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Positivity Training

3/29/2018

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How to do Positivity Training (You'll need a little notebook):
  • Each night when you get into bed, take a few minutes to reflect on your day.
  • Jot down 3 things that were good about today. 
  • It doesn't matter how big or how small they are, you are not in competition with anyone, not even yourself. Don't compare today to yesterday.
  • Notice how it feels in your body to think of the good in your day.
  • Hold this feeling as you drift into sleep.

When you think a certain way for a long time, you strengthen the pathways in your brain that run these thoughts, and it takes deliberate attention and perseverance to form new pathways.
This week's practice is scientifically proven to forge new, more positive pathways in the brain, helping you be more naturally aware of the good that already exists in your life.
It's a practice we do at dinner every night at all our retreats and workshops, and clients report experiencing a profound shift in how they view their day as a result. 
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Relationship Difficulties?

3/22/2018

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What do you do when one of your relationships is not going well? 
How do you get your other half, family member, or co-worker to stop being so annoying/ be more considerate/ fulfil your needs?

Well, I have bad news, and good news. The bad news is that you are probably never going to get another person to behave exactly as you want them to.
The good news is, that you don't have to! It is entirely within your power to create more harmonious relationships, whether the other person is willing or not.

Hear from Gad and Anne, who discuss their own experiences of bringing healing to their relationships using the Six Steps.
(Gad works at our Retreat Centre in Costa Rica, and Anne facilitates the weekly Circles, and Workshops in Vancouver. They will come together with Diederik Wolsak this summer to facilitate the workshops in the South of France.)
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Watching Traffic in Your Mind

3/15/2018

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Instructions for "Watching Traffic in Your Mind":
  • Stop what you are doing, take a grounding belly breath, and close your eyes if you can.
  • Bring your attention to the thoughts in your mind.
  • Watch them pass as if you were watching traffic pass on the road.
  • Resist the temptation to get into any of the thought cars, just let them pass. 
  • If you do find you have gotten in a thought car, no judgment, just get out and go back to watching the thought cars pass.

Meditation isn't about emptying the mind of all thought, it's about being able to observe thought without getting involved with it.
This is a key skill when doing the Six Step Process. If you are not aware that you are in an upset because you have gotten carried away with it, then you won't be able to recognise that choice point where you either (a) pick up your Six Steps to Freedom book, or (b) you stay in the upset. 
This meditation is a great way to practice strengthening the muscle of choice!

"My mind is not my enemy. It is what I do with it and because of it that can hurt me." - Forsyth & Eifert
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Appreciating my pain - or  - how I stopped behaving like a madman.

3/1/2018

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As strange as it may sound, emotional pain is an experience that I have come to appreciate, deeply.
No, I’m not a masochist. When I feel bad, or hurt, or upset in any way I still want to be free of that painful experience.
But along the way, I have come to see my pain in a new light.
I don't avoid it anymore. Instead, I found a new way of appreciating pain. It has opened me to more joy, more peace with myself and with others.

In the past, my usual way of dealing with pain was to suppress or repress it. Faced with emotional suffering, I tried to push the uncomfortable feelings into the dark corners of my mind. From those corners, the pain would eventually find its way into the body, appearing as disease.

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