Our body truly is our temple of the Holy Spirit.  Most of us do not revere and honor our bodies the way we honor our churches, synagogues, or any place we gather with our particular spirit “tribe”. And how can we be successful in life if we are dishonoring our body?  Here are some basic tenets of creating and maintaining a healthy temple for your experience here in physical form:

1. Drink water…purified, distilled, or spring water.  In order to cut down on plastic consumption, buy a reusable stainless steel water bottle; then buy large containers of clean water or install a home distiller to distill the tap water you receive so inexpensively.  Refill your stainless steel water bottle frequently.  You should drink half of your body weight, in ounces, daily.  So, if you’re a 150 lb. person, you should consume 75 oz. of water daily.  Also, I highly recommend the addition of therapeutic-grade essential oils to your water; lemon oil is inexpensive, tastes great, helps maintain healthy blood cells, reduces acidosis in the body (cause of all dis-ease), and lifts your spirits.  You can learn more about essential oils at my ellevate mind*body*soul website.
2. Exercise. You’ve heard it before. Get Moving! Find something you enjoy doing.  For me, it’s Pilates.  I’m a “hard core” fan.  Give it a try if you never have…it’s the only work-out you can do while mostly laying down! I also walk as much as possible…treadmill or outdoors.  You do not have to over-do your work-out. Remember, you’re treating your body as the temple it is.  Honor Your Rhythm.
3. Nutrition.  This is a piece that most of the industrialized nations are woefully lacking.  We eat too much “dead” food.  Processed, packaged, pasteurized, pickled. If you look at research on how much you spend on doctor bills, nutritional supplements, diet books, and work-out gear, you would know for sure that your nutritional choices cost more than if you bought all organic and fresh food.  The body cannot heal itself unless it is in an alkaline state…this is a fact.  Most of our bodies are too acidic from our consumption of sugars, simple carbs, soda, coffee, tea, and alcohol.  Your daily meals should add up to 75% fruits and vegetables, 25% proteins (lean meat, fish, legumes, nuts, whole grains). 
4. Bodywork.  Practice maintaining and proactively updating your “temple” by getting regular physical body work done.  Body work can be massage, Reiki, chiropractic, Acupuncture, my own custom blend of energy work and essential oils, or anything you enjoy that grounds you and aligns you physically. Keeping your body structurally and electrically aligned will allow your brain to effectively communicate with your body’s nerve pathways which will enable the proper signals and blood flow to go where they’re supposed to go.
5. Sleep.  How can you have a beautiful path to success if you look worn out?  Most of us need eight hours; most of us also get by on about six.  In the Ayurvedic approach to health, we should go to sleep when the sun goes down and wake up when the sun comes up; consistently every day.  I don’t think I want to go to sleep at 5pm cst when the winter sun goes down that early here in the Midwest…but you get the point.  Partying or studying or working into the wee hours is not a balanced approach to honoring your body’s needs.
6. Ask for Help.  I had a humbling year as I focused on building two new businesses.  I spent more than I made and I had to ask for help.  But, whether your temporary challenge is not enough money or time or energy or ideas, all you have to do is ask for the help you need.  People want to help.  It allows other people to flow their love and abundance, in whatever form, to you…which they need to do.  It is our ego that prevents us from asking for help.  My boyfriend has taught me that this year.  I wasn’t used to asking for help.  But it feels so good to ask and receive.  So, ask for the help you need in order to honor your body.  Remember…What you seek is seeking you!

Focus this week on honoring your body as your temple.  I just jumped off the treadmill after 40 minutes of fast walking.  I’m drinking pure water with lemon oil in it.  I’m writing about things I love and am passionate about.  I’m still tackling the perfect nutritional balance but I’m progressing.  I am a beautiful work in progress.  Next week we’ll talk about the Soul, or Spirit, behind your Beautiful Path to Success.  See you then.

The mind is such a strong component of our reality.  Mind can overcome matter; the mind can also block what is possible.  Buddha is quoted as saying “All that we are is a result of what we have thought.  The mind is everything.  What we think we become.”   And most of us have heard these axioms before.  We know that we can create chaos in our life by dwelling on what’s going wrong.  And we know we can create miracles if we focus on our dreams.  And, still…we get caught in the mental trap of obsessing over what’s wrong.  And getting stuck in “Analysis Paralysis”. 

Why do we over-analyze?  Pay attention here…this may be totally new information for you as it was for me when I first heard it.  We over-analyze a situation because we know the answer but are unwilling to accept it.  Aha!  It is that simple.  If you are caught in circular thought, unable to make a decision, unable to choose an option, unable to let go of something, unable to take a risk…it’s because you already have the answer but are unwilling and/or unable to hear it at this time.

And why don’t we listen to our own inner guidance?  Why do we refuse to believe we know exactly what to do??  Out of fear.  Fear of rejection, fear of exposure, fear of losing someone or something, fear of being wrong, fear of not being good enough.  Fear.  So how do we get our heads out of the analysis trap and into building the beautifully successful life that is our Divine Birthright? 

First of all, be gentle with yourself.  You are absolutely perfect just the way you are.  You don’t have to change a thing.  You don’t even have to get out of that relationship or job that is going nowhere.  So stop judging yourself.  As a good friend of mine says, “You can’t judge anything…not even your own life…you do not have all the information”.  So relax…breathe…you are exactly where you’re supposed to be.  And then make a choice, when you’re ready, to focus on what you desire. 

Make post-it note reminders of your desires, create vision boards, listen to meditations (there are hundreds of free audios online).  Do whatever you can think of to BE in the vibration of what you desire.  If you want a new car, go test drive the one you want…sit in it, FEEL it, and then call back that feeling as often as possible.  If a thought comes up of not being able to afford the new car or never getting the new car, then STOP the thought.  It’s that simple.  Just mentally stop the thought.  Come up with a little self-command that resonates with you; I like to say “cancel, cancel”.  Then focus again on what you desire. 

If you desire something that you can’t actually BE in right now, like a beloved relationship, then just close your eyes and visualize what that dream life looks like…FEEEEEEL how it feels to be completely loved and adored.  If your desire is to work from home in a financially prosperous business while getting to spend more quality time with your family than ever before, close your eyes and visualize how that would look…FEEEEEL how it would be to have your freedom and financial prosperity…to be happy…to be a carrier of the Light to others and a true leader of success and happiness.  BE IN THE VIBRATION of that desire.

And if your mind pops back up and interrupts your dream, tell it to go away…you are in charge of your mind.  Remember that.  You are in charge of your mind…it is not in charge of you.  Master the Mind.  We’ll talk about the Body next time.  See you then.

The point is that most of us think it’s entirely up to us to create our own abundance.  I spent the first 41 years of my life thinking that way.  And then I met a very cool guy who was a 6th-degree black belt and really seemed to understand the connection between body, mind, and spirit.  In fact, my first step into attracting abundance began through some of the courses and workshops, in personal development, that this very cool guy led me to.  I became a Reiki Master and I developed a passion for healing with energy and essential oils; through that passion, I started my first business which is www.ellevate.com.  And once you start doing energy work, which anyone can do and I truly hope every mom and dad will do, you begin to better understand what all the meaning is behind “attracting” things into our lives.

It’s kind of an abstract concept to most people, this Law of Attraction, unless they’ve had some experiential learning with it.  The concept is that “like attracts like” or that “where our thoughts go, so goes our world”.  Most of us have heard these expressions since childhood but we didn’t really understand the power behind the words.  Could it really mean that all we have to do is think about what we want and it will appear?  Could it be that easy?  How come everyone doesn’t have exactly what they want right now?

Well, energy is that simple but, as most of us have discovered, it isn’t alwasy easy.  The Law of Attraction explains that what we authentically vibrate out to the universe is what we will receive in return.  To back up a step, let me remind you that ALL matter is energy and ALL energy has a vibration; therefore, all matter has a vibration.  We can measure the vibrational frequency of everything.  People generally vibrate between 65 and 75 MHz. Most of the things we do each day lower our vibration:  negative thoughts, alcohol, coffee, anger, fear, sadness, stress, low quality food, breathing polluted air, etc.  So it’s important that we focus on also doing things that raise our vibration:  therapeutic-grade essential oils, prayer, meditation, walks in nature, laughter, exercise, quality food and water, love, etc. 

Once we are able to maintain a high vibe relatively consistently (no one’s perfect), then we want to BE in the vibration of what we desire.  So, if I desire abundance, I will spend many free moments VISUALIZING and FEELING how it would be to drive the new E350 Mercedes Sedan (or 5 series BMW or the Lexus RX350…lol) that I desire, or how it feels to put on the new shoes I am going to buy from Anthropologie, or to literally choose the new cabinets, counter tops, and flooring that I desire for my kitchen remodel.  The key to getting your whole body to vibrate authentically with what you desire is to BE in that place now in your conscious and subconscious mind.  Your mind doesn’t know if what you’re thinking about is real or not; but the Universe responds to what you are putting out vibrationally, whether it’s good or bad, so don’t waste time on negative thoughts.

In order to attract a specific thing, let’s say financial abundance, it takes a combination of a couple of things:  (a) keeping your vibration high and BEING in the experience of what you desire plus (b) taking the next right action.  I’ve heard some critics complain that the Law of Attraction doesn’t address the “doing” part of life.  In part, that’s not true; most LOA information includes the fact that you should not miss the opportunities that the Universe is sending your way to give you what your heart desires.  In part, though, the fact is that BEING in the vibration of your desires, entirely, will advance your path exponentially faster than any amount of “doing” could.

I’ve spent the last year really focusing on attracting Abundance.  It hasn’t always been easy.  I quit my corporate job and chose to follow my heart’s desires of holistic healing and personal development.  I started a second business at www.opentoabundance.com and, as anyone who starts their own business from scratch knows, there is a lot more cash flowing out than in, in the beginning.  But I am focused on achieving my heart’s desires and when I catch myself in worry or fear, I immediately self-correct and refocus on what I know I am truly creating and receiving now….limitless abundance and infinite peace….and then I take the next right action.

To tap into your own healing powers, contact me for Reiki attunements and training.  I am an Usui Reiki Master (3rd level) and 9th lineage.  My own Master is amazingly gifted and has passed her gentle strength and powerful healing approach to me.  My personal strengths include healing in the etheric body (aura or spiritual/emotional body) which prevents ailment, injury, or disease from ever manifesting in the physical body and healing the heart so that one can experience receiving and giving more love.  Every practitioner has their own unique strengths.  Reiki is a very gentle and powerful healing modality and anyone can be attuned, practice, and heal.

Thank you Dr. Oz for exposing the masses to our innate healing abilities.  Reiki opens up a channel of pure love within you and is one of the biggest blessings of my life.  Call me at 314-280-9852 to schedule your private attunement and training.  Be well.

Truth and Perfection are one in the same.  Real truth resonates with all of us.  It serves everyone’s highest good.  Truth has Power.  Even when we don’t understand it, we can feel truth vibrating within us.  Throughout history, unveiling the truth has never been easy; and it’s not always easy in our families, amongst our friends, or to our associates.  At this moment in history, we are all profoundly blessed to be here and to be witnessing the profound shift in mankind…the beginning of a truly great period of illumination.  There may be darkness in the world but the darkness shows us that there is equal light growing.  For every one person in the light, he or she can balance out 100 people who stand in the shadows.

To stand in your truth, use VALOR therapeutic-grade essential oil blend.  This incredibly appealing oil is a blend of Spruce, Rosewood, Blue Tansy, and Frankincense.  VALOR works to align your body physically and electrically while, from an emotional healing perspective, it provides a feeling of courage and strength to stand in one’s authentic self.

As a beautiful support to VALOR, use the oil blend of JOY to uplift your mood and bring back warm memories of being loved and of loving others.  JOY oil is a blend of so many wonderful oils that it’s too much to list here; check out the link and get all of the details.  But know that JOY oil contains the highest vibrating plant on the planet…Rose oil.  So you will be uplifted and you will carry a  most beautiful scent when you use JOY.  The blend of JOY oil also helps increase one’s desire for emotional and physical intimacy so it can be a great gift to revive or enhance a beloved relationship.

For additional spiritual support, call forth the angels of the Green Flame of Divine Truth, Healing and Consecration:  Ascended Master Hilarion, Archangel Raphael (and his green and violet flame of healing), and the Elohim Angel Vista.  These spiritual teammates will help you to release the illusions of obligation, victimization, drama, gossip, anger; they help us to see, hear, feel, speak, and manifest PERFECTION.  All you have to do is call to them for assistance.  They are honored to guide you.  And then don’t forget to thank them.

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