Hi Everyone!
I am excited to be here today to bring you guest post from Ellen Wood. Please help me by giving her a warm welcome to the blog!
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How To Talk To Your Body by Ellen Wood,
Author of Joy! Joy! Joy!
There’s a light dusting of snow on
Taos Mountain and this very warm day has turned quite chilly as the sun begins
to set. From my car window I see no-neck people with their collars turned up
and shoulders slightly hunched against the wind. It’s sleeveless weather during
the day but the temperature plunges 50 degrees by dark in this high-elevation
town, and many of those still outside are caught underdressed even though they
know it happens every day this time of year. I park the car, step outside and
whoosh! – the wind has its own design in mind for my hair.
I used to lament my thin hair but
since I’ve been practicing age-reversing/joy-receiving techniques, I’ve changed
how I feel about my hair – and every other part of my body. I know that loving
who I am and how I look and feel right now is an essential part of this
process. And I know that what I think and believe about who I am determines how
I look and feel.
Here’s why: our thoughts and beliefs
create energy, which influences matter – since at the most basic level, matter
IS energy. The sub-atomic “particles” that compose your body are energy. This
energy exists as a wave, until you observe it – and then it becomes a particle.
But if you stop observing this energy, it becomes a wave again.
If you’d like to know more about the
science, read renowned cell biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton’s “Biology of Belief.”
So it’s your observation, your
attention, your intention, that literally creates what you see around you, and
literally, creates you – your body. This is a participatory universe, in which
your consciousness participates in the creation of everything.
If you can manage to love who you are
and how you look right now, then joy and youthfulness will come to you far more
quickly. But if you can’t truly love yourself, “fake it ’til you feel it.”
Instead of criticizing your hair, your skin, your legs, your butt, occupy your
conscious mind with words of love. You’ll be amazed at the difference it will
make after this becomes a habit.
Talk to your body. Here’s an example
of how I talk to parts of my body, “I love you, legs. Thank you for carrying me
around. Thank you for getting me up and down stairs without my having to
consciously think about it.” Try it. Do it while you’re bathing, or dry
brushing your skin, if that seems a more appropriate way to begin.
But don’t stop at your body: say “I
love you” frequently. When I wake up in
the morning, I look out the window and say, “I love you, mountains.” Do they
hear me? I don’t know. What I DO know is
that it makes me feel good and creates the thrilling emotion of love inside my
being – so why not say it?
As I write this, I am saying “I love
you,” to you, my reader. I hope you can feel it.
For further info:
www.howtogrowyounger.com
Ellen Wood of Taos, New Mexico, is a humorous inspirational
speaker, columnist and award-winning author. As upbeat and vivacious as Ms.
Wood is, it hasn't always been an easy road for her. Five years after her
mother died of Alzheimer’s, Ellen started experiencing progressive mental
decline similar to the early stages of Alzheimer’s (she has the gene, APO-e4).
That, plus a diagnosis of breast cancer and other serious knocks and bruises,
provided the ‘wake up call’ to change her life. In 2004 Ellen developed a
program of seven mind/body/spirit techniques which she continues practicing to
this day. She
shared the mental and spiritual foundation for rejuvenation in Think and Grow Young and the audio book won the Gold
Nautilus Award in 2011. An unexpected speaking engagement
to help an organization decrease a northern New Mexico town’s high suicide and
depression rate changed Ellen’s primary focus from growing younger to reducing
stress and conquering the blues. That speech led to subsequent speaking gigs on
the subject and Joy! Joy! Joy! 7 Mind Body Spirit Self-Help
Practices to Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Reverse Memory Loss and Live Happy was
born.
Short Bio:
Ellen Wood of Taos, New Mexico, is a humorous inspirational
speaker, columnist and award-winning author of Think and
Grow Young. Her new book is Joy! Joy! Joy! 7 Mind Body Spirit
Self-Help Practices to Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Reverse Memory Loss and Live
Happy.
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Thanks Ellen for being on the blog today!
Happy Reading!
