Give Your Home a Master Cleanse

“If there is beauty in the person, there is harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace on Earth.” – Old Chinese Proverb   It’s a New Year and a perfect time for renewal. Are you ready to freshen up, get clear and attract new possibilities into your life? I invite you to join me by giving your home a Master Cleanse…it will surely Raise Your State!   Most everyone knows how fantastic it feels to walk into a home that is clean and feels alive. As you soak up the refined energy of these balanced and beautiful spaces, your body and mind become more relaxed,
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Amp Up Your Vitality 2014

“If we can affect the stress response, we can affect the aging process. There’s a reason why experienced meditators live so long and look so young.”  – Eva Selhub, MD Are you pondering what to do differently this New Year? Have you committed to work out more, be kinder, lose a few pounds, get a grip on your budget, or spend more quality time with your kids? Are you set up to start a new creative project or commit to deepen your spiritual practices? Personally, I’m focused on completing my writing projects and playing more to increase my vitality. As each year rolls around there is one given for all of us–we all become one year older. And for most people the accumulation of life
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How to Meditate

“Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave. Meditation is the gateway, through which you arrive to the world of freedom.” Remez Sasson   Whether we are aware of it or not, we aim for a peaceful mind. However, it is the nature of our mind to blow from one thing to another. When our mind is easily influenced and disturbed, this creates internal stress and costs us peace. Meditation is a potent modality that develops an inner space for clarity and truth. It dissipates the tendencies we have to fluctuate between the extremes of excitement and despondency, elevation and deflation, expectation and disappointment. Through a consistent meditation practice we find our way to being peaceful, even in the
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Two Brilliant Powers

Have you ever wanted to help a family member or close friend who is hurting? They may be depressed or feeling stuck or victimized by their life circumstances. You watch their chronic discontent or get caught up in their consistent confusion or the chaos that follows them around. Since you’ve been Raising Your State, you know that gaining awareness opens you to new possibilities and more conscious choices. You know that with increasing awareness patterns of needless suffering release. You also know that dismantling faulty beliefs enhances the quality of all your experiences and relationships. Most people who are suffering don’t recognize that much of their unhappiness comes from a lack of awareness. They don’t recognize what a powerful influence the program that runs their
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Do the holidays stress you out?

“For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” Lily Tomlin Are you among the majority that adds extra stress to your system at this time of the year?  Or, are you skilled at taking care of yourself to enjoy your friends and family with ease? If someone told you that the holidays don’t create extra stress, would you believe it? Well, this is true! The holidays don’t create stress. We do! How we perceive and meet life is within our domain. We do have choice. We have an ability to manage our stress when we put attention and action toward this goal. Or, we can also create excess stress when we don’t use our awareness. Our stress levels go up when we: Pressurize ourselves by over-doing,
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Conscious Breath Practice

It’s a holy day when you discover that no matter what the circumstance you face or what condition your mind is in you have the power to access your inner peace at will. This personal power is right here, right now, and right inside of you. It comes through the power of your Breath. When we bring awareness to using our breath consciously we connect our mind and body to our essential core.  This is the state within, underneath the minds activities, where there is always ease and flow. Here, resistance, defense and control soften into openness. “I was fraught with anxiety and insomnia those first few days. I was shocked, confused and overwhelmed with the decisions I needed to make about cancer treatment. My
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Has Your Yin Met Your Yang?

Everything in the universe consists of two opposing, but deeply interconnected forces – Yin (feminine) and Yang (masculine). The interaction of these two forces creates the essence of life around us. Yin and Yang are dependent opposites that strive for balance. When our active male energy and our receptive female energy co-create balance, we experience a free fluid state inside. We experience being in a flow with life rather than over-committed or stagnant. Our whole being comes on-line to give us an experience of aliveness. I was super shocked when my therapist declared me Burned-Out! “Not me!” I admit I was exhausted, emotionally fragile and definitely had too much going on in my life. Yet, even as I went through the motions of life with
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Uncover Your Dynamic Flow

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection. Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves. Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.”   ~ Brene Brown I love this quote. It resonates all through my being
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11 Ways to Shut Down Your Happiness

Are You Resonating with the Shut-Down? Inventory these patterns of needless suffering that shut down Love, Life force and Happiness: Resist change and stay in your familiar safety zone. Vitalize your Victim through self-pity and blame. Do what you must to gain approval and acceptance from others. Indulge in regret and resentment. Evaluate and judge yourself and others. Complain and argue with what life offers. Attempt to change or control people to make them what you want them to be. Insist on forcing your will on the world. Protect yourself from being seen and known. Focus on yourself. Don’t share your energy, love or happiness with anyone. Follow your Should-Master’s rules above all else. We’ve all learned mental-emotional and behavioral patterns that Shut Down our
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Are you powered by willingness?

Are you powered by willingness? “The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” – Joan Didion We had a wild and wonderful Raise Your State journey to the Pyramids of Mexico this last week. We brought forth our Power Being, the aspect of us that is naturally free, whole and powered by Love. Each time I asked the question, “Who is here?” each Power Being courageously showed up with honesty, vulnerability and presence. Their willingness opened the space for potent transformation. I t takes a great willingness to stay connected to your Power Being and expand into the fullness of love. It takes Willingness to tell the truth to yourself about how your mind dreams your life
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