Portal #5
Get Out of the Rut
by Moving Stuck Energy

Would you say that your life flows with joy? Do you look forward to the beginning of each new day? Do you enjoy the work and activities that you do? Does your life represent who you really are? Do the people around you support who you are? Are you happy, robust, and healthy?

Or would you say that you’re stuck in a rut? Do you wake up each day with a feeling of dread, finding it hard to get out of bed? Are you stuck in a job or situation that doesn’t suit you? Do the people in your life tend to put you down? Do you have chronic physical problems that you just can’t resolve? Do you feel like you’re living somebody else’s idea of what life should be? Do you wish you could make some changes? If you’re like many people, there may be something about your life that feels like a muddy rut. It could be your job, your health, your home life, your addictions, your relationships, or something else that is causing you to feel stagnant, stuck, and unhappy.

Then there are those days when we just feel “off”. Have you ever wondered why some days your body suddenly feels better or worse than it does on other days? Perhaps you have had days when, for “no good reason”, you were really tired or “out of it”—and other days when you felt really good. How often do you blame your physical and emotional ups and downs on the weather, hormones, or the things that are going on in your life? Most of us have done that. But there is much more to it than first meets the eye, for these ups and downs are all related to the movement of our energy. Changes in the weather, phases of the moon, hormonal activity, life’s circumstances, interpersonal interactions, and other life happenings will affect us most when our energy is stuck at some level. They tend to exacerbate a problem that is already there.

In this chapter, you will learn to identify the causes of stuck energy and the ruts it creates in your life. You will then learn how to get out of those ruts by moving your energy. This will help you to create a life that flows with joy.