Have you noticed with the good weather in March and the beginning of April how everything seems to change and feel better? With the onset of spring the energies on the planet shift and nature comes to life. New creativity is generated with new growth in the plant kingdom across the globe, hibernating animals waking, creatures of all kinds coming out to play in a flurry of activity and everything seems to become happy. The birds sing in the mornings, lawns suddenly need mowing and bulbs sprout.

We change also as we are as much a part of nature and mother earth as any other living thing. Naturally becoming more active we go outside more, socialise a lot more, new relationships seem to materialise, new additions to the family are started, businesses evolve and plans are made. Spring is the time of creativity and the best time to start new adventures, following new paths that come across your way. Open your heart and mind to allow these opportunities to appear.

As you walk along the path of your life use this natural creative time of year to see the doorways of opportunity before you. Open them and have a look. It costs nothing to look and you can always walk back out if you don’t like what’s in there, but do look as there will be a reason that that door has presented itself in your life. It’s so easy just to say no to something that is different and taken you by suprise, we’ve all done it, but just pause when that doorway appears and have a good think before you say no or walk right on past. There may be something in there that could change your life or just something that will enrich your experience in life. A job or business opportunity perhaps, someone who tells you where to get something or reminds you of something you want to do. A person who invites you out for coffee could turn out to supply you with more knowledge or support on a subject of interest to you or a completely new idea of what to do with your life, a change of paths. New friendship or even a relationship of a more intimate nature, or just simply an interesting conversation that made you feel happy.

Where ever this doorway may lead you to, have a look, you wont know till you do. Some of the most amazing things happen by chance meetings in peoples lives  ( Yes I know, I can hear some of you saying that there is no such things as chance you told me! But you know what I mean! ) so go for it!

Ultimately, in the grand scheme of our entire life, no experience is bad, sure some maybe you wouldn’t want to repeat, in which case you have learnt and are therefore the better for the experience. One thing’s for sure though, you’re far more likely to get amazing beautiful things happen in your life if you dip your toe in the water and walk through that door!

So take off your blinkers and your automatic ‘No” response and keep your awareness heightened, looking out for those opportunities. You never know where it will lead!!!!

Enjoy

We all know how stressful life can be, juggling several different things just in normal day to day living, work, social life, family life or just a bad day. So below is a short meditation you can do to bring your stress levels down and help induce a sense of peace. Find a quiet place and allocate ideally fifteen minutes for this exercise. Before you retire for the night to wind you down, after work or first thing in the morning to set you up for the day. If you want to be specific with the time, set an alarm for 15 minutes so you know where you are within your schedule.

Sit in a comfortable chair, with your feet apart flat on the floor, making sure that you are comfortable. Place your hands palm up resting on each thigh. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Inhale fully and then, slowly, exhale, emptying your lungs completely……slowly. Pause for a second, then breath in fully and repeat the process three times. This will calm you and slow everything down.

Then focus on your feet. Feel the soles of your feet on the floor, feel the contact, the pressure and that your feet are fully supported by the floor. Now imagine roots growing down from the soles of your feet into the ground, through your floor, into the earth and continuing down as far as you can. There is no limit. Imagine them going to the centre of the earth where you see a golden ball of light and wrap your roots around it, securing you lovingly with Mother Earth.

Now focus on your breathing again. Take a deep breath, inhaling fully and then slowly exhale..slowly, not a crawl but slowly, there is no rush. Feel your shoulders drop as you do so and your body relax. After fully exhaling, pause, don’t breathe in. Now count to five in thousands, i.e.. one thousand, two thousand, three thousand in your mind. This may sound a lot to some but you will be surprised. If you cant make five, count to three. If you find five easy count to seven, then eight and so forth. Whatever you feel comfortable with. It is not a competition. While you are counting feel your body relax further, inside and out, shoulders dropping, almost slumping, experiencing a sense of slowing down. At the end of the count breath in again, slowly, filling your lungs to capacity but not straining. Pause, then exhale again as before, repeating the process.

Continue doing this as long as you are comfortable or wait for the alarm to sound. Equally you may, like I do, have a general length of time in mind and my watch next to me which I can glance at if I wish. I don’t use this to “clock watch” but allow myself to continue till I feel it is the right time for me to stop. When you have reached the end of your meditation bring your breathing back to normal and slowly open your eyes. Feel your feet on the floor again  scrunching your toes and clenching your hands. This helps to bring you round and focus back in the now and present. Give yourself a little time and having a glass of water to hand is a good idea so you can have a drink. It’s important to drink water after a meditation as a lot of your body fluids are used during this process and it helps to bring you back around also.

This can be done anytime and for any duration, from a few minutes to an hour or more.

Enjoy!

We live in an attraction, creative based universe. We, like everything else are made of energy. From a scientific view point we are ultimately sub atomic particles moving around, vibrating at different frequencies. There are no exceptions, be it a table, a pebble on the beach or us. We all vibrate.

The difference is we have the power to create by directing our energies and thoughts towards something. The universe responds and sends us what we focus our attention on. There is no “no” within the Law of Attraction. There is no “yes”.

Whatever we focus our attention on we receive. Not instantaneously but over a period of time, gathering momentum as you pour attention into your focus point. This gives us time to shape and create with more direction rather than just a whim. Can you imagine everything you thought about or gave your attention to you received….instantly?  So the universe has its own built in safe guards with a time buffer to prevent this happening. This process can vary in speed of course depending on how strong your focus, the amount of attention going to a subject, i.e. a group effect and some other factors such as allowing it to come to you. ( I will write a blog explaining more about “allowing” later )

In every conscious moment your point of attraction, the focus of your attention is active. You are constantly attracting experiences towards you, either by deliberate intent or by default / random as you allow things you observe to take your attention, and unconsciously bring them toward you. It is therefore much better to focus your attention and thoughts towards experiences you do want in your life. This takes time but as your practise, guiding your thoughts and attention to what you do desire in your life you will notice examples of  these desires coming forward into your experience. Look out for them, slight changes….a better day, meeting a person you had asked to meet, a better relationship with a work colleague or friend, finding that parking space, the bus arriving on time, a waited phone call arriving, better news from your employer.

Your emotions are your indication as to whether you are in alignment with your inner being, your true self and you are focusing your attention in the right direction. If you feel a negative emotion, you will know your thoughts are going in the wrong direction. If you feel positive emotions then your thoughts are going in the right direction and you are in alignment with your inner being. This is called your Emotional Guidance System. It is the best guide your have as to whether you are travelling in the right direction.

So give your attention to what you desire…not what you do not desire. Remember there is no “no” or “yes” in this attraction based universe, so give your attention and thoughts to what you do wish to bring into your experience and improve your life.

We have all at some stage been lost for words in our life or the right words simply wont come! This could be in a board meeting delivering a package for your promotion, talking to a difficult member of the public or customer for your business, a family member or friend you are trying to get a point across too without offending them. Even that first contact in a relationship where the energy is so strong that you cannot get your words out and very embarrassed! How frustrating, often embarrassing and dare I say it annoying sometimes is this?

There are allot of techniques available to prevent this from happening in the first place but in this blog I wish to just out line a very simple technique when either caught in that situation or just prior. The main thing is to be “present” and in the “moment”. What I mean by that is to be focused and grounded. Feel where you are, your feet on the floor, the clothes on your body and what, if anything, you are touching in that moment. A table, a door handle, a book, whatever. The reason is that when you are caught speechless or seem unable to voice the right words to avoid that embarrassing moment is all your energy at that time is rushing  to the upper half of your body making you feel empty headed. Focusing on your feet on the ground brings your energy back into balance and “grounds” you, connecting your energy back to the earth. Suddenly you will be able to think straight and get your words out! Scientific studies with children at school have found that asking a child to place his feet on the ground brings the child back into the present, more focused and well behaved, allowing them to reconnect and find the answers they were asked for.

Remember you can do this just prior to your interaction or at the time it happens. Just feel your feet on the ground, be “aware” of them. Even while in the middle of talking you can do this. You’ll find the words will flow allowing a sense of confidence and balance avoiding that embarrassing lost feeling!

Water. Everyone always talks about water and life as we know it. There is no doubt how important water is to our well being. Depending which scientific study you read or which research body findings you look up, our bodies are anything from 55% to 75% give or take made of water. This varies depending on the above, your sex, what your body fat percentage is and so forth. However, we all agree how important it is.

There are many in depth scientific studies out now including photographs of frozen water from different sources that show very clearly the difference between certain types of water. It is amazing to see and I recommend anyone to obtain a copy of this book “The Hidden Messages in Water” by Masaru Emoto. It will open your eyes. It most certainly did me a few years ago. Even different energy/emotional inputs alter the molecular structure of water as well. But that is another blog which I will touch on later.

So how do we improve the water we drink? Most of you would come to the conclusion that mineral water is the answer. Well, yes and no. It is better than tap water for sure. However, it is not a finite answer nor the only one. For some people buying large bottles of water all the time is not practical and you have the expense and plastic bottle disposal issue. You could buy a water filter from any reputable supermarket. Or even have a more permanent filter placed in your domestic water system with its own tap. For further health enhancing benefits place some crystals at the bottom or your water filter.