… Feeling thankful the squirrel is feeding. Hope he is able to feed here every day.

Gratefulnness is a beautiful attitude with lasting effects through the day. Cultivate the attitude of Gratitude.

©Savvy Raj

July 20, 2024
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5 Tips for self care

Take some time every day to improve your life with these self care tips…

1: Breathe fresh air and walk every day thinking good thoughts. Every time you become aware of negative self destructive talk, take a good breath to regulate your emotions.

2: Hydrate with plain water, it helps the body and mind stay healthy and balanced. To think well, the right amount of water is a necessity.

3 : Nourish yourself with wholesome food. Choose to eat more plant based food .

4: Create Art, draw, doodle, paint or sculpt or do craft work. Sing a song, hum for a while if you don’t sing, take a step and dance your heart out. Even if it is for a short while, it destresses you.

5: Write write and write some more. Journal your thoughts regularly. It takes the pressure of your mind.Write your everyday thoughts in a journal or post an article or maintain a blog about things you love…

Starting with these five tips can make way for a lighter you.

July 19, 2024
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Lead with empathy

Empathy & Leadership

Empathic leaders find it easier to understand the challenges of their teams but they also need to be empathic to themselves to avoid burnout and manage their lives.

Stress Management for Leaders

If you are feeling stress beyond a level you can handle as a leader you need to introspect.

There could be many factors that build up the stress often without your own knowing. It can happen to anyone after all we are only human. And it would be good to acknowledge the importance of work life balance and self care.

Are you biting more than you can chew? To manage work stress as a leader, while delegating work check, if you are delegating tasks with clarity to the team.

Are you approachable and exercising patience in communication?

Are you checking if they have understood your requirements?

Are your mails, messages and your attitude, building people up?

Remember the way you chose to behave rubs off on people. While it’s only human to err and there could be good & bad days, being a leader is a responsiblity. For you have the power to influence and impact lives.

Likewise your actions beliefs and behaviour can affect your own health. Hence managing your own stressors empathically become paramount as a leader to get work done.

Every now and then tweaking your own approach, to the changing needs, being flexible and adaptable helps you and your team towards reducing work stress.

©Savvy Raj

July 18, 2024
by Savvy Raj 6 Comments

On Sharing

A great read today made me contemplate further…

https://www.timesnownews.com/web-stories/lifestyle/things-you-should-always-keep-private-in-life-according-to-psychology/photostory/111782158.cms

How much to share

What to share

When to share

And how to share

Whom to share

What not to share…

These are thought worthy questions.

As a creative writer, I enjoy the juxtaposition of imagination and reality. For life experiences become my muse. But still it is advisable to be savvy when sharing with the world.

A succinct share indeed. Do read.

©Savvy Raj

July 17, 2024
by Savvy Raj 3 Comments

On guard

A barking dog seldom bites
A silent one has propensity.
Watch out for the signs
Too quiet or too willing…
Both are signs not to be ignored.

Who are very quiet and a little too willing to let you have your way should never be taken lightly.

For there is always more than what meets the eye.

©Savvy Raj

July 16, 2024
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Remember

You are a divine manifestation of consciousness.

Remember it and all is well.

July 15, 2024
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Patterns of Oneness

Emerging patterns of nature are captivating indeed. For instance, be it waves or stripes or spirals, and more, nature patterns itself in synchrony.

In the waves of the ocean and the sand dunes, ripples in the pond, in the striking stripes of a zebra and the striped Zebra plant or even the striped flowers, their formation at the atomic and molecular levels may have a reason purpose in nature.

We as humans, find inspiration in nature and we are drawn to recognising these emerging patterns. It reminds us of the bigger picture, of the Oneness in the interconnects in life and living.

©Savvy Raj

July 14, 2024
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On Trust & Delegation

Delegation and trust go hand in hand.

Why delegate work, when you can do it on your own. Because it is common sense that with growth, work increases you will need people to get things done. And without trusting people, you cannot build a team that you can trust. A huge part of delegation is about being accountable to get the work done well.

Successful delegation empowers a team. It is about finding the right person or team for the job. Mastering the art of delegation is rewarding in the long term for it develops and builds skills enhances productivity. It validates the values of collaboration and trust to the team hence improves the attitude at work in a team.

Moreover it improves the time management not only for you but for the team and the organisation thereby increasing productivity and this can help find balance in professional work and personal life.

Do you delegate with the right attitude and for the right reasons?

July 13, 2024
by Savvy Raj 3 Comments

Breath well

Take a moment in this now

Check out for yourself

Do you breathe deep or shallow?

Deep breathing eases you

Shallow breathing stresses you

If you breath reaches your navel

You are breathing deep

If your breath reaches the chest

You are breathing shallow.

Our fast paced world is stressful

Deep breathing helps destress.

The science of the breath

Is a dance of awareness

Of the subtlety of power

As much as its strength.

Your own breathing patterns

Changes the energy in & around u.

Your life force energy

Shifts and alters perspectives.

All is a matter of energy

What matters most is the energy

You choose to create.

And the intention behind it.

Start with your breath…

Take a deep breath, breathe well.

July 12, 2024
by Savvy Raj 3 Comments

Life is what you make of it!

The very fact you are reading this

May change your perspective

All of what you interact or sense

Shifts and alters meanings.

You, as a reader & observer

Have the power in you.

You, matter to the whole

What matters to you

Matters to the whole.

Create a beautiful you,

You create a beautiful whole…

Here is why…

The core of particle physics

The truths of sacred geometry

The essence of prayer

The logics of yogic systems

The dynamics of integration

The beliefs of ancient wisdom.

The cosmic interconnects

Creation to destruction

Birth to regeneration

Order to disorder

Chaos to resurrection

Stillness & movements

Balance & harmony

Time , space & distance

All is a matter of energy.

The observer effects the observed.

All of life, the sun & the stars

The universe you are in

You are because they are

They are because you are.

Understand as an observer

You are playing a part

What you do with it

Is a choice in free will

The choice is with you.

©Savvy Raj

July 11, 2024
by Savvy Raj 1 Comment

Honey, Sweet?

Yesterday, once again I heard of the bees being driven off their homes and then collecting the honey from their hive adulterating it with jaggery and selling it locally, it seems be a racket in urban cities. Smoking out the hives out for honey results in suffocating many of these bees.

How callous we are, truly there is nothing sweet about this kind of honey.

Here is why bees are essential to our planet.

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/why-bees-are-essential-people-and-planet

What bees mean to humans is by now common knowledge to any human with a conscience.

And then this morning sn intriguing share caught my attention…

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/27T3dUkBH32aATpb/?mibextid=TrneLp

A few musings,

What a bee understands, sadly human doesn’t…

Energy radiates for a reason

Energy changes for a reason

Understanding these signals

Are crucial for harmony in nature.

If we humans truly care

To interpret the signals

Nature is sending out

And nurture nature we have

We can heal the world.

@ Savvy Raj

#life #writing #sustainability #savethebees,

July 10, 2024
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On Respect & Inclusion

When you are in a position of influence especially as a coach, a trainer you are responsible to aid the development and building up of life. From the life coaching perspective there are many humane standards that help reach the set goals.

As a coach, respect and inclusion are significant for the success of your coaching. It is important to show ‘Respect’ not only for individual or team you are coaching by being unbiased and empathic of their abilities, but also for your time and effort as well as respect for the reason and need for coaching .

As for inclusiveness, without it you cannot build rapport as a coach. Inclusion is also about being attentive and open minded of diverse perspectives and opinions.

Over the decades, coaching individuals and groups as a Dance Educator & Trainer,and a Life Coach, I have had varied experiences of how being inclusive, empathic, open minded to listen and understand, sharing mutual respect has made a positive impact on the coaching process.

Both respect and inclusion can make a meaningful and lasting difference in the lives of those you coach.

What do you think? Do share.

©Savvy Raj

July 9, 2024
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Joy of Creativity

This post was suggested to me on social media…

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/Jqy8k4F6RgZxxd1y/?mibextid=oFDknk

Just watching how circling the brush creates beautiful circles and how leaves of green create itself out left by blobs of dark green colour with the sudden dipping of the sliding brush on to the paper.
Almost felt like life blooming itself in unique ways like the different circles of colours and then the occasional highs and lows of life that ups and dips only to leave imprints of a life lived as memories for eternity…
This simple technique gives great joy…💙
Loved it… Watch for joy and try it out!