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<![CDATA[Living the Contented Life]]> https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/ EN Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:03:00 -0600 Incomedia WebSite X5 Evo <![CDATA[Sweetest Dreams. 9 ways to fall asleep and STAY asleep.]]> imblog

Are You Tired of Being Tired?

One of the commonest problems my clients ask for help with is sleep.

It seems ironic that in this day of machines and gadgets to do our work, keep us comfortable and amused, that we would have such an epidemic of insomnia.

Now, I'm not talking about the occasional white-nighter. I'm talking about when most nights they can't sleep for more than an hour or two at a time.

The science is waffling about how much sleep is best. Some say we need a good solid 8-10 hours of sleep every night. Other sources claim that that's too much and is actually harmful. As you've probably observed, different people need different amounts. And different lifestyles and coping capability and stress level and stress tolerance also causes a variation in the amount of rest that is "right" for a person.

So how do you know if you're getting enough rest? And how do you find out what the right amount is for you? And how do you fall asleep and STAY asleep?

First off, here's some clues you're NOT getting enough rest:

You feel tired and draggy most of the time
Your head is fuzzy
Your reaction time is slowed
Your patience is pretty thin
You're prone to every flu and bug

During the sleep stage is when the body not only recharges, but it also unloads.

Imagine your body and brain as a busy mail-room. Throughout the day a constant influx of papers, large envelopes and boxes arrive and are dumped for you to sort through and integrate. By the end of the day you've got so many experiences and types of information that have come to you through your senses that it boggles the mind. Literally. How do you ever sift through this mess?

During the REM stage of sleep.

This is the ONLY time your brain and body can get on top of cleaning your 'mail-room'.

You typically fall into the REM stage of sleep a few times during the night. This is the stage where you will see someones eyeballs moving rapidly back and forth under their eyelids like they're looking back and forth with their eyes closed. At this time the unconscious mind and the brain/body is busy sorting information so it knows where it is and can make use of it.

People who don't sleep never get their mail-room clean. The mess that remains from the day before just gets added to the next day. And the next.

You can see why being tired affects brain function and your body's ability to cope.

Now, as we remedy this I want to let you know that it is not uncommon for people to wake a few times a night. I know the ultimate is to fall into the pillow and wake up in the same position 8 hours later, but you can rise to wakefulness and drop back into a good depth of sleep a few times and still have good rest.

The thing is you want to fall asleep again quickly. If you're waking up and your brain is pumped but your body is tired and you can't fall asleep again, there's a problem.

How do you know how much rest you need?

If you're tired, and if you're sick all the time you're short on rest.

The only real remedy I know for this is to pay up your sleep deficit. It's like a loan you took from your body. Now you have to pay it back or suffer the consequences. And the consequences will be a reduced ability to appreciate joy, and your health.

My suggestion for overcoming this deficit is to take naps.

Ha! Bet you thought I was going to say something fancy.

A 20-40 minute nap at the 'low' time of the day (for most people that's between 2pm and 4pm) will rejuvenate you faster than anything I know. Even if you just lie there listening to soft restful music will help. Eventually you will drop into a restful state, though it might take practice.

I also highly recommend between 7 and 10 hours of sleep-time at night. And it's also important to get to bed earlier... like between 9:30 and 10 pm. Stifle the urge to be incredulous, that you're a busy adult, etc. This is the truth.

And now.... how to fall into sleep and stay there.

While a glass of wine or a shot of liquor can push you off the edge into sleep, it is not the best for your liver and will not help you stay asleep all night. Here's some better suggestions for sleeping. And bear in mind that like other life-changes there will be some lag-time and a period where it might feel impossible:

Listen to soft gentle music in the background while you sleep. This is particularly useful if you have tinnitus (ringing ears).
Establish a bedtime routine so your body and brain knows it's time to gear down into sleep-mode.
Do not watch ugly TV shows before bed.
Don't eat or drink stimulants closer than 3 hours before bedtime. Things like coffee, black tea and chocolate may be revving you up when you need to slow down.
You might play with what you eat last before sleeping, and how late you eat before bedtime. I've been told it's best to go to bed "with a clear body and a clear mind."
Make lists. List all your to-do's and everything else that's running around through your head. Get them down out of your mind and onto paper.
Listen to a sleep meditation. I recommend a Yoga Sleep Nidra that runs at least 25 minutes.
Trim foam earplugs to a comfortable length and wear them to block out noise. There are fancy ear-phones you can buy from Bose with sound cancelling technology plus soothing sounds, and there may be others. (I haven't used these.)
Remember your mind belongs to you, and you are the boss of your mind. A lot can be improved by being firm with your galloping thoughts. Your mind is not a runaway horse, but it might act like it won't follow rules. You make the rules and be firm with yourself. When you catch your thoughts spiraling, just become aware and rein them in.

Sometimes sleep is evasive because we're under too much stress, or there's things we can't control going on in our sleep environment. Pain in the body will keep people awake as well. Addressing these areas of your life that are disturbing you will bring peace of mind and an easier platform for sleep.

Like most things, there's no quick fix and no solution works for all people. I hope some of these suggestions help you get the sound rest that you need to enjoy a full life experience.

Two things that I do can help with sleep. One is Reflexology to clear and balance so that stress is processed and not bogging your nervous system so much. The second is Hypnotherapy to help you identify and create ways to cope with your life so that you can have peace of mind, and a peaceful sleep

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]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:03:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?sweetest-dreams--9-ways-to-fall-asleep-and-stay-asleep- https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/p6sb10ks <![CDATA[Get rid of junk, with the Ionic Cleanse!]]> imblog

Clear the Beautiful You Inside

What was your 2018 like? Was it your best year ever? Did you stick to a pure diet? Did you exercise lots, meditate frequently and stay tapped in to you Inner Zen?

Chances are you did not. (I didn't either, if it makes you feel better!) Even if you had, though, your cells were still working hard at repairing and rebuilding and would be leaving behind residual waste. You would have to have perfect elimination to be completely clean inside, and that's something none of us has.

So, what are the clues that tell you when you've got more garbage in your cells than your body can handle right now?

Feeling Lethargic
Brain Fog
Bloating and gas
Acne and skin eruptions
Smelly feet and/or armpits

These are main indicators that your body is saying, "Help! I can't do this anymore! I need some help here!"

Fortunately here at the clinic I can offer you an easy way to unload a boatload of these toxins out of your body.

It's called an Ionic Detox.

This machine alters the ionic charge to the molecules in a plain pan of water to create an environment that literally pulls the toxins out of your body and leaves them in the water.

And it doesn't hurt. At all. And it's very safe.

But you might be stunned by the appearance of the water by the end of the session! Here's a look at one session. And I've seen many worse.

When you see what you've so easily gotten rid of, you will be glad to release even more. Perhaps you can realize how much this can help your body stay healthy.

For the month of Febr-YOU-ary I am offering a discounted rate on a package of Ionic Cleanses to help you shed the residue and heaviness left from Christmas dinners and snacks, from sitting indoors while it's freezing cold, and other general stressors that happened in 2018.

Right now, you can purchase 3 Ionic Cleanses for $99 (+GST). That's a savings of over $30 off the regular price!

And to further help you get clearer and ready for Spring in 2019 I'm offering a special discounted rate for a Reflexology session to work with the Ionic Cleanse. When purchased with a Ionic Cleanse Bundle (3 sessions) you can, during Febr-YOU-ary, have a 1 hour Reflexology session for only $59 (+GST). That's a savings of over $20 just on the Reflexology!

See the coupon below to purchase, or come in to the clinic at 2706 13th avenue, Regina.

(You have to physically come in to the clinic to receive your sessions.)

I hope to see you soon!

Releasing cellular toxins and garbage is easy with the Ionic Cleanse!

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]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:11:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?get-rid-of-junk,-with-the-ionic-cleanse- https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/h04r9ni8 <![CDATA[Why you have to grow into your healing.]]> imblog

Why you have to grow into your healing.

A client came to see me once, several years ago. She seemed to be suffering from a myriad of complaints which had been plaguing her for a number of years. She had been to numerous doctors and specialists but none had been able to help her. She had even undergone a few procedures to try and set her body "right," but she felt just as miserable as before, if not worse.

This is not an unusual client situation. Often I am someone's Last Resort.

What was unique about this client, however, was her hope and belief that when the right practitioner could find this thing that was wrong with her and fix it, then her whole life would have to open up and she would be happy, busy, and prosperous. She wanted it to happen as if by magic.

I had to tell her that unfortunately, that's not how it works.

And nor should it.

It wouldn't be good for her if it did, actually.

While instant, miraculous healing might sound good on the outside, there would be some pretty serious repercussions if it did work that way.

You see, the human individual is a complex mosaic of memories, experiences, thoughts, hopes, plans, dreams, and more. All these things come into play to make you, you! When you're feeling great and life is going great your body is in balance with these other aspects. There is a harmony at play. You have been cultivating this balance, whether you were aware of it or not.

Then, when the body becomes out of balance, perhaps due to accident or illness or trauma, it causes a corresponding effect on the other infinite parts of your life. Your happiness, your resilience, the memory and emotions related to 'it' -- whatever 'it' was, are all sending messages back and forth to you and through you, creating the state of being that you are living, now.

As your body heals, so will the connections which are affected. If these other areas do not heal along at the same time, there will be incomplete healing or healing will progress slowly.

Let me give you an example.

Let's go back to my hopeful client. We'll pretend she had a severe bout of pneumonia 15 years ago, when her children were small. During this time she became despondent and depressed by her inability to take care of her family the way she wanted to. Let's also say her husband's patience only lasted about two weeks into her illness. Because of financial constraints, he had to return his attention to the family business and she had to drag herself along as best she could. And she never fully recovered. After the initial illness her depression lingered, as self-loathing set in. And in all the years since, she never was able to 'turn things around' enough to feel pleased with herself or her life.

Now let's initiate Option #1, the Miracle.

Supposing I was able to re balance her body perfectly in one session. Her body is now functioning faultlessly.

But what else has changed? Nothing.

Her life and her surroundings are still in the mold they were in from before. Her life was reflected in her surroundings... so to an extent they were a 'match' for each other.

Now she feels beautifully healthy and yet her life is not congruent with this healthy body.

Everything she touches, everything she goes to do, will be a reminder of how things used to be. It will be extra challenging for her to maintain her new strength as she deals with the overwhelming details of how her life was when she was ill. Everyone she speaks with will be expecting her 'old' self. Not the person her healing has caused her to become, vibrant and alive.

All the other parts of her life will be out of step to where she suddenly finds herself. Her points of reference - the parts of her life that made her feel like herself, and where she belonged in the scheme of things - will no longer be calibrated to where she is now.

Unless this particular client is prepared to create a huge mind-shift to match her healing she will re-create her health to the level it was when she first came to see me. Now, with this sudden burst of perfect health, there will need to be a complete and swift adjustment at the mental /emotional /spiritual level for her to keep the momentum going and live this new, unfamiliar, life. There is a risk that she will feel lost, 'Not Herself', at odds with the world. And this could cause a lot of her healing to become rapidly undone. A reversal is possible with healing.

If, and we will be kind, she quickly adjusts her thoughts and beliefs to match this new flush of health, she will be able to maintain it and her life will fall into step with her newfound energy and health.

So, it is possible for this to happen. An aware person with a lot of strength, resolve and personal understanding would be able to pull this off. It would be a trial-by-fire kind of way to heal, though.

Let's go back a step now, and initiate Option #2, Growing Into Your New Life.
Our heroine comes consistently for several sessions. During these times we discuss how her life is working, what she would like to change, and spend time envisioning how she wants her life to feel while she's living it. Over time her body heals, and her strength comes back. She learns more about other aspects of life. More people come into her circle of awareness that support her in her path back to health: some become friends, some are practitioners. As this client moves ahead, she grows. She grows stronger and wiser. And as this transition happens, she notices how the world around her shifts as well. Now that she has more vitality, she feels she can get more done in a day. She begins to learn her boundaries and how much energy she can expend on a task without overdoing it. Her circle of people shifts. People who care and are supportive stay; those who were more comfortable with her being ill fall away.

In this instance you can see how her external environment shifted and grew along with her healing. It was always a reflection of herself and her growth. The things that were stubborn were revealing stuck energy and thoughts. As she overcame them the stubborn areas were no longer a problem.

At the end of the day there was probably an equal amount of change required for our heroine to cultivate a life she could flourish in and be healthy, and the effort it would have taken to change her heart and mind after a sudden healing. But one method took time and encouraged growth. The other method was a shock to the system.

And that's why I believe real, true healing, takes time.

Recognizing a faulty pattern and trying to change it with the conscious mind is very difficult and takes months, if not years. One or more Hypnotherapy sessions can help you slip into a more productive, comfortable pattern in as little as one session!

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]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:03:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?why-you-have-to-grow-into-your-healing- https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/929g19lx <![CDATA[Why Singing can help you find your voice.]]> imblog

Why singing can help you find your voice.

(And help overcome anxiety and/or abuse.)

Do you find you have trouble speaking up for yourself sometimes? Do you get nervous when meeting new people, and fear you'll stumble over your words?

Perhaps you speak very softly or tend to mumble, a conditioned response to being put down or ignored. Any of these issues reflect one significant part of the body and energy system.

The throat.

Structurally, the throat contains muscles, cords and tubes which channel and connect air and nourishment from your head into your body. When a cold first takes hold in the body, the first line of defence is in the tissues at the back of the throat, which become inflamed and sore. A battery of lymph nodes back there marshals up the immune system to combat the invaders. Hence we suffer the 'sore throat'. The vocal cords are in the neck too, vibrating in different frequencies and volume as we direct them. Located about two inches under the jaw is where the Larynx is, and it's inside here that two folds of soft tissue vibrate on demand to give us language and song.

You've probably already noticed that when you're sick, you usually go through a phase where your voice doesn't work right. It's creaky, and froggy and maybe hoarse, or might even choke you back to a whisper. This is because those tissues I was talking about have become inflamed and swollen and can't move as they should.

The truth is, anything that makes those structures have trouble moving restricts your voice.

When you're uptight, there is a constant tightness in the throat area. If you're exposed to someone who criticizes or exerts their will over yours, one of the first places to shut down will be the throat area. People who suffer in this way have difficulty speaking out because of fear of repercussion. Abusers don't want their victims talking back or gaining the strength to stand up to them. And often they don't want the victim talking to other people, either. Whether it's a government or a spouse exerting control, vocal people are harder to subdue.

In clients who are stifled from expressing their thoughts and feelings, there will always be a corresponding diminishing of the throat chakra. Normally a bright, light blue, this chakra may show a lack of energy in many different ways. I can help it by charging it with energy and chatting with you about how you feel restricted from saying what you would really like to say. Sometimes the restricted speech cannot appropriately be expressed. I see this in managers, for instance, who are frustrated with employees or a system over which they have no control over and must follow rules they would like to see modified. So what then? How can you heal these restrictions when you can't or don't dare speak what you want to say?

You sing.

Have you heard me talk about how important music is in our lives? Even if you're not musical, melodies that make you feel good are a rich and uncomplicated way to raise your vibrational energy and enjoy life. You can join in the tunes by adding your voice and exercise that organ and chakra in a joyful manner.

Engaging your vocal apparatus while revelling in songs that lift you up and make you feel good will help rebuild this vital center in double-time. You will find as it naturally heals, that your ability to speak your mind, vocalize your needs and wants, and say 'no' will improve immensely.

Afraid you can't carry a tune? Here are some ways to sing with dignity:

• In the car

• At home, alone

• In a choir or singing group

• Walking outdoors

• Singing with friends can be a lot of fun

• Sing along while you play an instrument

Keep your eyes and ears open for casual get-togethers of making music and singing. A friendly gathering of ukulele players can be the perfect place to prime your pipes.

So what if you're off sometimes? Just keep listening and matching your voice to what you hear. Practice, and enjoy the process. And don't let critics shut you down. Even Barbara Streisand was told once that she would never become a real singer.

If you really, really, hate singing then tone. Toning is a method used to clear and balance the chakra systems, and it also strengthens the throat. Each chakra has a different corresponding note on the musical scale. You can Google this information or perhaps find a book on it. Making these sounds with deep sustain will work as well as singing.

And I'll let you in on a secret. When I was a kid, I used to drone to sounds I heard. For instance when the vacuum was running, I would hold a matching note to the pitch of the vacuum, and I'd hold that note until I vibrated. Then I would go higher and lower and notice which ones blended and which ones didn't. Just a sort of flat tone, on and on with the vacuum. I didn't know what I was doing (and I loved to sing then, as now) but I was practicing my ear and strengthening my throat and clearing my chakras and energy field. And because the vacuum was so loud, nobody knew I was doing it! (Except you, now.)

So have fun with this, and let me know what happens for you!

Releasing the structures of the throat is an important part of any CranioSacral treatment, facilitating easier expression and personal awareness.

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]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:58:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?why-singing-can-help-you-find-your-voice- https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/9k50x79f <![CDATA[The Role of Ancestors in Healing]]> imblog

The Role of Ancestors in Healing

It doesn't always happen. It doesn't have to happen. But when a client's ancestors make an appearance in a healing session, it always helps me to know my client is loved, cared for and supported in ways they may not even be aware of.

Their presence is always gentle and protective. Sort of like a guardian angel, only different. I find the act of them showing up means deep healing for my client, and sometimes there is healing of a whole lineage at the same time. For it is possible for issues and obstacles to carry on through a family line.

For instance, during a session, a client might have a breakthrough in understanding that releases a fear that has plagued them for years, a concern that has no rational basis or known event that would have triggered this fear. At the moment the release happens it can sometimes be felt that this same issue instantly dissolves for someone else in the family. It might be a deceased mother, or it might even be other, still living, siblings. Or it might also be someone 'way further back in the ancestral line. Sometimes it will simultaneously dissolve for generations of people. It's always a beautiful feeling when this 'ripple effect' is felt. How beautiful to know we can help others even as we are helping ourselves!

Another way ancestors are precious bystanders in a healing session is just by what they represent.

Every person is the genetic marvel of thousands, if not millions, of years of 'random' genetic combinations which culminate in that person. Bloodlines mixed, territories and nations crossed, cultures and histories blended into each unique client that walks into my office. The tales of every human in their pedigree, known or not, are represented in the person who comes to me. The power and strengths from this past, along with the weaknesses and fears, are all a part of the client's life that they are creating now. Everyone is a piece of walking history! A history mostly forgotten, yet recorded at some level by the cells. A beautiful part of humankind and soul to evolve together.

This is something to be taken into consideration and honoured during a session. While we rarely specifically work on past ancestral connections and events, I know that the group is affected to some degree with each bit of healing the client achieves.

Could it be that this is why, once in a while, a client's ancestor - usually at least a great-grandparent or older - makes an appearance at a healing and contributes to the work? Like a wise anchor, gently giving strength to the client.

Their presence doesn't detract from the healing at all. In fact, ancestral assistance helps the client achieve more profound healing. Sometimes they'll give me clues that help rout out disruptive emotional energies for the person I'm working on. Ancestors can help someone get to the real core of the issue and clear it. And once that happens, the healing follows swiftly.

It's like the birth of an answer. And a cause for celebration all around.

Having a Reiki with Grace is invaluable for identifying and clearing, accepting, forgiving and healing past events, large and small.

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]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2018 02:49:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?the-role-of-ancestors-in-healing https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/7o9oco4j <![CDATA[Pushing Through F.E.A.R.]]> imblog

Pushing Through F.E.A.R.

Rhonda wanted to finish her master's degree in the worst way. She even hired a coach to help her organize what little free time she had so that she would make small, but steady advancements in her research. That was six months ago and now as she stared goomily at the calendar she knew she had a real block between herself and what she wanted, but what was it?

Ken fidgeted with the handle on his laptop bag. Every time the airline loudspeaker made an announcement he jumped, and his heart beat faster. His damp white hands were clammy and he tried to slow his breath to calm his heart as he waited to board his flight. He was headed to Toronto for a monthly business brainstorming session. He loved his work. He was good at it. But lately it had become harder and harder for him to fly. It was unreasonable, he thought, as he furrowed his brow.

Sooner or later each of us struggles with some form of fear. It can approach us in various ways, hidden as low self-esteem, fear of heights, a dread of tackling the laundry or in seemingly silly ways like not wanting to try a different food. It can freeze us in our tracks, literally, and immobilize us when we most want to do things.

There are so many different ways that fear can prevent us from living our lives fully that there have developed an equal number of methods designed to master it. To overcome fear. To understand fear. To overcome fear. To just jump in and say to h*** with it. Forge it, fight it, like we all have this insidious little beast inside of us that tauntingly prevents us from having the fun and the life that we want.

My take on fear is a little different. It goes like this:

Fear is not bad.

Fear is not some crazy entity that exists inside us that we need to kill, box up and send far, far away.

Fear will not stay away. It will come back -- maybe in a little different form.

Fear is not to be feared, because.....

Fear is there to keep you safe.

Fear wants you to be happy.

I have an acronym for fear and it goes like this:

F inding

E verything's

A ll

R ight

Fear only wants to know things are safe before you proceed. It wants to make sure everything is all right before you proceed.

Fear is actually there to support you. Fear prevents you from jumping off of high places, from putting your hand in the fire or leaving all your money on your doorstep overnight.

However what happens, is sometimes it gets a little overzealous and starts tying in with other emotions that we have. It can become a controlling and interfering force in your life. In it's desire to keep you safe it starts preventing you from doing. Fear tends to not like new and different things. From misgivings to phobias, fear can become an overbearing protector preventing new experiences. For example talking to and getting involved with new people and social opportunities might be difficult or awkward for you because fear doesn't want you to be laughed at or be unpopular. And fear remembers the first time you had a similar experience and you ended up very upset and unhappy. Fear wants you to be happy, so it will step in and try to prevent you from repeating a distressing situation.

Fear can vary in range from vague to severely limiting. There are times getting help is appropriate. When you notice fear is stopping you in your life, there are different modes of help that can be sought out such as:

Counseling

Hypnotherapy

Reiki or other energy therapies

Talk Therapies

Since this is a much greater topic than can be addressed in this article I would just like to share with you these thoughts so that you might recognize fear when it pops up in your own life and be able to easily calm it down a notch or two so you can think clearly.

• You can take some of the stinging power away from fear when you acknowledge that it's wanting to work for you not against you.

• You truly are the master of your own life and your decisions, even if it doesn't feel like it at the moment.

• You can give fear a pat on the head and thank it for looking out for you, and then make your decision. Just acknowledging it's role seems to appease it a bit. It knows its been heard.

• Know that without fear there would be no challenge, and with no challenge, no growth. We would not learn anything without fear on board.

• Fear is a signal of entering a new experience. And new experiences can enrich our lives.

Basically, people need fear. Perhaps the more you can understand your fears the easier it will be for you to work with them, and, if appropriate (and safe!) overcome them.

Hypnosis is a powerful tool for overcoming fears of many shades and sizes. Listening and exploring with the unconscious can release and heal many stumbling blocks.

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]]> Sat, 04 Aug 2018 02:33:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?pushing-through-f-e-a-r- https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/rxm5dm82 <![CDATA[Know When to Apply The Brake]]> imblog

How to know when to apply the brake.

Almost everything that moves comes with a way to stop it. Bicycles have brakes, walkers have brakes. Vehicles and motor-bikes have brakes too, although some drivers seem to have forgotten the fact. The equipment is there for us to use to avoid an accident and hurt ourselves. Even if it's the other person's mistake we can slow down and avoid a collision.

There are schools you can go to that will teach you the correct and safest method of braking. They will show you how to brake at high speed, how to slow down quickly and how to avoid an object that is suddenly thrust in your path. And they will also teach you when not to brake hard, like when conditions are icy or a tire blows.

After a while using the brake comes naturally, another tool to help you navigate distance with the most safety and least aggravation.

But do you have a sense of when it's appropriate to apply the brake in your life?

Maybe you can remember a time when things were moving along and you had an uncomfortable sense that you weren't in a good place. Perhaps working at a job that you really didn't like. Or maybe in a personal relationship that kept giving you warning bells but you looked the other way. Perhaps something even as simple and common as working too many late hours trying to get a certain project done. And at the ultimate end of your experience, when you looked back, you saw the signs you ignored and sigh with a wistful, "I wish I had done that differently!"

Knowing when to apply the brake first involves an awareness of an impending danger.

So in other words, how well do you know yourself?

Do you know what you need? What you want? Your limits?

If you can answer these three questions you have a good idea of where your personal (and mental/emotional) safety ends and danger begins. These are the keys you need to be aware of to know whether it is safe for you to proceed or whether it would be better for you to back down and take another path.

And this rule applies to everything. Relationships, work, art, baking....

If you know what you need then you know what you're looking for. You know your character and your heart and have a sense of what is required for you to feel safe and secure.

If you know what you want, then you have a greater sense of what to do and where to go. You will be able to tell if a goal or pursuit is aligned with your best and happiest interest or not.

When you know your limits..... ah. Then you are golden. To know your limits puts you squarely in control of knowing when to apply the brake. Only you know where the danger lurks. Everyone else knows it's out there, YOU know how far you can go before you meet it. You know when to quit before you're exhausted. You know how much stress you can take before it becomes damaging. You know how much unhappiness you can handle before it's time to break off a relationship. To know your own limits allows you to dip into the well of life and extract your needs and wants and be able to look after yourself at the same time.

Not applying the brake in time results in what we call 'learning experiences'. You hit a stumbling block. You learn. You pick yourself up and start again. It's often the only way any of us can learn what our limits are. If we apply the brake all the time then we restrict ourselves from experiencing some things in life that might be truly beautiful. What is really needed is balance. To be able to stretch yourself and grow and be amazed by what you can accomplish, yet at the same time be able to stop and change course whenever needed.

Mastery of the brake. May it come to you easily.

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]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2018 02:25:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?know-when-to-apply-the-brake https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/knny008l <![CDATA[Using our behaviour to influence other's reactions.]]> imblog

Using our behaviour to influence other's reactions.

What I'm going to discuss today might apply to you, or you might see it in someone you know.

It is a common trait found in people who often feel threatened, whether imagined or real. It's definitely something used by people who have been in an abusive relationship, be it parents, partners or friends.

The trait develops from a need to maintain safety.

And what it is, is the need to conform your own behaviours to elicit the required response in another person.

I'm not talking about control freaks who try to manipulate you into doing what they want so they can achieve their own ends. I'm talking about a rigorous restriction placed in some people's minds and hearts that doesn't allow them to do or say certain things because of bad reactions from others when they did it in the past. Or, it causes them to be constantly monitoring the situations around them and be ready to interject words or actions to:

diffuse tension

tell white lies or outright lies to put someone in a better mood

do extra physical work to make things 'right' to avoid conflict, sometimes even if the responsibility belongs squarely with someone else

try to arrange themselves, their belongings, their schedule....whatever it takes so that other's can move more freely = be more agreeable

put up with things they hate if they believe it's important and desired by someone else who must be appeased

Constant watching for danger can become very stressful as hyper-vigilance is not a natural state. Such people can be prone to anxiety and not know where it's coming from.

And the situations might not be dangerous per say, but just unpleasant. Often these people hate conflict. They avoid confrontations. They may have difficulty standing up for themselves and have a hard time 'fighting back' with logic in heated situations.

The fear of triggering bad or unpleasant reactions in people can lead to a PTSD type reaction of absolute avoidance of conflict in all it's forms. It is like a fear of death. As you can understand this goes very deep into the person. And this could be one of the reasons why a feeling of being haunted by constant anxiety is not an imaginary thing.

Living like this becomes natural for someone who has become trained - probably at an early age - to keep the peace.

I know. Because I am one of these people.

Hyper-vigilance is exhausting. It never stops. In a sense survival is linked to it. It's become a faulty pattern-match from unpleasant - or possibly even dangerous - interactions with other people which locked into the subconscious. At some level you might have been told or led to believe that someone else's happiness, or misery, is all dependent on your behaviour. And this can range all the way from a parent trying to get a small child to behave, to full manipulation by an abuser. The dread from repeating the scenario of their bad behaviour is what activates the fear. Keeping this constant guard on high alert is what makes it so draining.

So what can be done about it?

Lots, actually:

First of all you have to notice if you're doing it. And if you are, then give yourself a hug, because you deserve it for trying so hard.

Recognize that it is not working in your best interests and may be damaging your health and shortening your life.

Feel some blessed relief because now you know where some (or maybe all) of your anxiety is coming from.

Realize that you are taking responsibility for something that doesn't belong to you. You may have been trying to take responsibility away from other people (or certain people) regarding how they behave and act through life. Let them be responsible for themselves! And if they make a stink about it because they thought they had you convinced, walk away. Maybe permanently. Making it your job to keep them on an even keel deprives them of their life lessons.

Hypnotherapy can be a real aid here as it allows you to tap into those recorded programs locked into your subconscious, and it does it in a beautifully gentle way.

Practice saying 'no' or even ruffling the peace once in awhile, particularly with things you feel strongly about. You might even practice with a friend, counselor or therapist so you can be supported at the time.

With dedication and love a person can be liberated from the need to balance other people's behaviour. The freedom and ease can be life transforming as the nerves calm and one can begin to live their life on their own terms, in their own way.

And it can happen at any age.

Having a Hypnotherapy session is like gently exploring with imagination. Significant understandings often happen and from this inner change and healing grows a different outlook which is soon reflected in one's life. And Hypnotherapy can be done over Skype or Zoom, so it doesn't matter how far away you are, we can still work together.

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:06:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?using-our-behaviour-to-influence-other-s-reactions- https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/3t5fq0v0 <![CDATA[Do you find meditation difficult?]]> imblog

Do you find meditation difficult?

One of the things I often recommend to my clients is that they develop some kind of meditation practice.

I use the term loosely, as my real intent is for a space of quiet time, a time to let the mind slow down, and create moments where 'inner knowings' can bubble to the surface. One can gain a surprising amount of insight just by sitting quietly for a few minutes.

For many people this is a challenge they find daunting. "Quiet my mind!" they laugh, "That's impossible."

And here we hit one of the main stumbling blocks to meditating. It just doesn't happen. Falling asleep might be easier.

But here's the thing.

You don't have to blank your mind and hold it there.

Also I'll let you in on a deep dark secret that nobody shares.......

Nobody can get their mind blank and keep it that way. Well, maybe a yogi guru who has done it consistently for 20 years. But not the average person.

And here's another secret.....

That's what meditation is like..... thoughts come up.... and you allow them to drift by and fall into peace again.... and then another thought comes up...... and you say "Yes, hello but I'm busy doing nothing right now...." ..... over and over.

There is no right and no wrong way to meditate. Different people and practices have their preferences but they are not hard laws. The aim is for calm. The goal is to achieve peace within the heart and the mind. This is all that matters.

You don't have to sit quietly for a set number of minutes, either. While 20 minutes or more is ideal, forcing yourself to sit still for that long might feel more like punishment than bliss. Start where you can, and move from there.

With practice (yes, that's why they call it a Meditation Practice!) you'll get into deeper and deeper calm (a meditative state!) and be able to sustain that for longer periods. You'll also find that once you can get into that deep calm state that your access to what I'll call 'hidden information' gets easier.

Listening to calming music or meditation CD's (or sound tracks) might help you get into a relaxed state with ease. Personally I often do this. I find music helps me stay more focused on letting go and connecting with Source. Otherwise my mind drifts too.

I hope you will consider and experiment with this. It is very helpful for healing from within.

Namaste!

*Note*

A music that I find very helpful is created by Kip Mazuy from New Zealand. He has several tracks of music that help you let go and move into a state he calls Bliss. He also has written a couple of e-books on meditating that you might find helpful. I'll put a link to his website HERE.

Having a Reiki session is very much like meditation. You enter a very gentle easy place while I recharge and balance your aura, and clear out and mend impurities, tears or other damage. This helps you move through life more whole and functioning better on all levels.

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]]> Fri, 25 May 2018 19:17:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?do-you-find-meditation-difficult- https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/o126sv91 <![CDATA[The difference betwen acceptance, forgiveness and allowing.]]> imblog

What's the Difference Between Acceptance, Forgiveness and Allowing? (and why is it so hard?)

Sometimes a word makes all the difference. Choosing the right word can mean the difference between a thought which feels like, "Um, OK," to "Holy Cow! That's IT!!" When it comes to breakthroughs in understanding and releasing things that have happened to us in the past, it is essential to have a word that carries a strong resonance with what we're feeling.

I believe that's why the concept of forgiveness and acceptance are difficult. Or, can be so, at times.

What one person senses around the word "acceptance" might not be the same for someone else.

So, I thought I'd just share my two bits with you about how I go about sorting this out in my mind.

One of the critical phases in any healing process is forgiveness. Every instance we want to change, shift or heal there will be something or somebody who needs to be forgiven before we can rectify it and move on. That somebody might even be ourselves. And yet something so seemingly easy might be much harder than we thought. It's one thing to say we forgive. Feeling it can be quite another animal altogether.

Rather than get in too deep about forgiveness itself, in this article I would like to explore the events leading up to forgiving someone, rather than the actual doing of it.

In my books, to forgive something we first need to be able to accept it. And let me iterate that "accept" doesn't mean "approve." According to several dictionaries "Accept" means receiving. We receive something. So in this sense, we could accept that whatever happened, happened. In a bland, distant way we can observe that "X" happened, we had it given into our life experience. And in this case, we didn't like it very much. We can't go back and change it, we have to acknowledge that it happened and go forward now.

How we go forward impacts the quality of our future, and it's here we get to use our creative prowess. How are we going to react to this past event? Are we angry? Are we hurt? Resentful? Likely we are feeling a combination of different emotions from this event. We'll probably mull in those feelings for a while before we can step into something more constructive, but for now, we need to leave this step and move onto my next point.

Aside from accepting what happened, how do we accept the person who hurt us? Before we can forgive, we must do both.

This whole idea can trigger a range of resistances. In a nutshell, we probably think the person is, well, a human who needs to improve. And here's where the process gets murky, and we can lose our way. How can we possibly accept this person? If we validify the person who did something painful to us, we are more or less saying that it's OK for people to behave like that, and it's also saying that it doesn't matter that "it" was done to us. It diminishes our suffering, slights our right to react to wrongdoing, and means, therefore, that us and our feelings obviously must account for nothing.

Or does it? What, exactly, does acceptance mean?

And why do we even have to accept them, anyway?

Because accepting is part of letting go. When it comes to people who have hurt us, recognizing them as they are, drops the onus of responsibility for their behaviour squarely back where it belongs. With them. When we can't accept someone as they are, we are trying to make them into something they aren't. In our minds, we are continually forcing different (and maybe better) values and experience onto beings that haven't developed to that stage yet. And who is suffering for that? Who is putting out a lot of energy, deeply grieved, pushing hard that the person should be different? We are! We are, in effect, taking their responsibility.

For us to move beyond an event which has stricken us, we first have to acknowledge the perpetrator for who they are. It is their right, as a human soul, to determine how they will gain experience and learning in this lifetime. That does NOT mean they can do whatsoever they please and get away with it. I am saying it is up to them to choose how and what they do. Acceptance, then, can mean allowing that they are individual, with responsibility for their spirit and soul.

From this point, we can move on into the avenues and ways of forgiveness, which I will cover in another article.

For now, can you sense accepting as meaning we allow that person to be somebody who is responsible for themselves? Whether they acknowledge that responsibility or not is a moot point. That responsibility is theirs, like it or not, and it will stay with them regardless. It is up to them to notice where their actions and all the values and beliefs and fears leading up to that, are playing in their life. We can't use our energetic resources to try and make their conscience or their awareness more significant than it is. They have to do this on their own. What is important is that YOU know it's their responsibility.

Accepting somebody doesn't mean what they did or didn't do is necessarily OK, or that their attitude or even beliefs are OK. We can speculate that they might learn or change, but we can't force that to happen. They must be willing in their hearts before that can happen. I want to make it abundantly clear that it is not our soul's responsibility to change them. We might try, in various ways, to encourage, teach, restrict or punish to change behaviour but again, it's up to them. Completely. There is a place for standing up against certain kinds of actions, and this must be done at times. But we will never be accountable for someone else's soul.

There are so many degrees of hurt which require forgiveness in a lifetime. Sometimes we can walk away. Sometimes we need to press charges. And everything in between. But we can allow them to have ownership of themselves. They might decline and blame, but it doesn't matter. If we can know and understand that each being owns and is answerable for their own soul, we can each own our personal experiences and learning and leave everyone else to seek out and develop their own.

How freeing.

Having a Reiki session with Grace is invaluable for identifying and clearing, accepting, forgiving and healing past events, large and small.

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Counseling Hypnotherapy

What makes Counseling Hypnotherapy special?

YOUR unconscious mind!

Hidden within you, at all times, is this amazing part of you that only gets a chance to surface occasionally. Most of the time we operate from our conscious mind. Thats the aware part that watches clocks, thinks about what's for dinner and the million other thoughts tasks and ideas that we need to function throughout our day. The unconscious mind is that other part of you which just takes in information. It notices a gazillion other things every second which the conscious mind doesn't take heed of. It knows a lot.

It is when sitting quietly and gliding into a hypnotic trance that you can gain access to this super-observant and wise part of yourself. Every memory, thought and feeling is in there. It remembers what your Great Aunt looked like that you only saw once. It remembers what you ate for supper on your 12th birthday. It also knows why you do a lot of the things you do and say, and holds a wealth of knowledge that helps you do things automatically.

Have you ever been reading such a good book that you didn't hear someone talking to you? You were in a hypnotic trance.

If you are an experienced driver you may notice that after you arrive at your destination you cannot recall half the sights or events you passed along your way. Why? You were in a hypnotic trance.

Trance is actually a natural and normal state. It's not the mysterious mind-control mechanism it appears to be on a hypnotist's stage show. Your inner awareness will always be watching over you and will not allow anyone to get into your head and make changes you don't want.

What it CAN do though, is amazing.

When you tap into your unconscious mind you are connecting with a part of you that can help you make changes to beliefs at the very core of your being. It can show you events and memories in a new light that give you a greater understanding and often this leads to a sense of peace and even forgiveness. You can ask your unconscious to show you answers to questions, ask for hidden motives to be known, fears to be understood and released. The reasons Hypnotherapy can help go on and on. It is an amazing and powerful tool for healing and for reaching goals.

]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:42:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?the-unconscious-mind-in-hypnotherapy https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/q5cy8g06 <![CDATA[What is Counseling Hypnotherapy]]> imblog

What is Counseling Hypnotherapy?

Hypnotherapy has been around for a very long time, used and induced in various ways. Used properly this mind-state can be a very deep, powerful tool to help you form the life you want. It can help you access resourceful parts of yourself that you might not believe exist. Hypnotherapy can expand your awareness which might allow understanding and forgiveness of yourself and others. In many ways it can help you move forward and through any challenge.

Many people are familiar with stage hypnotists and have a fear that the hypnotist exerts a control over another person. It can seem as though he is taking over their mind. I can reassure you that this is not what is happening. In all instances of a hypnotic state your inner awareness is always alert, alive and functioning. It will not allow ideas or commands to influence your mind or the inner core of your being unless it feels it is safe and O.K. to do so.

In Counseling Hypnotherapy the aim is therapeutic, not entertainment. The main goal is for you to have as many understandings, 'Aha!' moments, process memories, or whatever it is you need to do (within limits of course!) to move beyond where you are today into the tomorrow you are wanting to create. The really beautiful thing about this process is when you make changes in this way your conscious mind can stop fighting you.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could change a bad habit simply because you don't feel compelled to do it anymore? What would it be like when your career choice becomes clear for you, without hammering out a decision based on logic but then suffering that nagging feeling in the pit of your gut? The solutions to these and many other life situations lies.... within you.

But the problem is through years of ingrained training and faulty beliefs (believe me, we all have 'em!) your communication with your subconscious and your higher conscious has become strained. Distorted. Lost. While you are in a hypnotic trance it is much, much easier to connect with this inner part of yourself which knows you best. And this is when the magic begins. Without real effort on your part the mysteries become unravelled. Subtle changes happen. You approach things differently. Maybe not a lot at first, but each little beginning is a step in the right direction. And sometimes indeed the changes are rapid and life altering. Every person is different and every situation is different, requiring different amounts of sessions and time for things to work through.

With Counseling Hypnotherapy the sessions are not all about hypnosis. Hypnosis alone is only a pleasant relaxed state which may on its own provide good results. But with Counseling Hypnotherapy I will be working with you to help you move through something. There will be a chance for you to discuss your problem in question and I will work with you to overcome that in a way that will bring you peace of mind.

]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:19:00 GMT https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/?what-is-counseling-hypnotherapy https://www.touchedbygrace.ca/blog/rss/0d1yrqu6 <![CDATA[How Thoughts and Emotions Affect Your Health]]> imblog

Hello there.

My name is Grace Howlett and I’ve been a therapist for about a dozen years. At least that’s how long it’s been since I got my first certification with reflexology, but I think I’ve actually been doing this work since I was about four years old.

I grew up on a farm here in the Regina area and I was very involved with my farm. I have a real love for the natural world and that’s carried over into my career because I know in health and healing of human creatures that there are laws that govern us and there’s rules that we can follow that will lead to our happiest and healthiest way of living.

One of the most important things I have found in my healing work is that the more joy we can put into our every day the better our outlook and the more resilient our bodies become. The more optimistic and secure we can feel inside at the very core of our being the better our bodies and our spirit will be able to handle whatever life throws at us.

So what is it that makes a difference in the effects of a positive versus a negative thought?

If any of you are familiar with Masaru Emoto’s work you will have seen pictures of ice crystals that he took in an MRI machine. It is basically snowflake type pictures. Through playing around with this machine Masaru discovered that by simply thinking particular thoughts or types of thoughts onto a sample of water he could control the type of crystal formation that would result when it was frozen. This concept might sound strange to some of you but what he did was he would collect samples of water from various sources, take pictures of them at their natural state, and then he would play around with thinking different types of thoughts at the water and then take their picture as single ice particles.

Now two things are important out of this; one of them being how easy it is to imprint a thought or an emotional pattern into something. It doesn’t take fancy equipment. It doesn’t take high-voltage electricity, all it takes is a thought. So that’s what he did. He would take a container of water just hold it in his hand, and think thoughts at it. That’s all you have to do. It makes it even better if you can add a little feeling to that thought from your heart. So for instance he took two samples of tap water and put them into separate containers and one of them he held the thought of love, and into the other container he thought the thought of hate. And the really astounding thing is that the water, no matter where it came from, if it had a positive feeling thought directed at it, the sample would come out with the most beautiful symmetrically formed and intricate crystal or snowflake shape. And the water samples that had negative or harmful or destructive thoughts intended towards them all had twisted distorted deformed water crystal patterns. What thoughts are you thinking towards yourself? This is the second important finding. The amazing and almost shocking behavior of the crystal pattern differences. Now this is particularly important when you think about the human body is made of at least 70% water.

When Masaru realized this discovery he became a passionate advocate for people all over the world to focus on joy and peace and love towards themselves and others because this was the only path to our own greatest health and also to that of everything around us. For the planet is a living entity as well.

The two things we’ve learned here are how almost dangerously easy it is to change something with our simple little thoughts and the second is how profound the differences between a loving uplifting thought and a damaging thought.

Encouraged by his first experiments with the water crystals Masaru also experimented with food spoilage and the quality of thought focused on those food samples. As a project for school children he would have them set three jars on the table with a little bit of cooked rice and water in each one. Then he had them take a piece of masking tape and on one wrote “ love”, and the second one they wrote” I hate you” and on the third one they just left it blank. And what everyone discovered was that the rice sample that had the words’ I love you’ written on it -not spoken, just the words themselves- that sample did not spoil or go putrid at the end of two weeks. The sample that had the words ‘I hate you’ written on it spoiled and went putrid. The control sample, the one with just the plain tape, spoiled as well but was not putrid.

Again this illustrates the power of thought and feeling over the physical state.

Another way that we can illustrate this using a human being is by asking someone to muscle test with you.

Think positive happy thoughts. Muscle test

Think despairing, sad, negative thoughts. Muscle test

Then think more positive buoyant thoughts, and muscle test again. Your arm will be strong with uplifting feelings, and weak when you feel the sadness or worry from the negative thoughts.

This is just a very quick way to really illustrate how feelings and thoughts can really make or break us. When you were thinking rather dismal thoughts you could see you barely had the strength to lift your arm. So how can you expect to go through your day and do all your tasks and work and have any resources when you barely have the strength to keep your arm up? You can imagine the effect that this will also be having on your immune system and your mental state, being fed a diet lacking in love. But as soon as you turn your thoughts and allow love to stream in and joy to bubble up you have strength to spare which will help carry you through your day without fatigue, without being all draggy and tired, and will help your body resist flu bugs and all sorts of other maladies that humans collect when things start to degenerate.

Another way that emotions can really affect our health and healing is when we have a strong emotion trapped inside our body. This emotion can become stuck in an organ or a muscle or on anywhere that is “you”. Sometimes these emotions get trapped during a really intense experience such as a car accident, or a fall. Sometimes these trapped emotions get stuck when something really shocking happens to us, like when we get yelled at or sometimes even just from the day to day belittling thoughts that we think of ourselves. These usually small areas of trapped emotion become buried in the body and can cause more work for ourselves in numerous ways. Dr. Upledger, the man who developed the CranioSacral therapy curriculum, referred to these little energy pockets as energy cysts. They behave a lot like a regular cyst but they aren’t something physical that can be removed with surgery and nor are they apt to spread as in a cancer. But like a regular cyst your body has to cope with this interference, this foreign article that has gotten in the way of your body’s information pathways and its way of moving and so your body puts out a lot of effort to keep this energy cyst walled off, out of the way and it tries to cope as best it can with this intruder. Llike any other cyst it’s a hindrance. It’s in the way. It causes interference and it causes pain.

Sometimes these energy cysts are very obvious and often manifest in the case of a physical accident of some sort, say a broken arm after a fall. Let’s say after the arm has healed and the doctor says that everything is fine you still have a lot of pain. So much so that you’re convinced that something has to be wrong in there. But there isn‘t really anything wrong. What’s happened is that at the time of the fall you experienced some strong emotion. Probably it was fear. Maybe even just a startled fear because usually when we fall we’re not expecting it, and then once we’re in the motion of actually falling were afraid of how bad it’s going to be. In a perfect case when we have some sort of an impact the trajectory of the force should go cleanly through the body and exit. But what can often happen particularly in an accident where there is movement such as when you slip and fall on stairs or in a car accident with multiple hits or rollover -or the very best and most complicated cases I’ve discovered, are people who work with livestock who have repeatedly been pummeled pounded, thrown to the ground or pushed into corral panels- these people are moving, bending or being tumbled at the time of the impact so the force from the blow usually ends up reflecting off a bone or other surface and staying stuck usually somewhere near the injury. It really helps make these energy cysts more stubborn if they are fused in with strong emotions, such as the ones you can imagine in a serious accident.

Another form of energy cyst which really affects your health are the emotional ones that come from not living your truth. These are the kinds of emotions that would fall into the” buried and suppressed” category. These are the ones that come when you settle for less than you know you want with your life, the ones that grow from working in a job you don’t like or living where you don’t like or doing things you don’t want to do day in and day out. They also form from the fear that comes when you know you need to make a change but you don’t know how or where. Sometimes these emotions are just referred to as blocks and they can come from belief systems as well as the caliber of the thoughts that are running through your head day today.

How do you know if you have an energy cyst or block?

Well, the biggest indicator is you have pain somewhere and there probably isn’t any real detectable physical reason for it.

The danger is that if you ignore it and aren’t willing to try and work out it they will continue to limit your health and your happiness. With a possible cumulative effect this could read lead to real serious health issues at some point. Anything that affects the nerves and the flows of the body will have negative impact.

How do you get rid of them?

Well, that’s where I come in. I and many other holistic health practitioners. People who are trained can help you let go of those problematic energy cysts, and energy blockages so they dissipate and the flows and pathways will reopen, reintegrate the energy and allow your body to function normally and cleanly once more.

On a deeper level working with the practitioner can help you come to emotional terms with what caused the block in the first place which will not only effect deeper healing but will also lessen the chances of it reoccurring.

Another interesting thing you’ll find is many indefinable pains are related to movement in our lives. When we want to make changes but are holding back for some reason. If you’re stuck, on any level, and your purpose is calling, you’re going to feel it. This comes from suppressed energy, suppressed emotions. Killing your joy. Limiting your ability to feel. It happens when you trade “I can cope with today” for “I’m going to do it and make a change”. We’re always balancing ourselves, always trying our best to hold enough energy to carry us through each day without getting too depleted. On the flip side of the coin we could be flowing with fewer hindrances, have more energy and juggle less. Our priorities would simply be the guidelines of our heart and we would follow easily, and without struggle.

For the guys out there all this emotional stuff might not be of much interest to you but everything I’ve talked about affects every person. We’ve all got stuff, we’ve all got issues. We’re all working every day to be as bright and happy as we can. So perhaps you might find it more helpful to just think of it as getting rid of hindrances and think of your emotions along the line of a cause-and-effect mechanism and work towards what’s going to bring you the greatest effect. So you’ll need to watch your causes. Your triggers. If thought A brings about B and B keeps bringing you a pain in your right side then you’ll have to watch for A and try and think in a new way.

Changing our thoughts is just the tip of the iceberg -it really goes much deeper than that but we don’t have time for that today in this article. Because it’s not just the thoughts it’s the feelings they carry. And the feeling and the emotion comes from deep inside. Part of the process, a large part of the process, is changing and monitoring the chatter that goes through our minds all day every day. This is work. Yes, let's be frank and honest. It's not easy-peasy. There’s too much there to notice all the time but every once in a while just tune in and notice what you were saying and thinking and then notice how it was making you feel. Remember Masaru Emoto and the water crystals. What type of crystals do you think you were forming? Were you feeding and nurturing and strengthening yourself or tearing yourself down?

This is really important because, really, it is everything.

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