1 – Turn on conservation mode
When some plants experience drought, a change in rainfall, they may stay alive but stop producing flowers or greenery above ground and go dormant on those extra flares.
You can minimize your leaf-producing branches or simply produce fewer or no buds.
Making flowers, for example, costs sugar and nutrients that require water to move across the earth. So if you don’t craft them, you save on those resources. Trees produce smaller rings during drought and take up to four years to recover.
This measure of reducing “expenditure” in plant life prevents the loss of water resources from above-ground transpiration and reduces above-ground sugar and nutrient consumption.
It can allow some plants to survive extended periods without rain and the nutrients it carries, making them more resilient and more responsive to changes of this nature.
As humans, these stories from the plant world can inspire us to think of places to go into “conservation mode” during a change and weather the new normal.
2 – Draw attention to the base
About two weeks before the pandemic hit, my companion and I went to a nearby barn yoga studio to try out their classes.
The particular class we attended was led by a local shaman who insisted throughout the class that upon our return home we should focus on our animal needs – food, shelter, water, clothing.
She even got us on our hands and knees singing that we are animals and our basic needs.
Indeed, when you pay attention to your physical needs, the foundation of your existence on earth is built in resilience and strength.
Food, shelter, and clothing provide stability here on Earth and strengthen your ability to endure anything, which increases your adaptability when it comes to overcoming and thriving in change.
The stronger you are in meeting your basic needs, the more resilient you become – and thus able to build your resilience to whatever happens.
3 – Out of other people’s business
When you look at other people’s stuff, who is looking at your stuff?
If you’re not looking at your own stuff, changes can happen unnoticed, and the longer the lag time, the harder it is to anticipate and flow with the change.
Instead, you are more likely to be dragged along, which usually causes damage, as the wording suggests.
When conditions change, you need to have all your wits on you to be more responsive and make the best and smartest decisions.
To build resilience and adapt to change, focus on the present in the moment, and presence allows you to see what’s going on and move with it easily.
To do this, try tuning in to the news only once a day or just weekly for 30 minutes to an hour to watch the loop or read the top headlines.
The news for you can be found wherever you find out about other people’s businesses – online newspapers, social media, blogs, forums, etc. Instead, read the weather forecast, listen to tips from your neighbors, check your e- Mails, reply to your letters – this is the most important thing.
4 – Ask What is abundant around me?
When external circumstances change that require adjustment, what was previously abundant is sometimes no longer available, and what was not previously abundant is now abundant.
During a change event, take stock. Do you have new areas of abundance? Have the rivers of plenty changed? If yes, what happened to it? more available?
Tapping into the new surplus and letting go of what was can help you maximize new resources in times of change, which can help you adapt to change, build your resilience, and increase your resistance to damage during change .
