Centring Yourself for Self-Work
- August 25, 2020
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Corporate Offerings, Transformational Open Programs

If you were to guess what ‘Centering Oneself’ means, what would you think it consists of?
Centering for us, at Artth is being in the ‘Here and Now’. It is being aware of our current state and becoming oblivious of past worries, anxieties, and resentments. Centering is about leaving what was/what can be to ‘What Is’. It is also about not letting the current fears and guilt consume you.
While many people may view centering from only the Spiritual realm and it may also see it as a tedious meditative task reserved for the calm souls amongst us. ‘Remaining centered’ may be seen as a feat, only to be achieved by the most saintly. We are writing this article to share other ways of Centering that have worked for us and our clients over the years.
However, before we share our views on Centering, we would like to present an analogy where we believe, we all have two centres.
- (Focus) One centre is deep inside – This centre holds the higher purpose and core values which drives us and our consciousness. We are not going to attempt to convert you into believing that this deep centre is accessible easily. That is your Journey.
- (Epicentre) The second centre is on the surface. This centre is easily accessible and you can reach it and pass by it as your day proceeds. It is like the epicentre point of an earthquake whose focus(source of earthquake) is right below it, but deep inside(picture attached). This is the centre we will be talking about.

Please ignore the tragedy and damage caused by the earthquake and let’s assume the earthquake mentioned here is an internal need, whose external manifestation is seen at the epicentre point.
Just like standing at the epicentre of an earthquake helps you gauge the intensity and (for geography geeks) gives an objective distance from the faultline, centering can benefit you in the same way.
There could be many ways of Centering oneself, like guided visualizations, calming music, breathing, journaling and meditation are all great techniques to reach your centre and we personally love using a mix of them all, including ‘centering by conversation’.
‘Centering by conversation’ is between an empathic listener and a person honestly facing their vulnerabilities. We have seen that most people prefer this method. It is a great way to calm our rattling nerves, gain some objective distance and become open to new perspectives. It allows us to take both positions – of either an empathic listener or a person who is honest about their vulnerabilities, while understanding the intensity and range of any given situation.
This article is in continuation to our attempt in bringing experiential and applicable Self-work to our beloved audience.
Self work is moving from the ‘belief and reality of being hard-wired’ to ‘believing and being ever-evolving, consciously’.
Meanwhile if you do try to explore Self-work make sure you adopt a beginner’s mind – be curious, be non-judgmental about the techniques you try.