ADHD is a way to describe the unfocused nature that Ayurvedic Vata minds possess that we accept as part of us. But we don’t have to lean into the negative parts…
We can be kind to ourselves.
Because ADHD symptoms often show up as inattentiveness, unfocused concentration, and scatter-brained thinking.
It often also can show up as the opposite extreme in hyperactivity and impulsive behaviors.
Those descriptors can describe a lot of us humans.
But you can learn to express yourself in better ways.
And with a jumpy brain that makes you want to hop around, one way is to learn to embrace what you’re thinking with a spiritual lens.
As complicated as the gray matter is that we have inside us, we don’t know the causes of ADHD.
But we do know it’s a brain matter that’s different than brain fog that is often spiritual.
Whether the ADHD descriptive symptom traits describe your tendencies, being aware can help your spiritual journey in life.
This article is about how you can use ADHD tendencies to your benefit and push you into growth that a presently mindful and spiritual-tuned up life does.
To begin, there are many ways to look at ADHD. You could be born with anxious tendencies like dominant Vatas (in Ayurvedic terms).
In case you think that’s not you, we all have some traces of Vata in us like in our worry thoughts that’s a form of anxiety but in the mind.
ADHD is also correlated with anxiety. So you can see from that one example, an intersecting crossing Venn diagram path that makes us all susceptible
…But IS curable with more love to conquer fear that anxiety and worry are rooted in.
I was reminded when I was posing several years ago in Prague up against the Lennon Wall representing “All You Need Is Love” (that originally came about during a time of war and upheavals).
…I remember the song from the Yellow Submarine record album 💿 I listened to on a record player as a child… in case there are any Beatles fans out there or those who love record players?
Fear is at the core of causes of war in people.
Fear is also primal and makes you react for survival, but is not needed for most daily live happenings.
So for starters, running away from those fear-based thoughts in safe situations will help you get a better handle on ADHD as you align with your calm and loving sides.
From my own early-on past experiences, I know an unsafe life situation caused me to have an anxiety or panic attack.
That type of anxiety reaction can cause you to freeze as your body takes on uncontrollable body sensations like heart palpitations.
And similarly, ADHD can dominate your life in an uncontrollable, shocking way when you least expect..
At least temporarily. And that can lead to unexplainable behaviors.
Coming out of your situations, if you focus on the positives or what you learned that can help you in the future, you gain more clarity and ideas for changes you can make to your life that’s part of spiritual growth.
The Universe helps to meets you there, where you are, and where you will be.
…Maybe that’s on your yoga mat or quiet space before making big decisions. 🧘🏻♀️
Breathwork and aware-mindfulness can help take the edge off.
These are powerfully spiritual built-in ways we have to handle calming ourselves that also helps ADHD.
You can help draw yourself to the present moment space that makes you more self-aware and deeply aware of your inner self as part of the journey toward spiritual growth.
At the very least you’re moving away from negative energy in present moment awareness.
And that carries into your day.
…That’s not coincidence.
That’s the energy you carry that radiates into the world and back to you like a boomerang and attracts the things and right people into your life. ✨
The Law of Attraction is a spiritual lens.
So, baby step one can be: find a positive in any situation that appears negative overall.
The reframing habit is life-giving.
And giving life in the present is a gift.
It can help free you from closely-tied worry and fear-based thoughts that exacerbate ADHD.
Those thoughts start in the unconscious or subconscious mind and affect the body in emotions and physical stress-inflammation, if not protected.
…And produce scattered thoughts, unclarity, and worsen ADHD symptoms.
But you can de-sensitize from the emotional drama the ego mind wants to pull you into.
…I know that’s not easy because ego is the equivalent of having a bullhorn in your ear without the physical object as a visual. 📢.
But if you exercise vigilant awareness effort, you can re-route your thoughts and put yourself in the healthy mindset and actions that will help bypass the negative and recurring mind spin cycle that’s often found in ADHD occurrences.
Remember, we don’t generate all our thoughts. 💭
The subsconscious ego inside any of us will rip positives and blow up negative energy. It will have a field day with your thoughts if you allow.
And that’s not a field trip any of us want to take.
But keeping aware and alert in your mind’s eyes will change that trajectory! 👀
And help change sabotaging thoughts like feeling sorry for yourself (or worse hurting others in some way like the ones you love).
You have a choice then and there to escape or sink into those unproductive feelings. I get it… maybe the feelings linger like a heavy gray cloud and you don’t how to change that.
There are simple things you can do like take walks and warm showers, do yoga, pay attention to nature outside, and listen to warm, feel-good music that inspires you.
Those gradually turn the tide and one day back to your best normal self.
By slowly doing the things that restore Ayurvedic mind-body balance, you can bounce back faster.
And then on one ordinary day, the sun will appear back out. ☀️
That’s how you can also help any ADHD symptoms. Purposefully walk away and distract yourself in a healthy way.
Do an inspiring activity or hobby.
For some, that’s knitting, dancing, yoga, or singing.
For ADHD, what captures your interest will be at your forefront, so why not have your calming activity ready-to-go? .
And you may just discover a new passion or path that’s also spiritual growth.
You can purposefully open doors to learn something new.
A visual would be like the American TV game show, The Price is Right, where a game’s winning answer is usually covered.
After contestants shout out an answer, they learn quickly if it’s the right one… and sometimes they get to try again.
Similarly, stepping out into spiritual faith is when you don’t see but believe that there is a blueprint on your life already planned out.
Landing on the right ones is a matter of timing and trying like you would do in playing joyful games.
Strengthening your faith, you can call up the better (non-ADHD) ways automatically served up by the mind.
Freedom comes from calling out and knowing what you’re facing and getting answers spiritually already inside you waiting for your response.
Literally, you can call out, “I have ADHD” and that’s liberating because now your spirit can help you in awareness, meeting you where you are.
And in our Universe, most people accept ADHD and know what that generally is so they will understand if you act funny and can even sympathize and joke with you about it to help you get through moments.
Making it (ADHD) okay allows less stress into your life and especially in a more sympathetic world that we now live in.
Surround yourself with forgiveness and start with forgiving yourself for your quirky abilities that make you, you.
…And finally, slow down.
Remember the old saying that’s about the (quality) moments that take your breath away and not how many breaths you take. Use that as your mantra.
You’re not stuck with how you started.
We start life with hopeful, rosy glasses and the playbook ends up very different.
And when it doesn’t go as planned, you get to become more spiritual. You develop your empowered happiness.
And in that way, ADHD doesn’t have to be a full life sentence. It’s changeable (as our bodies and we are). It’s dependable on you and the choices you make. 💕
