Hello everyone! As promised, we are moving on with our series about Making Healthy Decisions. :-)
Today's question to ask yourself when making a decision is:
We hear a lot about "gut" decisions. Really, that is no joke! 40 trillion cells can't be wrong! :-) When you are working on a decision, take some quiet time and just sit and listen to what your body is telling you. Even if you want something badly, how are you feeling physically? Does your heart get aflutter with anticipation? Do you feel sick to your stomach? Are your limbs tingling? Does your decision make you smile, cry, laugh?
Take some time to note the feelings you get from your body about your decision. If your decision fills you with dread, you might want to take some time to try altering the decision in your mind and then noting how your body feels about it! If your body doesn't feel good about the decision, try reworking it until you notice feelings of relief, smiles, even laughter! :-)
You are hard-wired with instinct and abilities to help yourself make a decision. Most of us have been taught to ignore those very things that were given to us! Try starting out by just listening to and feeling your body in different states of emotion - how does it feel when something is good for you? What are the sensations within your body? How does it feel when something is bad for you? What physical manifestations do you get? Learning to discern what your body is telling you is the first step to receiving your body's own physical guidance for you! Learning to then TRUST that guidance will be the next step. That will only come with practice!
Practice can be simple or complex. One very easy way to practice is to watch movies or TV shows! Watch a movie that is funny, inspirational, or in some way positive to you. Pay attention to how your body feels - note each part of your body and the sensations that are there. Continue on with a movie or show that is sad or makes you angry or feels in some way negative to you (not that being sad is always negative). Again, pay attention to what your body's reactions are. Make note of these sensations so that you will recognize them when it comes to decision making.
Try it! :-)
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com
