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Here is a practice that I have found helpful. You will most likely want to read through all of the instructions at least once before actually doing this practice.

Sit comfortably with a notebook or journal by your side. Breathe deeply at least five or six times, inhaling and exhaling through your nose. Take a moment and think of a time when you seemed to have learned something that is detrimental to your overall well being. For instance, you might have spilled your milk as a young child and had the teacher chastise you for being such a clumsy child, and ever since then you seem to have the tendency to try and prove that your teacher was right.

Write down a short description of the event in your notebook, and also write down a succinct phrase that encapsulates what you seem to have learned. For instance; "I am clumsy." Then place the notebook aside.

Become present to yourself sitting in your chair, and begin to pay attention to your posture and your overall feeling. Now, give your primary awareness to the experience of your inhaling and exhaling. As you breathe, once again recall the event in whatever way is natural for you.

As you sit there in the presence of both your breathing process and the event, begin to imagine at least three new things that you can now learn from the event you are recalling. Please remember that you are wanting to learn three new things that help alleviate or improve upon the initial situation, while maintaining a positive sense of self worth and well-being. Anything less than this would be less than "the truth." The idea here is not to gloss over your shortcomings, but rather to appreciate yourself while at the same time noticing what could be improved or changed. So, in the case of the spilled milk, communicating that it is important to keep one's full attention on a challenging task, is well given advice that does not burden the child with a negative self image.

Continue to give your primary attention to your breathing, and allow ideas to somehow bubble up, rather than actively trying to create new ideas. When you feel complete, write down your new, and self-supportive learnings in your notebook.

Place your notebook aside and go back to paying attention to your posture and your overall feeling as you sit in your chair. Now, again, give your primary awareness to the experience of your inhaling and exhaling. As you breathe, once again recall the event in whatever way is natural for you.

As you sit there this time, in the presence of both your breathing process and the event, begin to slowly and purposefully state your new learnings to yourself. Take in a nice slow inhale, and talk as you begin your exhale. After making a statement of something learned, breathe fully for at least two rounds before stating your next learning. (If your circumstances allow, speaking your new learnings out loud is usually best.)

Repeat each learning at least three times, either randomly or in a particular order. If you feel moved to you can also add new learning statements to the initial three that you wrote down. When you feel done, write down anything else that pops into your mind, and also write a brief description of how you feel. Sometimes this last step can be of surprising importance, because you can learn something important simply by taking part in this process.

Keep your new learnings in mind and use them as a mantra from time to time. For instance, if you have tended to feel clumsy, you can repeat your mantras to yourself just before performing in front of others. Doing this will help you to embody your learning. No matter what, go through this whole process again a week or so from now, and see what has changed for you.

If for some reason this practice proves a bit more difficult than you were planning on, you can try again later. Sometimes when we are in the process of learning something new, we might find that what we have learned in the past is somewhat hard to let go of.

Go to: Keeping a Journal, Keeping a Journal -- Section 2, Keeping a Journal -- Section 3, Journaling for Personal Growth, Journaling Techniques

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