Last week I was going through an experience, which has made me feel quite down and emotional. The feelings I was going through were overwhelming and my energy became very low. I was looking for some ways how to pick myself up as quickly as possible to start feeling better. My soul has always been my greatest guide and once again it didn’t leave me stuck in those emotions for too long. After spending just a few minutes in meditation, my soul had a solution. This solution was more like a reminder of what I already knew, but briefly forgotten in the midst of an emotional overload. I would like to share it with you with a hope and a belief it will make a difference in your life when the low emotions strike.
Acceptance
The way I used to deal with my low emotions was trying to push them away as quickly as possible. My soul thought me to deal with them differently. Now, I accept and honour my feelings instead of pushing them away. I know I am allowed to feel the way I am feeling in a given moment. I know it is okay and I accept my emotions. So here is a suggestion for you: Next time you feel down, instead of trying to escape this state of mind, honour and accept your feelings. Don’t try to push them away, but co-operate with them. What we resist will always persist. Going with the flow and accepting those emotions as part of you is a very liberating experience. They are here to teach you something about yourself and to appreciate the good moments in life.
Shifting your vibration
After accepting your feelings, we can move onto shifting your vibration. What you focus on expands. Changing your focus from something negative to positive will change your experience. So what can you do? For example: You can read something inspirational. I always have my favourite books by my bedside table. The kind of easy-reading (motivational types of books). The types of books you can open at any page, and you know the message you discover will always inspire you. Give it a go and read couple of pages and see how you feel. To shift your vibration, you can also “plug in” and listen to your favourite song or watch a funny film. These are the things which almost always lift me up when I feel down.
Nature therapy
Nature has a wonderful healing effect. It can lift you up instantly. Nature is a great example of focusing on the present moment and that is where you want to be as much as possible. Go to the woods and involve all your senses on what you are experiencing. Focus on the colours of the trees, the stream of a river, the wind, the sun rays caressing your face. This way you will allow yourself to be fully aligned in the present moment, instead of focusing on how low you are feeling.
Exercise
Physical activity is a great way of replacing your low emotions with a good, positive vibes. What kind of exercise do you like? Running, yoga, dancing? The choice is yours. When I feel down and I finally decide to get myself together, I do some exercise. The effects are fantastic! My mood lifts instantly only after 10 minutes of dancing or practising yoga. I get excited about the things I love doing. It works every time. The creative part of myself returns to me and I often start writing or composing music soon after.
A thought to keep:
“Life is so much brighter when you focus on what truly matters!”
Are you a highly sensitive person? Do you often get affected by other people’s energy and their opinions? Do you feel tired even after a long night sleep? You are not alone. Many of us feel like this. I’m quite a sensitive person myself. I’m an empath, I easily feel people’s pain. I can relate to their feelings and I would always like to help and save everyone. I like sharing my kindness with others, but I had to learn how to protect my energy field, so their emotions don’t affect me anymore as they used to. I have a few techniques which I believe could help you. They involve some powerful visualisation in a slightly meditative state. If you would like to try them, I suggest to be open-minded and willing to explore the spiritual side of your being. The results are life-transforming.
How do you feel when someone says no to you? Do you immediately fall into a victim zone, get angry or start feeling worthless? If so, that’s completely understandable. We all want things to go right for us and as smoothly as possible. We all want people to like us, to agree with us, to understand our point of view. But this is not always the case. Although as souls we all came here from the same source, which is a pure love and light, we are currently living in the physical bodies and having an individual experiences. On this earthly plane we experience our differences and that’s the beauty of being a human. There is so much beauty, love and peace around us, if we choose to see it. But of course, there are also challenges, difficult situations and people who don’t agree with us and sometimes reject us. Suddenly this experience on Earth can become a struggle. Therefore I’ve decided to blog about rejection today and show you how to start looking at it from a different perspective.
Over the last few years, I’m realising more and more how much denial and scarcity I used to live in. At that time I didn’t accept myself for who I was, instead, I was always trying to be somebody I wasn’t. I believed I wasn’t good enough. Replacing my true self with all sorts of ‘false personas’ was painful, but it seemed like an easier choice at the time. After a long period of living in this confusion, I exhausted myself so deeply, I had troubles functioning in my daily life. I knew that sooner than later I needed to escape this unpleasant nightmare. When I finally made this decision, it was very liberating, but it also came with feelings of guilt and shame from my past choices. I began learning to accept myself for who I was, but those disturbing feelings became ever-present in my daily life. They were making me feel uncomfortable and often worthless. The magical shift occurred when I’ve made a choice to see myself as a beautiful human being and a soul beyond all the imperfections I believed in. I became willing to start accepting myself for who I really was one day at the time.
Many of you know how much I love nature. I love spending time in the woods being surrounded by beautiful tall trees. Nature always helps me to align with my true self~ with my soul. Nature is also a wonderful healer and a story teller. Albert Einstein said: “Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” These words are very profound and there is so much truth in them. I visit nature to listen to the whispers of the wind. I love the sound of the rivers and waterfalls. I listen to the singing birds, and enjoy feeling the warm rays of sunlight on my face. The grounded trees with their deep roots always remind me how strong and powerful we all really are. Nature nourishes my mind, body and soul.
We as human beings can be very judgemental and critical of ourselves. Many of us think we are not good enough, we don’t do enough, we compare ourselves to others and think we should be somewhere we are currently not. We believe when we gain certain credentials, acquire some possessions and many other things which are important to us, then the real life starts and we will be finally happy. This way we are not only postponing our true happiness to some future event, but we are also becoming edgy, feeling uneasy and often exhausted. We are not kind to ourselves, instead we are hard on ourselves. I speak for myself here. I happen to be a perfectionist. I like to have things done certain way and I often have high expectations of many things I do. But I have learnt many valuable lessons from my perfectionism. I know, when I go overboard with it, I need to take a step back and tune back into my soul. My soul always gives me the answers I need to know and reminds me to be kinder to myself. I learnt to accept that it is okay not to be perfect all the time. I learnt to pause, take a deep breath and focus on what really matters in my life (this can mean different things to different people). I have a few ideas which I would like to share with you. They helped me along my journey and I hope they will inspire you to start being kinder to yourself today.
Being yourself is one of the most beautiful gifts you can give to yourself. To bring your uniqueness out to the world and decorate this planet with it, it’s a gift to all of us. I understand it can sometimes be difficult to be fully yourself. We are all part of the society which is continuously telling us, how we should act and present ourselves. We may believe we are not good enough unless we follow the crowd and comply with the majority. This creates lots of pressure on us. From a spiritual perspective, we were born at this time and space to face this challenge and bring our true self up the surface anyway. This way, our authenticity can be a powerful example to others. Remember, you have nothing to prove to anybody and you are good enough just as you are. Of course there is always a place for an improvement (this means always growing and learning spiritually and as human beings) while living in our truth as much as possible. It does take lots of courage and bravery to be fully yourself. I’ve struggled and I still struggle with it myself! But in the moments when I am fully aligned with my truth, I feel most content, I smile more, life flows smoothly and naturally for me, and the right people are always sent on my path. In those moments I get my most creative ideas and that’s where some of my best work happens.
Last week I was in Israel. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to travel around the world so much and to see and explore some incredible places. Although I enjoyed my trip to this beautiful country, they were many disturbing thoughts constantly floating on my mind. Many people who know me look at my life and say: “This girl has a fantastic lifestyle!” I have to admit, I love my life and I am excited about many things I do. But I still go through challenges and not everything is always as perfect as it may appear on the outside or on my FB page. We all have good days and sometimes we go through some challenging seasons in life. No one has it all figured out no matter how great their life may seem on the outside.
We live in a fast moving world. We work very hard, making sure our bills are paid on time, all the deadlines are met, trying to get as much done as possible every single day. Sometimes we don’t even get a chance to focus on ourselves, our hobbies and any other things which really matter in life. This kind of lifestyle often leaves us feeling tired (sometimes even exhausted) and unhappy. In those moments, even a little challenge can feel like an overwhelming burden to deal with. Our energy gets low and we don’t enjoy life as we hoped we would. I have a few easy strategies, which I believe could help you to keep your energy levels high and can also bring you more positive outlook on life.
Couple of weeks ago we talked about how powerful our thoughts are and how they can affect our reality. Today, I would like to dive deeper into this topic and introduce you to the art of manifesting. We all have a natural ability to manifest what we desire in our lives. Manifesting is a spiritual experience and a very exciting process which does not only bring many miracles into our lives, but it can also help us becoming more aware how powerful we really are. The language we use, the thoughts we think and the feelings we have, influence our reality (our experiences). What we focus on always expands. So let’s have a look how manifesting really works.