Energetic preparation for the holidays
The holiday season can be challenging. For my readers in the United States, it starts with preparations for Thanksgiving which is celebrated the fourth Thursday in November: November 25th. In Canada, the holiday season starts after Hallowe'en and Remembrance Day. When does the holiday season get started where you live? Please let me know.
People may find the holiday season challenging for all sorts of reasons. For some it is the stress of the expectations that go along with the season. This is on top of the stressful situations many people are already experiencing with the sluggish economy in many parts of the world. So what is a person to do? Try these energetic techniques.
Step 1: Take a look at your expectations for the holidays. Do you have a really long to-do list? How long is the list for gift-giving? Are you responsible for hosting holiday festivities? Take a few moments now and write down your list of expectations. Write them all down. All the things that usually happen during the holidays that have an impact on you.
Now, review the list. First, identify the items on your list that bring you joy and lift your spirit. Now, look over the rest of the items. Have these things become a habit? Do you need to do them? Or are they things that you think are important to other members of your family? Now, an important question. If you think that some of these items may be important to other members of your family, have you asked them? At this point, you can ask family and friends if these items really matter. If they do, maybe you can accomplish them another way. The key here is to review your holiday expectations with your family and friends. Get agreement on the must-dos and let the rest go. Yes, let them go. Shorten your list of expectations for you, your family and your friends and enjoy the shortened list to the fullest.
An aside: Gift giving can get challenging as well. Consider other types of gifts. Make up coupons giving family and friends gifts of your time. You can make up coupons for child care so friends can have an evening out. You can give a coupon for dog-walking, hugs, or an afternoon skating or tobogganing. You get the idea. Give coupons that give others the gift of you. Also, family can come together and decide to give money to favourite charities rather than giving gifts. After all, what do you give people that have most everything they need?
Step 2: Now, use you imagination. Imagine that it is January 2011, the holidays are over and you are telling a friend about your holidays. You are describing one of the best holidays ever. What are you telling your friend? What does this best holiday look like? Imagine the holiday in all its glory. Use all your senses. What did you see? Who was with you? Where were you? What were you doing? How did you feel? What did you here? What did you smell? What did you taste? What did you touch?
Now that you have imagined your best holiday, you get to set an intention. Use the information that came from your imagination to set a intention for your upcoming holidays. For example, a relaxing, joyful fun holiday with family and friends that creates memories that last a life time. Now, take a few moments and write your own high intention for the holidays.
Step 3: Use energetic techniques for clearing and protection. One of the gifts you can share with the planet is to clear people, places and situations. Are there locations where heavy energy from previous holidays may be lurking? Since holidays are an annual event, heavy energies can build up unless they are cleared away. If a location comes into your consciousness, use the whirlwind technique to clear that location. Imagine whirlwinds spinning and spinning and spinning in that location. The whirlwinds spin picking up heavy energy until they have all they can hold. They take the heavy energy away, release it safely where it can be used for good and return to do more clearing. Let the whirlwinds continue in this way until you feel that it is clear enough for now. Next, ask yourself what other things you can use to do further clearing or cleaning. You amy use angelic cleaning services, scrubbing bubbles, energetic vacuum cleaners and so on. Use whatever comes into your consciousness. Next, fill the cleared space with the energies that you do want: love, joy, friendship, faith, wisdom, peace, etc. You get to choose.
Are you sensitive to the emotional energy of people around you? If you are, you may benefit from using protection. You ask yourself what form of imaginary, energetic protection is in my highest good? Some people use white light, bubbles, imaginary armour. Whatever comes into your consciousness is fine. I have a wonderful Merlin's cloak that covers me from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. It is purple with silver and gold embellishments and is very soft to the touch. My merlin's cloak protects me from the energies around me when I put it on. Protection allows you to participate fully in all that is going on around you. It provides protection from the energy around you.
I recommend that you use protection when you are going shopping. Shopping malls are full of the stress of the season. You can protect yourself from that. Also, if there are members of your family or friends that you find draining, use your protection. These people may be draining your energy. It is likely done unknowingly on their part. Put on your protection and feel as upbeat and energetic at the end of your visit as you did at the beginning. ;~}
These are only a few of the energetic techniques you can use to have one of the best holidays ever. For even more ideas, listen to my VoiceAmerica Talk RAdio show from November 16th. You will find a link later in the ezine.
To the best holidays ever,
Karen
With thanks from the source: www.spiritconnections.com
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