Traveling to Inner Space in 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1

by Beverly Ingle

Liv Fun: Vol 2 – Issue 2

The Secret to Surviving a Close-Quarterd Life? Find That Vast Stillness Inside

Perhaps your nest is newly empty, or your progeny took flight decades ago. You may have retired, lost a spouse or simply realized that life is too short to dust any more square footage than absolutely essential. Regardless of the impetus, you’ve forgone the massive “McMansions” of your younger years and opted for smaller, more compact living arrangements. Unfortunately, not only have you downsized your physical living space but also the volume of your surrounding “bubble,” that buffer zone between you and your neighbors. That half an acre or more between your home and the next is now a shared wall. Fences make good neighbors; thin walls not so much.

Studies on astronauts have found that close proximity and lack of privacy on board spacecraft can have marked ill effects on temperament, leading to anxiety and even depression.

“Living in such close quarters magnifies the effects of incompatibility, annoying habits, irritating mannerisms, and other sources of interpersonal friction.¹” Sound familiar?

Energy From Space

In tight-knit communities, finding your own quiet place in which to recharge your batteries can be a real challenge. Fortunately, while we may be restricted physically, we can create infinite room mentally, and in that vastness find the peace and energy that will renew your soul.

Several traditional Eastern practices, including yoga, tai chi and meditation, offer opportunities through which we can assume a feeling of mental and emotional abundance in the tiniest of physical spaces.

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Liv Fun

by Leisure Care
Summer 2013
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Traveling to Inner Space in 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1
by Beverly Ingle

Perhaps your nest is newly empty, or your progeny took flight decades ago. You may have retired, lost a spouse or simply realized that life is too short to dust any more square footage than absolutely essential. Regardless of the impetus, you’ve … opted for smaller, more compact living arrangements.
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An Ode to Open Spaces
by Ginny Mahar

They unhinge us, they make us feel small … and in the process open us up to ourselves.
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Dwindling Interludes and Intermissions
by Jeff Wozer

Last January I finally buckled. I gave in to societal pressures and purchased a smartphone. Defiant, I waited three weeks to open it, deriving boundless gratification from looking at the dormant phone in its Apple packaging and saying, “Not so smart while in that box are we?”
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