Holidays Got You Down?

by MarBeth Dunn | Nov 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

How to survive and thrive this season

Do you dread the holidays? The time of year filled with laughter, joy and lots of good food can be tortuous to those who have experienced loss. Memories well up, followed by sadness, depression, anger and emptiness.  Being around lighthearted celebration  can be excruciating.  I’ve lost loved ones, and I know how sad the holidays can be without them.  Yet I have learned to view things from a grander perspective, and in that process I have grown and blossomed.  I know things can shift for you, as well!  Let this year be different.  Don’t be victimized your thoughts and emotions.  You are a powerful being who can make a different choice!

1. Recognize that you are bigger than any thoughts or feelings you are experiencing.

When you are feeling grief or sadness, don’t resist the feeling. Allow yourself to feel it. Where does it show up in your body? Does it make you feel contracted, small or diminished?  Acknowledge it.   Notice how it makes you feel, but don’t judge it in any way.  In this way, you move away from emotionality into a state of neutrality.  You begin to recognize that you are not the emotion.   Now declare, “I am bigger than this!”  Remember a time when you felt happy and joyful.  Expand into the sense of love, joy and well being and feel the feeling.

2. Realize that everything you experience is an opportunity for personal growth.

The feeling of hopelessness comes from being trapped in the illusion that you can’t change your circumstances.  What if you realized that everything occurring to you is part of your specific curriculum in the school of life?  No one said school was easy!  Rather than getting caught up in a cycle of counterproductive thoughts and emotions, look at the situation more objectively, and wonder out loud, “What can I learn from this?”or “How can I handle this differently?”

3. Remember that you have a choice, every instant, to see things differently.

Nothing is set in stone.  As your thoughts and perceptions begin to change, your life will shift accordingly.  When you realize that people show up in your life as your teachers and students, and that your time with them is a gift, the appropriate response is love, appreciation and gratitude for your time together!  I believe that we are surrounded by unseen helpers in the form of Spirit, angels and guides.  Ask them to help you see things from a different perspective, and notice how your perceptions expand and shift.  In fact, the very realization that you have a choice in how you view your circumstances creates a space for thoughts and feelings to shift.

4.  Give of yourself this holiday season

Give of yourself this holiday season and notice how giving makes you feel.  Since giving and receiving are the same, when you give from a place of love and service, you will receive in kind.   Just try it and notice what shows up in your life.

I would love to hear from you.  Please let me know how these strategies work for you!

With love and blessings,

A powerful new meditation that can change your life…

by MarBeth Dunn | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized

On the road in India, I send Holiday blessings to you and yours. We’ve traveled streets teeming with motorized vehicles of all shapes and sizes weaving chaotically in a fluid dance. Women in colorful saris walk gracefully or balance delicately on the back of motorcycles, and intermittent cattle, camels, sheep and pigs wander casually through the traffic. India is a rich sensory experience with her hot, spicy food, brilliant colors and fascinating people. I will write more about the powerful lessons I learned from the love and generosity of the Indian people in another blog.

I came here to attend the 5th annual World United Congress in Hyderabad led by my friend, Dr. Yugandhar, a brilliant visionary with a powerful message of unity for humanity… I am deeply touched and inspired by his vision of scientists, spiritual leaders, doctors, economists, environmentalists, educators and others working together for the betterment of the world, from a place of connectedness and consciousness, coordinating their efforts, and creating Enlightened Alliances.

I asked Dr. Yugandhar to speak about his work with transformation, which he describes as ‘changing the psychological and the emotional software’. As a general surgeon, a Spiritual Teacher and a pioneer in Transformational Medicine, he has developed a wholistic approach to healing that includes a powerful meditation technique focusing on the Hara in the abdomen. He divides medicine into four categories. The first is the conventional system, which includes surgery and allopathic medicine. the vibrational system with alternative therapies such as homeopathy and ayerveda, the third is therapeutic touch medicine, such as pranic healing, shiatsu, and reiki and the massage systems, the fourth is the system of transformational medicine, which includes meditation, past life therapy, rebirthing, human growth techniques, the awakening of “hara” consciousness, counseling and breath work.

In this video, Dr. Yugandhar shares with us his technique of abdominal breathing, which he calls hara breathing. I had initially thought this breath focused on the second chakra. It does not. Rather the focus is on the lower abdominal area, about 2 inches below the navel, which we refer to in Kundalini yoga as the navel point. As he points out, this is a natural breath for children, animals and yogis. When people are anxious, they breathe shallow breaths in their upper chest. The Hara breath calms the mind, releases stress, and expands awareness.

Dr. Yugandhar invites you to please join us at the 1st WORLD PARLIAMENT ON SPIRITUALITY scheduled on 17-21 Dec 2012. Visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/251273511600754/

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