Seasons Greetings
~Magickal Graphics~
Notable Quote
“Doing what you love is the cornerstone
of having abundance in your life.”
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Changes in your Life Part II
Filed under: Holistic Life Coaching, Life Coaching, Path Finding, Stress Relief
Did you know that your relationships with family and spouse, your career and your finances are all connected. We believe that we can separate our career from our family/relationship. But how true is that if your career comes between you and your family. Your career make you miss important family events… Your career cause stress in your life that overflows into your family life..Your finances of course are tied into your career and your family. You put in long hours because you perceive that it is money that your family needs to make them happy. Money to buy things to make them happy. What if they need more of your time and attention to make them happy? What if your perception of what is needed to make your family happy or to make your relationship work changed? Is it possible that it would also change the things that you feel you need to do to keep the relationship working or the family happy? It is our perceptions that shape a great part of our lives.The rest is shaped by what those perceptions create. If your perception is that it requires a large sum of money in your bank account to make you happy your life will revolve around creating that. Creating that will over ride having a career that you enjoy for one that gives you a large sum of money. It will over ride family events and relationship situations that need attention. How do you have it all? Change your perception of what it takes to make you happy especially if you are not happy right this moment. Finding joy in life and living in the moment does not mean we have to have the grasshopper/ant mentality. There is a place in the middle and that is the place that you create where your career is enjoyable your family and relationship have priority and your finances are great. Working with a Holistic Life coach to find that happy medium is one way to get there.
Need To Make Changes In Your Life?
Filed under: Creating, Holistic Life Coaching, Path Finding
Need to make changes in your life but do not know where to begin? Before you do anything make sure that you really want to make the changes. Making changes because someone else suggest it will not be as effective or last as long as changes made because you desire a change. Your mind set control how effective a change in your life is and how well it works. That is true of changing a habit, losing weight, making a career change, or making your relationship work. Once you choose change and remove all the doubts, fears, beliefs that you have about the situation it will flow much smoother and quicker.
Connecting with your Spiritual Source
Filed under: Health, Spiritual Awareness, Spiritual Source
Roseanna Leaton
In the Western world we have moved further and further away from the examination of mental processes and how they impact upon the way in which our lives unfold. This can be seen in many areas of our lives; we abrogate responsibility for how we feel to circumstances, other people – anything and everything other than ourselves and how we think.
Take health , for example. We constantly look for a physical cause and not a mental one, when in fact both physical and mental forces are likely to be working together to effect a physical symptom. Depression can be caused just as easily by how you think about things as by a chemical trigger in your brain. The two causes tend to be intertwined. But it is less painful to go to the doctor for pills than it is to take the time to introspect and examine ones thoughts and feelings or to face the reality of one’s circumstances; or is it less painful? In the short term perhaps this is the case, but in the long term I very much doubt it.
And if we ignore the mental, we completely bury the spiritual. We all too easily close our minds off to this seemingly intangible aspect of the universe in which we reside. And yet, we do pay some lip service to spiritual wisdom. Most of us accept the truth in the quotes from the ancient Greeks, Buddha or other sages. Even those who are “non-believers” are happy to listen to such pearls of wisdom and accept them as the truth, whilst closing their minds to the real source of such wisdom.
In the Eastern world spirituality has been preserved throughout the centuries. And in the West, there is clearly a gradual return of spiritual awareness which can be seen in the volume of contemporary books being written on the subject and also the content of numerous television documentaries. I myself notice it in the growing number of people who purchase hypnosis downloads and hypnosis recordings relating to matters of spirituality.
Why is it so important that we grow in spiritual awareness? We are all multidimensional beings. We are mind, body and spirit. Everything in life is made up of energy and has its own energy frequency. Everything and everyone has their own electromagnetic field. We send out electrical frequencies through our very thoughts and we correspondingly magnetize electrical frequencies into our lives.
You can choose to add more power to your thoughts as you tap into the power of the universe. Some people refer to this as the collective unconscious, others think of it more in terms of a higher being. This is not at cross purposes with any religion or faith you may have. Every religion agrees that there is a higher being, a source of all things, and you can approach spirituality in the light of your particular faith. If you are not of any particular religion you can apply spirituality in a manner which is comfortable to you – be it thinking in terms of the collective unconscious, or a higher being.
Most of us are very set in our beliefs and do not question things enough. People are far more comfortable seeking a physical cause as opposed to a psychological one – let alone a spiritual one. Yet to ignore your spirit being, you ignore the real you. Your spirit is where your inner wisdom comes from. It is your higher self. You can easily tap into your spiritual side, and in so doing you will become more aligned and in tune with source, with the higher you.
There are certain laws of the universe which, once you are aware of them, you can choose to consciously apply. Sometimes this is called cosmic ordering. From a scientific viewpoint, your thoughts have energy, and as you focus on something and energize that thought with a lot of emotion and are consistent in your thoughts, you will magnetize what you want into your reality. From a spiritual perspective, as you ask the universe, the collective unconscious, the higher source for something, and believe that it will be provided, and are again consistent in your thoughts, the universe will make it happen.
A journey into spirituality will allow you to feel more in tune with your higher self, to feel aligned with source. You will feel that you can open your mind more to your inner wisdom and to the wisdom of the universe; you will find your true self, and your purpose and inspiration in life. As you pay attention to your spirit self and acknowledge who you really are you will experience an incredible feeling of freedom, inspiration and purpose in your life.
As you allow yourself to entertain the realms of spirituality you will feel that you have moved from damp darkness into warm bright sunlight.
Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads.
About the Author
With a degree in psychology and numerous qualifications in hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and sports psychology, Roseanna Leaton is one of the leading practitioners of self-improvement
3 Kinds of Meditation You Can Do Right Now
Author James Rick Stinson
The following are three types of meditations I do almost every morning. If you have limited time in the morning you can do just one, or try to move through them quickly. I find that by doing them consistently I require less time to do them. But if I let a few days go by without doing them I need more time to focus, slow the mind down and do them properly.
As for your posture – the important thing is that your back is straight. You can do these meditations lying down but its easier to fall asleep especially if you’re doing them first thing in the morning. So I suggest finding a comfortable way to sit up straight, even if you need a little back support. Sitting cross legged or with feet flat on the floor is up to you.
10 SECOND BREATHING MEDITATION
The 10 Second Breathing Meditation is quite simple – simply focus on your breath for 10 CONSECUTIVE breaths without thinking of anything else. If you think of something else for more than a few moments before you remember that you’re supposed to focus on your breath – you must start the count over at 1. To make this meditation easier, I suggest you say over and over to yourself during each breath “I’m right here, right now. I’m right here, right now.” This will gather your focus to the present making it easier to remember to focus on your breath when your mind wants to wander away and think about all your other worries and concerns.
If you are simply too distracted by your mind’s wanderings what I suggest is that you also have a piece of paper and pen nearby so that every time a worry pops up and tries to dominate your focus, you write it down and honor your brain for trying to help you remember what’s important. Then remind yourself that the goal right now is to focus on the breath. Then resume your count and your chant of “I’m right here, right now.” Each time your mind wanders longer than a few moments, write down what your brain thought was so important and return to your meditation. Even though I intended to meditate, by honoring the ideas that seem to flow into this empty space I have had many insights and breakthroughs.
If you have watched any of the videos you are already familiar with this meditation. This is my ‘default’ meditation any time I want to slow the mind down. The great thing about it is that it doesn’t matter where you are or how much time you have – if you have even just a few moments you can focus on at least a couple of consecutive breaths without thinking of anything else – and that’s enough to slow the mind down and benefit you with greater mental clarity, peace and focus.
OHM THANKFULNESS MEDITATION
After the first meditation the wheel of your mind will be much slower, making it easier to focus. In this second meditation you are going to appreciate all that you are so thankful for. Breathe in deep, bring someone or something into mind that you appreciate and exhale while making the sound “Ohhmmmmm”. In ancient texts like the Upanishads, Ohm represents the divine and the power of God. Through appreciating what you have in your life and expressing it through the sound of Ohm you resonate fully with that which has been created.
If there are people in your house and you feel awkward expressing the Ohm sound out loud – I suggest you say it in your head with every exhale. I have tried both the vocalizing method and the visioning method and I have found that whenever possible the Ohm sound vocalized makes it more ‘real’ for me – meaning it’s easier to focus when I can hear the Ohm sound in my own voice.
Continue with expressing thankfulness with each breath for about 10 breaths, or as long as you wish until you feel you have expressed appreciation for everything you have in your life. If you want to take this meditation a step further – imagine that everything you have in your life was suddenly gone. Reflect on what would be the most painful – and now appreciate that it’s still here. Notice how your priorities shift; like how health and relationships grow in importance.
I have noticed this meditation usually flips a switch in my brain. My brain lives in the future a lot – dreaming and planning what it wants to create. While this mechanism can and does serve you – it often neglects the things you already have. If you let your brain run this mechanism all the time you will constantly be aware of the things you don’t have – creating a state of perpetual stress and/or anxiety. But when you do the thankfulness meditation you are suddenly aware of everything you already have. It brings you a sense of peace that can best defined as fulfillment. Not trying to achieve anything you can become aware and grateful for what you already have. Notice the difference in how you feel before and after this meditation.
AHM CREATION MEDITATION
The sound “Ahm” is known in ancient texts as the sound of creation. Where the sound “Ohm” completes the cycle of creation, the sound “Ahm” starts it.
To do the Ahm meditation sit up with your back straight, breathe in deep and exhale to the sound of “Ahhhhmmm”. Again you can do this out loud or in your mind depending on your situation. As you exhale imagine that energy is flowing from your pelvic / groin region up through the crown of your head and is attracting to you whatever you want to create.
I find the more energy
you can put behind your intention the more effective this meditation is. So it truly requires focus. But focus is easy when you are putting every ounce of your energy behind it. Do the creation meditation for about 10 breaths or until you feel you have covered all the things you want to create in your life with each breath.
I have been doing this meditation for almost 10 years now and I find that I have developed a deep pattern for all that I wish to create. What I mean is – I’ve been intending to create confidence, peace, love, happiness, positivity, zest, passion, wealth, attraction, sense of humor, health and a high value daily routine and other specific goals for so long that I can just roll through the list one by one imagining what it looks like & feels like with each Ahm exhale.
The ‘vision’ for whatever you’re trying to create might be a little fuzzy at first but each time you practice this meditation it should become clearer. Make an effort to really clarify what you are intending to create and notice the excitement you feel when you really resonate with that vision. The energy you use to create and the vision of your creation – causes you to connect with a higher energy. I notice after the creation meditation I feel amazing. This is perhaps one of the best ways to utilize the law of attraction because it puts so much emotional intensity and energy behind it. . Also by time I’m finished with this third meditation I feel like I have done wonders to calm the brain down, which is a nice side benefit.
IN SUMMARY
Experiment with each meditation and don’t worry about doing them perfectly. As long as you are persistent you will discover the best way for yourself. The important thing is that you are making time for these meditations. Which brings us to a very important point – when you are deciding to meditate from a chaotic state of mind you will often NOT feel like meditating. You might find yourself coming up with some kind of excuse why you don’t have the time. You have to make time – you need to schedule it into your day.
One thing I do before I start my day is just notice two things: My environment and my mental state. And I ask myself if I can truly be effective in the day based on my environment and my mental state. The environment is easy to fix – in fact many people I know are obsessive about the cleanliness of their environment. My hypothesis on this is that this gives them a feeling of control on some level because mentally they are often not in control. But environment AND mental state are controllable. Through using the meditations outlined above you can not only control your mental state (Meditation 1: The 10 Second Breathing Meditation) and instantly create feelings of fulfillment (Meditation 2: Ohm Thankfulness Meditation) but you can also maximize the potential of creating anything you want in your life (Meditation 3: Ahm Creation Meditation)
About the Author
James Rick Stinson is founder of FullPotential.com – A Global Community for Positive Change, with hundreds of free videos and articles on cutting edge personal development.
How To See Auras – Amazing Aura Viewing Techniques You Can Learn Today
If you have a child, ask them what they see when they look at people. You may be surprised to learn that they naturally see the auras that surround us.
It is only our constant abuse of that natural sight that is given to us, through focusing on everything from blackboards in school to computers and televisions, that the natural aural site is lost.
This loss can be worsened by the teaching that auras are not important or not real, which is common and sad, leading children to dismiss this ability and further damage the idea of the aura in the society of today.
1) Learning to See Aura
Once you have decided that you want to see auras, it is important to learn about how we see auras and what their effects on us might be.
To learn to see auras, you must first learn to retrain your eyes, which have been damaged in a way by the constant bombardment that we expose them to every day in the form of our computers, our televisions, and the video games that we play.
To retrain your eyes, you will need to learn how to use a new kind of vision. You will need to learn to use your peripheral vision to be able to see auras correctly. If you never learned how to do this effectively, then the following exercise will help.
2) Activating your Peripheral Vision
The exercise typically refers to a pair of circles. Fold a piece of white paper in half. About the same distance from the center, draw a red circle on once side and a blue circle on the other. You will get more of an effect by coloring the circles in to make them solid. Now draw a black dot on the crease in between the two circles.
Tape your drawing to the wall, and sit back about five feet from the image. You want to be able to see the entire paper clearly. Now stare at the black dot. It is tempting to look around, but you need to focus your eyes on this dot and not look around or look away.
Doing this without blinking is best, but if that is not possible, do not worry. After 30-45 seconds, possibly before, you should begin to see a colored aura around the circles.
3) Why this Works To Help You See Aura
The auras that you see are actually the images being imprinted into your eyes and your mind. You should notice that the colors reverse, since the inverse of red is cyan, a shade of blue.
When your eyes are moving, they constantly process things in a slightly incomplete manner, similar to watching a television show, where frames of action seem to flow fluidly. By holding our eyes still, we can increase their processing power and their sensitivity, which helps us to learn how to see auras.
Do not go out and stare at people quite yet, though, there are other steps to master.
4) The Next Step In Aura Viewing Techniques
This time you need a few more tools. Cut a couple of thin strips (about a half an inch) of paper out. Tape these to a new sheet of paper, one horizontally, one vertically, then color two circles next to each other, over the strips of paper.
The goal is to create two circles, one with a vertical stripe missing, and one with a horizontal stripe missing. This can be done more easily with a computer. The circles should be side by side, and should be different colors.
Your goal with this exercise is to focus your eyes so that the circles appear to split into four circles. Overlap the center circles and focus until you are able to see a white cross. This takes practice and can be hard to do at first. You are training your left brain and right brain to communicate
with one another. A few minutes of practice every day can prove highly beneficial in being able to see auras.
5) How to Apply It
Find a willing subject and sit them in front of a plain white background to start out. You should stare at a singular point; the middle of the forehead is best. After a while, you will begin to see the aura against the background, but resist the temptation to look away, or you will lose it.
After a good 30-60 seconds of concentrating, close your eyes to see the aura alone. Be quick! After about two seconds, your eyes will readjust and you will lose it.
You can also practice seeing your own aura with a plain white background and a mirror, allowing you to develop your auric sight and to become more proficient at seeing auras without the need to stare.
LOL — No, Really!
By Total Health Breakthroughs 08/26/2009
In 1979, Norman Cousins wrote a groundbreaking book. He claimed the best medicine for his painful arthritis was 10 minutes of hearty laughter every day watching Marx Brothers movies. It gave him two hours of pain-free sleep every night.
Thirty years later there’s scientific proof that Cousins was right on the money. We now know that laughter improves blood flow to your heart by 50%. It also reduces the risk of blood clots and lowers inflammation. (Cousins’ arthritis pain was caused from inflammation.)
Laughing is so good for you in fact, that you can now even find Laughter Yoga classes. And the beauty of it is, you don’t even need to have a sense of humor or even be happy. Your mind and body will benefit even if you have to “fake it” at first.
Even Oprah believes in Laughter Yoga. She says, “It’s the perfect way to laugh and get exercise at the same time.”
“This article appears courtesy of Early to Rise’s Total Health Breakthroughs which offers alternative health solutions for mind, body and soul”, linking Total Health Breakthroughs name to this website.
Master Stress in Only 10 Minutes a Day
By Dharma Singh Khalsa 11/07/2008
As I write this article, the stock market continues its wild gyrations and the economic and other rampant stress of our times is beginning to take its toll on our health.
This is not just my opinion, it’s also been shown in a recent poll published by the American Psychological Association (APA).1 Money and the economy topped the list of stressors for at least 80% of those surveyed. Finances now overshadow the more usual daily stressors of work and relationships, with 46% of people reporting that their stress is due to worries about providing for their family’s basic needs.
My own research clarifies that when you feel you have less control over your stress, it definitely causes you more concern. It raises your internal mind, body, and emotional threat level.2
Women Worse Off
Unfortunately, the brunt of this economic stress is falling upon women more than men. According to the APA’s poll, compared with men, more women say they are stressed about money, the economy, job stability, housing costs, and health problems affecting their families.
Ladies of the boomer generation (ages 44-62) and Matures (aged 63+) are most likely to report the economy as a significant stressor, while women in general rank financial worries above personal health. Female Boomers report increases in stress associated with their job stability and health problems affecting their families.
Moreover, mature women are reporting dramatic increases in stress associated with family health concerns (87%), the economy (92%), and money (77%).
Beyond that, Generation Xers (ages 30-43) and Millennials (ages 18-29) are not immune from financial worries either. Generation Xers are the women most concerned about money (89% report money as a source of stress) and Millennials are most concerned about housing costs as a source of stress (75%).
The current work from the APA clearly reveals that our economic stress is causing more than half of Americans to report irritability, anger, fatigue, headaches, and sleeplessness. What’s worse, these stress sufferers say they self-medicate by over-eating unhealthy foods, over drinking, and generally straying from healthy habits.1
In addition to the above-mentioned symptoms, the rise in stress-related issues can:
- Weaken your immune system
- Raise your blood pressure
- Disturb your sleep
- Lead to depression
- Cause memory loss
So What Can You Do?
As seen in the picture below, in 1949, a Swiss physiologist named Dr. Walter Hess, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine by revealing that two separate and distinct centers exist in your brain. The one on the left is the stress center, while the other one is an anti-stress center.3
An x-ray of the brain’s stress (left) and relaxation centers (right).
When you are able to activate the anti-stress spot by following the directions below, many wonderful health-promoting events occur. Your blood pressure goes down, your pulse decreases, your unhealthy stress chemicals plummet, and, perhaps most importantly, the amount of oxygen your body needs goes down.
This puts you into a true anti-aging zone, because, when you use less oxygen, you create fewer free radicals, which are a hallmark of the aging process.4
Additionally, as emerging medical research shows, the relaxation response changes your genetic expression for the better. The reason is because unbalanced stress shortens the tip of your gene called the telomere, and relaxation lengthens your telomere because it stops the harmful effects of stress on your genes. This new search shows that relaxation techniques such as meditation, actually “turn off” the disease-promoting process stress causes.5
Over the years, there have been hundreds, if not thousands of research studies revealing many health and healing benefits of regular relaxation techniques such as meditation, prayer, visualization, and so on, including the picture of a much younger brain. Regions involved in memory and attention were thicker in people who meditated regularly. While these areas tend to shrink with age, older meditators were able to ward off some of this shrinkage.6-7
Meditation has many other positive benefits as well. As seen in the illustration below, in many research studies over three decades, meditation has been shown to help your heart, reduce anxiety, soften chronic pain, and increase longevity.6
Regular meditation improves health and reduces disease.
A compilation of studies modeled after an article published by the Transcendental Meditation people many years ago. I wrote about it in Meditation as Medicine.
Here are the four steps needed to enter into the stress-mastering relaxation zone:
- Comfort: You don’t have to sit like a pretzel to meditate. You can enter the zone in a soft chair. One caveat is that you don’t want to be so comfortable that you fall asleep.
- Quiet: Your relaxation time is a special time, not to be interrupted by checking e-mail, blackberries, cell phones, or pets. Your time to meditate is sacred. If your spouse or significant other doesn’t meditate, they shouldn’t be in the room with you. The same holds true for children.
- A Tool: In the basic form of relaxation, your tool can be any thought, sound, short prayer, or phrase upon that you wish to focus. It can literally be anything. Even paying attention to your breath works well. Ideally your word should be something easy. Examples are peace, love, heal, or the word one, which has a long history of being used in the research on basic relaxation and meditation.
- An Attitude: Once you begin the process, you’ll be surprised to discover that your mind reacts like a four-year-old child. If you ask a four-year-old to sit still, they will probably end up running all around the room. It’s the same with your mind. At a time when you expect your mind to calm down, it actually speeds up. Why is this so? Well, all the pressure you have stored inside your mind is pent up in there. So, when we begin to elicit the response, it’s as if a trap door opens and “boom,” all these thoughts come flying out:
“Why didn’t I go to the bathroom before I started?
“I have to balance my checkbook.”
“I sure hope we get that mortgage.”
“Where’s my brother? He was supposed to be here an hour ago.”
“Whatever happened to Joan from the first grade?”
When you practice this technique, your mind will be bombarded by thoughts.
I’ve been doing it for three decades and it still happens to me every day. Not to worry. This is simply the normal stress-releasing process and is expected. It’s what you do with the thoughts that really count.
And what you do is — just let them go and return to your word.
As one of my patients from England once said in a great Beatles accent, “Oh, Dr. Dharma. You mean you just start all over again?” That’s right. When other thoughts enter your mind, you just start all over again. The way you do that is by going back to your focus word. For example, let’s say your word is one. When other thoughts enter into your mind, you simply say to yourself: “Oh, well, [your name], “relax, one.” That’s all there is to it.
To end the technique, simply inhale, hold your breath for a moment, and exhale. Then inhale again, slowly stretch your arms up, exhale, and relax. Slowly open your eyes and hold your gaze on whatever you see, for about one minute. Then inhale, exhale, and take your time getting up.
Believe it or not, you only have to do this for 10 minutes at least once every day, preferably before breakfast, to get the full effect. If you can do it a second time in the afternoon, all the better.
You can use a digital clock or even open your eyes and look at your wristwatch. Just don’t use an alarm, because it’s too startling. What you’ll find, with time, is that your mind will automatically know when the time is up.
It’s easy.
Best of Blessings,
Dr. Dharma
References
- Stress In America; American Psychological Association Report, October 7, 2008.
- Khalsa, D. 1998. Alternative therapies in Health and Medicine. 4(6): 38-43.
- Hess WR. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1961; 86 3-8.
- Beary, J,F, & Benson, H. (1974). Psychosomatic Medicine. 36, 115-120.
- Dusek, J, et al. PLoS One 3(7): e2576, Published online July 2, 2008.
- Khalsa, D. Meditation as Medicine. Atria Books 2001.
- Lazar, S et al. 2005. Neuroreport. 16 17): 1893-1897.
“This article appears courtesy of Early to Rise’s Total Health Breakthroughs which offers alternative health solutions for mind, body and soul“, linking Total Health Breakthroughs name to this website.
Life Coaching
Filed under: Creating, Holistic Life Coaching, Life Coaching, Path Finding
Two Simple Reasons You Need A Life Coach
1- To save a lot of time, money and pain in any/every area of your life.
2- To realize your potential and achieve your highest and most significant life goals.
What is it?
Holistic Life Coaching is used to improve your personal or professional life and help the client discover what they really want and how to achieve it and
keep it. It involves a partnership between a coach and the client that supports the client’s personal growth, through the use of personalized teaching and
expanding awareness. Through the process of coaching, clients focus on the skills and actions needed to successfully produce their personally relevant
results.
Holistic Life Coaching with Lady Dyanna include intellectual, emotional and spiritual aspects to create a complete environment in which the client may
facilitate changes across the board in their lives to change old patterns and learn to live their dreams.
Holistic Life Coaching What it achieves
Path finding in the physicial and spiritual world.
Effectively dealing with family issues Mother, Father and siblings hunsband, wife, employer, employee etc
Learning to effectively interact with your children and teenagers with mutual respect and understanding
Handling issues as interpersonal relationships grow, change, end and new ones begin.
Learn techniques to keep inner peace and to maintain control in your life..no matter the circumstances.
What do you want from your life? Would you like to know what is stopping you from having it? Would you like to know how to create what you want in
easy to understand, easy to follow steps? Lady Dyanna can assist you in finding the answer that are in keeping with your life path.
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