{"id":4483,"date":"2022-06-25T15:58:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2022-06-25T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:58:31","slug":"self-care-choose-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/25\/self-care-choose-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Care:  Choose You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed1-150x15011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1898\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed1-150x15011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you fried?<\/p>\n<p>Have you nothing left to give?<\/p>\n<p>Does your energetic body (which usually feels wondrous and fluffy), feel dried and flat like crushed cotton candy?<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t have to be that way.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more in your soul &#8211; you just can&#8217;t find it right now because you&#8217;re running on empty.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to choose YOU &#8211; your whole you.\u00a0 Honor your entire body &#8211; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic.<\/p>\n<p>Your balanced whole body is ready for you to claim it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s waiting.\u00a0 Everything is connected.\u00a0 Nothing operates independently.\u00a0 Authentic balance comes from within and is different for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Your entire body has a shaggy footprint which includes everything &#8211; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic.<\/p>\n<p>This includes your memories also.\u00a0 Include your muscle\u00a0 \u00a0memories, your mental memories, your past-life memories, your emotional memories &#8211; everything.<\/p>\n<p>When you discuss caring for your body, include diet, exercise, sleep.\u00a0 Include choices, thought patterns, stress management, drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Include meditation on your balance journey.\u00a0 Focus on experiencing your self &#8211; your whole, entire self, which wants you to get to know it better.<\/p>\n<p>Read this meditation as often as you want.\u00a0 Allow your self to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Find a quiet, safe, and comfortable place to sit where you won&#8217;t be interrupted for a few minutes or so.\u00a0 Allow your body to be supported by the chair, bed, or floor you have chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Drink a glass of water.<\/p>\n<p>Quiet your mind and check in with your self.<\/p>\n<p>When thoughts enter your mind, encourage them to comfortably come and go.<\/p>\n<p>Notice how you breathe for the moment.\u00a0 Are your breaths shallow or deep?\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter, really.\u00a0 Just notice your breath. &#8211; Notice how each each breath\u00a0 brings in a pure white light.<\/p>\n<p>This white light is perfect and healing.\u00a0 It will stay with you.\u00a0 It&#8217;s job is to heal and nurture.<\/p>\n<p>This white light knows where the need is greatest.\u00a0 It knows where to go.<\/p>\n<p>As you breathe in, feel the healing energy riding on each breath.\u00a0 Feel this energy spreading out from your lungs to every artery and vein in your body.\u00a0 This white light\u00a0 is healing and regenerating every cell in your entire body.<\/p>\n<p>Now, take a deep breath.\u00a0 Inhale and feel yourself relaxing.\u00a0 Notice whether you are becoming\u00a0 quiet.\u00a0 Are you becoming still?<\/p>\n<p>Where is your body tight?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s happening with your energy level?\u00a0 Continue breathing in and out.\u00a0 Allow your self to become relaxed, still.<\/p>\n<p>Now, move your hands along your body, beginning at the crown of your your head.\u00a0 Hold your hands several inches above your body.\u00a0 What do you feel as you move your hands along your body?\u00a0 Heat.\u00a0 Cool. Quickly moving energy.\u00a0 Slowly moving energy.\u00a0 Stuck energy.<\/p>\n<p>Is something stressing you?\u00a0 What does this smell like?\u00a0 How does it feel?\u00a0 Do you hear stress?\u00a0 Where does this stress feel comfortable?<\/p>\n<p>How do your senses react to your stress.\u00a0 What do you feel as you move your hands along your body?<\/p>\n<p>(You can repeat this meditation many times as your hands become\u00a0 comfortable with what they find.)<\/p>\n<p>When you notice a stressed or stuck area of energy, communicate with this particular place using nurturing feelings, and thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Speak directly with this stressed place.\u00a0 Tell this place that you love it, that you want it to be perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Breathe in an extra breath of white light and focus it directly on the stressed place.<\/p>\n<p>This process of sending white light to stress points and communicating with specific points using nurturing feelings and thoughts changes much. When you do this, you encourage your total self to release blockages, erace mistakes, and create perfect images.<\/p>\n<p>See your self in perfection.\u00a0 Your breaths, sending white light to your whole body, release feelings of health, alertness, and relaxation.<\/p>\n<p>Etch this feeling in your mind now\u00a0 so you can return to this feeling whenever\u00a0 you want.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to return to your room now.\u00a0 Gently bring your awareness back to your day.\u00a0 Remember that you can return to this place any time you want.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for including this journey in your day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/breathe1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1748\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/breathe1-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/breathe1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/breathe1.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading this blog article.\u00a0 Please forward it to your favorite social media network.\u00a0 Share it with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>You can connect with me on Facebook and also on YOUTUBE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lets-Live-with-Thurman-Greco-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4022\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lets-Live-with-Thurman-Greco-image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lets-Live-with-Thurman-Greco-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lets-Live-with-Thurman-Greco-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lets-Live-with-Thurman-Greco-image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lets-Live-with-Thurman-Greco-image.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will find other meditations on earlier blog posts.\u00a0 You can also find more wellness information on my books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/reflexologycover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2404\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/reflexologycover-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/reflexologycover-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/reflexologycover.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>www.Thurmangreco.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thurman-Reflexology-for-Spirit-video-AMARAY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3357\" src=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thurman-Reflexology-for-Spirit-video-AMARAY-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thurman-Reflexology-for-Spirit-video-AMARAY-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thurman-Reflexology-for-Spirit-video-AMARAY-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thurman-Reflexology-for-Spirit-video-AMARAY-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Thurman-Reflexology-for-Spirit-video-AMARAY.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you fried? 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