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The Quality of our Emotions by Dr. Amanda Bowen

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The QUALITY of our Emotions

What emotions are ruling your day?

”The quality of our emotions determines the instructions that our hearts send to the brain.” ~ Gregg Braden

So the question is …… what emotions are you allowing to run the show?

Are stress, fear & anxiety the front runners? Or love, peace & gratitude?

Did you know that every time you have a thought a chemical is made that will match that thought? The average human has 60-70 thousand thoughts a day! This chemistry then floods the body, bathing our cells in a healing environment or one which is toxic.

By bringing awareness to what is happening within us, we can interrupt the program, the habits that’s have become hardwired will in time lose their strength and the new thoughts, habits and behaviours can take root and create lasting transformation within, which then becomes evident in the world around us.

Science tells us that “energy flows where attention goes.”

Where are you placing your attention? Is it possible for you to be able to switch your focus from the coronavirus and everything that is wrong in the world and focus on health and peace, what positive changes can be made, how can I boost my defences to be able to deal with the challenges that are facing us?

Time to pause, reflect, breathe. See how much better you can instantly feel when you move your attention to something that feels good inside. Blaming & complaining will only feed the negative energy we so badly want to go away, so as energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed, we get to choose what we are projecting, which affects everything around us and beyond.

Let’s all try and make this world a better place to live through kindness, compassion and love. It really isn’t rocket science! If you would like to learn how to put this into practice, join me for educational & inspirational yin yoga & mindfulness classes online and on-demand at a time that suits you.

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Wishing you all health, peace, happiness & joy.

Amanda

xxx

Nothing Lasts Forever

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How to Deal with Change

All change is inevitable, nothing lasts forever.

Change, whether through choice or suddenly thrust upon us can affect us all in many different ways

Usually grief is strongly associated with death, but it can come with any change, whether it’s big or small, expected or unexpected.

It can throw us off track leaving a sense of despair and a deep unconscious longing for how things used to be.

The sense of grief, whether for what is already lost or through fears of what might come, surrounds us. And it is okay and understandably normal to feel this right now, however, it arises.

Whilst negative thoughts shouldn’t be ignored, we can’t allow them to take over and sabotage our lives. 

As Shakespeare famously said, “There is nothing good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.”

While this can be seen as a massive oversimplification in many situations, especially right now, there is still great wisdom to be found with this way of thinking.

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming.
All we can do is learn to swim.”

– Vicki Harrison

“Looking at a problem through old eyes, it is not only strengthened but also moves in its well-worn path. This is the miracle of perception, to perceive with a heart and mind that are completely cleansed of the past.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Life has been turned upside down. It’s not the same as it was a year, a month, a week ago.

Yet it never really is.

Acceptance, truly is a bitter pill we need to swallow right now. All we can do is accept each new moment, each new development and decision, and make the most of the life we have, in the best way that we can do right now, sending love out to the world along the way.

Each day, listen to your emotions, let them be heard, then let the ones that do not serve you go into the void of this mysterious and unpredictable universe.

Focus on what is getting you through these challenging times.

Find something positive in each and every day.

Nothing lasts forever.

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Inspired by an article at upliftconnect.com by Ashleigh Wilson

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