Lately, I find myself interested in the phrase “calibrate.” As a verb.
Some friends have been using it lately. “Calibrate to stillness.” “Calibrate to silence.”
It points to an inner clarity. An alignment. Perhaps emotional. Perhaps more accurately, an energetic. A resonance.
I am interested in the practice that is calibrating. As a way of facing and inviting what is real. As a way of growing in gifts.
Lately, I also find myself interested in the phrase “disregulate.” As a verb.
Again, some friends have been using this to name emotional and energetic impact. “That conversation disregulates me.” It tends to connote a scattering of energy. Perhaps a scattering of emotions.
Again, it points to developing keen skills of awareness. Awareness of being off. Awareness of fear of being off.
I am interested in the practice that is regulating. As a way of facing and inviting what is real. As a way of strengthening gifts.
Hmmm…
These phrases and practices aren’t new. For those that work and guide trauma-informed practice, these are basic. And for those that guide neuro-diverse ways, these are common.
It’s not just the big traumas. Sometimes its the little day to day emotional fields.
Thus the beauty of evolution. To understand more now of what couldn’t previously be mentioned at all.
I’m finding fruitfulness.
Calibrate. Disregulate. And regulate.
This photo above calibrates me. To light. To stillness. To love. From a recent walk with Dana. It makes me smile, which also calibrates.
Lately it is the book The Seven Whispers (Christina Baldwin) that is calibrating me. I’m reading it extra. Little bits here and there.
I’m interested in the words. In the verbs. In the regular day to day that is living fruitfully.
And, not a big stretch, I’m interested in what calibrates communally. Circle is a big part of that for me. Circle both pauses the disregulation. It also calibrates us to deeper integration.
Calibrating.
I’m interested.