We are all meant to grow and evolve in life but in order to do that we have to stretch ourselves repeatedly, incrementally increasing our flexibility and expanding our comfort zones.
We came here to grow, expand and evolve… to learn, and explore, to discover our gifts and rediscover our true nature, and true way of being.
Stretching ourselves whether physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually is not always so easy but the benefits are SO worth it!
Whatever you resist will persist!
If you’re not allowing yourself to feel a bit uncomfortable, then you’re not stretching yourself enough and you’re not growing and evolving into your beautiful potential.
When we choose to stay exactly where we are just to avoid a few moments of discomfort we are allowing our ego’s fear and doubt to run the show and delaying our soul’s expression of who we really are and who we were meant to be.
Looking at the person in the mirror and shedding light on the things we want to keep in the dark is not always so comfortable yet that is the exact being you have to meet in order for YOU to discover all the answers you seek! YOU hold the key to unlocking your potential and to living the life of your wildest dreams!
So what physical, emotional and/or spiritual muscle needs a good stretch right now? What can you stretch today, tomorrow and the next day to help your life take off, and facilitate your growth and evolution into the YOU that you truly are and were always meant to be? Does your love muscle need some more stretching? Or is it your joy muscle, fun muscle, adventure muscle, discipline muscle, happiness muscle, serenity muscle… ?
Why wait!? Your LIFE is waiting for YOU to show up! Stretch some more! And, soulfully embrace feeling uncomfortable… at least at first. Once you're feeling comfortable again, it's probably time to stretch some more:)
Happy stretching…
Monday, February 1, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Today's affirmation...
“Everything on this plane, as on all others, begins with thought and intention.”
Divine Spirit doesn't judge, there's absolutely nothing that you would, have, or could do that Spirit won't forgive.
You are limitless...
Divine Spirit doesn't judge, there's absolutely nothing that you would, have, or could do that Spirit won't forgive.
You are limitless...
Monday, January 18, 2010
Taking an Inventory of Your Life.
Sitting down to take an inventory of your life can be the most enlightening experience...
Here are a few questions to ask yourself that can reveal amazing answers:
1. What 10 things would you love to have in your life and what 2 things would you do about getting each one if you had all the self-confidence in the world?
2. What would it feel like to allow yourself a day to enjoy your current "misery" to the fullest?
3. Name 10 things that you are grateful for.
4. List 10 things you feel "guilty" for.
5. What would if feel like if there were no reasons to feel guilty about these things anymore?
6. Why you should not feel guilty about any of those things?
7. What bold and amazing ACTION will I make next?
Here are a few questions to ask yourself that can reveal amazing answers:
1. What 10 things would you love to have in your life and what 2 things would you do about getting each one if you had all the self-confidence in the world?
2. What would it feel like to allow yourself a day to enjoy your current "misery" to the fullest?
3. Name 10 things that you are grateful for.
4. List 10 things you feel "guilty" for.
5. What would if feel like if there were no reasons to feel guilty about these things anymore?
6. Why you should not feel guilty about any of those things?
7. What bold and amazing ACTION will I make next?
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Scattered ME, Superficial ME, and Naughty ME... Can I love them ALL?
As I woke up to greet my Morning of Health and Healing I was excited about the prospect of inner calm and centeredness. But, something else lured in the air and I had within me some sort of a mix of restlessness, boredom, curiosity and excitement.
While I sat in my car waiting for my yoga class to start my iPhone caught my attention and instead of reading the ever so centered and spiritually healing literature that I had brought with me to read before class (Louise Hay’s, You Can Heal Your Life), I ended up browsing the world news and checking out celebrity gossip, which is something I usually shy away from.
When my yoga class started I was far from being calm and centered but instead had a mind scattered with mundane tasks along with an overwhelm of information and images ranging from Haiti’s earthquake victims to the images of America’s ‘privileged, and rich and famous’. When our teacher had us to a ‘vibration dance’ to shake out our stagnant energy and empty our minds, an image of Heidi Montag's newly, cosmetically altered face and body popped up in my mind. Why was she (of all people!) showing up for MY moment to graciously calm and heal my mind and body?
I quickly got to work on evicting her from my mind but the image prevailed, along with various thoughts and feelings about the complexities of our world… the superficiality, greed, and ego-centeredness displayed in popular culture along with the hope, love and compassion demonstrated towards the people in Haiti. At the same time the yoga instructor is calling out to us over a loud drumbeat sound; “empty your minds, empty your minds...” and there I am, frantically shaking my body with all my might, desperately trying to shake these images out of my mind.
After the yoga session, I head to the massage studio, eager to experience the concluding part of my Morning of Health and Healing. I show up far too early and sit down with some tea and the book I brought with me. Ahh... this will be good! But, yet again, instead of reading the book I end up allowing my scattered mind to take over and before I know it I am checking out Twitterville and reading other people’s blog postings.
Then Daniel shows up and tells me he is ready for me. The stones have warmed up and he ask what I want to focus on today, and then leaves me to get ready. I lay there thinking THIS will do the trick! A massage with Daniel is bound to leave me calm and centered, and pretty much comatized. He starts laying the stones on top of me and my body sinks into the massage table, ready to receive this healing. He starts stroking me all over my back and then I feel his hands sort of sensually gliding down to my buttocks, and his intensely firm and "I am in-control" movements take my head into yet another spin. Except this time it is of a much naughtier nature.
As my mind starts drifting off with notions of physical pleasure my ego decides to pop up real quick to ruin the moment, saying; “You should have put on some mascara or lipgloss before you showed up, I mean, my God woman! You look so utterly NAKED!”...
“Stop this right now!" my ego then calls out. "My gosh, what is wrong with you today!?” I irritatingly ask my ego self, half expecting this scolding to turn my head off for good but instead this absolutely loving answer appears without hesitation asking right back; “Wrong?... Why does something have to be “wrong” with you? You’re just being YOU! You are just being in your imaginative and creative mind and enjoying your body. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that… Even the parts of you that you sometimes try to change, deny or suppress are lovable... All of this is YOU! Why not enjoy it... it just means you're ALIVE! You’re joyously HERE, in the NOW, experiencing your human body and your human mind… that’s all!"
So I relaxed enough to simply enjoy my moment without making any more judgments of myself. And, it felt great! I believe you can LOVE every single part there is of YOU. There is no "bad" except for what you believe to be “bad”… all that God created is GOOD.
Wow! I was amazed and quickly sunk back into the massage table allowing myself to flow with everything I was experiencing. Everything is in essence GOOD, including ones desire for the world to be different and ones desire to change and BE better as a BEING.
Today I forgave myself for not being “perfect” in my minds eye and I chose to graciously love myself and all my human complexities. Everything is GOOD… including enjoyment of physical touch and pleasure...
Man, will my husband be happy to see how happy I'll be to see him tonight:)
While I sat in my car waiting for my yoga class to start my iPhone caught my attention and instead of reading the ever so centered and spiritually healing literature that I had brought with me to read before class (Louise Hay’s, You Can Heal Your Life), I ended up browsing the world news and checking out celebrity gossip, which is something I usually shy away from.
When my yoga class started I was far from being calm and centered but instead had a mind scattered with mundane tasks along with an overwhelm of information and images ranging from Haiti’s earthquake victims to the images of America’s ‘privileged, and rich and famous’. When our teacher had us to a ‘vibration dance’ to shake out our stagnant energy and empty our minds, an image of Heidi Montag's newly, cosmetically altered face and body popped up in my mind. Why was she (of all people!) showing up for MY moment to graciously calm and heal my mind and body?
I quickly got to work on evicting her from my mind but the image prevailed, along with various thoughts and feelings about the complexities of our world… the superficiality, greed, and ego-centeredness displayed in popular culture along with the hope, love and compassion demonstrated towards the people in Haiti. At the same time the yoga instructor is calling out to us over a loud drumbeat sound; “empty your minds, empty your minds...” and there I am, frantically shaking my body with all my might, desperately trying to shake these images out of my mind.
After the yoga session, I head to the massage studio, eager to experience the concluding part of my Morning of Health and Healing. I show up far too early and sit down with some tea and the book I brought with me. Ahh... this will be good! But, yet again, instead of reading the book I end up allowing my scattered mind to take over and before I know it I am checking out Twitterville and reading other people’s blog postings.
Then Daniel shows up and tells me he is ready for me. The stones have warmed up and he ask what I want to focus on today, and then leaves me to get ready. I lay there thinking THIS will do the trick! A massage with Daniel is bound to leave me calm and centered, and pretty much comatized. He starts laying the stones on top of me and my body sinks into the massage table, ready to receive this healing. He starts stroking me all over my back and then I feel his hands sort of sensually gliding down to my buttocks, and his intensely firm and "I am in-control" movements take my head into yet another spin. Except this time it is of a much naughtier nature.
As my mind starts drifting off with notions of physical pleasure my ego decides to pop up real quick to ruin the moment, saying; “You should have put on some mascara or lipgloss before you showed up, I mean, my God woman! You look so utterly NAKED!”...
“Stop this right now!" my ego then calls out. "My gosh, what is wrong with you today!?” I irritatingly ask my ego self, half expecting this scolding to turn my head off for good but instead this absolutely loving answer appears without hesitation asking right back; “Wrong?... Why does something have to be “wrong” with you? You’re just being YOU! You are just being in your imaginative and creative mind and enjoying your body. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that… Even the parts of you that you sometimes try to change, deny or suppress are lovable... All of this is YOU! Why not enjoy it... it just means you're ALIVE! You’re joyously HERE, in the NOW, experiencing your human body and your human mind… that’s all!"
So I relaxed enough to simply enjoy my moment without making any more judgments of myself. And, it felt great! I believe you can LOVE every single part there is of YOU. There is no "bad" except for what you believe to be “bad”… all that God created is GOOD.
Wow! I was amazed and quickly sunk back into the massage table allowing myself to flow with everything I was experiencing. Everything is in essence GOOD, including ones desire for the world to be different and ones desire to change and BE better as a BEING.
Today I forgave myself for not being “perfect” in my minds eye and I chose to graciously love myself and all my human complexities. Everything is GOOD… including enjoyment of physical touch and pleasure...
Man, will my husband be happy to see how happy I'll be to see him tonight:)
Monday, January 11, 2010
My Absolute NO List for 2010.
Our 2009 holiday break was absolutely wonderful. I enjoyed relaxing and reading, cooking and playing, and spending time with my precious husband and kids. My husband and I went on a few dates and reconnected yet again after several busy months in both of our careers, and all of us went on a family vacation together where we played in the snow and had an amazing time. We also met and dined with several good friends and in short, everything was all around awesome! So awesome in fact, that I’ve been having a hard time getting back into the groove of things. Taking it easy and reconnecting with family and friends, and with my own spirit has been so calming and soothing that I haven’t had the slightest urge to start ‘rushing’ into the year 2010. I was actually quite amazed at all the 'business' emails I received on January 1st!
Despite my inner serenity I am very excited about this year. I find it so fantastic and futuristic to get to be alive in the year twenty-ten! I’m here, NOW in 2010, watching a paradigm shift unfold before my eyes, as I and all of us are growing and evolving as spiritual beings on our human journeys. It’s all pretty darn exciting!
One of the books I read over the holiday break is a book by Cheryl Richardson called, The Art of Extreme Self-Care. I picked it out for a client, sensing it was somehow ‘the ideal’ book for that person but decided I would read it first before handing it over. As it often is with these seemingly ‘random’ things I ended up learning quite a bit about myself in the process, and am excited to get to share this simple and straightforward book with others.
The book helped me 'get over' any guilt I may have had about putting ME first and my personal goal or ‘resolution’ for this year is to take GOOD care of ME and hold onto this sense of serenity and balance and focus much of my attention on Health and Healing.
One of my favorite things from Cheryl’s book is The Absolute NO List, and I had fun coming up with my own Absolute NO List for 2010... and on.
Here are some examples from My Absolute NO List;
I will NO longer…
1. Live without pets. We just adopted a beautiful yellow kitty from the Humane Society called Mimi Freyja and my heart has already grown a size… or two☺
2. RUSH… I will let things come to me and believe in and trust Divine Timing.
3. Eat what is not AT LEAST 80% GOOD for me.
4. Take business phone calls when I am with my children.
5. NOT ask for help when I need it.
So there, here’s how I am entering into the year 2010; centered, calm, and serene and determined to keep it that way☺ I am starting a new list tomorrow, called My Absolute YES List…
So what are some of your Absolute NO’s and/or Absolute YES’s for 2010?
Despite my inner serenity I am very excited about this year. I find it so fantastic and futuristic to get to be alive in the year twenty-ten! I’m here, NOW in 2010, watching a paradigm shift unfold before my eyes, as I and all of us are growing and evolving as spiritual beings on our human journeys. It’s all pretty darn exciting!
One of the books I read over the holiday break is a book by Cheryl Richardson called, The Art of Extreme Self-Care. I picked it out for a client, sensing it was somehow ‘the ideal’ book for that person but decided I would read it first before handing it over. As it often is with these seemingly ‘random’ things I ended up learning quite a bit about myself in the process, and am excited to get to share this simple and straightforward book with others.
The book helped me 'get over' any guilt I may have had about putting ME first and my personal goal or ‘resolution’ for this year is to take GOOD care of ME and hold onto this sense of serenity and balance and focus much of my attention on Health and Healing.
One of my favorite things from Cheryl’s book is The Absolute NO List, and I had fun coming up with my own Absolute NO List for 2010... and on.
Here are some examples from My Absolute NO List;
I will NO longer…
1. Live without pets. We just adopted a beautiful yellow kitty from the Humane Society called Mimi Freyja and my heart has already grown a size… or two☺
2. RUSH… I will let things come to me and believe in and trust Divine Timing.
3. Eat what is not AT LEAST 80% GOOD for me.
4. Take business phone calls when I am with my children.
5. NOT ask for help when I need it.
So there, here’s how I am entering into the year 2010; centered, calm, and serene and determined to keep it that way☺ I am starting a new list tomorrow, called My Absolute YES List…
So what are some of your Absolute NO’s and/or Absolute YES’s for 2010?
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