Posted by Valerie Wells on Nov 15, 2011 in Blog, Goal Getting, Joy of Visualization Excerpt | Comments Off
The best way to think big is to start by thinking small—even tiny.
You probably have a fairly decent list of things you need and want, ranging from the specific (that new car) to the abstract (being more creative), and from the basic (work) to the miraculous (love). From your list of wants, choose one goal and form a mental picture of it. Maybe you choose that new car. Picture the exact make, model, year, and color of the car you want. Be sure to see yourself in the driver’s seat, so that your Inner Manifestor knows that this goal’s for you.
After you’ve formed a mental picture of your new car, viz it in front of you, about the size of a postage stamp Forms and colors are visible, but not details. Then, as if enlarging a photograph, picture it as a 5” X 7” picture. Details are coming into focus. If you want to add or modify anything in the picture, now’s the time to do it. Then enlarge the picture to an 8” X 10” color glossy. The colors become rich and details leap out. You see yourself behind the wheel of your new car, grinning broadly.
Now enlarge the picture to poster size. Add an affirmation caption to the top of the poster, “I’m Driving My New Car.” See your signature in gold at the bottom. The poster-sized picture reveals details about the clothes you’re wearing and the car. Suddenly you realize that you’re seeing the car from all angles; you can read the gauges on the dashboard and see that the license plate has been issued by the state in which you live.
You’re really seeing the big picture now and you like what you see. Filled with the energy you’ve focused on it, the mental picture pops into being three-dimensional and life-sized and you pop into yourself in the driver’s seat. You can feel your hands gripping the steering wheel and the car accelerating forward. What music do you have playing? Breathe in that new-car smell. Honk for happiness. You’re really in the picture now.
Whenever you want something, start with a small picture of it, then think big. You’ll get the picture.
Condensed from Chapter 2 of “The Joy of Visualization: 75 Creative Ways to Enhance Your Life” by Valerie Wells, published by Chronicle Books.
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Posted by Valerie Wells on Nov 6, 2011 in Blog, Energy, Naturally Powerful Excerpt | Comments Off
As the holidays approach, many people tend to become stressed. Here’s a quick and easy way to release tension and center your focus.
When you were a child your parents might have reprimanded you for stamping your feet, telling you it was rude, or to settle down. You may feel vindicated to learn that instinctively you were onto something good, because stamping your feet releases stress and centers your energy.
You can stamp your feet anywhere, but the best place is outdoors on the ground, preferably in bare feet. Stamping your feet on the ground connects you with the calm energy of the earth and literally grounds you, but stamping your feet on the floor works to good effect, too. Stamp gently and mindfully, and be sure to stamp both feet. Stamping only one foot affects the energy on one side of your body, but not the other, causing imbalances. Stamp your feet in alternation, left-right-left-right, ending the stamp with the opposite foot with which you began. You’ll be able to sense how many times to do it by how centered you feel.
When you’re feeling confused, or overwhelmed, stamp your feet. When you feel frightened, or insecure, stamp your feet. After you meditate, undergo a healing, or have had a massage, and need to focus so you can drive or otherwise function, stamp your feet. The waves of energy of each gentle stamp travel from your feet up to your head and back down to your feet, focusing your energy and bringing you back to earth so you can take constructive action.
Condensed from Chapter 35 of “Naturally Powerful: 200 Simple Actions to Energize Body, Mind, Heart, & Spirit” by Valerie Wells, published by Perigee/Putnam
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Posted by Valerie Wells on Oct 24, 2011 in Blog, Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit, Goal Getting, Naturally Powerful Excerpt | Comments Off
Your brain is both a transmitter and receiver, continually broadcasting and receiving thoughts. Thoughts travel, because their electrical currents cause brain molecules to vibrate, generating waves of energy that have motion and travel. These waves of energy carry thoughts, just as radio waves carry words and music. Some thoughts are known to you consciously and some on the subconscious level, but either way they have an impact when they are received.
You can put this phenomenon to good use whenever you have an important goal you want to achieve. Create a clear mental picture of you having achieved your goal, then contact three people whom you know care about you and want the best for you. Describe the image of your goal to each person and ask them to reinforce the image of you succeeding whenever they think of you. Ask them to really put their hearts into it. Receiving their positive thoughts and energy will strengthen your willingness and ability to succeed.
Think about forming a “Mind Bank” group whose members invest positive thoughts in one another, with each person wholeheartedly picturing each person in the group achieving the success they desire. Already established groups of people who share common goals—families, business departments, sports teams—can also unify their energy by mentally focusing on the same goal. The combined energy of the heartfelt images will create big success dividends.
Condensed from Chapter 172 of “Naturally Powerful: 200 Simple Actions to Energize Body, Mind, Heart, & Spirit” by Valerie Wells, published by Perigee/Putnam
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Posted by Valerie Wells on Sep 3, 2011 in Blog, Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit, Naturally Powerful Excerpt | Comments Off
What motivates you to choose one course of action over another? There might seem to be a number of forces at work, but most of the time they fall into two polar-opposite categories: negative ego and love.
Everyone has a negative, ornery, destructive self. Even genuinely enlightened people have a negative self or ego, but they are able to transcend its influence. Many of us, however, are not yet so aware and resolute, and are susceptible to the negative ego’s siren call.
The goal of your negative ego is to separate you from love, the source of true power. It seeks your downfall, but cleverly hides its true intent. It entices you with visions of physical, financial, and intellectual dominance. Or it lures you down the path of excessive drugs, alcohol, sex, and food. Or it convinces you that you are powerless, then uses your fear to paralyze you so you are unable to take positive action. Whenever fear, unhealthy pleasure, or thoughts of superiority are part of a decision, consider them red flags, warning you that your negative ego is at work. Decisions made by your negative ego are doomed to fail sooner or later, because the negative ego operates by first giving you the world, then blowing it up.
Choose love, because the goal of love is always to create more love. Love wants you to be the most joyful, vital, fulfilled, wise, loving, prosperous, and powerful being you can be. When love motivates your decisions, the results are uplifting, healthy, and successful.
Condensed from Chapter 149 of “Naturally Powerful: 200 Simple Actions to Energize Body, Mind, Heart, & Spirit” by Valerie Wells, published by Perigee/Putnam
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Posted by Valerie Wells on Aug 30, 2011 in Blog, Energy, Goal Getting, Naturally Powerful Excerpt | Comments Off
Honoring the power of the moon is one of the most ancient rites still practiced by humankind. Farmers, aware of the moon’s influence on their crops, plant when the moon is new so the energy of the waxing moon increases their crops.
You, too, can take advantage of the moon’s increasing energy to successfully grow new ideas, skills, patterns of behavior, and business projects. (Diets are the exception to this, and are best begun when the moon is waning after a full moon, so that appetite and weight decrease rather than increase.) To learn when a new moon is going to occur, search ‘lunar phases’ online, or consult an astrological calendar.
A day or two before the new moon, gather the goals you want to grow, as if they were seeds. Write each goal on a small piece of paper–any color or shape–in a single, positive present tense sentence, as if the goal were happening now. “I’m in charge of the ____ account.” “I clearly communicate what I want.” “I am loving.”
On the evening of the new moon, tuck each goal paper into the earth around a plant, to symbolize the planting of it. To help the goal germinate, take appropriate physical action. You might begin piano lessons, implement a stress-reduction program, read a book on hydroponics, or initiate a business project by contacting those who will be involved. Combining physical and mental action also creates synergy, producing greater outcomes than either one alone.
The goals you plant when the moon is new will grow as the energy of the moon waxes. Shine the light of intention on them, and water every day with attention. New moon goals will blossom and bear fruit by the next full moon.
Condensed from Chapter 40 of “Naturally Powerful: 200 Simple Actions to Energize Body, Mind, Heart, & Spirit” by Valerie Wells, published by Perigee/Putnam
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