It's a bit hard not to be lured in by the talk of Royal Weddings, even as I write this I'm waiting for some live coverage to come on. I haven't actually paid any attention to the whole thing until now. Just as everyone starts 'facebooking' about watching it and all the headlines are centred on the big day there is definitely a feeling of not wanting to miss out.
This is a bit of a theme in my life, and probably many of you too, always curious about everything that is going on least I miss out on some action, a vital piece of information or a good time. I'm a shocker for talking to one person while surreptitiously listening into others conversations with the result of not actually getting the full picture of anything and everything thinking I'm not interested in them or just bloody rude!
Lately I have aimed to focus more. Listen to one person (easier said that done with two little ones I'll tell you), attend to just one task at a time (hmmm that one isn't going too well as paragraph one will attest) and taking note of how my actions are impacting on my life (work in progress). My aim? To be aware.
Aware of what I eat, aware of how I talk to myself, aware of how I talk to others, aware of how active I am, aware of my future, aware of my choices, aware of now and aware of all the wonderful things that happen everyday in my life which can be missed in the rush to 'not miss out'.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Our thoughts Affect our Body
When I was pregnant with my first child, in Ireland, I began my hypnobirthing classes. Through this I had a chance to use EFT and other techniques with my tutor. The following exert is from Aisling's newsletters and well worth a read. For more information contact them on info@accomplishchange.ie
STRESS
Our Stress levels come from within and without and when it gets to much we snap! It's fuelled by unresolved experiences, feelings and emotions from the past, present and future
Internal Stress - which has been built up over the years based on our history and emotions of the past. It lives in our nervous system, 24/7 whether we are aware of it or not!
External Stress - comes from our external environment based on the demands we experience on a daily basis, be it work related, Family dynamics, relationships, study, commitments and more...
When we are stressed we get to experience combined levels of internal and external stress at the same time. Under mild to moderate stress the body and mind gets pulled in all directions and looks for an exit , be it in the form of a headache, stomach cramps, skin problems, back ache, dizziness, panic attacks etc...
Chronic stress is the one to monitor, as it can lead to serious health problems- strokes, heart attack, blood pressure, hypertension.
It is important that we handle our stressors and remove stress from our systems in an effective way, as coping or ignoring will not make the stress go away! Hypnosis, meridian tapping, meditation, mindfulness to name a few, are some great modalities in relieving and removing stress.
Your Body and mind is more powerful then you can imagine ....filled with life, energy, and a compelling ability for self healing.
The following 3 self help exercises are great in helping you to reduce your stress and anxiety and you can use just once a day for a minute! Then you can start to gradually increase the time up to a level that's comfortable for you.
1.Heart- focused breathing to reduce stress and anxiety.
As you are breathing, imagine your breath passing in and out through your heart, along with your favourite colour of relaxation, as you breathe in the attitude of courage and strength to do what you have to do.
2. Mindfulness exercise.
Mindfulness exercise, is about learning how to come down, steadying the mind, grounding yourself into the reality of the experience of this moment, and then choosing to redirect your attention onto what is most important.
Stop
Take a breath ( steady the mind )
Observe (the thoughts, your physical body, and name your emotion, so you can tame it)
Proceed with what's most important for you right now.
3.Tip of Your nose - Stress Reduction
•Bringing all your attention to the sensations of the breath at the tip of your nose.
• Pay attention to just the slight warmth or coolness at the tip of your nose with each breath.
You're following something very subtle, very refined, and as such, the mind becomes good at watching very subtle changes in the heart, in the body and in the mind and the beneficial emotional changes happening resulting in stress reduction.
STRESS
Our Stress levels come from within and without and when it gets to much we snap! It's fuelled by unresolved experiences, feelings and emotions from the past, present and future
Internal Stress - which has been built up over the years based on our history and emotions of the past. It lives in our nervous system, 24/7 whether we are aware of it or not!
External Stress - comes from our external environment based on the demands we experience on a daily basis, be it work related, Family dynamics, relationships, study, commitments and more...
When we are stressed we get to experience combined levels of internal and external stress at the same time. Under mild to moderate stress the body and mind gets pulled in all directions and looks for an exit , be it in the form of a headache, stomach cramps, skin problems, back ache, dizziness, panic attacks etc...
Chronic stress is the one to monitor, as it can lead to serious health problems- strokes, heart attack, blood pressure, hypertension.
It is important that we handle our stressors and remove stress from our systems in an effective way, as coping or ignoring will not make the stress go away! Hypnosis, meridian tapping, meditation, mindfulness to name a few, are some great modalities in relieving and removing stress.
Your Body and mind is more powerful then you can imagine ....filled with life, energy, and a compelling ability for self healing.
You can't feel relaxed and anxious at the same time (reciprocal inhibition)
The following 3 self help exercises are great in helping you to reduce your stress and anxiety and you can use just once a day for a minute! Then you can start to gradually increase the time up to a level that's comfortable for you.
1.Heart- focused breathing to reduce stress and anxiety.
As you are breathing, imagine your breath passing in and out through your heart, along with your favourite colour of relaxation, as you breathe in the attitude of courage and strength to do what you have to do.
2. Mindfulness exercise.
Mindfulness exercise, is about learning how to come down, steadying the mind, grounding yourself into the reality of the experience of this moment, and then choosing to redirect your attention onto what is most important.
Stop
Take a breath ( steady the mind )
Observe (the thoughts, your physical body, and name your emotion, so you can tame it)
Proceed with what's most important for you right now.
3.Tip of Your nose - Stress Reduction
•Bringing all your attention to the sensations of the breath at the tip of your nose.
• Pay attention to just the slight warmth or coolness at the tip of your nose with each breath.
You're following something very subtle, very refined, and as such, the mind becomes good at watching very subtle changes in the heart, in the body and in the mind and the beneficial emotional changes happening resulting in stress reduction.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
EFT update
Well as promised I thought I'd provide an update as to how EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) was working for me. After my session with a local therapists, signing up to newsletters, downloading free manuals and educating myself a bit more on the technique I am really starting to use it on a regular basis and feel the difference.
Some of you may ask how tapping on body parts could possibly help with personal problems or any of the endless issues that life throws at us and to be honest we I first tried it I was asking the very same questions. EFT taps on pressure points which are related to stress to change energy within the body, a bit like acupuncture using pressure or needles to free energy within the body. The main focus is on the belief that emotional trauma contributes greatly to disease. This Emotional Trauma creates energy blocks and therefore impacts on our well being, EFT releases these through tapping on points within the body.
Since my last post I have used it to detox (almost immediate action!), deal with long standing niggles (you know the 'my sister did ..... to me when I was little' kind of thing), to avoid getting ill (when kids had vomiting bug and decided to share with me) and to 'open my door of abundance'. This last one has proved to be a bit of an eye opener too as I have realised just how much I am blocking things from coming to me. The more I tap on this the more opportunities occur for me and all so easily that I wonder why I waited so long to work on it!
Some of you may ask how tapping on body parts could possibly help with personal problems or any of the endless issues that life throws at us and to be honest we I first tried it I was asking the very same questions. EFT taps on pressure points which are related to stress to change energy within the body, a bit like acupuncture using pressure or needles to free energy within the body. The main focus is on the belief that emotional trauma contributes greatly to disease. This Emotional Trauma creates energy blocks and therefore impacts on our well being, EFT releases these through tapping on points within the body.
Since my last post I have used it to detox (almost immediate action!), deal with long standing niggles (you know the 'my sister did ..... to me when I was little' kind of thing), to avoid getting ill (when kids had vomiting bug and decided to share with me) and to 'open my door of abundance'. This last one has proved to be a bit of an eye opener too as I have realised just how much I am blocking things from coming to me. The more I tap on this the more opportunities occur for me and all so easily that I wonder why I waited so long to work on it!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Energy
I have a friend who quite often comments 'if only I had one tenth of your energy'. The strange thing is that I never used to have this much energy and I don't actually conscientiously remember gaining huge amounts of energy at any one point in time. One thing I do know though is, that I have done a lot of self development work which has obviously freed up energy within me.
Quite some years ago himself and I went to a weekend of self development lectures. This was a very pivotal moment in both of our lives and I truly believe that without that weekend we would no longer be together. I remember the lecturer talking about how we all suppress events/traumas and stress within our lives, using the analogy of physically holding balls down (one ball repressing each event). As you can imagine with the number of things we go through in one life time there are a number of 'balls' that we are wasting energy on holding down.
With all the self development work I have gone through - EFT, re birthing, EMDR and more - I have effectively allowed some of those 'balls' to finally rise to the surface and bounce away, freeing up my energy as they do. This is the only thing I can think of that has caused such a shift in the amount I am able to do in my life now compared with 10 years ago.
Just the other day I pondered on what I actually did with my life back then and how I managed to feel so tired. Obviously holding and juggling balls is bloody exhausting and I'm glad that some of mine have been laid to rest.
Quite some years ago himself and I went to a weekend of self development lectures. This was a very pivotal moment in both of our lives and I truly believe that without that weekend we would no longer be together. I remember the lecturer talking about how we all suppress events/traumas and stress within our lives, using the analogy of physically holding balls down (one ball repressing each event). As you can imagine with the number of things we go through in one life time there are a number of 'balls' that we are wasting energy on holding down.
With all the self development work I have gone through - EFT, re birthing, EMDR and more - I have effectively allowed some of those 'balls' to finally rise to the surface and bounce away, freeing up my energy as they do. This is the only thing I can think of that has caused such a shift in the amount I am able to do in my life now compared with 10 years ago.
Just the other day I pondered on what I actually did with my life back then and how I managed to feel so tired. Obviously holding and juggling balls is bloody exhausting and I'm glad that some of mine have been laid to rest.
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