Spiritual Medicine Tips for a Happy and Healthier Life

[Guest guest]

Laurie Levine has over 20 years in the area of Holistic Health

and is known by many as an Emotional Intuitive. Her book, SPIRITUAL MEDICINE,

offers a new path for those looking for love, better health on all levels, less

pain and spiritual upliftment. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Laurie offers powerful

telephone and in-person sessions which help people release blockages and live

their purpose. She runs Personal Healing Power™ workshops, corporate healthy

lifestyle seminars and meditation classes. Visit www.spiritualmedicine.net or

e-mail laurieleahlevine@... - to order her book and audiotapes or find

out how Laurie can assist you.

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ENHANCING YOUR LEVEL OF WELLNESS

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SPIRITUALITY

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You may be wondering just what is spiritual medicine. Quite simply,

spiritual medicine is love. It is the greatest healing agent that we have.

Without love, people die, maybe not literally, but some part within us dies and

gives up hope. Love gives us hope and nourishes our soul as well as our body and

mind. So many people spend so much time helping others and giving their love

and energy out to everyone but themselves. In turn they end up feeling quite

drained, unmotivated and depressed. It is as if their tank is out of gasoline

and they have not filled it up again. Cars can not run without gasoline to fuel

them, neither can human beings. How can you begin right now to fill yourself

up with love? When I talk about loving ourselves, I am speaking of self-

acceptance and treating ourselves as if we were our own best friend. You may

want to take a moment to ask yourself the following questions:

How do you treat your best friends and loved ones?

Do you treat yourself the same way?

If the answer is no, what can you do to start treating yourself better?

In what ways can you begin to forgive, love and accept yourself more?

The first step is to be more aware of what you say to yourself. I am speaking of

the negative thoughts and judgements that we unconsciously have and project upon

ourselves every day. These thoughts can be quite damaging to our self-confidence

as well as to our health and well-being. One of the best ways I have found for

stopping these thoughts and self-judgment is to forgive ourselves for past

actions and to release from your mind and body any beliefs and emotional pain

you are still carrying from the past and from other people. Here is a

technique that will help you do this:

Get comfortable in a chair or lying down and close your eyes.

Imagine in your mind that you are in a beautiful place in nature, somewhere

you love to go or make it up.

Let your senses come alive. Smell the fresh air, feel the sun on your body,

hear the sounds of nature all around you and feel your feet connected to the

earth.

Imagine that in front of you is a beautiful contained fire. This is a fire of

transformation and purification.

Take a deep breath and begin now to place in the fire all the negative

thoughts, beliefs and emotional pain that you may be carrying inside of you from

the past. Put in the fire any fears, doubts, judgements against yourself and

others you are ready to let go of. As you do this imagine that it is releasing

from the whole of you; your mind, body, emotions and spirit. Let go of the

burdens that you have been carrying. Start to feel lighter inside of yourself

now.

As you do this, you may want to say a prayer or declaration like, " I am now

letting these fears and burdens be released and set free. They no longer support

my life and I am now free to love my self, to forgive my self and to live a

happier and healthier life. " Add in whatever words empower you. This is a good

visualization to do whenever you feel weighed down with negative thoughts or

having a hard time feeling good about yourself.

At the end of this visualization, take the time to breathe back in and claim

back all the parts of yourself that you may feel separated from. I am referring

to your energy, personal power, joy, your ability to love yourself, your

confidence, trusting in yourself etc.

Spend a few minutes filling yourself up with love and inner peace before

getting up. To help you do this, place one hand on your heart and the other on

your belly and take in several deep breaths. This is an energy balance that will

help you to feel calmer and more centered inside.

Affirm to yourself on a daily basis that you are a special and worthwhile

person. It is so important to your health and well-being to continue to love,

accept and be kind to yourself. Remember to always be your own best friend.

Spend the time to fill up your cup, so that you can more easily share this love

with others and in turn make this world a better place for all of us to live in.