Heat Wave
It’s hot! Warmer weather often means more time outdoors, eating frozen treats, swimming, and enjoying nature. So many of us look forward to this time of year to participate in activities that are unique to the season. We wait endless months for 80 degree days and cloudless skies, it is so unfortunate when summer behaves like summer and hits us with a grueling heatwave.
Similar to an intense unwanted emotion, a heatwave is a brief summer crisis. Humans, animals, and plants are more vulnerable to biological problems that can be made worse by extended exposure to high heat. These problems include: dehydration, heatstroke, fainting, and nausea. Heatwaves bring to mind the dialectic of Acceptance and Change. To avoid making the situation worse and suffering biological consequences, we benefit most from Radically Accepting the heat, and changing our plans to keep ourselves cool.
If are finding the rising and stagnant temperatures difficult to tolerate because you are changing your plans, noticing your garden isn’t as vibrant, or simply because you’re constantly physically uncomfortable, you are not alone. Mindfulness and Reality Acceptance teach us that we can find meaning in challenging moments and pivot toward something more effective. Stay safe, stay hydrated, and let us know how you are mindfully navigating the heat.
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It’s hot! Warmer weather often means more time outdoors, eating frozen treats, swimming, and enjoying nature. So many of us look forward to this time of year to participate in activities that are unique to the season. We wait endless months for 80 degree days and cloudless skies, it is so unfortunate when summer behaves like summer and hits us with a grueling heatwave.
Similar to an intense unwanted emotion, a heatwave is a brief summer crisis. Humans, animals, and plants are more vulnerable to biological problems that can be made worse by extended exposure to high heat. These problems include: dehydration, heatstroke, fainting, and nausea. Heatwaves bring to mind the dialectic of Acceptance and Change. To avoid making the situation worse and suffering biological consequences, we benefit most from Radically Accepting the heat, and changing our plans to keep ourselves cool.
If are finding the rising and stagnant temperatures difficult to tolerate because you are changing your plans, noticing your garden isn’t as vibrant, or simply because you’re constantly physically uncomfortable, you are not alone. Mindfulness and Reality Acceptance teach us that we can find meaning in challenging moments and pivot toward something more effective. Stay safe, stay hydrated, and let us know how you are mindfully navigating the heat.
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