[Radiant Living] The 6 Steps to Energy Bodybuilding

[Emerge Healing]

by Megan Woolever

Recently on my radio show "Shine Your Light" I shared a technique for raising your vibration/resonance when you feel your energy has been drained or when you have been triggered by something in your life. This technique was taught to me by Marianne Weidlein, a powerhouse of a peak performance and self-employment mentor that I worked with a few years ago. I have written about a portion of this technique before, the Smiling Joy into Your Heart exercise. Since it is such a fantastic tool for shifting things in the moment I wanted to share the full protocol with you here.

When you are in a situation that triggers you try using this simple, easy technique, for moving through the negative emotion and attuning to a higher vibration. A trigger is anything that touches upon wounding, fear, or other negative emotions that you may experience, all those places that are still needing to be healed. What this often looks like is you are going along and everything in life feels just fine and dandy and then WHAMMO something or someone happens and all of a sudden you feel drained, upset, angry, scared or otherwise out of the flow of life.

Its important to understand that negative or lower vibrating energy isn't wrong or bad in and of itself, and what triggers one person may not trigger someone else. When we are triggered it is an indication of areas inside of us that still need some attention, love and healing. However, the prolonged effect of living 24/7 in a negative emotional resonance on our bodies, minds and spirits is depleting and deteriorating. Becoming a master of your emotions means learning how to identify when we are being triggered and knowing how to shift that energy to a place that gives you more freedom and creativity to deal with whatever you are facing.

So the first and most important step is recognition.

Step 1. Say to yourself, "I am being triggered."

The way we recognize a trigger is when we are not feeling powerful, positive and in the flow of our life. Typically, something has triggered us and we have begun the downwards spiral. Recognition of this fact is the first step in correcting the energy.

Step 2. Take a deep, slow breath.

This is another approach to the saying "When you're angry count to 10." Taking a deep breath oxygenates our system and gives us a pause. It creates a tiny little disruption in the body-mind, shifting us out of the contraction of a triggered state and ever so slightly expands and opens us to different options.

Step 3. Ask yourself, "How do I feel now?"

Taking an assessment of what remains after a deep, slow breath lets us see the effects that opening has had on our nervous system. Yes, we may still feel some of the anger or saddness or worry that we felt before, but typically taking a breath gives us a little more distance, and therefore a little more power, from the trigger.

Step 4. Smile joy into your heart.

This is the most important step. Up until now the work you have done is just a preparation for changing the energy. Taking a deep breath alone isn't really shifting your vibration, it is just giving you a bit of a breather, literally. It is only when we replace the triggered emotional state with a new, more powerful energy, that we actually begin to attune or master our vibration. So put a big smile on your face (and the physical act of smiling is very important because it engages the physiology of your body and all the muscles in your system respond in kind) and smile joy into your heart. Imagine a moment when you were full of utter joy. Perhaps it was playing with your dog, or watching a new born baby, or celebrating an important event, whatever it is imagine you are experiencing that feeling right now and then see or feel it melting into your heart and fill your heart with this joy.

Step 5. Ask yourself "What do I need now?"

This moves the energy out into the world. It puts it into action. Remember the point of mastering your energy isn't so you can levitate off the planet. The purpose of becoming a master of your energy is so you can live a better, more empowered life. So you can make a difference with whatever it is you are here to do. So when you ask yourself, "What do I need now?" be open to whatever comes. It may be that you need a break, or to eat something nourishing, or to focus on someone else for awhile. Trust whatever comes as an answer to that question, even if you just hear the word "red." Go out and buy yourself something red to eat, like a juicy strawberry, or buy a bunch of red flowers. The important part isn't the "what" it is simply that you listen and then follow through. So the final step is...

Step 6. Do It!

Whatever it is that you have determined you need, DO IT! Try within 24 hours of doing this exercise to fulfill whatever it is that you have determined you need. If what comes to you is a more long term goal like, "I need to go on vacation!" then take one small step towards that need within 24 hours, like going online to a vacation site and researching locations to visit or putting some money away towards the vacation. Again, the importance isn't in the "what" of the practice, it is in the follow through, the message you send to your self, your mind, your body that you are serious about mastering your energy and learning to live empowered by your fullest, most radiant self.

Write these 6 steps down on a piece of paper and keep it with you. Use it often, as many times a day as you need to, to keep practicing how to shift your energy. You will find that it becomes easier and easier to move through those 6 steps fluidly and quickly. You may not even consciously notice you are using them anymore, but you will also be feeling quite a bit more freedom and joy in your life naturally.

And like I always tell my clients, these techniques are powerful and they work, but only to the degree that you use them. If you read this and then never put these steps to practice in your life then guess what, they won't work for you. But if you take to heart the idea that you are the master of your emotional body and energy vibration, and you can practice these techniques to strengthen your agility, then there isn't any thing, any one, or any situation that can master you. Think of it like strength training for the energy body. The more times you use this, the stronger your vibration and your ability to sustain a higher vibration becomes.

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Posted By Emerge Healing to Radiant Living at 4/22/2009 05:34:00 PM