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Change Negative Self Talk And Ease Your Anxiety
Negative self talk is a major contributor to general anxiety - I know, I use to do it! But you can overcome this bad habit, and it's easier than you might think.
So what is negative self talk? I would define it something like this:
"It is the constant mental chatter that we engage in on a regular basis, that has become so habituated that we often don't even notice we are doing it. This self talk is not in alignment with our true inner being, but has been created as a result of long-held fears and beliefs."
These thoughts produce feelings, and not the other way around. I love this quote from Louise Hay, which sums it up perfectly: "...if you don't have the thought, you won't have the feeling. And thoughts can be changed. Change the thought, and the feeling must go."
Try this little exercise by saying this to yourself - "Everything goes wrong for me. I always have such bad luck! I can't trust anyone and I get ripped off all the time! My health is always poor, and I'll probably die of some horrible disease!"
Does it make you feel uncomfortable? You probably didn't want to say it at all. This example is a bit extreme, but it demonstrates that words are not just words - they have an energy and a vibration just like everything else. And they will affect your mood and your own energy vibration.
So can you imagine the effect that constant negative self talk can have on you over a period of time? It not only affects your emotions, but can also manifest into physical symptoms. After all, thoughts and emotions are energy just like everything else, and the low vibrations of ongoing negative self talk will sap your vitality and can lead to anxiety symptoms.
Obviously, we all say negative things to ourselves sometimes - it's normal. It's impossible to expect to think only positive thoughts on a constant basis. The occasional negative thought is nothing to be concerned about.
But when your negative self talk exceeds the positive, it's time to take action!
What are Some Types of Negative Self Talk?
1. Worrying
I once read a great quote on my desk calendar many years ago, and I tore it off and have kept it till this day. It really struck a chord with me. It said "Worry is usually a lot of trouble that never happens".
How true that is! How many things have you spent time worrying about, all for nothing.
Negative self talk of the worrying kind usually starts with a phrase like "What if .......?" Statements like this always presume the worst is likely to happen. "What if I have a heart attack, like my father did?", or "What if I make a mistake on this project? It will be really embarrassing and I could get fired!"
This sort of talk promotes anxiety because you are scaring yourself by imagining such impending disaster, and your body responds by creating the symptoms associated with fear and constant stress. See my pages on the Physical Symptoms of Anxiety and Psychological Signs of Anxiety for more information about these bodily reactions.
2. Feeling like a Victim
The victim mentality creates anxiety because your negative self talk tells you that you have no control over your circumstances, and you and your life are pretty much jinxed.
This self talk is filled with moaning, complaining, and blaming everyone and everything else for the way your life is. The victim takes no responsibility for themselves, and doesn't believe things will ever change. Phrases such as "Nobody ever appreciates me. I do all the work around here, and what thanks do I get?", or "I feel unwell again today. Why do I always catch everyone's viruses - it's not fair!"
3. Being a Perfectionist
The negative self talk of a perfectionist tells you that you and the things you do are not good enough, and the word "should" is used a lot. This creates anxiety by pushing you to your limits of physical and mental tolerance, which results in ongoing stress and fatigue.
This kind of self talk convinces you that your worthiness is based upon things that you do or have, such as career, money, the love and acceptance of others, or being the perfect wife and mother.
Perfectionist self talk says things like "I should always be organised and have things under control" or "I have to get this promotion, or I'll look like an idiot."
4. Constantly Criticising Yourself
Negative self talk that is constantly criticising you can create anxiety because it focuses on all of your perceived flaws and weaknesses and ignores your good qualities. It constantly puts you down, and makes you believe that you are generally a useless human being.
The inner critic would say things like "You're always making mistakes - you are so dumb!" or "You are so fat! Why can't you be slim like so-and-so?" Critical self talk also likes to compare you to others, with you being the loser.
Why is Negative Self Talk so Bad for Me?
The majority of self talk takes place so quickly and habitually that we don't even notice we are doing it. But even though you may not consciously be totally absorbed in your mind chatter, your subconscious mind is taking it all in. And the subconscious mind just accepts everything you tell it, and responds accordingly. (You can go to my page on Self Talk for more detailed information.)
As stated earlier, thoughts produce feelings and emotions. It is never the other way around. However, sometimes it may feel as though certain emotions then cause you to think a certain way, but that is just because negative thoughts attract more negative thoughts, and so on it goes.
Even though your self talk may be irrational, such as many of the statements made by the Worrier, your body responds as if it were really true. So if you are constantly having thoughts of bad things happening to you, you will create the negative emotions such as fear, anger, disappointment, etc, even if the circumstances have not actually occurred.
These emotions then produce reactions in the body associated with stress and anxiety, and these build up to high and chronic levels when you get into the ongoing habit of negative self talk.
Thoughts and emotions also have an energy (since everything in the Universe is made up of energy, including us). Negative thoughts and emotions have a low energy vibration, and so will drag down your vitality and the vibration of your entire being.
This reduces your capacity to attract good things to you, as you can only attract things to you that are in alignment with your own vibration. So if the energy frequency of your body (made up of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual) is being dragged down by negative thoughts and emotions, then your outer world may appear to be pretty gloomy.
This then feeds your negative self talk, and a self-perpetuating downward cycle begins.
How Can You Deal With Negative Self Talk?
You can change this bad habit, because that's all it is. You have gotten yourself into the pattern of thinking so many bad thoughts. It can take time, because you've probably being doing this for years.
But I have broke my own negative thought habit, so I know it is very achievable.
Everyone has negative thoughts from time to time - and this is nothing to be concerned about. Worrying about every less-than-perfect thought you have is ridiculous. But if your self talk is more negative than positive, it's time to turn it around.
Please go to my page on Changing Your Inner Talk for information on the techniques I used to change my mind chatter, and my life.
http://www.gateways-to-inner-peace.com/negative-self-talk.html
What Is a Chakra?
The Sanskrit word Chakra literally translates to wheel or disk. In yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda, this term refers to wheels of energy throughout the body. There are seven main chakras, which align the spine, starting from the base of the spine through to the crown of the head. To visualize a chakra in the body, imagine a swirling wheel of energy where matter and consciousness meet. This invisible energy, called Prana, is vital life force, which keeps us vibrant, healthy, and alive.
The Importance of the Main Chakras in the Body
These swirling wheels of energy correspond to massive nerve centers in the body. Each of the seven main chakras contains bundles of nerves and major organs as well as our psychological, emotional, and spiritual states of being. Since everything is moving, it’s essential that our seven main chakras stay open, aligned, and fluid. If there is a blockage, energy cannot flow. Think of something as simple as your bathtub drain. If you allow too much hair to go into the drain, the bathtub will back up with water, stagnate and eventually bacteria and mold will grow. So is too with our bodies and the chakras. A bathtub is simple; it’s physical so the fix is easy.
Keeping a chakra open is a bit more of a challenge, but not so difficult when you have awareness. Since mind, body, soul, and spirit are intimately connected, awareness of an imbalance in one area will help bring the others back into balance. Take for example, a wife, who has recently lost her husband. She develops acute bronchitis, which remains in the chest, and then gets chest pains each time she coughs. The whole heart chakra is affected in this case. If she realizes the connection between the loss and the bronchitis, healing will occur much faster if she honors the grieving process and treats that as well as the physical ailment.
The Chakras of Matter
The first three chakras, starting at the base of the spine are chakras of matter. They are more physical in nature.
First Chakra: The Muladhara is the chakra of stability, security, and our basic needs. It encompasses the first three vertebrae, the bladder, and the colon. When this chakra is open, we feel safe and fearless.
Second Chakra: The Svadhisthana chakra is our creativity and sexual center. It is located above the pubic bone, below the navel, and is responsible for our creative expression.
Third Chakra: The Manipura chakra means lustrous gem and it’s the area from the navel to the breastbone. The third chakra is our source of personal power.
The Fourth Chakra: The Connection Between Matter and Spirit
Located at the heart center, the fourth chakra, anahata is at the middle of the seven and unites the lower chakras of matter and the upper chakras of spirit. The fourth is also spiritual but serves as a bridge between our body, mind, emotions, and spirit. The heart chakra is our source of love and connection.
When we work through our physical chakras, or the first three, we can open the spiritual chakras more fully.
The Chakras of Spirit
Fifth Chakra: The Vishuddha chakra is the fifth chakra, located in the area of the throat. This is our source of verbal expression and the ability to speak our highest truth. The fifth chakra includes the neck, thyroid, and parathyroid glands, jaw, mouth, and tongue.
Sixth Chakra: The Ajna chakra is located in between the eyebrows. It is also referred to as the “third eye” chakra. Ajna is our center of intuition. We all have a sense of intuition but we may not listen to it or heed its warnings. Focus on opening the sixth chakra will help you hone this ability.
Seventh Chakra: The Sahaswara chakra or the “thousand petal lotus” chakra is located at the crown of the
head. This is the chakra of enlightenment and spiritual connection to our higher selves, others, and ultimately, to the divine. It is located at the crown of the head.
Clue to Aligning the Chakras
Awareness to which of your chakras are out of balance is key to aligning them. Our bodies are in constant flux between balance and imbalance. Unless you have an apparent problem in one area of the body, imbalances can be difficult to detect. That being said, it’s good to bring awareness to your body/mind and start to learn its signals and clues.
For example, frequent constipation can indicate a blockage in the first chakra. A recurring sore throat leaves clues to a blocked fifth chakra. Frequent headaches around the area of the forehead may mean your sixth chakra is blocked.
http://www.chopra.com/ccl/what-is-a-chakra
Understanding Pain, Illness and Dysfunction Within the Body
Our physical bodies are the most amazing things in all the universe. They are designed impeccably. When we, the human, are not drowning in our own fears and unworthiness/self esteem issues, the body is designed to last for centuries not simply decades.
The body runs wholly off a two fold energy system or electrical current. I refer to these two energy mixes as Spiritual Energy and Earth Energy. The Spiritual Energy comes in from the crown area (top of the head) and moves all the way down the body and out the feet. This is a high vibrating energy / electrical current and has a sort of magnetism within it, designed to pick up our daily stress and worries and move it all out of the feet and into the earth to be transmuted into positive, healthy energy. All while keeping the body in top peak vibrating form.
The earth energy is nourishing beyond imagination. It flows upwards thru the body from the feet and out the crown as it hydrates and nourishes the body. Nothing should ever be removed from the physical body without something put back in to replace it. One day, our surgeons will come to realize this importance, at least, that is my hope.
I refer to this movement of energy within the body as your "inner ocean". I can literally see this energy within you move thru what I call your core energy channel. This is the first thing I look at when we are in a session together. I start at the crown, and from my inner vision you can look at it like a big funnel coming into the crown filling the entire cranium area and and moves downward thru the body in like an ethereal tube about the size of a quarter starting at the base of the brain (where the cervical meets brainstem).
There are two intersecting points that move this energy out the limbs. One place is at the heart center which connects this "tube" just under your shoulders and down each arm, releasing energy (and taking more in) from the center of your palms. The next intersection is just above your tailbone where it creates a sort of Y and moves down each leg and out the center of the arches in each foot.
This energy is picked up by both your cranial and spinal fluids and moves thru every cell of the body. I refer to this motion of energy as your inner ocean.
When someone is in a constant state of "worry" this affects the energy that flows thru you. Anyone who has been on my massage table knows the first thing I do after opening the crown chakra is poke around at the brains to see what may be on their mind. So many people are busy just thinking...
A lot of people will simply cry (at least women do, men, bless your hearts, you need to allow yourself to cry more often) when I open up their crown energy and start to talk to them about what they are harboring in their mind. This is actually a great thing, those tears, that energy of emotion needs to come out and not be all bottled up inside of you. I celebrate your tears and will hug you thru it.
Now couple that with what we do with our core energy! So many people have words so stuck up in their throat that it is hard for me to pass thru this center. All those things you wanted to say, but never did, have got to go somewhere. They get stuck in your throat! This creates blocks of energy from being able to pass thru the head down into the body. Can we say tension headaches and migraines or worse, throat cancer!
The body has one way to communicate with you and that is thru pain. The more we ignore the pain, and mask it over with a pill, the louder the body must get to get your attention, but usually, we try and get another pill. our entire health system keeps you sick and decaying this way. Good for their business, bad for your longevity and true health of life.
When your block is so solid that I cannot move thru it, we have to do some fancy footwork. I have seen many a "light shunt" put into throats to allow the flow of energy to move thru the body. I always tell the person on my table, you can either continue to work with this shunt, or do what you have always done, and it will disappear without a trace. Your health is always your responsibility. All-ways. You can either choose to change, and your body will tell me what needs to change, or do what you always have done.
Once I am able to get past the throat area, the next stop along your channel is your heart. There is no wonder why heart disease is rampant in this country. The emotional issues we are not dealing with are massive! There are times I connect to the heart and just cry myself. I do feel what you feel every step of the way, even if you are in denial of what you are feeling. It is simply amazing how we have blocked out even our deepest sadness so we can live each day. You can't fool your body tho. All that denial is building up inside of you. Every ache of the heart that you do not deal with, is stills stored in the heart as non moving energy.
Your heart depends on the movement of electricity of your body to function, the more you clog the flow of the electrical currents (that spiritual and earth energy) the more it has to get your attention, first maybe by high blood pressure, then maybe mild heart issues leading eventually to a full blown heart attack.
Now imagine your body, we are only talking about 3 areas here, and this is where most peoples biggest blocks are. How can the rest of your body function at its highest capacity when you can't even breath any longer. Can we say asthma, emphysema, apnea....
There is one other major place I want to address in this article and that is the sacral chakra, our sense of self within the world around us. Viagra has replaced our need to deal with ourselves.
This area as well as the root chakra (from the hips all the way down to the ground) is the slowest vibrating aspect of our bodies. What happens when we get aroused is the higher vibrations of the body (that heart center) is mixing itself up in our lower body, as it is designed to do. However, when we are so blocked, the body cannot receive the higher vibrations creating impotence within our body. Libido's go dormant and the human goes looking for a quick fix (at least our men do, that sex thing is a huge identifier with many men, but that is a whole other issue to be looked at)
You get that energy moving, deal with your "stuff" and your body will always be able to rise to the occasion!
Lets take a walk thru your body together.... book a Hands of Light session today!!
Keep in mind, there is NO SUCH THING AS INCURABLE! Do not ever, ever, ever, allow anyone to take away your power, your ability to be in full health by planting that lie within you. Everything is reversible - EVERYTHING!!
May health and joy be your normal state of living!
http://www.mysoulcenter.com/energyblocks.html
What are energy blocks and is it possible to get rid of them?
Energy blocks are an accumulation of internalized mind energy that has built up over a long period of time. Whenever our ego systems are challenged, this energy is reactivated and becomes the driving force, or the fuel, of the ego defence. Because internalized mind is an integral part of who we are, it is very difficult, though not impossible, to release it without first becoming conscious of its origin. Even if we were to release the energy through psychic means, unless we address the problem that caused it to be internalized, it would very quickly be replaced with more of the same.
The first step in removing internalized energy is to embark on a path of personal growth with the aid of a guide, therapist or teacher. That person can help us understand who we are and why we have internalized. The learning process that leads to personal growth involves becoming aware of and peeling away the layers of the ego defence, so that the ego can be nourished. This process, sometimes called ‘ego burning,’ can be extremely painful. It causes us to become aware of what Carl Jung called our shadow: our dishonesty, manipulative behaviour, self-centredness — all the personality traits we would prefer not to know we have. At first we may be devastated, wondering how we could possibly have been wrong or bad for so many years. Eventually, however, we learn to see our past actions not as mistakes, but as the best possible choices we could have made, based on the information we had at the time. As we move towards self-acceptance and the ego defence is peeled away, the ego can begin to take in nourishment, in the form of compliments from others and acknowledgment of our own achievements.
Another way of facilitating personal growth is through a path of spiritual development, although it’s important to realize that not all paths lead to personal growth. Some of the methods that can provide us with the challenge to grow are study, meditation and labour. Each path emphasizes one particular method more than others. At the same time, the teacher may challenge us personally, drawing attention to our habits of thought and behaviour. Although energy release can happen spontaneously during any of these practices, they all require close supervision and regular access to the teacher or her aides.
Release of internalized energy can also be effected by means of a therapeutic relationship in which such disciplines as bodywork, breathing or imaging techniques are used. The process of energy release can be extremely difficult. It may sometimes seem as though the ego defence is screaming in protest, not wanting to let go of the energy, which is, after all, a part of itself. This is why certain unhealthy patterns of behaviour are hard to change. Often, as the energy is released, new or unfamiliar feelings or behaviours may surface, which the therapist can help us understand.
Whatever methods of growth and energy release we choose, the process may take as much as one year for every six to ten years of life. As we work through it, we need to remember that internalized energy cannot be permanently removed unless we first change the way we think about ourselves and our environment. Only when we stop adding fuel to the internalized mind can we be successful in removing it.
http://www.humanenergy.net/questions/Removing_Energy_Blocks
How to Clear Your Energy Blocks: A Down to Earth Approach
Have you ever heard talk about how to clear your energy blocks and wondered what it meant? What’s an energy block anyway? Well, you might have one knotted up between your shoulder blades right now, from hunching over a desk. Or if you’ve ever crossed your legs too long and had your foot go to sleep, you know the experience.
Physicists tell us that everything in the universe is actually composed of energy. All matter, they say, is only as hard or soft as the vibrations of the atoms that form it. We may feel our feet on solid ground, but the ground we stand on is not solid at all.
Once you consider everything as energy, the idea of keeping its pathway’s clear is easier to tackle. Terms like writer’s block, blocked legislation, a blocked up river, or blocking pass in football, all show how things get interrupted or thrown off course. Our individual energy blocks take the form of tension in our bodies, fear and worry, inability to focus, or the total shut down of depression. Severe blockages can even threaten our lives.
And sometimes, asking how to clear your energy blocks means wondering how to get out of your own way.
Go with the Flow. A good first step to clearing energy blocks is to stop giving them so much attention. Instead, picture your unblocked energy, sometimes called “the flow.” You know your energy is uninterrupted when you experience what athletes call “being in the zone,” when everything just seems to work.
Many athletes rehearse this flow in their minds, seeing their winning actions in advance. You can rehearse your own energy flow by imagining your life force surging through your body, with whatever images you choose.
How to unblock your energy where it gets stuck the most.
1. Clear the energy blocks in your body. A basic tenet of Chinese medicine maintains that good health requires a proper flow of “life energy,” called Ch’i. Practicing Tai Chi exercise moves you gently to get that energy flowing again, as it should. It also improves balance, tones your upper body and is one heck of a thigh workout.
The systems of our bodies all involve some sort of energy flow. As our circulatory system conveys our blood and all the oxygen and nutrients we need, the lymphatic system, our muscles, and even our bones share in the process.
To clear energy blocks in your body, it is also crucial not to eat foods that do the opposite. Trans fats, aka hydrogenated oils, have thankfully been criticized for blocking our arteries. And there is evidence that sodas block the absorption of calcium for your bones. Time spent now to learn about better nutrition beats time spent later with a cardiologist.
2. Clear your mental energy blocks. If you are old enough to remember AM radio, you might remember turning a dial and hearing several fuzzy stations, all trying to break through the static and be heard. Does this sound like your brain?
Get up, move around, and take a mini-meditation break. You have a better chance of ignoring the noise if you stop fighting it, and instead focus all your attention on something 180˚ away from where you are. Go powder your nose, brush your teeth. Your bathroom sink can be factory of ideas.
3. Clear your emotional energy blocks. Releasing meditations are excellent for removing harmful energy blocks. You may carry a lifetime of negative emotions, fears, resentments. And thinking about your bad feelings just makes them grow.
Instead, find some time to meditate specifically on letting go. Imagine some dark color floating out of you and replaced with light and weightlessness. Throughout your day consciously forgive and let go of negative emotions whenever you can. As St. Paul said, “whatever is good…think on these things.”
No energy exists in isolation. Any steps you take to clear your energy blocks impact all the areas of your life. So applaud yourself for every block you dismantle. Relish every surge of positive energy, and enjoy the flow.
http://clearyourstress.com/deal-with-stress/how-to-clear-your-energy-blocks-earth-approach/
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