What will help you to remember to be still?

I know that remembering to be still even for a minute can be a challenge.

So let's talk about what would help.

Many of you thought a physical reminder on your desk would be helpful.
Perhaps, a screen saver would be great.

If you are a creative type, and would like to submit a screensaver design for remembering to be still, please submit it to info at balancedliving.com. The winning design will have a link to your website.

About 30% of you thought coaching would be helpful to keep you in the stillness conversation. For those of you, I recommend Life Transformation Tools and More as a wonderful and inexpensive 12 month program to help you clear what is in the way of stillness and anything else you desire.

I also offer deeper one-on-one coaching which helps you clear what in the way of truly being free to be yourself. To schedule a consultation to find out more, go here.

Many of you (40%) said that the email reminders were helpful to remember to take time to be still and to know you were part of a collective community.

I have been much more lax about the email reminders this second 30 days what with being on vacation and a family medical emergency. Because this project has begun to catch on and many want to continue beyond 30 days, I will to continue and send more inspiring email reminders with quotes and more to inspire you to stillness.

I have found that posting and blogging takes much more of my time than expected. If you think email reminders will be helpful for you, feel free to make a donation below. I prefer this to a required fee because I want everyone to be able to benefit whether or not they have the money. A donation of any size from $1.00 on up is appreciated where feasible. And even if you can't do it, please continue to participate. I want everyone to have access to stillness regardless of your monetary situation.

Let's see what else is possible when we are still more and more of the time.

Here's what's possible from stillness

I shared some of the survey data last week showing that people had improvement in peace of mind, dealing with stress, intuition, flow and more a result of spending very short periods of time in stillness. (see below)

To give you more of a flavor of what's possible, here are just a couple of the many of comments that were submitted in the survey. Because the survey was anonymous, the comments are anonymous.

This experiment really helped me to "get OUT of my head and back into my body" and stop the noise, at least for a good while! I will continue to practice the eye scans as I had never heard of this before. They are very effective in focusing energy to the present moment. I look forward to learning more.

The very first time I did it at my desk, I sensed that the bright sunshine outside my window was more brilliant than ever. Also, I felt that it opened up my soul such that all this love and well-being rushed in. It was so calming and healing . . .

I was able to be present and mindful of whatever I was doing. This in turn quieted the chatter and helped relieve the stress of "what I have to do next". I was able to engage in conversations and really listen and pay attention to the speaker - not only at work but also at home with my children. Thank you for helping to make my life more peaceful and meaningful.

I am pursuing a new career that I would never had suspected would be my path before the exercise.

Feeling more centered so able to deal with every day challenges better. Also a feeling of understanding myself better/listening to myself because of this proactive approach vs. reactive approach

Your experiences may have been very different from this. It doesn't matter. This is just to give you a sense of what is possible.

So what will you do with this information? Don't let it be just another interesting article. Rather make a decision to do something with it - i.e., make inner peace a priority in your life.

The vast majority of survey participants said they want to continue the Stillness Experiment.

What will help?

Since most people just dabbled in the experiment, it would seem that some type of help would be appropriate.

I will talk more about the options next time.

In the meantime, take a moment to be still now.