Reiki for Weight Loss – How a Reiki session can help you loose weight

Posted on August 16, 2012 by admin

 

Reiki (pronounced Ray Key) is a precise and powerful form of energy healing, where the hands are placed lightly above or just touching the body similar to “laying on of hands”. During the Reiki session the practitioner is balancing and aligning the subtle energies within your body. The intention is to create a feeling of deep relaxation and inner peace to help speed up healing, reduce pain and decrease other painful symptoms. Reiki addresses physical, emotional, mental and spiritual imbalances.

Reiki can help promote weight loss by helping you experience a sense of overall wellness, a healthier body, calmer emotions and a more peaceful mind. Reiki is very effective to help you reach balance and maintain your perfect weight. Many people notice lower stress levels, less tensions and a deeper and more peaceful nights sleep after receiving Reiki. Reiki, when combined with daily exercise and mindful eating can help assist with weight loss and bring about lasting results.

Reiki is not a fast-fix but a lasting solution to healing and raising the quality of your life. Reiki energy goes to the deepest levels of your being, where illness and disease have their origin, so that symptoms can disappear when the cause is removed.The main focus of a Reiki session is on any painful area or problem area of the body, as well as the endocrine system. A basic Reiki session covers all the points of the glandular system, which in turn control the hormones of the body. The endocrine system influences just about every cell, organ and the healthy functioning of your body and mind. The endocrine system plays a significant role in regulating mood, growth and development, tissue formation and metabolism. The foundations of the endocrine system are the hormones and glands. The hormones are the body’s chemical messengers and they transfer information between cells. The endocrine system releases more than 20 major hormones directly into the bloodstream where they are transported to various cells in other parts of your body.

Cortisol, which is secreted by the adrenal glands, has been called the “stress hormone”. This hormone is also responsible for providing you with energy, and also stimulates the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats. Research also shows how chronic long-term stress and excess cortisol can be the cause of stubborn belly fat in woman. If you are heavy around the abdominal area and lead a stressful life, accompanied by feeling overwhelmed and over-burdened then you may benefit from learning ways to control cortisol levels by reducing stress and allowing more time for deep relaxation and self-care. It may be time for you to schedule a Reiki session.

Maintaining a healthy weight is not just about what you eat or getting the right nutrition. It is also about emotional and psychological fulfillment. In the United States approximately 127 million people are overweight and healthy life-styles need to be adopted. Sustaining a healthy weight and reducing stress levels is vital to your well-being and quality of life as without the correct balance of food, exercise and rest, research shows that you can clog your arteries, strain your heart, decrease your immune functioning, exacerbate your nerves, or develop a lethargic attitude to life.

With regular Reiki sessions, this universal life force energy can help stabilize your appetite and help you become more attuned to what your body needs in order to be healthy and vibrant. The Reiki energy can help strengthen the digestive system, balance your emotions and therefore food cravings, help you develop self-esteem and better eating habits, and illuminate food allergies. Reiki can also help with eating disorders such as Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa. Reiki is a nurturing and healing energy that provides physical nourishment.

Reiki can be a wonderful aid in weight loss, helping you to step back from a stressful day and re-evaluate your priorities and values. Reiki can help you get in touch with your own needs and provide you with a safe and quiet place to let go of the layers of burdens and weight that you have been carrying around. It may take several sessions to achieve results, but with continued effort, you will begin to see a healthier and happier you.

 

“You have everything you need:
A miraculous body, a phenomenal brain,
and a vast and powerful subconscious mind.
Now it's just a matter of focusing them 
in the right direction.”
-James Allen

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Ease Stress – Have Your Favorite!

Posted on July 26, 2012 by admin

A few months ago a friend of mine suggested this exercise to ease stress, by taking the time to prepare a healthy meal mindfully.

“A great way to comfort yourself after a stressful week is to make your absolutely favorite meal on Sunday. Buy all the ingredients you need at your favorite market or better yet, a farmer’s market. When you get home, concentrate on preparing your meal mindfully, focusing on each action and sensation. Enjoy every morsel of your dinner – with each mouthful feel the week’s tension ebb away.” – The Perfect Calm.

 

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Take Your Feelings Along For The Ride – Living Fully with Anxiety

Posted on June 7, 2012 by bridget

 

"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful." –         Mark Victor Hansen

 

To live and full and meaningful life it is very important to work with obstacles that are created internally (our thoughts and feelings). Feelings come and go and we can feel happy one moment as we watch the birds feeding at the birdfeeder in the garden then a few moments later feel anxiety as we notice that we have a pile of unpaid bills on the kitchen counter. Even attempting to feel differently about the unpaid bills does not change things; the fact is you feel the way you feel, whether anxious, frustrated, overwhelmed, exhausted or angry. It is both natural and normal to feel this way when you are experiencing some financial challenges.

Shoma Morita, the founding father of Morita Therapy says "Feelings change like the Japanese sky. Emotions are sometimes cloudy, sometimes sunny." Morita teaches that it is important to observe your feelings and thoughts, accept them, let them rise and fall, while you continue to take action and complete your task. Don't ignore your feelings; develop awareness without having to do anything about your internal feelings. Learn to be driven by purpose instead of your feelings, as your feelings can change in an instant, just like the clouds in the Japanese sky.

If your purpose is to go for a bike ride in the country this Saturday, then even if you have feelings of anxiety rising within you, you can take your thoughts and feelings along with you for the ride. The point isn't to shift the feeling but to ride your bike because that is what you want to do. The important thing is neither to control and suppress your thoughts or feelings nor act them out. Instead just allow your feelings to be there while you finish the action at hand. The key is awareness, if you remain conscious of the flow of feelings while still taking action, then you will not suppress them!

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Insist Upon Happiness

Posted on May 30, 2012 by bridget


"Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it."  – Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

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Holding Grudges, Holds You Back!

Posted on April 17, 2012 by bridget

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.  ~Mark Twain

Most people hold onto an unwillingness to forgive themselves and struggle with accepting their humanness. Once you forgive yourself and accept your imperfections, it is easier to accept the imperfections of others.

Learning the art of forgiveness involves releasing resentment towards those closest to you. Often it is our closest family members that we have the most resentment and anger towards. They are the people we blame when our life is not working out the way we planned it to. Parents, spouses and children are often at the receiving end of our negative actions triggered by our fears and hurts.

This includes forgiving anyone who has ever done anything against you. It may be justified to feel angry towards them. Maybe legally and intellectually you have every right to be mad. However holding a grudge towards others will only hinder your progress on your spiritual path.

Some people may also need to forgive God. Often people blame God for the suffering they endure and for the struggles in their life, the death of a child, the break-up of a marriage, illness or financial troubles. Consciously or unconsciously they believe that the pain is inflicted by God.

To life a conscious and aware life it is imperative that you take full responsibility for the life you have created for yourself. Only once you let go of the blame, the hurt and the deep-seated resentment, will you start to see miracles happening in your life.

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A Space For Mistakes

Posted on March 19, 2012 by bridget

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."  – Sophia Loren

An important lesson to learn in life is cultivating a light-hearted attitude. During stressful times you can become  serious and life can become a full of worries, frustrations and fears. Learn to pay attention and become aware of where you place your attention and what you choose to focus upon. Cultivate a practice of mindful listening and you will soon begin to appreciate the abundance surrounding and supporting you.

Having fun and laughing loosens the mind. A flexible mind is far more open to the beauty present in each precious moment.  Learn to step-back, take a couple of long, deep breaths, and lighten up. Learn what creates natural laughter, often it is the unexpected, the spontaneous, being silly, being playful. It is important to create a space in your life where there are no mistakes, no failures, no right or wrong answers, but instead a space where you can relax, let go and have some fun! Every human being wants to live a happy and joyful life and to avoid suffering and pain. An important part of doing this is learning how to lighten up and have fun, and when you fall down and life knocks you down, to pick yourself up again and learn how to be playful and laugh at yourself and life. Begin to notice the humor.

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PRACTICING FORGIVENESS AND CREATING MIRACLES

Posted on February 27, 2012 by bridget

FORGIVENESS AND  MIRACLES

Ask not to be forgiven,

For this has already been accomplished,

Ask, rather, to learn how to forgive.

 

Forgive the world,

And you will understand

That everything that God created

Cannot have an end,

And nothing He did not create is real.

 

What could you want that

Forgiveness cannot give?

Do you want peace? Forgiveness offers it.

Do you want happiness, a quiet mind, a certainty of purpose?

A sense of self-worth and beauty that transcends the world?

Do you want care and safety, and the warmth of sure protection?

Do you want a quietness that cannot be disturbed?

A gentleness that never can be hurt?

A deep abiding comfort and rest so perfect it can never be upset?

All this forgiveness offers you.

 

You who want peace can find it only through complete forgiveness.

In complete forgiveness, in which you recognize

That there is nothing to forgive

You are absolved completely.

 

The real world is attained simply by the complete forgiveness of the old.

Forgive the past and let it go, for it is gone!

 

Lift up your eyes and look on one another in innocence

Born of complete forgiveness on each other's illusions.

Those you do not forgive, you fear,

And no one lives in love with fear beside them.

Forgiveness always rest upon the one who offers it.

 

Forgiveness takes away

What stands between your brother/sister and yourself

It is the wish that you be joined with them and not separated.

Whom you forgive is given power to forgive you your illusions.

By your gift of freedom, it is given unto you.

 

As you give, you will receive

Giving and receiving are the same.

Illusions about yourself and the world are one.

That is why all forgiveness is a gift to yourself!

 

Forgiveness is the greatest need of this world

That is because it is a world of illusions.

Those who forgive,

Are thus releasing themselves from illusions.

While those who withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them.

 

Those who do not forgive, must judge

For they must justify their failure to forgive.

But he/she who would forgive him/her self

Must learn to welcome the truth exactly as it is.

 

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.

Here is the answer to your search for peace.

Here is the key to meaning- in a world that seems to make no sense.

Here is the safety in apparent dangers that appear to threaten you at every turn

And bring uncertainty to all your hopes of ever finding quietness and peace.

Here are all the questions answered;

Here the end of all uncertainty ensured at last.

 

LET FORGIVENESS REST UPON ALL THINGS.

-Unknown

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Living in Gratitude

Posted on January 27, 2012 by bridget

“I live in the space of thankfulness – and I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That’s because what you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.”

–Oprah Winfrey

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Mindful Abundance

Posted on December 27, 2011 by bridget

"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much"

-Elbert Hubbard

Take a few moments and consider what abundance really means to you? True abundance is aligning with the overflowing fullness that is present in every moment, and is always surrounding you.  It is about being aware of how life always support's you, noticing the abundance that is already present in your life and opening your arms to receive life's riches everyday. Real abundance flows naturally when you synchronize your desires and beliefs with consciously focused time for self-reflection, setting intentions and wise action. Your life can overflow with fullness when you create harmony in all areas of your life and balance your financial, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs.

Below is a short quiz to help you assess your abundance harmony level:

  1. Are you happy?
  2. Do you pay your bills with ease, are you debt-free?
  3. Do you enjoy quality and meaningful relationships?
  4. Do you have vibrant health and vitality?
  5. Does your life feel purposeful; do you feel as though you are making a difference in the world?
  6. Are you passionate about your career and do you find it meaningful as well as financially rewarding?
  7. Do you sleep soundly at night, and wake up refreshed and ready for the day ahead?
  8. Do you have time to enjoy your life? Or do you feel rushed and stressed?
  9. Do you set aside quality time each week to spend with family and friends?
  10. Do you have sufficient financial resources to do the things you want to do, when you want to do them?
  11. Is your life filled with laugher and humor?
  12. Do you feel supported in your life?
  13. Do you believe that there is an unlimited supply of goodness in the universe that is available for all to enjoy?
  14. Do you believe that it's your birthright to experience a happy, abundant life?
  15. Do you feel as though you can turn your heartfelt dreams into reality?

If you answered no to any of the above questions, then it is time to really take a close look at your beliefs and attitudes that may be preventing you from creating a glorious life for yourself and for others! True abundance, is of course, more than just money.  It is about becoming aware and broadening your present perspective on the abundance already present in your life. It is about blossoming into your true self and finding your unique heart song. Learning to live in abundance can be as simple as appreciating the sound of rain on a tin roof, the beauty of a rose in full bloom, marveling at the grandeur of the stars in the night sky.   Living abundantly also includes being grateful when you are able to pay the bills on time and when you can buy that jar of imported olives you enjoy so much. When you align yourself with the abundance that is already present in your life and in the universe, you will open yourself up to receive the all you desire. When you follow your bliss, when you appreciate all the blessings in your life, and when you become aware of how life supports you in the most profound ways, then you will be ready to open yourself up to the abundance and follow the path of miracles, of synchronicity and flow!

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

~ Gandi

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11-11-11: Sustaining the State of Love!

Posted on November 8, 2011 by bridget

11-11-11 is a very special day! It provides a unique and powerful opportunity that we will experience only once in our lifetime! It is a day to welcome Light and to celebrate!

The Councils of Light have told us in many forms that we have been in the midst of a historical renaissance, a Turning of the Ages. The light of this time has a spectacular quality of supreme and magnificent healing potential for humanity, for ascended beings, and for our beautiful Earth. As a portal for Unity Consciousness and the Ascension codes for the New Celestial Earth, 11-11-11 is the day for light carriers, visionaries, and earth code workers to come together to experience alignment infusions from The Councils of Light, our galactic allies and Masters of Love! The new energetics will amaze you, elevating your frequency and your consciousness. The time of preparation is rapidly coming to a close. We have engaged in healing ourselves and assisted others in the healing process through New Age metaphysics and the emergence of so many harmonic healing techniques blossomed over recent decades. We have learned how to be vision holders for a better future, and how to support our brothers and sisters in their desire to live free and sovereign lives on this earth. To further prepare, to move yourself into fast-forward in preparation for 11-11-11's ascension codes, take a few important moments to reflect on your life situation. Focus on your vision for the present day, and then for the future. And ask yourself, "Am I living the vision I desire?" "Am I sacrificing myself to a role, or am I willing to commit to stepping out of the shadows and be part of the change toward unity?" How is it that you can, as Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world" more deeply, more completely? What will it take for you to live a life of the Heart, to "Sustain the state of Love," as The Council sings with the glory of their Hope that we will be the wayshowers who will hold the Light so that future generations, generations that are coming with the Unity Vision in tact, can take their place as leaders of impeccable integrity, living Masters of Love, Enlightenment, and Oneness. We have been in a transitional time, but soon the New Time begins. This is a time of truly co-creating Oneness, Harmony, and Love. In just a few days, we will arrive at the day when the Masters of Love, The Councils of Light, will connect with us in such a direct communion that we will surely be awash with Joy from their infusions of these Light and Creation Ascension codes. We will surely feel the power of aligning with the visions of all who will come together on this day to stand together to herald the dissolution of duality. We will surely feel the Love of the unity vibrating across the planet as we hold hands in ceremonial celebration of the New Celestial Earth, birthing multi-dimensional creational potential in alignment with the sacred and divine in all of us! Join us in this magnificent doorway to delight with our galactic and multi-dimensional allies, The Councils of Light! Experience this day with Love!

Written by Bonnie Sparling Bonnie http://www.councilsoflight.com 

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