Holiday Season is coming
The holiday season is coming soon and with that there can be stress. Stress about money, stress related to emotional issues with family members or past events. For some this time of year is wonderful and joyful but for others it can be painful. What can one do to change the negative habits of past pain in to joy in the NOW? First off we have to change the habit by bringing in a new habit. Most of you may think I need to heal the past and for some of you that could be very true, this is when you find a therapist to work with. But for others it is really only a broken record that never stops playing. If this is the case bringing in a new habit to bring about change can be helpful. This can happen in a couple of ways. You can use the mind over matter philosophy of positive affirmations. Just take that negative thought and replace it with a positive thought. You may want a good friend to double check that affirmation to make sure it does not sound like this “I am not going to be negative”. Now you may think that is good, right? Well it is just taking a negative thought and giving it a little face lift. It is not changing it from with in. Another way to say this would be “I experience positivity in my self and all who surround me”. See the difference. Then you would say this affirmation every time you think a negative thought or have a negative feeling. It may feel like a lot at first but over a short time you will find that the positive thought is a lot stronger then the negative thought. Another way to change holiday habits is using breathing. How many of you have stopped and really breathed? Stopping and breathing for 3 min. will change the frequency within you. This breathe is a deep naval breath. You sit comfortably in a chair or on the ground, your spine is straight and your hands are relaxed in your lap or on your knees. As you Begin to inhale you inhale into your nose starting from your naval point and continue to inhale allowing the breath to move up into your lungs and then hold it. Then as you exhale you first relax your shoulders, then your chest and last you pull your naval in at the end of the breath, exhale. Then start again. Try it the next time you feel that sense of dread surrounding holiday events.