I might be taking this phrase from Al-anon and AA, but it dawned on me this morning that it is a very strong phrase.
I have always told my clients and students that you need to do your self-work.
Energy work is all about the self-work and self-illumination.
This morning I woke up to a strong realization.
My breathing has changed. I have been gettng much btter sleep and not needing as much. Over the last month while watching my stepfather battle COPD and seeing just how much breathing can play a part in anxiety, fear, pain and can even seem to bring on muscle tremors, it brought me right back to the importance of breath work.
Many of my clients, friends and family have asked me how I was staying so completely calm during such a stressful period. I replied to each of them that it was my self-work. I really put everything into myself that I had been teaching and coaching.
If you have been part of any of my classes for Meditation or Hypnosis, I always start with breath work. Many of us have never learned how to control our breath and to breathe deeply. Shallow breaths have been linked to anxiety, fear and pain. This morning I found myself breathing deeper with a rhythmic breath all the way down to my stomach with my stomach rising and falling with every breath. To my surprise, I was also breathing through my nose and not my mouth. This is something that I always taught in my classes and something that I do when I meditate or do hypnosis. I was astonished because I was doing this without thought.
Could it be that I have been doing it enough that it has become a new norm? Over the last month, I found myself doing my energy psychology techniques, Meditation and Reiki quite a bit. I never thought that it would be something that would change my sleep pattern. I really was throwing everything that I know at myself for relaxation and focus.
My understanding has always been that a couple of weeks can change our behavior and three months can create a new habit.
If you feel that you’re having restless sleep, that you cannot calm the monkey brain, and that you are not achieving REM sleep, then let’s give this a try.
All energy works start from within and many things are revealed to us while we are doing it. However, there are many things that can come up that can get you stuck. You just need someone to hold space, facilitate, and give you the tools to move through it.
So, as I always say “Change your thoughts, change your mind. Your perception is = to your reality”. If you are going through something and cannot get your thoughts and mind in line, then try some simple breath work. You may just find that your emotional state changes, and your solutions appear.