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Happy New Year:  All Great Beginnings Start in the Dark

1/1/2020

 
Blessings for the new year and new decade ahead! Going into

2020 is particularly magical and filled with new energy and

infinite potential. The transition from one year to the next is a

powerful time for setting intentions and to begin again. This is a

great opportunity to co-create new possibilities, to jump start

your self-care and healing practices, and to really get clear

about what you need and want in the coming year.  Harnessing

the power of this time takes a leap of faith, trusting that you can

make the changes that will renew your body, mind and spirit.




Do you want to start the new decade with powerful intentions

that serve your highest good? Making lasting, positive changes

takes more than just scribbling a list of resolutions in a

notebook. Change is possible, but usually things like new year

resolutions come and go. Consider investing some time toward

visualizing what you want, imagining what it feels like to be

living the life that you want, the highest vision for yourself. But

first...



2020 Hindsight


All too often we leap into the new year without clearing up

events from the past year and don't invest the time to reflect on,

appreciate, and honor All our experiences and our feelings: The

highs and lows, the ups and downs, the triumphs and mistakes.

This is the time for reflecting on the past year with gratitude.

This isn't the time for taking a "spiritual bypass". This article,

"Spiritual Gaslighting", 
challenges us to take stock of both

what felt constricted and what felt expansive about the past year

and reap the benefits of reflecting on all experiences, people,

and events with gratitude. For me, 2019 was quite a year; a

year for surrendering and letting go.  I’ve come to realize just

how important it is to invest time and attention toward honoring

the changes and challenges that shape my current reality.

Fortunately, there are three simple steps we can take for the

Reflection, Release, and Vision necessary for creating our

preferred future.

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The following Reflection exercise

is a process; take as much time

as you need. Be gentle with

yourself. Journal. Sit with a

trusted friend who will hold

sacred space and listen.


The following questions can be

helpful for getting you started:


1. What was the past year like?

2. What mistakes did I make?

3. What/who was helpful? Not helpful?


Notice and allow your feelings to emerge without judgement.

You may feel discomfort as you recall the events from the past

year. There may be events from 2019 that you'd rather not look

at or you want to keep hidden away.  That's okay. Trust yourself

and your process.




Once you’ve revisited 2019, the following Release exercise will

address any unfinished business that needs to be resolved.  


Begin by calling forth  one event, one thing, one issue. Notice

and allow your feelings. Repeat this process for clearing all the

unfinished business.



When you feel ready, begin letting go of what no longer serves

you. Just like clouds passing by, let the thoughts and feelings

that arise float by. Come back to your breath and keep

breathing.  


Ask yourself:

1. What is one thing I would have changed in 2019?

2. What did I learn?



This is an opportunity to use a modality to clear out the

constricted energy that may still linger. I've found that Emotional

Freedom Techniques-Tapping (EFT) is very helpful for creating

the space to love and accept myself and shift my perspective

about the events and circumstances. In this video
Carol Look,

EFT Master,
created a short tapping sequence for releasing

blocks associated with unfinished business.



When you give your emotions time and attention, it's possible to

move into the new year from a place of peace.



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2020 Foresight


We are what we do, how we think,

and what we believe. If I want

something to be different, I have to

change my actions, thoughts, and

beliefs.  The beginning of 2020

brings to light how the new year is

deeply embedded in our psyche as a day to make commitments

to change.  If you are familiar with the concept of
morphogenic

fields
– the habits of nature that get stronger the more they are

repeated, then you can see that there is a powerful field around

new year’s resolutions. Unfortunately, there’s also a powerful

collective conscious energy around failing to maintain those

resolutions.




In order to sustain lasting change, your intentions have to be in

alignment with your values, with your true nature. Often people

set intentions for change, based on society’s goals – their

conditioning of what they and everyone “should” aspire to.

However, if that’s not in alignment with what you truly want and

value, then you aren’t going to make the lasting changes you're

looking for.



What's going to be new and different about 2020? For me, it's a

renewed commitment to self-care and getting clearer about

what I need and want. By putting myself at the center of my day,

every day, I set the tone for the day, the month, the year, the

decade. I'm making a commitment to myself to take small,

incremental, achievable steps every day that support shifting my

energy and releasing old beliefs. 




This mandala, “Vision”, represents the energy for setting the

intentions that support making lasting changes in life. The

following exercise provides a pathway that reminds us that

we have the power to create the life we want.


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Help us ever to be

faithful gardeners of the spirit,

who know that

without darkness

nothing comes to birth,

and without light,

nothing flowers.

May Sarton

Vision Exercise:


In this simple, yet powerful exercise, I invite you to celebrate

your Vision 2020 and honor your intentions. You can bring forth

your vision at any time by focusing on your feelings associated

with your intentions.


Give yourself plenty of time without interruptions to dive deeply

into this exercise. Meditate, journal, create and bless your

sacred space for doing this exercise throughout the year.

Come back to this exercise as often as you like. You can do it

any time you feel inspired to renew your intentions for the year.


Make it your own.


As you sit quietly in your space, light a candle that welcomes

the feelings you want to bring in to your life during 2020 and

beyond.


Invest your time and attention. Don’t rush.


Close your eyes. Take several deep breaths. Bring your body

into stillness.


Now, place your hands over your heart for a minute or two.

Now, open your eyes and focus on the mandala. Bring your

awareness to your breath, without judgement; just be with your

breath. Now, bring your attention to your heart; allow the

mandala energy to fill your heart; be with whatever is there.


Invest a few minutes toward allowing the “Vision” energy to flow

to and through your body.  Imagine that energy bursting through

your crown chakra & extending far into the heavens. Imagine

the “Vision” energy flowing through you and down deep into the

earth. Imagine it radiating from your heart and extending out in

front of you and behind you. Imagine the "Vision" energy is a

radiant ball that encircles you. Now, sit with this energy for a few

minutes.


What about the mandala captures your attention? Notice and

Wonder--Something in me is feeling...


I wonder what it wants me to know?


Relax into to your body and its quietness. Be with the energy,

be present, listen.


Now, ask yourself:

"What do I want to feel at the end of today?"

Allow whatever comes up as you connect with feeling. What do

you notice, what feeling arises?


Now, send that feeling forward to the end of January, to the end

of June, to each month throughout 2020.


Now, ask "What am I going to be celebrating at the end of

2020?” Allow whatever comes up as you connect with feeling.



What do you notice, what feeling arises, what do you see?


Now, ask yourself:


"What tiny step can I take today that supports this feeling? What

brings that feeling alive in me? What intention do I choose that

supports this feeling?"


Allow whatever comes up as you connect with the feeling. What

do you notice? What feelings arise, what do you see? Repeat

this exercise as often as you like during this powerful, magical

time and throughout 2020.



Celebrating your vision and honoring the feeling associated with

your vision allows your intentions to come forward. This is self-

love in action. Loving yourself aligns you with your true nature

and gives you the energy and focus to keep the promises

associated with your intentions.  This is the time to make

commitments to yourself that renew your body, mind, and spirit.




Wishing you the blessings of peace and joy in 2020 and

beyond,


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Chris
1/8/2020 03:31:02 pm

Happy New Year, Sheryl! Thanks for this wonderful post. I agree with how important it is to clear out old "stuff" before we set our intentions. Otherwise, we just carry that baggage with us and wonder why some of our goals don't manifest.

Sheryl link
1/13/2020 04:44:00 pm

Happy 2020, Chris! Thanks for stopping by and for your insights. Yep, carrying around the burdens from our past creates barriers to living in the present and realizing our best possible future. Best wishes as your journey continues.


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