According to Psychology Today, 40% of adults that create New Year’s Resolutions give up on their goals in the first month.
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In many traditions this week is a powerful time when the veil between the worlds of what is seen and what is unseen is thin. It is possible to gain clarity and awareness of our shadows, the masks we wear, our connections to people who have passed on, and it offers an opportunity to take a good look at how we stand in truth with ourselves and in our lives.
Yesterday I attended a Yoga & Life Coaching workshop at YogaKula with Sianna Sherman and Laurie Gerber. Sianna started the session with a yoga practice focused on diving deeply into our hearts to recognize our lives as an expression of our truth. Laurie supported us in crafting a dream for one of the 18 areas of our life and examining the excuses we have for not living our dream. I loved the opportunity to integrate two aspects of my business into one practice and to look at the stories I am telling myself that aren’t true. I recently started a regular practice of speaking my dreams that I have been to scared to admit (even to myself). I feel empowered by standing in my truth and being willing to step up and into the dreams that excite and scare me. It creates a powerful shift in the unseen as I take a stand for my dreams and puts the wheels in motion for my dreams to manifest. An essential practice Laurie offered was the “Personal Integrity Method” for uncovering our dreams and creating the structure for making them REAL which included: write your dream, list the excuses, make promises and create accountability.
Today is an invitation to gain clarity on what your BIG dreams are, to stand with integrity and to examine the excuses that stand in the way of living your dream! I welcome the chance to release the veils that limit me and state my Truth: I am a healer, writer, speaker and performing artist that stands for truth, love, artistic expression, empowerment and sustainability.
What personal truth do you stand for that has the greatest power to shift your life TODAY?
I spent a lot of time this weekend in deep reflection on the tragedy of 9/11 and seeking a way to powerfully connect the beauty of our hearts into the world we live in.
The hands are an extension of our heart. I believe one of the powerful tools to express the qualities of our heart is touch. Touch supports us to develop the ability to align our inner world and outer experience. We can start with an awareness of how we feel in our heart and expand this feeling to extend down our arms to our hands and into the world.
Touch is a precious and simple gift that magnifies our expression, our attention and our care for the people and the world around us.
Not sure where to start? Watch this video where Chris introduces a simple touch technique that will inspire you to utilize the power that is waiting to be expressed through your touch.
There is a misconception that you have to “do” meditation and “do it right.” I believe that meditation is about bringing our primary focus into being rather than doing; aim to be with our breath, be with our thoughts, be with our feelings/challenges/pain.
Mindfulness practices focus on being present and aware of what you are feeling, doing and sensing as it is happening. A seated meditation practice offers the opportunity for us to sit and be even though there are infinite things to do.
Here are a few of the benefits of meditation:
Reduces stress by calming the nervous system
Improves memory and learning
Improves sleep quality
Creates feeling of peace, calm and centeredness
Cultivates connection to Self/Source
Enhances creativity and problem solving ability
Creates present moment awareness
Changes your brain structure and function
There is a wide variety of techniques available that include seated meditation, walking meditation, mindfully eating and just about any activity you do can take on a meditative quality and awareness.
Do you want a simple technique to start today? This video introduces a heart meditation practice check it out and begin today!
Meditation creates the space to sit with the full experience of being human, the good, the challenging and everything in between.
The key to develop and maintain a regular practice is to DO IT! No excuses, no stories just begin today and sit for the time you have set aside even if it is 1 minute to start.
Here are 4 tips to support your daily meditation practice. 1. Practice at the same time every day.
This gets your body into a rhythm and it will begin to move easily into a meditative state.
2. Practice in the same location everyday.
This creates an environment that supports you to settle in easily and quickly.
3. Practice the same technique for at least 28-30 days if not longer.
Meditation is designed to help us move past the ordinary consciousness and into deeper states of awareness/being.
4. Set a timer and commit to move towards 15 minutes of daily meditation practice.
I find it helpful to do my practices first thing in the morning and at the end of the day to ensure I have time to practice. If my schedule gets really jammed I wil practice for the length of one full breath…. remember, show up no matter what!
A consistent meditation practice is more important than practicing for one hour per week. Use these tips to help and support you in maintaining a successful practice. Success in meditation means you did the practice, START TODAY!
There are various styles and techniques of meditation, it is important to find one that resonates with you. Here are a few of my favorite teachers and schools of meditation: Clairvision, Sally Kempton & Adyashanti.
I will be introducing a new technique each month on the Facebook group, please send a request to be included if you are interested to join us!
Watch this short video for tips to support your meditation practice.
