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If you are reading this then you have made a decision to create more peace and calm in your life – Congratulations! It takes courage to take a stand for yourself and say :
“Taking time for me and my well being is the most important thing I can do for everyone in my life, especially ME!”
We’d like to help you along this path and hopefully you’ll find some ideas on our website that make the Journey a little easier.
You’re probably well aware of the many health problems associated with stress: insomnia, high blood pressure, depression, headaches, stomach and digestive disorders, and the list goes on.
What you probably ask yourself when you’re told you need to relax is “Well how am I supposed to do that when I have this list of things to do at work, not to mention, picking up and dropping off the kids and dry cleaning, shopping, cooking, keeping up with household chores, friends, family, community, etc, etc, etc.!!!?”
We all know how frustrating it is to be told you need to take some “me” time and all you can think of is “Great idea! Now who is going to handle all these other things for me while I go relax?!” Well, it doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition. Relaxation can be incorporated into any lifestyle.
The easiest way to start is to find a few minutes each day (preferably at the beginning of the day) to simply be aware, to simply “Be”, not “Do.” We are Human Beings not Human Doings. So maybe you wake up 15 minutes earlier than normal, quietly find a place where you can be alone with yourself and
- Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, your arms hanging gently at your sides, your face forward, eyes closed, smile on your face, and relax your neck and shoulders.
- Take a deep breath in and concentrate on your breath and allow your whole body to be filled with the breath and then let it out slowly and completely. Smile…
- Relax your shoulders and breathe in again and allow your breath to fill your whole body and then release the breath slowly and completely. Smile….
- Relax your shoulders again and breathe in one more time and allow your breath to fill your whole body and then release the breath slowly and completely. Smile…
As you breathe fully, in and out, three times while concentrating on your breath and only your breath you are signaling to “All Of You,” your mind, body and spirit, that you are alive and it is a new day and all possibilities exist. (We don’t always realize just how important our breathing is – without it, we truly expire!)
You become a human “being” and you begin the process of centering yourself for your day ahead. Spending just a few minutes alone with yourself breathing in and out deliberately will begin to show immediate positive results. You will know that you are important and deserve these few moments (and so much more!) and that there is nothing more important you could be doing for yourself and everyone you care about.
Relax into your day and begin to see things change right before your eyes. This is just the beginning but a very positive first step. Congratulations!
Love is in the Air.
How often do you lament that you wish you had someone special in your life; someone to share your hopes and dreams with; someone to share your love with and to hold and to cherish? The most important thing we can do for ourselves or anyone else is to love them. The old saying goes: If you want more love you have to give more love. And I believe that saying is true and I also know that you cannot be the person that someone else will love and cherish if you do not love and cherish yourself.
Many of the people I have coached have wanted more love in their lives and the hardest thing for them to understand is that they cannot fully love another until they can love themselves. Self love seems to be the most difficult kind of love. There are hundreds of reasons why; such as past experiences of being dumped by a previous boy/girl friend, or parents constantly reminding you of your shortcomings, or you constantly reminding yourself of your shortcomings, or feelings of simply not measuring up at work or in other relationships.
Our brains have a tendency to remember the negative things that have occurred in our lives and the negative things people have said much more readily than the positive things. In my coaching, people talk to me about the negative things they say to themselves all the time: “You’re so stupid; Why would anyone love you?; You’re not even pretty/handsome; People always abandon you; You’re not loveable; You make me sick.” They also tell me over and over again that they want to stop the flow of negativity in their thoughts.
Again, if you can’t love yourself how can you love someone else?
The most important relationship you will have in your lifetime is the one you have with yourself.
Without a doubt, the work you do to help eliminate the negative talk within yourself will do more to bring you all the love you desire than any amount of plastic surgery or new clothes. If you could only see yourself for who you really are, a magnificent being of light. I believe that Eric Butterworth put it best:
“You are a rich and creative spiritual being. You can never be less than this. You may frustrate yourself but within you now and always is the unborn possibility of a limitless experience of inner stability and outer treasure, and yours is the privilege of giving birth to it. And you will, if you can believe.” from Spiritual Economics: the Principles and Process of True Prosperity.
Believe in yourself and Love yourself! Love Deeply.
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