Rock Out Gratitude

A deep shift was reported by one of my clients. She went on to say ” but I’m not feeling….” When you say “I am not feeling,” or “I wish I were feeling…” you are actually slowing down your healing process by negating the fullness of the shift you have made.

Rock Your Brains Out in Gratitude that you notice something has shifted. That opens the way for more to follow.

Constant Joy

~ Have you been feeling enslaved to an emotion or circumstance?

~ Would you like to be set free?

Could Joy be the key?

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Joy gives you the power, motivation and confidence to achieve things
that otherwise seem too difficult to attempt. Better than a granola
bar – joy is pure energy.
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Do you remember the thrill of hitting a home run? Getting out on the last day of school? Riding your new bicycle? You jump with joy. Fantastic!

Joy gives you energy and makes you feel great. You can achieve all kinds of things that otherwise may seem too difficult to attempt. With joy, you’re not afraid to talk to the guy sitting next to you on the plane. No problem! You’ve got energy, buoyancy. You’re alive!

Learn to differentiate between real joy, which generates the power to accomplish, and illusory joy, whose burst of energy fades into a let-down. True joy comes from the pleasure of growth and self-actualization – when we conquer a difficult challenge, or experience a moment of clarity. When your team wins the World Series, or when you win the lottery, the joy is a delusion. Why? Because you did not change or grow. Joy is solely the result of your reaction to life, your commitment to turning every moment into a growth experience.

You’re not reaching your potential unless you have joy. So whether you’re studying, touring, working or relaxing, first get into a state of joy. It will give you a big boost of power and confidence.

For more meditations like this one click here for the entire collection of “Counting the Omer” meditations. (Series of days between Passover and Shavuot (Pentacost))

The following video not only wells up Joy in my heart but I think it could very well be what anyone might sing as celebration once they have been freed from bondage. I hope you enjoy it and feel a release from something that has been enslaving you.

A Turn of Events

2:30pm boy oh boy, having a flight canceled is sure an adventure. Thank God I was at home when I found out and not at the airport.

3:00pm Found out that because my flight was canceled my friend who was going to drive me to the airport could now get in to see the chiropractor, whom he really needed to see after his daughter plunked down on his back when they were swimming yesterday.

6:30pm Around the time my plane was to have taken off, there were 600 lightening strikes in one hour (and 60mph winds plus rain.) All flights at O’Hare and Midway were halted. How fortunate am I that my flight was canceled hours beforehand so I could work things out from home.. a good example of how what seems to be a bad thing is not necessarily bad.

I’m thinking All That Is cleared a ton of old energy out of the way so when I leave for Extreme Health Intensive tomorrow it will be in a fresh, clear field of forward movement.

FOLLOWUP:

I’m back from this way-beyond-expectations workshop. My rescheduled flight was delightful and easy. I arrived at the hotel just after the group of 700 people broke for lunch. And get this, as my shuttle drove up to the hotel’s front door the friend whom I was meeting there happened to walk by.  I had time to check into my hotel room, and get to the seminar just in time for the beginning of the afternoon events. AND, the first speaker that afternoon addressed a health issue approach for clients that I have been pondering for months! It couldn’t have worked out better.

The Accidental Energy Healer

An article I recently wrote has been picked up by a personal growth site. You can read it, and all the great comments people have submitted, here: http://blog.thehealersway.com/energy-healer-by-accident

The Terrible Two’s @ 30

by Amy Startari

Why is it that we can see someone else’s road, but when we look ahead at our own it just goes blank? I can shift someone’s life in two hours and they are never the same again. So why when I work on mine for 24 hours, it’s still a mess? Another healing. Another shift. Another method. Did it work? Sure, I feel better now about the muddy place I’m in.

The caterpillar bursts into the butterfly when it comes my way, but when I do the work for myself I end up with an extra caterpillar leg at best. And, well, caterpillars don’t need extra legs!

What the heck is going on? I feel like the kid whose mom says “Time to Go” and as she helps me put on my coat I start screaming, “NOOOOO. I’m tired.” When she continues to pull me, I do what two year olds do. I sit down and I don’t move forward, as if my life depends on it. Something should have happened by now after all the work I’ve done, so I’m not going anywhere. The problem is I’m in my thirties and I have the terrible twos.

I’m over it! I want my independence, but I want things to come easily. And I want it my way. My way or the highway, but guess who wins? Not me because I sat this one out.

The catch is when we give in and sit down, absolutely nothing changes. The world keeps on turning. You wake up the next day or week or month or year or life and have to face it all again. I realize I might as well sweep my soul or clean my closet now because tomorrow the stuff will only pile up and then there will be more to deal with later.

Maybe you set it up this way. Maybe you’re not like anyone else. Maybe your millimeters are larger than the yards other people take. Maybe you’re not a butterfly. Remember many butterflies only live for a few short days. Who knows what you’ve got planned.

To develop great abs we have to press against our own weight. We are developing spiritual abs, a spiritual core that will prepare us for things beyond our wildest dreams. But, only if we let it. So the next time you want to pout, give your 2 year old a few seconds, and refuse to give in.

LETTER TO A DEAR FRIEND

From a friend with financial struggles:

” … I’ve been on the high road trying to move forward… the universe says “nope.. you ain’t getting there till it’s time” “… just like you can’t incarnate or die until it’s time… no way to move forward”

My reply:

I agree that you are not “getting there until it’s time” but to believe that there is “no way to move forward”, no no. There are always ways to move forward. Moving forward can look different at different times but learning and doing different strategies are always helpful actions we can take, even if the action we take yields different results than what we expect.

The reason I focus so much with you on gratitude is that gratitude is the single most expressed directive by all the top teachers, including God (Bible) on how to expand your abundance.

With business the teachers say to “pay yourself first.” That’s about affirming you have value. In the workshop I just attended, and in the book by the workshop developer, he tells us to take this money we have been paid each week and divide it up by specific percentages into 6 categories. One is Necessities. One is Giving. One is Play. And he says you have to use the Play money every month. That it is vital to use that money for play every month. It’s about balance and a whole bunch of other reasons.

The point I want to make to you is about loving yourself. Is it alright with you if I give you an example about how even if you already understood the concept, by taking action in a different way than before can actually shift your inner feelings and consequently your outer experiences?

OK, good. This is something I never did before and in fact, hated the idea of doing it and thought I couldn’t do it because of low income. I made a spreadsheet with columns for the different categories (necessities, give, play, etc.) On Monday I posted to the spreadsheet my earnings from the prior week and in each column I put in the appropriate percentage of that total. It was scary to do that because I perceived that I had only enough money to pay for what I consider to be necessities, so to take money away from necessities, well, you can imagine.

When I paid some bills I posted that amount as a line in the Necessities column. It felt good to see I still had money to pay for more necessities. Later in the week I used some money for “Play” but was feeling guilty about it even though I knew it was the right thing to do and that it was benefiting someone else too. When I posted that expenditure in the Play column something shifted in me. I no longer felt guilty because right in front of me, in black and white, I saw that I had that money in the Play column to spend. In fact, I have more than that amount in the play column. So now, instead of vibrating guilt I’m feeling calm and confident.

It’s true I have not seen an overall increase in my weekly income yet. It’s not even been 1 week since I began this, but by setting up this plan I am viewing my money in a completely new way. It’s helped me get motivated to put some business ideas into action. I can hear my ex saying “get back to me when you’re seeing a substantial change in your income.” I imagine you could be thinking the same thing. But you understand how a change in our thinking/feeling does change outcomes.

OK, so how does that story relate to you loving yourself? It’s about giving yourself permission for play time. You see, I think that even though you do play, underneath it are some feelings that you don’t deserve to play, because you don’t have enough money to pay your bills. (Even though alot of your current play time is no cost.) So, let’s give you a way that you know you have permission to play. This might be a way to do that. Divide your day into percentages…. here’s an example:
25% work (6 hours)
33% sleep (7.92 hours)
17% play (4.08 hours)
25% flex time (6 hours for shower, eat, errands, whatever. Divide it up as it makes sense for your life.)

Bottom line, consciously give yourself permission, down to your bones, to play during those 4 hours. I really think that allowing yourself that time to freely play will help you to feel better about yourself. It will be like taking yourself on a date. You will be loving yourself. Have you read the book “The Artists Way”? Fantastic book for creatives who are feeling stuck. They talk about taking yourself on a weekly date. Same principle, just do it every day right now so you can establish the new pattern of loving yourself. Here’s a pdf about the Artist’s Date. It’s directly from the author’s website.

Gratitude Dance