Elevate, elevate, elevate

Elevate you thinking. Elevate your words. Elevate your actions. Elevate your vibration. In this way you will offer your full contribution in all that you think, say, and do. In this way you will raise your vibration and contribute to the healing of the planet. The world needs your light. Offer your full contribution. Seek to elevate your awareness. Seek to elevate your c…onsciousness. Bring an elevated state of mind to all you do. Look for the spiritual perfection in all that transpires. Look for the learning. In this way you will maintain an elevated awareness and offer your full contribution. Let this be your focus for today.

Affirm often.

My thinking is elevated.
My words are elevated.
My actions are inspired.
I raise my vibration.
I offer my full contribution and
I actualize my best self in everyday life.
The world needs my light.
I offer my full contribution in all that i think, say and do.
I look for the learning.
I look for the spiritual perfection.
I maintain an elevated awareness.
I raise my own vibration and contribute to the healing of the planet.

As it is said: “Let there be peace on earth and may it begin with me.”

~Hayley Mermelstein

I serve the oneness

I was reminded last night that at the spiritual level there is consensus. At the spiritual level what is right for me is also right for you. At the deepest level we are in agreement. When you are unsure of what is best you can go into meditation and ask what would serve the oneness? What is best for all concerned? Strive to listen deeply and you will be guided. Do not feel guilty when you do what is truly best for yourself. Do not feel guilty when you cannot fill the needs of others. If you continually respond to the needs of others you will not accomplish that which you are here to accomplish. Strive to be true to yourself. Strive to offer your full contribution. Strive to offer the contribution that you came to offer. Listen deeply and you will know which needs are yours to fill and which are not. Listen deeply and you will know what is your path of contribution and what is not. Listen deeply and you will be guided in your path of actualization and contribution. Listen deeply and you will know what is yours to do and what is not. This level of listening is essential if you are to fulfill your life’s purpose. To many are pulled in multiple directions, losing their focus due to this lack of clarity. Ask yourself, is this mine to do? Does this contribute to my life’s purpose or pull me off course. Strive to listen deeply so that you know that which is yours to do and that which isn’t. Too many spend their days responding to the needs of others and not attending to that which is truly part of their path to attend to. Listen deeply so you will know that which is yours to do and that which is not. Know that at the spiritual level their is consensus. Trust that when you are connected to the depth of your being and listening deeply to that which is yours to do you serve everyone. Strive to listen deeply and you will be guided. Do not strive to please the personality of others. For the personality is often not connected to this deep well of knowing. Instead devote yourself to spirit and devote yourself to listening deeply to the attunement of the moment. In this way you will be less focused on pleasing the personality of others and more focused on doing what is truly attuned. In this way you will be focused on pleasing a force of life that is working for the good of all of humanity. Train yourself to listen deeper to what is truly yours to do and you will be successful.

Affirm often:

I serve the oneness.
I serve the oneness of which I am a part.
When I do what is truly best for myself, I serve everyone.
At the spirit level there is consensus.
At the spirit level we are all in agreement.
At the spirit level what is truly best for one is right for the whole.
I listen deeply, and I do what is best for all concerned.
I serve the oneness.

~Hayley Mermelstein

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.

I recently came across this affirmation when I was reading about Paul Braggs, a spiritual seeker and advocate of fasting and healthy eating.  Evidently this was an affirmation he used daily and gave to his students to work with as well.  It peeked my interest so I thought we could work with this affirmation today.

And so, lets begin by affirming:

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.

Take a moment to embody this affirmation.  Put all preconceived notions about yourself aside and simply “try on “ this affirmation.  How does it feel to see yourself as a genius?  How does it feel to awaken you inner genius in this way?

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.

Take a moment to become aware that there is a place of greatness inside of you.  Take a moment to become aware that you have unique strengths and talents that no one else has.  Take a moment to become aware that there is genius that lies within you just waiting to be recognized and brought to the light of day.

Everyone is special.  Everyone is unique.  And what you focus on you bring forward and so for today focus on the genius that lies with in you and affirm:

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.

“See yourself as a genius and allow that which is special and unique about you to come forward. Do not listen to the voices both internally and externally that tell you that this is not so.  These are the voices of insecurity and jealousy.  Learn to have compassion for those that are so easily threatened and instead focus on the greatness that lies within.   All have the seeds of greatness within them.  All have unique talents and gifts.  All have great genius that lies within.  And so for today focus on your inner genius and in so doing help to bring that genius forward more and more.”

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.

Close your eyes for a moment now and bring to mind a situation that you’d like to consult your inner genius about.  Bring your awareness up to the center of your forehead, your third eye, and imagine a golden triangle in the center of your forehead.  Hold the vision of this golden triangle as a way to activate your third eye, the center for wisdom and clarity.  Hold this vision for approximately 30 seconds.

Now imagine a round window in the center of your forehead.  If you have a question, ask your question now and then gently peer through this round window in the center of your forehead.  How do you perceive this situation when you look through the center of wisdom and clarity?  How do you perceive this situation when you are accessing your inner genius?  What insights come forward?

You may receive insights in this moment or they may come to you as you go through your day.

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.

See yourself as a genius. Know that there is greatness that lies within and seek to bring this greatness forward more and more.  Do not hold your greatness back any longer.  The greatness within desires to be seen and acknowledged.  The greatness within desires to come forward.   Let the greatness within shine forth now without apology or explanation.  So many fear making others feel bad and so they hold back their greatness in protection to others.  But in actuality, as each one allows their greatness to shine you pave the way for others to allow their greatness to come forward as well.  And so focus on the greatness that lies within you today and know that you have genius that lies within you.  As you focus on this genius you will help to bring this genius forward more and more.  And so let this affirmation be your affirmation for today and perhaps one of your daily affirmations.  Work with this affirmation often to help activate your inner genius.

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom now.

This time bring to mind a second situation that you would like insight and clarity about.  Bring your awareness to your crown chakra located at the top of your head and affirm:

I am open to guidance.
I am open to guidance.
I am open to guidance.

Your crown chakra is the center for trust, devotion, happiness, spontaneity, oneness, unity and connection.  It is also the doorway to spirit. Another way in which you access genius is to learn to open to a spiritual force of life that is greater than yourself.  When you learn to open this way you gain access to the genius of your guides and the genius of the spiritual oneness.

Continue to affirm:

I am open to guidance.
I am open to guidance.
I am open to guidance.

Open now to a force of life that is greater than yourself.  Open to the wisdom of your spiritual guides and open to the wisdom of the universal oneness.   Plug into this force of life that is greater than yourself.  If you have a question you may ask it or you simply can sit in openness and allow a spiritual insight or creative idea to simply come to you from on high.

Part of your genius is your ability to connect to a force of life that is greater than yourself.  Part of your genius is your ability to access knowledge and ideas and insights beyond your current capacity.  And so open now to guidance from a force of life that is greater than yourself.  Open and allow creative ideas, insights and awareness to come to you.  These skills, the skill of learning to use your third eye and the skill of learning to open your crown chakra will give you access to your own inner genius and the genius and insight of your guides and the spiritual oneness.

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.

And so work with this affirmation daily.  Also work with accessing your third eye and opening your crown chakra so that you have greater access to your own inner genius and the genius of the spiritual oneness and guides.

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.

Remember that there is greatness within you and that you are more capable than you realize.  As you learn to focus upon this greatness you will bring more of your greatness forward.  Also as you learn to open to guidance from your spiritual guides and the spiritual oneness you will have access to wisdom, creativity, insight and awareness that goes beyond your current capacity.  As you learn to plug in in this way you will gain greater access to the genius of the universe.  A force of life far greater than yourself will become available to you.  And so connect within and activate your own inner genius and connect to the spiritual forces that are all around you and have access to a level of creativity and genius that is bigger than you.  Affirm daily:

I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.
I am a genius and I apply my wisdom.

Cultivating Positive Expectancy

I am filled with positive expectancy

I am filled with positivity.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I expect the best possible outcome.
I expect things to change in my favor.
I expect the goodness of the universe.
I expect new opportunities.
I expect something wonderful to happen.
I expect to be at the right place at the right time.
I expect divine intervention.
I expect divine synchronicity.
I expect healing.
I expect learning.
I expect growth.
I expect the silver lining.
I expect divine love.
I expect supernatural abundance.
I expect miracles.

What I focus on grows.
What I focus on comes forward.
I aim my focus wisely.

I expect divine favor.
I expect divine good fortune.
I expect the best possible outcome for all concerned.
I couple my expectancy with wisdom and wise decision-making.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positivity.

I wrote this affirmation after listening to a talk on positive expectancy.  It is easy, I realized, to think about the worst possible scenario or to dwell in fear or negativity or worry.  These states seem to come naturally to most of us and don’t require much vigilance.   Staying in positivity and positive expectancy that is more of a discipline and cultivation.  What would it be like to start the day looking for the good?  What would it be like to look for miracles?  To look for possibilities?   What would it be like to really embrace the idea that there are spiritual forces of life that are working with us to assist us in our life’s journey?

During last nights meditation class we explored some of these themes.  I thought I’d share some of that exploration with all of you.

Lets begin today’s meditation with the affirmation:

I am filled with positive expectancy
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.

Positive expectancy resides in the crown chakra, the center for trust, devotion, inspiration, positivity, spontaneity and connection to spirit.

Allow yourself to sit in this energy now.  Feel the open and expanded feeling at the top of your head.  Feel your connection and unity and oneness with all of life.  Remember that you are not alone.  Remember that powerful beings of light are all around you assisting you in your life’s path.  Remember that these forces of life want you to be successful, want you to bring your work out into the world, want you to actualize your best self and offer your full contribution.  We are here on earth to learn, to grow, to contribute and to enjoy. Sometimes difficult experiences are needed for growth and learning.  Know that your challenges have come to help you grow.  Learn to embrace your challenges and learn to look for the learning.  Any situation can be filled with positivity when you know what you are learning.

I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.

Take an area of your life where you feel discouraged, bring this part of your life to mind and then fill yourself with positive expectancy.

I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.

Sit in this feeling of positive expectancy now.  When you are in this open state ideas will come to you.  Creative solutions will fill your mind. When you are in this open state you will be able to hear the whispers of spirit that are guiding you in your path of fulfillment.

I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.

Now this time, I would like you to bring your awareness to your third eye, located in the center of your forehead.  This is the center for wisdom and clarity.  We always want to couple our deep trust in life with wisdom and clarity.  Children trust.  There crowns are wide open but trust alone can be dangerous.  A young child will get into a car with almost any stranger.  As adults we want to couple our trust in life with wisdom and discernment and wise decision-making.  And so this time sit in positive expectancy, sit in the knowledge that powerful forces of light are working with you.  Sit in the awareness that all of life is conspiring in your favor, wishing you growth and learning and actualization.  And at the same time bring your awareness to the center of your forehead.  I would like you to activate your third eye by holding a vision of a triangle in your minds eye (focus and concentration help to strengthen the third eye).  Hold this vision of a triangle for 30 seconds.  Now let go of the image of the triangle and imagine a round window in the center of your forehead. Look at the area of your life that you have brought to mind.  It can be a relationship, your finances, your work, your health and wellness.  Look at this situation and ask, what can I do to improve this situation?  What action do I need to take?  Gently peer out of your third eye and see what you see.  Allow the third eye to guide you in appropriate action.  Sometimes you will be guided to take steps forward and sometimes you will be guided to be patient and simply sit in positive expectancy.

I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positive expectancy.

And so, once again, we want to remember to couple our positive expectancy with wisdom and clarity and wise decision-making.  We want to couple our deep trust in life with discernment and awareness.  What we focus on grows.  What we focus on comes forward.  Learn to aim your focus wisely.  Learn to look for the learning.  Learn to look for the growth.  Begin your day with the question, What miracles will come my way today?  What good fortune will unfold today?  Couple this optimism with wisdom and clarity.  Learn to go through your day with your crown chakra open and couple this openness with the wisdom and clarity of the third eye.  My meditation teacher says go through your day looking through the center of your forehead.

And so stay in positive expectancy today and at the same time  stay focused in the third eye.  You can do this by imagining a round window in the center of your forehead and peering out of this window as your go through your day.  In this way your crown will be open and you will have access to your guides and you will be centered in wisdom and clarity and have access to the your own deep inner wisdom.  Be trusting, have faith and couple this trust and faith with great wisdom and discernment.

And so affirm one last time:

I am filled with positivity.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I expect the best possible outcome.
I expect things to change in my favor.
I expect the goodness of the universe.
I expect new opportunities.
I expect something wonderful to happen.
I expect to be at the right place at the right time.
I expect divine intervention.
I expect divine synchronicity.
I expect healing.
I expect learning.
I expect growth.
I expect the silver lining.
I expect divine love.
I expect supernatural abundance.
I expect miracles.

What I focus on grows.
What I focus on comes forward.
I aim my focus wisely.

I expect divine favor.
I expect divine good fortune.
I expect the best possible outcome for all concerned.
I couple my expectancy with wisdom and wise decision-making.
I am filled with positive expectancy.
I am filled with positivity.

~Affirmation from Advanced TRCB- The Book of Affirmations
(coming this fall!)

 

Cultivating Confidence

I took a stand with a friend a few days ago who was trying to talk me into doing something I didn’t want to do.  And although I was clear in the moment I found myself feeling guilty afterwards.  Deep down, I knew the stand that I took was appropriate but the caregiver in me still has trouble saying no sometimes.  As a way to alleviate my guilt I began to search for an affirmation that would help bring me back to balance.  I went  through each of the chakras as a way to methodically begin my search.  I started with the crown chakra and repeated:  I serve the oneness.  Nice affirmation I say to myself, but I can feel that it’s not releasing my turmoil.  I move to the third eye:  I am wise.  Well that is nice too, but no go.  Still feeling out of balance, I then move to the throat chakra, I am filled with confidence. And there it is.  I feel my energy shift and suddenly I see that my issue is a confidence issue.  When I affirmed confidence I very quickly began to feel better and I also became clear on where my work resided.

And so for today, lets all  work on our throat chakra and cultivating confidence. The throat chakra is the center for confidence, expression, power, self eestem, growth and learning.*  As you work on cultivating confidence you help to strengthen the throat chakra.

And so lets begin with the affirmation:

I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.

I am confident that I am spirit.
I am confident that I am good.
I am confident that I am learning.
I am confident that by being true to myself, I serve everyone.

I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.

“And so let go now of the need to be right or wrong and simply sit in the confidence of your being.  You are spirit and you are good.  You are spirit and you are learning and you are growing.  There is a place of great confidence that lies within you.  To access this confidence you can simply relax into that part of you that is already confident. 

Your spirit, your true self, your enlightened self is confident.  Your spirit is wise.  Your spirit is powerful.  Relax now into your true identity.  Relax into your true confident nature.  Remember who you are.  Remember who you are.  You are a being of great light and you deserve to be treated well.  You are a being of great light and you are here to take care of yourself.  You are a being of great light and you are here to be of service to yourself and others as well.  Sometimes you serve best by saying a firm no.  And so do not feel guilty for saying no.  Many need to learn appropriate behavior. When you continually reward and condone inappropriate behavior you strengthen the weakness in others.  When you put your foot down you not only show respect for yourself you also demonstrate to others what will and won’t be tolerated.  Do not be afraid of being firm. Sometimes the people you are dealing with are like children who will push the boundries whenever possible. It does not serve to allow them to get away with pushing. And so learn to become comfortable saying no.   Be firm and be gentle for all are learning.”

And so step into your confidence now and affirm daily:

I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.

“Feel the confidence that lies within you.  Feel the confidence of your spirit.  Again, do not be afraid to be firm.  Do not be afraid to say no.  Sometimes the no is what is needed.  Sometimes we serve the oneness by saying yes and sometimes we serve the oneness by saying no.  Do not let the response of others dictate your actions.  You may at times do something that is completely appropriate and those involved will become angry or upset, just because they are angry does not mean that you did anything wrong.  Allow your own inner spirit to guide you in appropriate action.  Look for approval from spirit not from others.  Others often have hidden agendas and wounds that block their ability to see clearly.  And so be the one who listens to spirit. Aspire to listen deeply and let go of your need for approval.  Allow your confidence to be very separate from whether you receive approval or not.  For approval is always fleeting.  One moment you’ve got it and the next moment it is gone.  Seek the approval of spirit whose love for you is consistent and who is always guiding you on your path of growth and learning.”

Feel the confidence of your spirit now.  Affirm often:

I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.

Allow this to be your affirmation for the day.  Be aware how you feel as you fill yourself with confidence.  Be confident that you are spirit.  Be confident that there is a place of greatness that lies within you.  Be confident that you are learning and growing and be confident that you are never alone.

I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.

As you step into your confidence greater clarity will follow.  Often we try to get clear so that we can feel confident.  Try working it in reverse today.  Step into your true confidence.  Step into the confidence of your spirit and greater wisdom and clarity will be the bi product.  As you step into your confidence you create a light and a surety.  This light and surety will then connect you to the natural wisdom that lies within.  So step into confidence first and allow wisdom and clarity to follow.  Let this be your experiment for today.  Embody confidence and see what happens.

I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.
I am filled with confidence.

If this meditation touches you in some way please feel free to leave a comment.  It is helpful for me to hear how it impacts you and may inspire others as well!

 

*Chakra definitions based on the work of Ellen Tadd, author of The Wisdom of the Chakras, 2010.

Everyone can be a healer

So why would you want to come to my energy healing workshop you ask?  You want to come to this class for several reasons.  First, it’s very impressive to be able to move energy with your hands and your friends will think that you are really cool.  Okay, maybe that is not the best reason to attend!

All joking aside, I think that energy healing is a basic skill that everyone should know how to do.  I had the good fortune of studying with a teacher who believes that EVERYONE has the ability to be a healer just like everyone has the ability to read.  Tom Tam, my acupuncture and energy healing teacher, would always say “monkey see, monkey do.”  If I can do it you can do it.  He believes that with simple training the healer in each one of us can be awakened.

I tell a story in my new book, Tong Ren Chakra Balancingabout a time when I was lying in the sun at Puffers Pond when suddenly a man crawled out of the water and literally collapsed on the edge of my towel writhing in pain.  I jumped up and just started doing the energy healing technique that I had just learned a few days before (this was about 15 years ago).  The man yelled out to his friend who was witnessing all this,  “its working, its working and its not the placebo affect”.

Over and over again in my life I have been thankful that I have energy healing tools that I can use anytime, anywhere to help others.  It comes in handy every single day.  Yes, I know that I am a healer, but all of us come in contact with a crying baby, or a friend who is upset, or we simply find that we ourselves are in need of healing.  I believe, like my teacher Tom, that we are all healers and that with some simple training the healer in each one of us can be awakened.

It is on this note that I would like to announce some changes to my upcoming workshop.  Due to feedback I have received I have decided to change the workshop to a one-day workshop that will happen on Saturday June 22nd.  The cost of the workshop is $150 but you can bring a friend for free!  Yes, you heard it right….you can bring a friend for free.  I want to empower people with these skills and its fun to have a full house so grab a friend or sign up with your child or call me to see if I know of someone who is looking for a friend to bring to the workshop.  Its going to be a fun, practical, educational and empowering day.

At the end of the day you will have skills to assist anyone in any situation.  You will know how to use your hands to channel healing energy and you will also know how to do a basic Tong Ren Chakra Balancing treatment that can be done in person or at a distance.  I have taught this workshop a few times now and the feedback has always been great.  Class members often go home that evening and work on their children or their friends.  Healers who take this class are able to incorporate what they learn the very next day.  These are skills that can be used everyday for the rest of your life.

If you would like to talk to me about this class or if you would like to register feel free to call or email me.  I really look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Hayley Mermelstein

If I didn’t have to do it perfectly I would……

I spent the day this past Sunday out in the sun and the water with a close friend and her children.  I went to bed feeling content and satisfied.  At exactly 2:00 a.m. I awoke out of a dead sleep with one loud thought looming over me.  The thought was “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES?  The thought did not come as a friendly sort of question.  No, it came as a sarcastic, cutting kind of thought….at 2:00 a.m. none the less, when i was at my lowest ability to guard myself against it.  I answered back, “I’m tired, go away, I need sleep.”  Fortunately, I was able to turn over and fall back asleep but when I awoke the next morning the thought reappeared.  “Who are you to write about the spiritual principles?  Are you such an expert at living life?”  I sat with these not so friendly questions and started to feel insecure.  Who am I to write like I do?  I really am no expert on human living.  There are many who seem to do a better job of it than I, after all.  And yet, at the same time, I reasoned with myself, I do like to write.  I really like to write.  I really don’t even care if I’m particularly good at it or even if I get a lot of approval around it. (a little approval is nice…I have to admit!)  It’s my creative expression, I said to myself.    As I thought about this more I remembered a turning point for me that occurred in a class I took while I attended Integrative Nutrition in New York City.  The guest speaker posed a question to the large group.  The question was:  “If I didn’t have to do it perfectly I would…….?”  She asked the same question 5 times.  Each time we were instructed to write down our answer.  “If I didn’t have to do it perfectly I would?  If I didn’t have to do it perfectly I would?  If I didn’t have to do it perfectly I would?  I remember my first answer very vividly which was I would produce guided meditation cd’s.  I don’t remember the other answers at this moment but that first one was the one that stood out.  Ever since that time when a meditation descends upon me (that is often how it feels) I write them down.  It felt a little lonely just collecting them on my computer (about 80 or 90 so far) so I decided to start to share them with all of you.  I’ve even recorded a couple.  My guided meditation calledChakra Balancing is available as a cd or mp3 download and the gold light series is available as an mp3.  I’ve heard back from clients and friends that the cds have really helped them.

The question:  What would you do if you didn’t have to do it perfectly, is a good question to ask yourself from time to time.  None of us are perfect and ironically we often wind up teaching what it is that we most need to learn.  So take a chance.  Dare to write or dare to create or dare to start that project you’ve been thinking about but not sure if you were good enough.  If we all waited until we were perfect to start  we’d all be waiting along time.

Just be prepared for that 2:00 a.m. voice that may wake you from time to time.  Tell it its late and to go away.  With any luck…it will.

Also don’t miss our Tong Ren Chakra Balancing training weekend.  When you tap on a doll for healing and the person you are working with feels energy coursing through  their body and the pain they were having suddenly disappears they will think you are really cool.  Well cool and a little freeky!  It’s a great way to get attention.

Of course, you just may learn a technique where you can significantly help somebody as well.

For more information about our weekend workshop you can check out the website: www.trcbhealing.com

Excerpt from the new book:

trcb_book

The new book entitled Tong Ren Chakra Balancing written by yours truly just went to print and should be available in the next week or so.  It is a quick and easy to read book that details the history of Tong Ren Chakra Balancing and how I went from someone embarrassed to tap on a doll for healing to a someone who developed a whole healing system around it.  The book also details the step by step process of doing a TRCB treatment for yourself or for someone else.  In addition, it includes several wonderful guided meditations and introduces the TRCB 30 day challenge.  Its a must read for those wanting to incorporate TRCB into their daily lives and for those wanting to use TRCB to assist others.  I thought I’d share a brief excerpt from the book here.  It is a passage about accepting both our greatness and divinity and our humanness and learning process.  Acceptance is governed by the solar plexus.  You can tap on the solar plexus of your Tong Ren doll at anytime to develop greater self acceptance.

Here is the excerpt from Tong Ren Chakra Balancing:

Take a moment to remember that everyone is spirit and filled with goodness.  Take a moment to remember that everyone is filled with divinity.  Take a moment to remember that everyone has a place of great wisdom that lies within.  Remember that everyone has a place of balance and love that lies within.  At the same time recognize that everyone is also human and learning and growing. Seek to welcome the humanness and the learning process.  As you learn to acknowledge and accept the humanness in others you offer a salve that is healing to the soul.  At the same time learn to welcome the spirit in others as well.   As you learn to acknowledge the greatness in others you will assist in bringing this greatness forward in everyday life.  And so learn to see and welcome both levels, see the humanness and the learning process that all are engaged in and at the same time see the greatness and the divinity.  Allow your acceptance of the humanity and the acknowledgement of the greatness to be part of the gift that you offer yourself and others.

We are all learning and growing and it is okay. We are here on earth learning to embrace, welcome and accept our weaknesses for that is how we learn and grow.  We simply cannot heal what we do not acknowledge.   At the same time we are all spirit and filled with divinity and have great gifts to share.  We are also here on earth learning to recognize our divinity and bring forward more and more of our divinity every day.

Take a moment to affirm:

I accept. I welcome. I embrace.

 We are all learning and growing.

We are all learning and growing.

As we acknowledge and embrace our weaknesses we can learn and grow. As we acknowledge and embrace our strengths we can also learn and grow. As we learn and grow we can bring forward more and more of our best self in every day life.

I accept.I welcome.I embrace.

I accept.  I accept.  I accept.

I would also like to add that acceptance is not mere complacency.  Once we have accepted what is, we can ask: “Given what is, what am I to do?”  When dealing with ourselves we may decide to make personal changes, to apologize, or to handle things differently in the future.  When dealing with others, once we accept what is, we may decide to address what we see, we may become clear that we need to step back, or we may decide that we wish to step closer.  The individual attunement will vary.  What is important to remember is that acceptance is the first step.  Your acceptance will lead you to calm and your calm will lead you to clarity.  Your clarity will lead you to appropriate action.

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Cultivating Deeper Self -Acceptance With TRCB

The solar plexus chakra is located about 2-3 inches above the navel and is the center for acceptance, allowing, depth, feeling, and intuition. If you would like to balance the solar plexus chakra using Tong Ren Chakra Balancing (TRCB) you can take your Tong Ren doll and hammer and tap on the solar plexus of the TR doll.  As you tap on the solar plexus you are energetically breaking up blockages that reside in this chakra.  When this chakra comes into greater balance you naturally experience deeper peace, calm, acceptance, self -acceptance, allowing and depth.  As you tap you can also repeat an affirmation to help further balance the solar plexus.  For today, lets focus specifically on cultivating greater self-acceptance.   In order to do this you can tap on the solar plexus of your Tong Ren doll and repeat the following affirmation: 

I accept myself completely.

I accept that I have strengths.

I accept that I have weaknesses.

I accept that I, like everyone else, am learning and growing.

I accept myself completely. 

Take a moment to accept that you have strengths and take a moment to accept that you have weaknesses.  Take a moment to accept that you are learning and growing.  Take a moment to accept that everyone is learning and growing.  Take a moment to allow yourself to be immersed in complete self acceptance.  What would it be like to accept yourself completely?  What would it be like to accept your gifts, your strengths, your talents?  What would it be like to look your weaknesses straight in the eye and allow it to be okay?  What would it be like to look at your weaknesses and accept them? 

Accept is not mere complacency.  Acceptance is simply an acknowledgement of what is.  We cannot heal what we do not acknowledge.  When you acknowledge your strengths you help bring them forward where they can shine.  When you acknowledge your weaknesses you help bring them to the light of day where they can begin to heal.  We must learn to acknowledge and accept both our strengths and weaknesses if we are to heal.  

And so begin today by focusing on self acceptance.  Accept yourself no matter what transpires today.  Accept that you are learning and accept that you are growing.  Accept that you have strengths and accept that you have weaknesses.  Extend this gift of acceptance to those you love as well.  Extend this gift of acceptance to everyone that your encounter.  When you accept you will become calm.  When you are calm you will know how to proceed.  You will know which issues you need to address and which issues to let go.  When you are calm you will know when to engage and when to walk away.  

And so above all else practice self-acceptance today.  As you go deeper and deeper into your own self-acceptance be aware of what you experience.  How does your self-acceptance change how you respond to the various challenges of your day?  When faced with a challenging circumstance today turn inward for a moment and accept yourself completely.  Be aware of how this action changes how you feel and how you respond to the various events of your day.

Repeat this affirmation frequently through out the day: 

I accept myself completely.

I accept that I have strengths.

I accept that I have weaknesses.

I accept that I, like everyone else, am learning and growing.

I accept myself completely.

On a side note our TRCB Weekend training is coming up June 22 and 23rd.  It will be a great way to learn TRCB and become comfortable doing treatments for yourself and for your loved ones.  Its also a great class for healers who would like to add a powerful energy healing technique to their offerings. For more information you can check out the trainings page.

Amazing Results Using TRCB

I received a phone call from a TRCB student who has been attending our Monday night group regularly since September.  This class member had purchased her own doll and hammer and has been doing TRCB healing sessions for friends and family members.     She received a phone call from a friend this week who was experiencing a very serious side effect from a prescription drug she was taking.  The serious side effect was blindness.  Her friend was losing her ability to see.  She had consulted with her doctor who advised her to stop taking the drug immediately, which she did, but still the vision problems persisted.  Our TRCB healer decided to do a treatment for her friend while they were talking on the phone.  She tapped with the hammer on the Tong Ren doll focusing on the brain and the eyes and then the seven chakras of the Tong Ren doll.  Her friend became very drowsy when on the phone and had to hang up.  (The body heals best during rest and so often people feel tired after a TRCB session.)  The next morning her friend called back to say that her eye sight had improved remarkably over night and that she attributed this improvement to the TRCB healing session she had received the day before.  Our TRCB group member was very thankful to have a healing tool to offer to her friend in need and was thrilled to share her story with me.

The wonderful thing about Tong Ren Chakra Balancing is that it is a powerful healing system that can be used by anyone at anytime to promote healing in oneself or another.  TRCB has a simplicity that makes it accessible to all.  In fact, one of the things I really appreciate about my teacher Tom Tam, founder of Tong Ren, is his philosophy that we are all healers and with some simple training this ability can be brought out in each one of us.  It is not uncommon in Tom’s office to see clients doing Tong Ren for themselves, for their friends and for their family.  Tong Ren and Tong Ren Chakra Balancing are tools that can be used by anyone to promote healing in themselves and others.

It is on this note that I am happy to announce that I will be holding a 2-day TRCB Level One Training for those wanting to learn how to do TRCB for family and friends or to enhance an already existing healing practice.  The training will be highly practical, empowering you with skills and healing tools you can use right away.

In this course you will learn how to do a three-part energy healing treatment.  The three-part treatment consists of Tong Ren Chakra Balancing, gold light, and medical qi gong (energy healing using your hands).  We will explore all three modalities in depth as well as explore how to put them together for a smooth and effective healing treatment.  Participants will be given plenty of hands on practice time so that by the end of the weekend you feel ready and able to incorporate these powerful tools into your own life.  This course is ideal for those wanting tools and techniques to assist friends and family as well as for those wanting a healing modality to compliment an already existing healing practice.

For more information about this training click here