"May your dreams NOT come true. May things that you could never dream of happen to you!" - Sadhguru

Most of the time, when we dream of something that we want, we are also attached to the way that we get it. 

For example, if you wanted to attract a million dollars, you may think you need to win the lottery, get a new job or  rob a bank. In other words, we limit ourselves by our current experiences. 

However, the universe has no limits. What we may think we want, we might not actually want and something else better, may be waiting that we could never dream of.

For the past month, I've been dreaming of getting 1 thing for the office.

I was aware of the basics of the law of attraction so I wrote down what I wanted on a post-it note and placed it in the office where I could see it every day.

In my mind, it would be a long time before I could get it because I thought I would have to travel to the U.S. for it and I didn't know when the border would open again.

​One day, a hunch told me to check a website for what I wanted and I found it in Montreal! Someone had bought one, tried it and decided to sell it. I contacted this person, drove to Montreal and picked it up.

Not only that, the universe showed me how abundant it was and I was made an offer that I could not refuse.

I am so grateful to this experience and the reminder of how we can attract what we need in our lives and how it can show up in ways we never imagined was possible.

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How are you at keeping your promises to yourself?

Keeping a promise to yourself is a demonstration of your ability to be faithful to you. 

Many of us forget how important we are and we put own own needs last.

Making a commitment to love yourself and invest in your needs, will ensure that those around you, will also flourish and grow.

Promises such as mantaining a healthy commitment to your diet, exercising on a regular basis or even getting a good night's rest, takes dedication and effort.

What is 1 promise that if you stuck to for the next 30 days, could change your life?

It's easy to keep a promise when everything around you is going well. The real test of dedication is when things are challenging. Can you keep your commitment when there are problems to be faced such as illness, job loss, or romantic upheaval?

Design your commitment:

• Figure out where you are right now. Is this something you can start alone or do you require the help of someone else?
• Make it realistic. If you commit to meditating daily, do not make it a 2hr meditation. Perhaps you can do 10 mins on some days and longer on others. 
• Set yourself up for success.​
• Figure out what is important for you now, not what you "should" do.
• What will motivate you to keep it going on the hard days?

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Being mindful means: 

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” – Jon Kabat Zinn
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In our current world, we are always being bombarded by information that is trying to get our attention. It could be the ads we watch on TV, social media or even well meaning family and friends. 

If we are constantly reacting to everything around us, we jump from one thing to another and our mind lacks mindfulness.

We have been so busy multitasking, we haven't stoped to ask if this is a skill that we shold get good at.

So, how can we begin to change this?

Here are two questions to ask yourself:

1.   “What is happening now?”

This question tunes you into the present moment awareness without engaging it or becoming distracted by it.

The experience of watching and simply being aware of your emotional spectrum as “information.”  
2.    As you watch and are aware of your emotions say to yourself, “this is just information.”

If you can receive what is coming in as simply information instead of a threat, then you can choose how to engage instead of reacting.

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Disconnection in our body happens during a traumatic or chaotic event or loss.

We disconnect as a form of protection. Most times, we aren't even aware of it in the moment. This is done because there is too much for us to process.

Signs that you may be disconnecting are:

• Tightness in your muscles. For most people, this occurs in the neck and shoulders.
• Lack of appetite.
• Feeling numb.
• Lack of motivation.

Numbness if the most common manifestation because it's too painful to feel.

Disconnecting is a normal process, however, most of us, stay disconnected and never reconnect with the lost parts of ourselves.

Here's a short exercise to reconnect to your body.

Lie on your back with your arms on your side.

Breathe in through the most and out through your mouth.

Think of a past experience that was mildy traumatic or chaotic in your life. If you're just starting out, don't go for your most painful experience right away. 

While you are going back to those moments, notice where your body starts to tighten up. Where do you start feeling uneasy? Wherever the area, put your hands on it.

Take 10 full breathes with your hands on that area.

Say to that area, "someone I feel disconnected." This acknowledges this part of your body.

Take your hands off your body and once again place them to your sides.

What is the same? What is different?

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Why do I tell patients to take a deep breath?

Besides being necessary for our survival, breathing techniques can be used to communicate with different parts of our nervous system.

During short term and acute stress (for example, you slam the brakes suddenly to stop your car), your breathing will increase to get more oxygen into your blood. More blood flow going to your muscles will help you run away from or fight any threats.  

These "stress breaths" tend to be quick and shallow. You are mostly breathing into the upper lobes of your lungs.

If you go from this acute stress state into to a chronic, long-term stress state, this shallow breathing will continue and this sympathetic breathing pattern will be your normal. 

When your body is in the sympathetic stress pattern, a certain pathway of chemicals are released and your body has a set response....and important things like digestion and healing are put aside.

When you are in a state of relaxation, your parasympathetic nervous system is dominant and your breaths are deep, slow and rhythmic.

Air fills all the lobes of the lungs. You may even see your belly rise and fall with your breathing.

Start by tuning into your breath and noticing the way you breathe. Studying your breathing patterns will give you an indication of the state of your body. While you may or may not feel like you are stressed, you body may still be stuck in a stress pattern.

This is a great time to come in for an appointment so we can change the state of your breath.

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When we are feeling stressed and overwhelmed, we’re told that we need to seek self-care. Our well meaning friends and family tell us that we need to take care of ourselves. This is NOT what we need. 

Taking care of everything and everyone by ourselves is probably what led to the feelings of stress in the first place. We do not need more self-care. What we need is community care.

Going way back to the neolithic period, we lived in communities. This was imperative to our survival. Certain members of the tribe would be in charge of gathering and hunting food while others would look after tidying, watching the children and defending the tribe against predators. 

The only way to survive and thrive was to work together. If someone committed a terrible crime, their punishment would be to leave the tribe. This was essentially sentencing someone to death.

Now, in the North American culture, our families consist of the members of the same household and our tribes are those same people. The burden of all the tasks now rests on the shoulders of only a couple of people. It’s no wonder that mental illness is at an all time high. Throw in a pandemic and you’re setting up a society for failure.

Luckily, the tribe concept is not all lost. Various cultures and communities still live multigenerationally or near each other in order to help out. This can often be seen in many cultures where a family consists of several many families getting together along with members of a community.

If you were at your limit and stressed, do you need to add meditation, exercise, cooking, etc. to your list of things you need to do? No, that would make you feel worse as you already feel like you don’t have enough time in your day. Instead, you need to work together with your community to help each other out.

May the post pandemic world be filled with communities that come together in order to help support each other. The world does not need more isolation, the pandemic has shown it. It needs more “family.”

Would you like to be part of a healing community? Join in one of my free monthly workshops. We meet on Zoom and you can connect to others who are forward thinkers, learners and who want to heal and help others.

​Need help on your healing journey? Give our office a call.  I am available for virtual consults and in-office consults.  613-446-6060.  For more information about virtual treatments, Click HERE.
 
Looking for more information about Neuro-Optimization? Click HERE.

For more information about my office (Bioheal Ottawa), click HERE.