Everyday Wholeness: Finding Calm in the Chaos

Integrating Wholeness into Daily Life

Wholeness isn't confined to the stillness of a quiet room. It transcends physical spaces and can seamlessly integrate into the flow of our daily lives. Walking through the city, the rhythmic motion of your steps can become a meditative practice. As you stroll, if a troubling thought or feeling arises—anything that distracts you from being present in the moment—you can discover how this can be the doorway to a beautiful transformative practice in the moment.

Even a seemingly mundane activity like biking in city traffic can become a form of meditation. One of our coaches in Amsterdam recently shared how he uses this time to anchor his awareness in the present. Biking, with its rhythmic and repetitive motion, can help ground you in the moment, making it an ideal time for a mini meditation session.

Transforming Travel into Tranquility

Taking a train or a bus can also become a journey of opening to inner calm. Simply close your eyes, take a deep breath, and bring your attention inwards. Where in your body do you experience the sensation? How big is it? What shape does it have? When you have this, you can move one level further and check the quality of the sensation in this location. Is it dense, like metal or wood, or maybe like plastic? Is it airy? Or is it soft, like cotton, or perhaps marshmallow-like? Is it warm or cool? Is there movement or is it still?

Next, gently bring your attention into the sensation itself. Sensing in and through the area, what is the experience? You may find that when doing so, the internal dialogue has stopped. You have moved from the realm of ‘thinking’ to ‘directly experiencing.’

Though this is just the start of the Wholeness Work journey, it’s a practice with immense value by itself. It’s tender. It’s being intimate with your emotions or thoughts. And it’s a goodbye to the ongoing dialogue.

The Best Time to Practice

After exploring various ways to integrate Wholeness Work into daily activities, you might wonder when is the best time to practice. Throughout the years, I’ve heard many theories about the best time to meditate. Some suggest that mornings are the best and I understand there's a good reason for this. Practicing in the morning can set a positive tone for the day, beginning our activities from a place of calm and peaceful presence.

But the truth is, Wholeness Work is beneficial anytime you can fit it into your schedule. Whether it’s during a lunch break, on your commute, or with a few deep breaths before a meeting. The key is to find those moments when restorative peace can be easily welcomed into your day.

Evening Practice for Deep Sleep

Evenings are also a wonderful time to practice wholeness. Taking a few minutes to meditate before bed can help you let go of the daytime “active mode” and prepare yourself for deep sleep. A 5-minute Wholeness Work meditation, lying down before you drift off, can be especially powerful in promoting a good night’s rest.

Embrace Flexibility

Ultimately, the best time to meditate is whenever YOU find the time. Embrace the flexibility of this practice and discover the profound benefits it can bring to your overall well-being. Whether it's in the morning to start your day right, during a hectic afternoon to recenter, or at night to unwind, the practice fits into any part of your day.

Join Our Online Course

For those interested in diving deeper, there’s a new online Wholeness Work course starting on November 2nd that you can already register for right now at andreasnlp.com (see “Trainings → Wholeness Level I - Live Online”).

I am happy to answer questions personally, so feel free to reach out!