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Are You Ready to Step Forward & Shine in 2018?
The holidays can leave us feeling exhausted, frazzled and empty after all the hustle and bustle of the season. Starting off a new year after such a frenetic time can feel overwhelming and daunting. But starting off 2018 in a powerful way is key to your success and fulfillment.
One of my spiritual teachers, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, taught me that well begun is half done. A critical key to our successful achievement hinges on how well we begin our efforts. If we begin with a clear intention, a positive attitude, and an open mind and heart to opportunities, we have already made great strides toward the success of our goals.
When I work with my clients, I give them a worksheet to help them harvest their learnings and accomplishments from the current year and create a vision of the year to come. In the Inner Alchemy transition process, we call this phase Sublimatio, stepping back to take a greater view of one’s life. It means to pause and reflect on your life journey so you can create a more informed and grander vision for the journey ahead. It helps you to “begin well.”
To help you step forward and shine next year, I offer my Sublimatio practice. Take a morning or an afternoon (or a whole day if you can) to complete the following exercise.
Begin by taking a walk in nature where there is an expansive view—along a beach, in a meadow, by a lake, on a hillside. Bring a journal and pen. Walk slowly with awareness, taking in all the sights, sounds and smells. Breathe deeply in rhythm with your steps. Be present in the moment.
After a time, when you feel relaxed and connected with yourself and the nature around you, find a comfortable and quiet place to sit where you can answer the following questions.
Reflection upon the past year:
1. As you look back over the year, what were some of the peaks, the high spots? What
do you want to acknowledge and celebrate?
2. What gifts have you gained during the past year? What are you grateful for?
3. What were some of the valleys or disappointments and regrets? What do you want
to forgive yourself for and release? Who do you need to forgive and/or release?
4. From the perspective of looking back on the year, what learning is there to deepen?
Creating a Vision for the year to come:
1. As you stand on one of the peaks from last year looking forward, what future is calling you? What is the essence of what is next for you? What do you want to achieve or accomplish?
2. What risks and challenges will you take on?
3. What more of you desires to be expressed -- for example, self-love, self-compassion, self-value, self-acceptance?
4. What self-lies (e.g., "I am not powerful.") are you ready and willing to end?
5. What new level of abundance and success are you willing to embrace?
6. How will you deepen your relationship to your spirituality?
Completing this process will help you begin 2018 with clarity, focus and commitment. May it serve to help you step forward and SHINE in 2018!
If you have questions or would like to discuss this process with me, feel free to contact me. I’d be delighted to support you in making 2018 your best year yet.
RHG Magazine & TV Guide TM - Winter 2018 © All rights reserved.
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