Yes........I CAN

Yogis,

This week we moved up into Manipura chakra, and the element of fire.  Our belly.  Our heat.  It is here that we create, change, transform, and move forward.  But to tap into the magnificent force of fire we first must let go of the past (earth) and be fully present in this moment without struggling against it (water). 

Let me walk you through two simple but powerful practices that help us to get there. 

1-      Become aware of the whole back of your body.  Now close your eyes and visualize every single thing that has happened in your life, up to this very moment, behind the body.  Your past……physically behind the body.  Send your next exhale out through the back body sending your past a little further away.  Detaching from the past. 
     ……it no longer exists
Now move your awareness into the center of your body – that line of energy that runs from the tailbone to the crown directly in front of the spine.  This is the present.  Trace that line with your breath and notice this moment.  Notice everything about this moment.  Feel it.  Being in  it fully and accepting this moment exactly as it is.   Aaahhhh………..

 

2-      Bring something to mind that recently was challenging or difficult.  Close your eyes and bring it all back.  See it clearly, feel it in your body, notice what your mind was thinking.  Allow the emotions that went with it. 

Take a long inhale, and as you slowly exhale watch the exhale begin pushing the vision down through the body from the crown of the head all the way down the torso and the legs and out through the soles of the feet.  Make sure your exhale sweeps every crumb of the vision out through the feet. 

And now take in a fresh inhale noticing how clean and clear it is.  Welcome to the present moment!

 

Now notice the front of the body……………..and the limitless blank space in front of you.   Your future.  Waiting for you to create within it.  Anything that you desire…………

 

The last two weeks we dove deep to discover what we truly wanted.  Our longings.   Now we visualize them and set them in motion by planting our intention.

It’s that time of year where many of us are going through health screenings for the upcoming health insurance season.  Receiving results that we often expect, or perhaps some new news.  It gets the discussions, and sometimes the worry, going.  One guy that I work with emailed me that he was surprised he was even capable of sending an email with the results he had gotten.

On my way to “hot” yoga on Friday I saw a billboard at a bus stop.  It was a women with her hands in prayer position at her heart, eyes closed.  And all it said was:  

Blood Pressure

You are going Down.

I love that!  It was a sign for Kaiser Permanente but should be a sign for the spiritual journey.   It is a perfect example of an intention.

Once we know what we want we have to “see” it clearly and then state it in the positive and plant it in the Universe.   Over and over and over.  With complete clarity and conviction.    Blood pressure, you are going down.

Notice it isn’t:

-          I wish my blood pressure was going down
or…

-          I am hoping to get my blood pressure down this time

Those are sending out the message to the Universe that it isn’t coming down right now.  And what you send out is what you attract back. 

Now on the other hand….You are going down…. Sends that exact message out.  Nothing wishy washy there.  You aren’t asking pretty please, but stating clearly what you want and that positive vibration is what the Universe will receive.  The Universe responds best to clarity and will echo your intention back to you.

Not – “I never have enough money” – which signals there is scarcity and lack, but – “Money flows in and out of my life in abundance with ease”.    No buts, no skepticism, no question.  If you were the Universe, which would you respond to?

I have a new job…… My digestion system is strong and trouble free……..I take time for myself daily………I am learning a new skill…….My shoulder is healed………

Whatever it is that you want.   SEE it, send it out, and watch it with an unwavering focus.   

……………..and then all we are asked to do is take baby steps toward it.   The Universe will support your every move. 

I am moving forward,

SARAH