Energy Routines I have fallen in love with
….and you might, too
First of all: why do we need energy routines at all?
Maybe, you think, that is not necessary…..just another thing to think of, another practice that you should do but, in the hustle of daily life, will eventually forget.
For me, it is the exact opposite. These energy practices add so many benefits to my life that I am not seeing them as “just another thing to do”. They are laying the ground for easy, joyful days where I feel in control of my life, in charge of the way my days are going - or, at least, getting back on track if something isn’t going my preferred way.
With these energy routines I feel a lot more like me, a lot more authentic and empowered.
“When all your energies are brought into harmony, your body flourishes. And when your body flourishes, your soul has a soil in which it can blossom in the world. These are the ultimate reasons for energy medicine—to prepare the soil and nurture the blossom”
But how?
Let’s just take any normal day as an example. Something stressful, annoying, unideal happened and you might feel tension about it. Maybe your boss didn’t appreciate your work but instead humiliated you in for too your colleagues. There is a good change you now feel angry, sad, low.
And it might often feel so much easier to stay in a negative emotion, just because we already gained so much momentum there. But from my experience, it’s still not worth it. Yes, it really can be easier to not make the effort and get back into alignment, but in the longer run it is just counterproductive. And hurtful.
In our example that would you replaying this conversation with you boss again and again in your mind, while throughout your day, many other things are going wrong. You might loose your keys, being late for the next meeting, missing the bus….whatever mood you are in will be reflected back to you.
So, below, I have listed some of my all-time favorite energy routines that are helping me out of a rut -always.
And the best thing is: by doing then BEFORE anything else, a.k.a. as a morning routine, you most likely will not encounter so many unpleasant experiences at all.
Or, if you still stumble across something not so ideal: you will have a much easier time to NOT be upset about it. And letting it go immediately.
Sounds to good to be true?
Maybe, but it still can be true.
And this is why:
As we are part of this wonderful universe made entirely of one thing: energy
we, too, are made out of energy.
“Tuning into this higher awareness gives us fantastic guidance, but also a sense of peace and ease — that everything is happening just perfectly, that there’s a bigger plan which is playing out beautifully”
And the way we think, feel and act is determining what vibration our physical body is in. And this vibration is again responsible for the frequency we send out and can attract back to us ( more details soon in a post about the law of vibration and attraction ).
So, more tangible: When you are feeling wonderful, because your sweetheart just said yes to your first date, you will radiate a very high frequency of joy, happiness, bliss, love - all these amazing emotions. And by law you are attracting back to you experiences that are matching this frequency. So your day will be quite nice, you will get the train although you are too late at the station, your boss gives you a little promotion, some stranger on the road smiles at you and gives you a compliment for your outfit…all this is rooted in the vibration you are sending out.
And the other way round, so a bad day is followed by even more unpleasant experiences - also known as Murphy’s law.
But now back to the energy routines: Those little actions are doing the following: you are becoming aware of the present moment while you do them, you are setting an intention for how you want to feel and how you want your day to unfold, you are claiming your power, you are aligning your energies, you are working with the universal laws ( not against them, like we so often are trained to operate ). Therefore, you clear up your vibration and are able to send out a higher frequency…which, again, attracts better experiences back to you.
Yay!
Now here they are:
Energy routines i have fallen in love with:
Calling Back my Energy
Whenever I feel distracted, unable to focus or have caught my thoughts to go a way I don’t want them to ( whenever thinking about something is not making me fell good)
I state out loud this affirmation:
“I call and claim my power back to me now”.
I have learned this from the wonderful Heather Hofmann ( activation vibration ) many month ago and it quickly advanced to my all-time favorite spells.
If you are already sensitive to the power of words and affirmations in general, you can observe your energy coming back to you the moment you state this affirmation.
You will feel, very soon, more present, more empowered and a general sense of well-being
Calming Breathwork
Whenever feeling stressed, in a hurry or like someone else is in charge ( contrary to: I a m in charge of how my day is going )
I am doing this short breath work meditation to calm down my nervous system and tell my body that everything is ok.
There are countless beautiful breathing practices out there, but for now I will go with a basic, yet very effective, simple method:
Breathe in deeply and slowly through your nose
Breathe out fully and slowly through your mouth
Repeat about 5 times.
Then look around, choose something beautiful and gaze at this while doing 5 more breaths.
You will feel much more calm, relaxed and positive.
Connecting the Main Energy Meridians
As a basis for every day, I am doing a quick energy work that is connecting the main meridians in the body:
Central and Governing Meridian are together building a circle from your navel down to your root chakra and then up to your crown chakra and back to your navel.
They are looked at as two different meridians, but if connected, they are like a basic energy grid that is fueling your body, helping you stay grounded and connected.
So, what I like to do first thing in the morning is hooking up those two meridians like described in this Video by Donna Eden.
You can do it any time of the day - I found it most powerful to start my day like this, doing the Hook up while still being in bed and while I observe my energies connecting I am visualizing how this day will unfold ideally.
Strenghtening Spleen Meridian (for digesting Information or Food)
Whenever having a heavy meal or feeling tired or generally unwell after eating, I’d love to support my body by tapping this spleen point for a few minutes.
It helps digestion - both on a physical and emotional level.
So it is also a wonderful tool to use when you have received a message that is hard to wrap your. head around.
Spleen meridian is the counterpart to triple warmer meridian ( the one that is in charge of our stress-response/fight-or-flight-mode).
So by strengthening Spleen Meridian you are signaling your body that there is nothing to worry, that everything is well.
Especially helpful in these times, where a new crisis is always around the corner..
Getting out of Fight-or-Flight
The exercise above goes very well with this one:
After shock, stress, trauma, the triple warmer smoothie is another great thing to to do for yourself.
It again calmed down your nervous system, lets your body come down from fight-or-flight-mode and relax.
This is helpful when your computer breaks down, you have watched the news or received a bad message, or when your kid is throwing a tantrum.
Whatever it was that made your adrenaline go up and got you nervous-help yourself calm down with this fast energy work.
17 seconds to kickstart Law of Attraction
One the most wonderful practices regarding the Law of Vibration is this piece of knowledge:
After a short period of about 17 seconds, Law of Attraction is kicking in and another thought joins then you have been thinking about just now. And after another 17 seconds more: the next likewise thought joins, and so on.
This means: Whatever you want to have more of in your life, first energetically, then physically, you just need to hold a thought about it for 17 seconds to activate the Law of vibration.
This is basic knowledge for manifestation in general, but also a good response to being unable to focus or the experience of a monkey mind where you are not able to think clearly: choose a thought that makes you feel good ( or if that is not in reach, just a thought that is making you fell a tiny bit better.
Law of Attraction makes it almost impossible to think of the nicest holiday at the beach while you are freaking out about an important project at work that went wrong, just because the vibrations of those two things are so very wide apart. But maybe you can think about making a short break, visualizing getting a coffee and some fresh air to come down a bit.
Hold this much nicer thought of you taking a break for 17 seconds and you will get another idea joining in. Maybe you are remembering that your dear friend has sent you a message and you have been to stressed out to even read it and so you are using this break to connect with you friend. Which makes your mood slightly better already…and so on…you get the idea?
One learning I like to share: focus on the feeling while you do that, not on the thought intellectually. Focus on how you will feel while taking that break, reading that message, connecting to that friend.
Not jus think about it in your conscious mind - let in into your heart, because that is where the magic happens.
“Your life-and everyone else in the Universe is playing the part that you have assigned to them. You can literally script any life that you desire, and the Universe will deliver to you the people, places, and events just as you decide them to be. For you are the creator of your own experience-you have only to decide it and allow it to be”
Ask the Universe for Guidance
Whenever I have no clue what to do next or what would be the smartest thing to do now, I am giving these questions directly to the divine with this Exercise:
I am calling it:
Ask the universe, and it has been a game changer for all questions my logical mind has no answer to.
It is working on the premise that everything is connected with everything.
So that must mean that we are having access to everything all the time. Some people know this as the Akashic Records, some people call in conversations with god, or prayer.
Anyhow, it is a way to surrender and give up your question to something higher.
Make conversations go your way
And when you know what to do next but unsure how the people involved will react or if there is even a chance of them seeing it from your point of view, this amazing exercise is the right one.
Jeffrey Allen describes it wonderfully: as energy always comes first it means you can make all conversations go the way you want it to by preparing yourself and your conversation partner energetically before you are having the actual conversation.
This by now means is the same thing as maniputlating someone into something! It always works on the basis of being beneficial for all beings involved, so this is an energetic offering or showing a path.
The other beings involved always can refuse your energetic offer it it is not beneficial to their highest timeline. But enough with the precautions, this is how it works:
Before having any conversation, you briefly close your eyes and envision you and the other person you are about to talk to. Maybe you see yourself calling them on the phone, or sitting next to them.
You envision talking to them, and in a short and clear way, communicating what your wish is.
Then you thank them for their understanding and help and say goodbye.
Immediately after you have opened your eyes again, you are going into the actual conversation.
