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Are you sending mixed signals to the Universe? I am.

Posted on April 4, 2013 | Leave a comment

Joy and Haley Integrity is when your external actions match up with your internal beliefs.  When you use your will to manifest what is lying deep inside of your heart, you are living a connected, fulfilling life.  When what you give time and priority to is the same as what matters in your heart, what pulls at your heart and gets you out of bed in the morning.    

I have realized lately that I am sending some mixed energy signals which is a nicer way of saying I am not living with integrity.  Here are a couple of examples of how I say I want something but my actions are not supporting that dream:

Example 1:  I want to travel but I do not have a current passport.  How am I supposed to head out on that yoga retreat in Costa Rica or the mission trip with my church if I can’t even legally enter another country? My external actions and priorities don’t match up with what is in my heart.  Is there internal strife? Am I actually afraid to travel? Do I not really want to go, I just think I do?  Maybe I am a little afraid, because I know how powerful Universal energy is.  Once I have a passport, tons of travel opportunities will open up.  Not magically, but because I have declared I am ready, by matching my external actions to my internal beliefs.  I need to prioritize my time to go the city office and submit my passport application or else my desires hold no weight and my wishes to travel are just that.

Example 2:  I want to dedicate my entire life to helping others heal through yoga and reiki.  So why am I holding on to my substitute teaching position with our local school district? I haven’t accepted a sub position in months but “just in case I need the money”, I want to be able to sub.  What am I telling the Universe? I don’t trust you to provide me abundantly with students and clients? I am not a good enough yoga teacher to attract students to my classes?  I fear that my reiki clients are not seeing results from their sessions with me?  There is no one out there that can benefit from my healing services?  I don’t believe those things in my heart, but that is what my actions, my clinging to the safety of the substitute position, is saying to the Universe. (UPDATE: Substitute resignation letter sent and accepted!)

When there is a disconnect between what you want and believe and how you are living, explore what is really going on inside of you.  Why are you sending mixed signals to the Universe? Are you afraid? Do you not really believe what you thought you believed? Have your beliefs and desires changed?  When you start to identify where there is misalignment between your internal and external, then you can decide whether you really want to move forward or set that wish off to the side for now.

Some steps to take to align your beliefs with your actions:

  1. Identify an area in your life that is not going as well as you would like it to.
  2. What are your internal beliefs about that area?  How do you wish it was going? Do you feel you deserve it?  Are you putting conditions on it?
  3. What are the steps that you need to take that you have not yet taken to manifest the desired results in that aspect of your life?
  4.   Why have you not taken those steps yet?  What is the internal dialogue that is keeping you from what you truly want?
  5. Make a plan for something you can do today to move in that direction.  Even if it is just setting a deadline to do something.  Put it on your calendar and hold yourself accountable.
  6. Feel the alignment of the Universal energy inside of you when your internal beliefs match your external actions!  I believe in your dreams and so do you.  Put your own third chakra manifestation energy into making them come true!

I want to know what area of your life you used this process on? Where are you aligning your internal desires and external actions?

With love,
Joy

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Your Third Chakra: Checking In with Your Power and Your Energy

Posted on September 27, 2011 | 3 Comments

How is Your Power Center today?

We are talking about the third chakra and if you were in my classes last week, you have gotten to experience all of this first hand!

The third chakra is located in the bullseye around your navel and it takes in all of your digestive organs, liver and gallbladder.  It vibrates to the color yellow and is your power and energy center.  (Wear yellow to boost your power!)  It is associated with your inner strength and will, the fire you have in your life.  When someone has a lack of third chakra energy, they can have little energy, blame others, lack confidence, have poor digestion and have little self-discipline.  When someone has an excess of third chakra energy, they can be very competitive, controlling, stubborn and hyperactive.  When your third chakra energy is balanced, you feel positive about yourself, you are energetic, playful, able to take appropriate risks and have good self-discipline.  (Yes, please!)  Can you picture someone who falls into those categories of third chakra energy?  Can you see yourself at different times of your life with excess or deficient third chakra energy?

So now that we have identified the different variations in third chakra energy, how can you bring your energy into balance?  If you have too much energy and need to decrease the fire energy in your life, practice deep breathing emphasizing the exhale- what you want to let go of- and meditation.  Backbends also help to cool down the fire of the third chakra. (More on backbends coming next week!)  If you need to increase your fire, energy and power, think core!  Leg lifts, ”crunches”, twists of all types, plank pose, boat pose, even some arm balances as they really use the core to create stability.

Third chakra also is where you regulate your energy throughout your day.  What is your energy like today? Do you start the day with lots of energy and fade in the afternoon? Do you get a burst of energy after the kids go to bed and then have trouble settling down? What zaps your energy? What gives you energy?  Begin to notice your own patterns and think about what they can teach you about yourself.

Tomorrow’s post will be for yoga teachers and how to plan a yoga class based on the third chakra.

Namaste,
Joy

For more reading on the chakras, I recommend The Chakra Balancing Workbook by Anodea Judith.

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