I am grateful my husband didn’t get around to cleaning up the yard on the weekend, because it means he spent quality time with our son on his school project.
I am thankful for the floor that needs sweeping, the bathrooms that need cleaning and the switch that needs fixing, because it means I have a home.
I am grateful for finding the only parking spot at the far end of the car park, because it means I am able to walk.
I am thankful for the clothes that sometimes feel a little tighter around my waist, because it means I have enough to eat.
I am grateful for the huge electricity, telephone and car registration bills I have paid this week, because it means I am wealthy enough to afford these luxuries.
I am thankful for my children bickering with each other and complaining about household chores, because it means I have a healthy, normal family (and perfect hearing!)
I am grateful to clean up the weekend bomb-site on a Sunday night, because it means I have been surrounded by family and friends.
I am thankful that my back played up horrendously early in the week, because it was a reminder for me to look after myself.
I am grateful for the weariness and an aching body at the end of a big week, because it means I am capable of working hard.
I am thankful my family leaves their laundry wherever they take it off, because it means they have clothes to wear.
I am grateful that I was spoken to badly, as it taught me how to take a positive lesson from every situation.
I am thankful that I ended up getting to bed much later than planned last night, because it meant spending a couple of hours with my husband...uninterrupted.
I am grateful that the alarm clock goes off early, tearing me from my slumber, because it means that I am alive!
I am thankful that I sometimes have to push myself to get this blog done on time, because it means I get to share my beautiful life with you.
suzy x
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Believe To Receive
It is natural for us to dream about what we want in our lives...happiness, a fulfilling career, love, great friends, a nice home, health and so on.
There is a difference between daydreaming and Positive Visualization. When we daydream, we are usually looking at a blurry movie in our mind, where we are in the third person in the future or the past. When we use Positive Visualization we are in the Present. We use our imagination, emotions and our senses; imagining the sounds, smells, touch and joyful feelings of how it would “feel” to have what we want.
We can all visualize, but we are not all aware of the power of visualization.
Using Visualization will actually move us from negative thinking to positive thinking. When we see ourselves happy and in positive situations we realize that we are happy and in positive situations, the more we visualize positive things the more positive your life will become. If we focus on the negative...well, it has the same affect. We notice all the negative things around us.
If we can’t do something, can’t be something, can’t have something, we project this all around ourselves. If we use Positive Visualization, for anything, say having a great and successful day at work...it will more than likely happen...sometimes it will take longer than others and it is up to you how often you practice Visualization, how much you put into it, to feel it, believe it.
This is nothing new, it has been used by sports coaches when training athletes, doctors when patients are healing, businesses when training employees and students when approaching exams. It has been studied, written about, and there are many techniques.
Avoid at all costs what you don’t want in your life! Avoid playing your greatest fears over and over in your mind. Focus on what you do want, what you do want to be doing, what you do want to enjoy. Feel the joy from the images.
Visualization techniques can be applied to many areas of your life. Visualizing a clear image and combining it with a strong positive emotional response will help you manifest your beautiful life.
suzy x
There is a difference between daydreaming and Positive Visualization. When we daydream, we are usually looking at a blurry movie in our mind, where we are in the third person in the future or the past. When we use Positive Visualization we are in the Present. We use our imagination, emotions and our senses; imagining the sounds, smells, touch and joyful feelings of how it would “feel” to have what we want.
We can all visualize, but we are not all aware of the power of visualization.
Using Visualization will actually move us from negative thinking to positive thinking. When we see ourselves happy and in positive situations we realize that we are happy and in positive situations, the more we visualize positive things the more positive your life will become. If we focus on the negative...well, it has the same affect. We notice all the negative things around us.
If we can’t do something, can’t be something, can’t have something, we project this all around ourselves. If we use Positive Visualization, for anything, say having a great and successful day at work...it will more than likely happen...sometimes it will take longer than others and it is up to you how often you practice Visualization, how much you put into it, to feel it, believe it.
This is nothing new, it has been used by sports coaches when training athletes, doctors when patients are healing, businesses when training employees and students when approaching exams. It has been studied, written about, and there are many techniques.
Avoid at all costs what you don’t want in your life! Avoid playing your greatest fears over and over in your mind. Focus on what you do want, what you do want to be doing, what you do want to enjoy. Feel the joy from the images.
Visualization techniques can be applied to many areas of your life. Visualizing a clear image and combining it with a strong positive emotional response will help you manifest your beautiful life.
suzy x
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Yoga. Just Do It
As some of you know Beautiful Life has started holding Mother & Daughter Yoga classes here in Mermaid Beach.
This came about from a conversation Regina and I had about how much we enjoyed and what we “got” from Yoga, and how wonderful it would be to share it with our daughters. We were so excited by the idea that right there we decided to start up our own classes. We went out and found wonderful teachers, a great space and off we went.
I love the hour I get to spend with my daughter sharing the joys of Yoga. I feel I am giving her a base for a great positive self image, subtle lessons in breath and posture and some wonderful tools for dealing with life; she is learning techniques for self health, relaxation and inner fulfillment. It enhances her flexibility, strength, coordination and body awareness. It improves her concentration, sense of calmness and allows her to connect with her inner self. She is able to be a part of a physical activity that is non competitive, fostering cooperation and compassion instead off opposition.
Yoga brings out the beautiful inner light that all children have and it is a gift to give her.
Not to mention that we get to spend time with like-minded people and great role models. When you spend time with a community of people that hold the same values and hopes, it dissolves the feeling of separateness we get in the over stimulated, exhaustive world we all live in, us and our children. A group like this practicing together creates an amazing field of energy! It’s also just fun and relaxed. One of our mums said to me, “My daughter may stop doing Yoga at times in her life but she will always come back to it...and she will always be able to say, I have practiced Yoga since I was very young, I used to do it with my mother.”
With this in mind I am hoping to start up new classes of Family Yoga as soon as our Mother & Daughter classes are running smoothly, we have only just had our first month of classes. Family Yoga for all variations of family members, parents, children, grandparents, aunts or cousins!
Anyway, if you are not doing Yoga, thinking about Yoga, want to know more about Yoga, need to get back to Yoga, or love Yoga so much you can’t hear enough about it:
Here is my List of REASONS TO DO YOGA:
1. POSITIVE ATTITUDE Having Yoga in your life helps you face life’s daily challenges with positive energy in your heart. We can become more effective at problem solving as we act less emotionally and reactively to problems. When we practice Yoga we become clear in what we want and manifest our deepest desires. When we treat ourselves with more respect we treat others with more respect also. Trust, acceptance and gratitude are bi-products of self respect and we live with fewer expectations and judgments. Yoga makes us shine from the inside out: you will walk taller, with grace and a positive outlook. You will become more popular; people love to be around you when you are calm, balanced, serene and uplifted from your Yoga buzz!
2. HEALTH Yoga relaxes you and holistically addresses the body’s physical and subconscious needs. It can improve the immune system. Yoga is a powerful cleanser of our mind, body and spirit. It helps manage physical, mental and emotional signs of stress. Many Yoga poses detoxify the body. It cleans and massages your organs; releases feel good and immune boosting hormones, strengthens bones and muscles. As we heal ourselves, we can heal others, with our words, actions and smile!
3. JOYFUL LIVING Happiness does not depend on what we have- but who we are....When we do Yoga we realize we don’t need a reason to be happy, we just are. Yoga increases Mindfulness, as you become more in tune with your self inside and out. Life becomes relaxed and more fun!
Yoga is too fabulous, really it is TOO fabulous. And I am not talking about the transformed, over marketed, go hard, trendy version of a work out class. I am talking about the authentic Yoga, the real deal, where you don’t have to make your body suffer to feel the benefits. Where you are aware of what your body can do...and can’t...and that is enough.
All this talk of Yoga makes me want to practice more often, get myself a nice little set of poses I can do at home before bed, do with the kids instead of watching TV, enjoy and have fun with, and bring it into my beautiful life more and more!
suzy x
This came about from a conversation Regina and I had about how much we enjoyed and what we “got” from Yoga, and how wonderful it would be to share it with our daughters. We were so excited by the idea that right there we decided to start up our own classes. We went out and found wonderful teachers, a great space and off we went.
I love the hour I get to spend with my daughter sharing the joys of Yoga. I feel I am giving her a base for a great positive self image, subtle lessons in breath and posture and some wonderful tools for dealing with life; she is learning techniques for self health, relaxation and inner fulfillment. It enhances her flexibility, strength, coordination and body awareness. It improves her concentration, sense of calmness and allows her to connect with her inner self. She is able to be a part of a physical activity that is non competitive, fostering cooperation and compassion instead off opposition.
Yoga brings out the beautiful inner light that all children have and it is a gift to give her.
Not to mention that we get to spend time with like-minded people and great role models. When you spend time with a community of people that hold the same values and hopes, it dissolves the feeling of separateness we get in the over stimulated, exhaustive world we all live in, us and our children. A group like this practicing together creates an amazing field of energy! It’s also just fun and relaxed. One of our mums said to me, “My daughter may stop doing Yoga at times in her life but she will always come back to it...and she will always be able to say, I have practiced Yoga since I was very young, I used to do it with my mother.”
With this in mind I am hoping to start up new classes of Family Yoga as soon as our Mother & Daughter classes are running smoothly, we have only just had our first month of classes. Family Yoga for all variations of family members, parents, children, grandparents, aunts or cousins!
Anyway, if you are not doing Yoga, thinking about Yoga, want to know more about Yoga, need to get back to Yoga, or love Yoga so much you can’t hear enough about it:
Here is my List of REASONS TO DO YOGA:
1. POSITIVE ATTITUDE Having Yoga in your life helps you face life’s daily challenges with positive energy in your heart. We can become more effective at problem solving as we act less emotionally and reactively to problems. When we practice Yoga we become clear in what we want and manifest our deepest desires. When we treat ourselves with more respect we treat others with more respect also. Trust, acceptance and gratitude are bi-products of self respect and we live with fewer expectations and judgments. Yoga makes us shine from the inside out: you will walk taller, with grace and a positive outlook. You will become more popular; people love to be around you when you are calm, balanced, serene and uplifted from your Yoga buzz!
2. HEALTH Yoga relaxes you and holistically addresses the body’s physical and subconscious needs. It can improve the immune system. Yoga is a powerful cleanser of our mind, body and spirit. It helps manage physical, mental and emotional signs of stress. Many Yoga poses detoxify the body. It cleans and massages your organs; releases feel good and immune boosting hormones, strengthens bones and muscles. As we heal ourselves, we can heal others, with our words, actions and smile!
3. JOYFUL LIVING Happiness does not depend on what we have- but who we are....When we do Yoga we realize we don’t need a reason to be happy, we just are. Yoga increases Mindfulness, as you become more in tune with your self inside and out. Life becomes relaxed and more fun!
Yoga is too fabulous, really it is TOO fabulous. And I am not talking about the transformed, over marketed, go hard, trendy version of a work out class. I am talking about the authentic Yoga, the real deal, where you don’t have to make your body suffer to feel the benefits. Where you are aware of what your body can do...and can’t...and that is enough.
All this talk of Yoga makes me want to practice more often, get myself a nice little set of poses I can do at home before bed, do with the kids instead of watching TV, enjoy and have fun with, and bring it into my beautiful life more and more!
suzy x
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