need to live up to an expectation. You are free to create and free to be wrapped up in the moment you are in. On the con- trary, when you recognize that you have a deep yearning for something and insist on seeing the result now, you shut down your ability to create. You have left no room for process. Instead of taking the steps (most of them energetic, some of them actions), you sit in the energy of “I should” or “Where is it, when is it coming and I want it now“, and any action you do take is going to attract more of the feeling of insistence, resistance and unfulfillment.
You want your actions to come from a place of feeling good. Your intended outcome might not look exactly like you envision but it will match the feeling you are in when you focus upon it. So, when you are driven to do something but have resistance, get feeling good first then start on your merry way of action. Start by think- ing about things that bring you pleasure. It could be nature, your children, music, your lover or even your new warm socks! Then, once you feel good, touch upon that which you want to change. Go into your action feeling good, do what you can and then get out when your resistance takes over. You’ll know by the way you feel. Don’t let anyone else dictate how much, how little or how often you put your attention on the changes you are willing to make. This method applies to all changes. You can use it around changing your diet, your politics, your income and your health. The minute your action becomes a “should”, step away and go back in when it is a burning desire again and you feel good about it.
You are your #1 asset – Take care of you! You have everything you need inside
of you to make changes. You were perfectly designed to be on the planet at this time with your unique set of skills and gifts. It is your job to tune in to who you really are so that you can make the most of your time while you’re here. Your body is one big energetic divining rod; equipped to guide you on your path, but you might not have been taught to honor your feelings. You were probably discouraged from using your intuition and may have been told you were too sensitive a long time ago. Even if you know better now, it can be challenging to go with what you “feel”. Your feelings are the key to knowing what you are including in your vibrational field. For you to become familiar with what your intuition and body are telling you, you must be willing to spend time with yourself on a regular basis
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and practice self-care. A wonderful way to tune into your body is by receiving mas- sage and energy work or by incorporating some of the following practices:
• Quiet time without the input from oth- ers (this is essential)
• Daily mediation
• Walking in silence, alone, every day (or with someone else if you both commit to the silence)
• Journaling every morning • Repeating affirmations
Just try to commit to at least one prac- tice, then find a person who will help you stay on track every day for a solid 30-days. That will be enough time to make a new habit that you are likely to stay with if it works for you.
At some point, you may find you need help from a professional to assist with change. You have established years of thinking patterns that have become beliefs causing you to forget how powerful a cre- ator you really are. You have forgotten that you really can think, act and feel differently about your life and that you can manifest change. Your attention to your own vibra- tion is essential to the well-being of this interwoven fabric that is our universe. It isn’t necessary or even helpful for you to think you have to change someone else (tempting as that is) for circumstances to improve. It is for the greater good that we all consider the changes we can make in ourselves. That may seem to be in contrast to taking care of each other and our world, however that comes from a lack of con- sciousness that has permeated our exis- tence. It comes from a void of faith in the power that created us and supports us to be joyful, harmonious beings. The only way to truly contribute to and take part in the abundance of this universe is through love. It has to start with you. You probably have a lot of old feelings that creep in and tell you that you are not enough in some way- not smart enough, rich enough, attractive enough, on and on and on. You may have some inner-child wounds that need to be addressed. It may be time to peel the scab off from the wounds and transform the pain into something useful. It is a part of being willing to change; the letting go of the old story of how we have been injured. They are the excuses we use for not stepping fully into our lives.
Here is a personal story about a shift in
my own thinking and energy around a form of exercise:
I always had an instinctual pull to-
wards yoga. When I was twelve years old, I bought a book that had a few yoga poses in it and for a few months I tried them out. I didn’t have the discipline or the support to make it a practice at that time. Fast forward 20 years later, I signed up for a class at a Community Recreation program which revived my interest and desire to be a yogi. I practiced with tapes at home on my VCR (yes, many years ago!) and thus began my on again, off again spurts of yoga practice. I never lost my love for yoga, but my life wasn’t always conducive to a practice (or so I thought).
Like many practices I had in my life and let slip, I would consider starting back to yoga but instead of concentrating on how good doing yoga made me feel, my resistance to it was stronger than my desire for it. I would think of all the reasons why I couldn’t fit it in. The real reason being fear. Fear that I wouldn’t be able to do it. Fear that I would have to be in a class with oth- ers who were better at it. Fear that I would again, start and stop. Another disappoint- ment to myself and a “failure” in my black and white idea of who I was. My thinking had me being a person who “should” do yoga and sometimes even a person who “wanted” to do yoga. Going to yoga class became a “should” in my energy field.
The longing didn’t go away, and in fact,
was so strong that about five years ago I be- came willing to change. I knew that I had to be willing to change and what had to change first was how I was thinking (which created my feelings). I knew I wanted to feel good about my yoga practice. I had to work with my thoughts and feelings to transform that “should” into a burning de- sire to include yoga in my life on a regular basis. I had a script for getting myself to class even when I didn’t feel like going. My higher self would remind me,” This is something you deserve, not something you must do.” Once I started going to class, I reinforced my feelings by reminding myself how good I felt every time I left yoga class. I began to notice all the ways in which my life felt better on the days I made it to yoga. I allowed the wisdom of yoga to speak to me and noticed subtle changes in the way I moved my body while I worked. I began to embrace myself as a yogi. Finally, I was feeling awesome about yoga!
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