PRACTICAL SPIRITUAL TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

 A Powerful Hawaiian prayer of forgiveness, it can be used for anything from a personal clearing statement to a healing for all of humanity.  As with all things, the power of this deceptively simple set of 4 phrases, rests in the intent, focus and belief.   By saying these words over and over, a person is said to connect her/his own inner light with the light of Source. Over time, patterns in the subconscious dissolve, and by forgiving the parts within that hold those patterns, a person’s outer world regains balance and harmony. 

 During an Access Bars® session, a trained practitioner lightly touches 32 points on your head identical points on both hemispheres forming an energy bar which in turn dissipates the electromagnetic charge that has been locked in your brain by the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that you've stored over lifetimes. Each point represents a feeling or emotion or area or aspect of our life, like hopes & dreams, gratitude, money,  aging, creativity and many more. 

No matter what you call this tool or the reason you use this tool, the effectiveness cannot be denied! The evolution and development, the many offshoots and derivations point to how useful people find this in overcoming phobias, addictions, anxiety, sleep problems, chronic pain just to mention a few.  Tapping is a set of techniques which utilize the body’s energy meridian points. You can stimulate these meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips – literally tapping into your body’s own energy and healing power.

Any activity that quiets the mind, calms the nervous system, qualifies as meditation! That being said, I've listed a few of the more popular types below.

1. Loving-kindness meditation. 
2. Body scan or progressive relaxation. ...
3. Mindfulness meditation. ...
4. Breath awareness meditation. ...
5. Chakra balancing meditation
6. Zen meditation. ...
7. Transcendental Meditation.
8. Heart-based meditation

Traditional use of mantras are closely associated with deepening meditation while affirmations are used to help reprogram subconscious patterns and beliefs and are best when repeated at regular intervals during the day.  As with everything, results vary depending on the strength of belief and the level of intensity and focus. Choosing an affirmation or mantra is a personal experience- to be truly effective, resonance and deep knowing can lead you to what you need, as can asking a higher power or even googling mantras and affirmations and choosing what resonates within; the length of time you use any of these tools depends  on what you are trying to create and what you are fixed on overcoming...

The idea that sound affects the health of the mind and body is not new. Chanting and mantra recitation have been part of Hindu spirituality and the healing power of yoga for thousands of years.  Each part of our body has its own natural resonance, and vibrational medicine is based on the idea that disease is a result of those natural resonances getting out of tune – whether due to stress, illness or environmental factors.  Resonance, the frequency at which an object naturally vibrates, can be manipulated with instruments to create a healing vibration in our bodies, restoring balance and aligning with our essence.