My 12 year old recently saw an old friend that he hadn’t seen in over a year. He was excited to see his friend but after spending just 30 minutes with her he said he felt really tired and was having a hard time hanging out with her (because of the fatigue). When he commented to me about the fatigue I asked him to contemplate what he was thinking/saying to himself, and sent him back to play. I knew intuitively that he was not physically tired but that it was an emotional/energy drain.
On our way home, I asked him to go back to the time period when he felt tired with his friend. (I wanted to use this as a real life learning example for him.)
I asked him to think back to what was going through his mind and what he was feeling. Of course at first his response was, “I don’t know.” My response was yes you do know, now sit with it and get your thoughts and feelings around that time period.
Sure enough, he said to me, “I felt like I might get judged by her.” I exclaimed, “Perfect!” “What else?” I asked him to reflect on if he felt: too young, too short, too skinny, hair too short, not good enough etc.
He answered, “Yes, a lot of those things.”
I let him know that the Continue Reading
21 Jul 2010 at 08:00
Michelle
Breathing Technique
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In addition to meditation, I use a variety of breathing techniques that create a balanced state. One of them that I love is “Pulling in Light.”
Here’s how to do it:
Imagine a round ball of light (like a disco ball) about 2 feet above your head.
Take a deep breath in and imagine from the disco ball, light coming down through the ball in through the crown of the head and into the body. Imagine the light being any color that comes to mind OR a golden or white light. This light rests first in the heart then after filling up the heart center and lung area, it moves down with every inhalation, filling up the solar plexus (3rd chakra area -above the naval), then the 2nd chakra, (below the belly button) and eventually the light pulls into the ground roots us on the earth. See the roots shooting from the bottom of your feet into the earth.
Next, imagine the light coming down through your crown and resting in the throat area and now filling this area up. Next, pull the light into the 6th chakra/3rd eye (between the brows) and lastly, imagine the light coming into the top of the head (crown) and then shooting back up to the heavens.
Continue to breath in the light Continue Reading
14 Jul 2010 at 08:00
Michelle
Meditation
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This is a partial re-post from a post I wrote months ago and felt the need to post it again due to my “rebirth into balance.” One of the things I had let go for 6 weeks were my meditations. This is a brief explanation of meditation as well as how to meditate.
Enjoy!
MEDITATION
Meditation is sustained and unbroken concentration that leads to a highly focused mind. Meditation moves us from using our subconscious mind to our conscious mind. Living in the conscious mind, trains us to live with more focus, proficiency and creativity and less disorganized, chaotic and scattered. Meditation will actually help you to think in new ways and gain deeper perspective on experiences. You will find that you are not bothered by things that might have bothered or even upset you in the past.
Other benefits of meditation include:
- Slows the release of hormones in response to stress
- Stronger immune system
- Reduction of anxiety
- Lowers blood pressure
- Decreases muscle tension and headaches
- Increases serotonin production (low serotonin levels are linked to depression, obesity, insomnia Continue Reading
07 Jul 2010 at 08:00
Michelle
Balanced Living
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I looked around my house at all the laundry, the dishes, the cleaning up, the office that needs cleaning, filing, my voice mails, my emails that I haven’t looked at in 2 weeks and more, and asked myself, “How will I ever get all of this done?” The more I looked around the more rapidly my heart was racing and I realized that I felt anxiety! So much to do and not enough time…I then stopped myself and said, “What happened to me?”
I then realized that it had been 2 months since my last blog post, 6 weeks since my last true meditation and a week since my last deep breathing session. And what do you know…I feel out of balance! I asked myself how did I get here and realized how tricky the ego/mind can be. I remember so many times hearing myself say, “Oh, I need to write about THAT,” and “Wow, I really need to meditate or do my breathing.” And what I would inevidably hear every time was…”Later…”
When the ego takes over (or when we allow it to take charge) it feels that we need to “do” more and more to feel good and feel calm. The problem is that it’s the exact opposite! We need to stop what we are doing and meditate for 5 minutes or do some deep breathing Continue Reading
About a year ago, I put out into the universe my desires for residual/passive income. I have always loved real estate and thought that may come to fruition in 2010. I had no idea what would come but knew something was on its way.
I feel I was born to do the work that I do as a holistic counselor and will never give that up but as we moved through the last year, it was clear that some extra money would be really helpful.
As they say, ‘be careful what you ask for because you just might get it’ is absolutely true. Not only did I add more counseling clients per week but a new (side) business presented itself that excited me as it has to do with vacations/travel.
One of the things I study and teach is the Law of Attraction, what you think about comes about, and man did it. This (side) business is booming and my counseling client base has increased again. I also more than ever feel a book on transformation is going to be coming through me this summer. So for the last 2 months I have plunged myself into my work. Unfortunately my blog postings and other writings got pushed aside-“to get to later.”
I have missed my blog writings and have pages of notes on topics and experiences that happened Continue Reading
27 Apr 2010 at 06:00
Michelle
Health
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This is a must have in a medicine cabinet and is typically the first thing I reach for. The homeopathic version of arnica comes in a pellet that you place in your mouth but also can be used topically as a cream, ointment, salve or tincture.
Arnica is a flowering plant native to the mountains in Europe and Siberia and is now cultivated in North America.
The Europeans and Native Americans have used Arnica for medicinal purposes since the 1500’s. The popularity of Arnica in the US continues to grow and is widely used by athletes.
Arnica Montana is used to soothe sore muscles, bruises, heal wounds, sprains, and other conditions caused by overexertion and trauma. Arnica also reduces inflammation and is used with rheumatic pain, swelling due to fractures and even inflammation from insect bites.
The other day, my son was out playing roller hockey in the street and fell on his elbow. He came in and I could already see the swelling beginning. The first thing I reached for was Arnica Montana.
If you are having any type of surgery, take Arnica before and after surgery to help with inflammation.
The uses for Arnica are endless, from a bug bite to a major surgery.
Arnica is Continue Reading
20 Apr 2010 at 06:00
Michelle
Law of Attraction
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Today it seemed like I had a list of things to do with very little time. I reviewed what I needed to get done and felt some stress come over me. Then I caught myself and remembered that because of the Law of Attraction (like thoughts and actions attracts like thoughts and actions), if I stay in my stressed out place, more and more stress will come. However, the empowered me knew, if I create wisely, everything will get done in a timely manner stress free!
So how do we do this when our list is a mile long with very little time? Segment Intending.
Segment Intending is an intentional, focused creation in segments. Intention can be broken down throughout the day or simply for one activity. The key is that we spend focused time on how we would like the outcome to be, despite what others may say or our past experiences. For example, if we hear that the wait staff at a new restaurant that we want to try is rude, do we want to go to the restaurant expecting to have rude service OR do we create and intend for a new experience, a happy, fun wait staff and a great meal.
Using my day as an example-I had to exchange an item at the pet store, get a week’s worth of groceries and find 3 dressy outfits Continue Reading
13 Apr 2010 at 06:00
Michelle
Creation
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While we sleep we let go of the conscious mind, the resistant or fearful part of us, the part that says “no way,” “I’m afraid” or “that will never happen to me.”
During this time of “no resistance” the things we have been trying to create and manifest in our lives have a way in. Nothing is stopping them from manifesting when the “resistant conscious mind thinking” has ceased.
To take your creations to the next level try spending the last few minutes before falling asleep in a “creation mode.”
Close your eyes and imagine anything that you would like to bring into your life. A new car, new home, relationship, job, vacation, anything! Spend time before drifting off to sleep imagining you have already attained it. Imagine driving around town in the new car, parking it in the garage. Imagine walking on the beach in the new bathing suit with your new thinner, toned body and having people compliment you on how great you look. Our brains cannot tell if it’s really happened yet or in our imagination.
The key to manifesting whether it be day or night, is to remove resistance to what we desire. In dream state, the resistance is removed because the conscious mind is shut Continue Reading
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