Out with the Old Energy, In with the New

Feeling bogged down with emotional residue and mental congestion?

Learn an easy 3 Step Process to shake that funk and get back to doing what you love!
 
Don’t get me wrong, there are important lessons to learn in sitting with painful emotions; however, sometimes they outstay their welcome and we are busy people with important things to do!
 
There are lots of modalities and therapies that focus on the mental aspect to clear this stuck energy. Sometimes, the right medicine might be more physical in nature, especially when we are feeling bogged down mentally.
 
Our bodies are full of energy centers called meridians. Most of us are familiar with the concept from acupuncture.  The awesome thing is that you can stimulate these energetic points without the needles.
 
Here are 3 steps to get rid of the old energy and usher in the new:
 
BREATHE
Right now, as you’re reading this, take a deep even breath – a breath that opens up your whole chest, including the lower lobes of your lungs. Excellent! Now, take another one.
 
As we go about our daily routine, many of us forget to really breathe. Instead, we settle for shallow breaths that don’t really sustain us. A lot of meditation techniques focus first on the breathing, because it is so healthy and so important. Deep breathing has so many benefits, including detoxifying your body and bringing new energy into it.
 
CROWN PULL
Physically opening up your crown chakra with the Crown Pull exercise can help you to release mental congestion, calm your nervous system, and increase your connection to higher inspiration.

• Allow yourself to breath deeply and fully throughout the exercise.
• Start by placing your thumbs on your temples at either side of your head, then curl your fingers in to rest at the center of your forehead.
• Now, with gentle pressure, pull your fingers toward your thumbs, giving it a slow easy stretch.
• Leaving your thumbs where they are, place your fingers back to the starting position and raise them up 2 inches higher up your forehead.
• Repeat the motion, pulling your fingers to meet your thumbs.
• Continue this pattern over again until you have reached the base of your skull, then move your thumbs to your neck and continue the pulling motion down your neck.
• Once you reach your shoulders, allow your hands to rest there and take another deep breath

 
LYMPHATIC MASSAGE
The Lymphatic system creates antibodies to help us combat everything from cuts to cancer. It also helps us to eliminate both chemical and energetic toxins from our bodies, like radiation and emotional residue. Stimulating your lymphatic system can clear out those stagnant energies and toxins, and leave you feeling more energized.
 
Neurolymphatic Reflex (NLR) points are found all over your body, and will feel sore to touch when congested. Two points that are easy to locate are on your chest.

• Stretch your arms out to your sides and make a “thumbs-up” sign with your hands.
• Now, bend your arms at the elbow and press your thumbs into the skin on your chest. This is the approximate location of the NLR points on your chest.
• If the spots you are touching don’t feel sore, move your thumbs around a little until you find that sore spot. Once you do, you know that you’ve found it.
• Now that you’ve found it, apply enough pressure to feel it, but not enough to bruise, circling in an upward and outward motion.
• Massage these points for the span of a few deep breaths.
• Since this exercise flushes toxins to your body’s waste removal systems, make sure that you hydrate.

 
 
Allow yourself to indulge in these 3 easy practices every day to clear your mind and body, and to increase the quality and quantity of your energy.
 
If you want more information on these, and other exercises to energize and heal your body, take a look at Donna Eden’s masterful work, Energy Medicine.