What if just for today….

I practice shifting the gears in my mind from any negativity to neutrality?

I actively open to neutrality in response to negative events and situations?

I interrupt repetitive thought loops when I notice them and invite neutrality to take root in my body-mind?

Would love to hear your experience with this practice!

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Resistance can be subtle—I have noticed that I can be fundamentally positive in my philosophy or outlook but still have a subtle resistance to certain events or situation. Resistance constricts our energy and contributes to low energy states and negative moods which then create more of the same. We need to actively intervene in this cycle in order to erase its hold on our energy and nervous system. Once we are “onto” the subtle ways of resistance, the increased energy motivates us to keep practicing until we have a new pattern installed.

Here are three affirmations to help release resistance you may not even be aware you are holding.

Today I will notice the subtle ways I resist and say “No” to life.

Today I will notice how the inner resistance I hold constricts my energy and feelings and contributes to negative thought loops.

Today I can practice softening and opening to a more spacious feeling in my mind and body, not fighting or resisting what is and simply notice the effect.

The following is an excerpt from Session Two of Twelve Keys for Life and Self Mastery: Opening the Gate to Self Knowledge and Self Awareness

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We are energetic beings living in a sea of energy and just as the energy of the universe takes many forms and has many layers, so do WE. To fully connect with and express our best selves in the world then it is imperative to have true Self knowledge and Self awareness. These are most efficiently gained through understanding  of the structure of our minds and energy systems.

It has often been said that “knowledge is power,” and nowhere is that truer than when we are speaking about ourselves and the lives we create. Self-knowledge includes understanding how we work as human beings as well as how we have personally operated up until now to construct our lives.

That brings us to Self-awareness. Self-awareness includes the ability to observe oneself, but the way we are using the term implies even more than that.

We share the view that each of us is in the world to bring more of our spiritual nature into human form – to become more of our authentic Selves and grow past the small identity that may have served us well until now but no longer does.

We live in a time that necessitates living in new ways … a time that requires us to rise to challenges from a different perspective than in the past so we can live lives that are more nurturing, satisfying, fulfilling, abundant and prosperous in every way.

To us, the term Self-awareness represents a knowing beyond observation of our patterns of thought, feeling and action. It describes a presence of “I AMNESS” that is beyond the average thought, feeling or sensation of human experience. It is the direct awareness of our spiritual nature.

We are addressing moving from the lower mind controlled by the ego and its self-protective – but often mistaken – ideas and beliefs to a level of BEING that embodies more of your spiritual essence … your soul nature. This is the place where we embrace our full potential and engage the power of our authentic Selves.

There is an art and science involved in this opening to the authentic Self. The way has been laid out for us through the millennia, but now we have the additional benefit of research in Mind-Body Medicine and Energy Psychology, as well as Quantum Physics, documenting age-old wisdom and providing important information to help speed us along on this exciting adventure of discovery.

The beginning of this journey necessarily includes a working knowledge of the mind, as it is the vehicle that transports us for a portion of our journey.

Our mind is not only an operating system; it is also where many of our obstacles lie. To understand the mind’s structure and have a working knowledge of its functions can help smooth our way as we seek to create change in our lives.

In this session we discuss the three levels of mind and how to use each of them appropriately. We talk about methods that are most useful with each level and provide an experiential exercise to help you begin to identify and sort out the layers of your own mind.

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Growth in Connection: Balancing Your Energy System to Release Stress, Improve Health and Enhance Relationships

When your energy is abundant, free flowing and coherent you experience ease, optimal wellbeing and an easy ability to express your true nature…your authentic Self.

WHAT IF you could… Learn to listen deeply and hear the guidance of your heart? Push less and let things unfold in their own time? Experience more beauty, wholeness and peace? Feel peace even amidst the greatest turmoil? Truly slow down and live in the moment? Be happy from the inside out?

 Your energy system holds the keys to doing just that!

 In this program you will learn:
How Chakras program your well-being
Primary role of each chakra in your life
Signs of balance and imbalance of energy
Interventions to bring yourself into balance

 Techniques to:
Ground and center energy for greater clarity, concentration and well being
Use sound, color and imagery to heal and rebalance the chakra system
Develop heart coherence for optimal health, intuition and soul-full living

 Each participant will receive a Chakra Assessment Questionnaire to help personalize the workshop information. An introduction to Heart Math’s Heart Coherence Technique with biofeedback will also be included in this workshop. This method has been extensively researched and shown to be effective to reduce stress, improve health, and enhance attention, emotional management and performance. Cost:  $45.00

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Energy flows where our attention goes….and scattered mental energy impacts our emotional energy that wears away at our physical energy. Because this all happens in an internal invisible realm it  is easy to think there are no consequences, but there are!

Here are some ways to begin to train your attention and reclaim your precious energy for attending to what you do want in life.

1. The obvious: get adequate sleep, eat a healthy balanced diet and exercise. Avoid alcohol or other mind altering substances….they weaken your energy and make it difficult to engage in more positive approaches.

2. Take Omega 3 fatty acids and a good B complex vitamin in addition to a high quality multivitamin..

3. Reduce the distractibility factor in your life. Each person must define for themselves what constitutes a distraction as we are all different.What factors distract you from what is really important and how can you eliminate or modify them?

4. Balance novelty and structure in your day/week/month. Too much novelty can overstimulate, overwhelm and confuse. Too much structure creates boredom, constriction and apathy.

5. Organize—but only good enough not obsessively!

6. Do as much of what you want to do as possible. engagement, being present and performing well increases motivation. It is easier to be engaged with things we like and we can use this to build that muscle of being present in the now and thereby eliminating the mental brain drain. The skill that you are building with being present and fully immersing yourself in a task can be brought to things that you like less.

7. Build variety into your day as much as you can—it keeps your mind sharp and improves being present and mindful.

8. Vary tasks. Varying your tasks can keep your mind fresh.

9. Don’t expect your attention to last forever. Replenish your attention with breath breaks, changes in approaches or tasks or a simple stretch or walk.

10. Shift out of negative states ASAP. Once you realize your energy  has been hijacked engage in a process that gets it back on track. It may be as simple as doing a cognitive task to divert the energy that your emotional brain has monopolized, or you may need to stop and practice a technique that allows you to release the emotion. At other times you may need to talk it over with someone or recognize what need is driving the negativity. Be kind to yourself!

11. Actively promote laughter, gratitude, joy and happiness in your life. At first you may have to make it a homework assignment but it will become self regulating as your physiology gets with the program.

12. Play! Spend some time doing puzzles or games that build attention. Learn something new–the brain develops in response to learning.

Our CD collection provides guidance in learning how to release, stress and negative states from mind and body and help to open you to developing positive strong energy and healthy inner “patterns”.

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Kids Beyond Limits: Breakthrough Results for Children with Autism, Brain Damage, ADHD and Developmental Delays

How can parents and teachers and clinicians who treat children help those with special needs overcome challenges and dramatically improve a wide range of abilities? The Kids Beyond Limits webinar will offer remarkable insights and practical advice for children with disabilities.

Clinical psychologist and author Anat Baniel’s scientifically based, cutting-edge work has been transforming the lives of children and adults with special needs for 30 years. Movement is at the core of Baniel’s approach, and that means any activity within the body, including thoughts and emotions, that helps organize the brain. With intelligent movement, Baniel says, the brain immediately begins building billions of new neurological connections that usher in changes, learning and transformation. A new learning switch goes off inside the body that creates new possibilities.

Working with and closely studying high-performing adults and children with special needs, Baniel formulated what is called the Nine Essentials of the Anat Baniel Method. Her new book, Kids Beyond Limits, details the strategies she says help awaken a child’s brain and establish new emotional, intellectual and physical abilities.

This means the potential for peak performance, healing and transformation is far greater than anything previously believed possible. Why? Because instead of being limited by muscle performance, the individual is freed up to use the growth potential of his or her unlimited brain as the tool for mind and body healing, rehabilitation and development.

With this method, Baniel explains, we don’t just try to change behavior, but also help upgrade the functioning of the brain itself to become a more skilled brain. A better, stronger brain enables positive changes to occur in all aspects of functioning that otherwise may not be possible for adults and children.

Compassion and intuition grounded in neuroscience are at the core of Baniel’s work, and she will blend these qualities into stories about her methods and experience along with practical strategies during this hour long event.

Webinar Topics Include:
Waking up the brain: tapping special-needs children’s potential
Discarding old paradigms: pushing the boundaries of what is possible
The Nine Essentials
How variation triggers brain growth
Connecting instead of fixing a child’s development problems
The powerful role of emotional ease, patience and love
Responding to where children are at, not where they should be® technology and breathing
Becoming a master of kindness
Playing the Slow Game and Lazy Land

About the Speaker and Host:
Anat Baniel has established an international reputation for her work with children and adults with special needs. She is a clinical psychologist and author of two books, Kids Beyond Limits and Move Into Life. She has refined her methods for more than 30 years and currently runs the Anat Baniel Method facility in Marin County, Calif.

Jeff Goelitz, in addition to his work in education programming, planning and development for IHM, has authored and co-authored a number of publications for the institute. He is a senior trainer for HeartMath programs and has helped create HeartMath programs for teachers and schools, including the nationally successful TestEdge®, Early HeartSmarts® and HeartSmarts® home and classroom learning programs and the Wild Ride to the Heart™ board game.

 Presented by: Anat Baniel
Hosted by: Institute of HeartMath Education Coordinator Jeff Goelitz
Date: Saturday, June 9, 2012
Times: 11 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Noon PDT (GMT minus 8 hours)

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Don’t miss this special event!  Have a question?  HeartMath invites you to ask Anat Baniel whatever questions about special-needs children and special needs.

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This webinar is free and can be attended by phone, computer, or computer and phone.

Consider these sources of busyness with an eye to reclaiming your energy.

1. Boredom
   We like stimulation! Cell phones, e-mail, Facebook etc. all give us a LOT of stimulation and can take the place of alternate activities, connection and fulfillment that would take you out of boredom. We also need to consider the inability to be quiet, tolerate inactivity and enjoy the simpler aspects of life.
2. Belief in necessity
    We may think we need to be outrageously busy and stretched to the max to stay ahead, be successful, feel important or even to avoid unpleasant situations. Is that really true? Our energy becomes scattered, we become ineffective with too much stimulation and activity so we need to look at the truth of this belief. Once we see its falseness we need to look deeper at what may be driving our need and work with it in a more appropriate and effective way.
3. Speed is a natural high
    All the stimulation creates an initial high but like any drug, activity or substance it is not lasting or sustainable without a high price to our overall well- being.
4. Saying “No” and creating healthy boundaries
    These are things worth knowing and learning—they can enhance your enjoyment of life immensely as well as eliminating energy drain!
5. Over commitment
   What lies behind over commitment? Is it a fear of saying “No”? Is it a fear that you will miss out on something?  Reconsider!
6. Status
    Some folks believe it is a sign of importance to be strung out and busy. Lots of questions about false beliefs and the need to have status are the resolution for this one!
7. We avoid what is difficult or challenging
   Looking at what is needed to face the difficulties and challenges may be a more resourceful way of managing this.

We all have a lot to be busy about!! And we all have areas of busyness that we can modify and reclaim energy. Which areas of your life need the light of awareness and some kind attention to return some of your precious life force to you and your life?

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