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02. Heart Witness Self-Reflection

One of the most important ingredients to gaining competency in conscious personal mastery is the ability to witness yourself. What exactly does this mean?

To witness yourself means to impartially consciously observe what and how you are sensing, feeling, thinking, behaving and perceiving. You are able to abstain from judgment and any attachment to your observations. This is particularly challenging when trying to witness the shadow parts of you. However, being able to objectively observe yourself within your shadow is a critical element to optimizing your health, resonance and self-mastery. 

To fully witness your heart means you are in tune with the rise and fall of your emotions. This can be very difficult for many of us as our culture generally teaches us that it is not acceptable to feel negative emotions such as anger, rage or even hatred. It is also quite painful to allow ourselves to feel such intense emotions, particularly shame, which is essentially a state of self-loathing. Therefore, we typically repress and shove these emotions down and into our bodies where they then have the potential to create all sorts of havoc on our health and wellbeing.

To get the most out of the witness experience, set the intention to refrain from any type of positive or negative judgment and be neutral in your observation. Be open and curious about what you may discover, it’s an exploration of You!

 

Reflect on the prompts below for ~3-8 minutes, 1-3x/day for 1-2 weeks. *Unless otherwise directed.

  • You don’t have to do anything or change anything, this practice is focused on bringing your awareness to your heart.
  • Perform this self-reflection again in about 4 weeks to assess your progress and to gather any new information to continue to support you and your greatest good.
  • Optionally, use your testing technique to determine your optimal frequency and duration to use this reflection.

 

Heart Witness self-reflection prompts:
  • Monitor and notice how you feel emotionally in the present moment.
    • Observe when you feel calm, relaxed or other positive emotions or references. 
    • Observe when you feel stressed.
    • If you are stressed what is the primary emotion you are feeling? Anxiety? Frustration? Irritation? Anger? Sadness? Something else?  
    • Throughout the day, observe the nature of your emotions. What kinds are they? Do they tend to be more negative or positive? 
    • Do you experience mood swings?
    • Do you allow yourself to feel your emotions or do you tend to ignore or repress them? 
    • How do you handle any big stressors or triggers? 
    • What or who tends to trigger or stress you out?

 

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