Why are we always in a rush? Taking a breath

Training Theme

This training explores the deep reasons that push us to live in permanent emergency. Through videos, exercises and personal reflections, it helps us understand why we keep running: desire to be more, unconscious fears or difficulty letting go. The training offers concrete solutions to catch your breath, in particular thanks to cardiac coherence which allows you to realign body, heart and mind. It invites us to make conscious choices rather than suffer the frantic race of everyday life, for a more balanced and serene life.

Training Objectives

In this online course, you will learn how to:

• Recognize the exhausting races for performance, recognition, wealth, approval-seeking, and more.
• Uncover the worries that drive us to run and no longer be manipulated by them.
• Take moments of breathing, silence, and emptiness to stop the race against time.
• Reclaim conscious control over your time and schedule.
• Realign your body, heart, and mind through practicing heart coherence.
• Discover that without rushing, you can gain efficiency through alternatives that were invisible to you while you were running.

Target Audience 

Anyone wishing to (re)gain control of their time.

Training Content 

This module contains 4 parts:

DISCOVER

• Identify your personal challenges and motivations for change.

SHAKING UP

• Storytelling: Video Why run? (1'51)
  • The adventure of an explorer in Africa who discovers deep wisdom about the meaning of travel and life
• Quiz on the teachings of storytelling

LEARN

• Expert video: Why do we run? (8'03)
  • Exploration of the three reasons that push us to run: wanting to be more, being afraid, not wanting to give up
• TRUE/FALSE exercise on the motivations that make us run
• Realigning body, heart and mind
• The benefits of cardiac coherence

ANCHOR

• How to slow down your course? Explore activities to let go of
• Use concrete examples to define your own commitment to change.

Additional resources

• Downloadable documents: Coaching memo sheet (PDF)
• Bonus: TED or Youtube video(s)