The Origami of Life in 5-Steps

How folding paper can make you more resilient.

Photo by Carolina Garcia Tavizon on Unsplash

Most of the time,

we don’t think of folding paper as a USEFUL thing to spend time on. But I want you to stop for a moment and think about it from this perspective.

Origami requires you to be fully present in the moment.

When folding paper into the intricate, or simple forms, you’ve got to be fully aware and 100% responsible for what you are doing.

Let your mind slip for a moment and your design falls apart or fails to spread its wings when completed.

Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán

From paper flowers and animals, to abstract forms, the requirements of origami are exactly those that build resilience in us as we practice them.

Being Resilient Allows Us To:

• Be flexible
• Recover quickly from adversity.
• See the whole as well as the parts.
• Be fully present to whatever shows up.
• Access our inner strengths.