The other benefit of letting go is you give room for Spirit to work in your life. If you are trying to do it all on your own and micromanage every detail there is no room for Spirit to enter. Notice if you tend to do this and consciously let go and back off from "overdoing" and see the magic of Spirit happen in your life. You won’t experience this if you never let go. Once you experience the support of Spirit it will be easier to let go the next time. Let go and let the magic begin!

2. Move from thoughts of Fear to thoughts of Faith
Thoughts of faith and trust are true thoughts connected to your true nature---which is Spirit—you are a Spirit living in an earthly body. Fear thoughts are generated by the ego/false self and have no basis in reality— they are generally thoughts of projected fears of the future or fears from false/limiting beliefs handed down from the family system. People often buy into these thoughts—begin to react to them and then think they are true. So often we can terrify ourselves with these kinds of thoughts. Choosing to be in faith and trust is a choice—it does not happen automatically. Moment by moment ask yourself, is this thought one of faith or one of fear? An example of a fear thought vs. a thought of faith—"I can’t achieve my dream, I don’t have what it takes" (fear thought) vs. "I can do anything I can dream of---the world is full of infinite possibilities." (faith thought).

Faith thoughts are light and expansive---and have that same effect on the body. Fear thoughts are heavy and constrictive---creating tension in the body. So you can observe which kind of thoughts you are entertaining throughout the day---ones of fear or faith. If you identify a fear thought just say to yourself "This is not true" and switch to a faith thought---like switching a channel. The good thing about practicing this thought switching is that each time you switch from fear to faith-- you are actually building neuropathways that support these positive thoughts---which make it easier to shift into these thoughts in the future. The more you are able to NOT go into the fears and negative thoughts you help to extinguish the neuropathways that reinforce these thought patterns. By not reinforcing them, their strength is lessened, making it easier to avert getting pulled into this fear and negativity in the future. (This idea was illustrated in the movie "What the Bleep!?") Keeping your focus on thoughts of faith and trust will free your Spirit and make it easier and easier to stay in that space in the future.

3. Move your Body, Free Your Spirit
Fear thoughts can be so entrenched, especially if those neuropathways are well established, that initially attempting to shift the thoughts to faith can be challenging. So than it’s time to move your body---walk-- or one of my favorites is dancing. Anything to move the stuck energy through your body. You see the negative thought patterns actually energetically clog your energy system and it is difficult to shift to the lighter, higher frequency thoughts with the lower, dense energy of the fear pulling your energy down. When you feel "stuck" it is literally because your energy is stuck, clogged in your body from your negative thought patterns. What can be helpful is to move this energy through so you can open up to the lighter, positive thoughts of faith. Any kind of movement—walking, running, dancing and other forms of exercise will help this congested energy release. Breathwork (deep diaphragmatic breathing), singing, chanting and laughing are also ways to move this energy through. I work as a holistic psychotherapist and often I will have my clients dance before we begin the session to help this stuck energy move through so they can be more open and receptive to the lighter, positive thoughts that bring healing and insight. One great way to move the stuck energy through is to dance to your favorite uplifting music---this helps move the stuck energy through and because you love the music it automatically shifts you into a positive state. I literally do this a few times a day to keep myself in a positive, high energy state. One other benefit of moving your body is it gets you out of your head and more into your body. Your Spirit is housed in your body and it is important to feel all of the sensations of your body---this allows you a deeper experience of your Spirit.

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