Why I Love The Alexander Technique

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A new friend recently asked me to define the Alexander Technique for them. This is always such a daunting request, but it is because I believe in the global benefits of the work so much that I gave it some thought, and chose to speak about the benefit of the Technique in managing our reactions to “life”! If your interest is in managing and maintaining your weight, having a better sense and freedom of your body, feeling more poised and confident, I couldn’t think of a better technique to help get you there! Here is what I wrote:

The Alexander Technique is a hands-on learning method that helps to literally undo old habitual ways of doing things, albeit unconsciously, by bringing awareness to what we are doing and then being able to respond differently. Because we are so habituated, the mind is often far away from the body, and not unified at all. We are “talking heads”. We have a thought or a belief, and it creates an emotion or sensation which our bodies react to. We have separated from the experience of being present within the body, and then our reactions lead to certain results. We startle, tighten, compress and don’t even realize it! The stressful stimulus has led to a disconnection from our integrated experience. But did it have to be that way? Did we have to react to the stimulus? What if, like a child, we let the experience flow to us and through us without judgement, and then respond instead of react? The stimulus would appear as a NEW experience, which we would then have more than one possible response to, and perhaps would have a pleasant, embodied, and fresh experience instead.

As we begin to identify the disturbing stimuli, we also begin to notice how we react to what we perceive as stressful. It was not the stimulus itself that was stressful, but instead our reaction to it. Once we know that, then we can actively observe and make new decisions about how we are going to be with it. A possibility for release can then take place. A renewed and fresh response to what was a habit now brings us more into the moment, and more intimately back to ourselves.

F.M. Alexander was one who observed the “use” of ourselves (the manner and conditions of use of the body and mind together) very carefully. He noticed that as we become more aware of how we are doing an activity, we have more choice as to how we can respond to it, whether with grace and poise, or with compression and tension. He noticed that we can change how we are in relation to the stimulus. He then knew that it is possible to let the reaction fall away, to ungrip from it. We simply choose not to react in the habitual way! The result is more freedom, more ease, a breath of release and awareness. It leaves us with a new lightness and joy of being in life!

I would love to hear your thoughts on this post. Especially if you have had lessons, or want to think about a refresher course for Spring, let me know! If I can help you, I would be glad to, or I will recommend a teacher in your area.

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Does Your Sense of Inner Self Worth Need a Boost?

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You cannot go through our day just assuming that everyone you meet is going to agree, connect and approve of you. But neither should you interpret disinterest as a statement of your character or worth. You alone should be the one determining your Self Worth, not anyone else.
But how do you reach into your own “toolbox” to get a boost on your inner strength and well being? It seems that when you popped out of the womb as a baby, there should have been a user’s manual in this department! “Guarantee of integrity; you are good enough just the way you are”.

Unfortunately, very few people grow up knowing their value and worth. This is because:

* They were often told by well-meaning parents that they were doing something wrong/bad/inappropriate and interpreted the information as “not good enough”

* They saw others managing better and determined that they were “lesser” in comparison

* They simply did not have the support, education, or encouragement to be able to sustain an attitude of balance

So altogether, they carried around a sense of “not OK” even while being expected to develop skill and knowledge in excelling in the world.

This is a recipe for diminished Self Worth, and a life-time of self doubt and perhaps secret guilt and shame. My suggestion is that you begin to really look into those emotional wounds. You already have the stories circling around in your head. You listen to them constantly if this is you. So my hope is that you allow yourself the time and space to understand and release these sub-consious feelings and thoughts that are not serving you well, so that you can begin to use ALL of your energy in the manner that will really serve your joy and well being.

I have a process that I can take you through to visit, and transform these lower level energies. I would be delighted to help you! I am taking only 5 new clients this month. Perhaps you are one of them! I invite you to call or email me at diane@soulconnectioncoaching.com, to set up a half hour DISCOVERY session, so that we can determine whether coaching with me will serve your highest needs.

I am an Intuitive Business Consultant and Spiritual Life Coach with more than 20 years of experience helping people release their physical and emotional tension/pain patterns, to live a bigger life of their soul-connected dreams and visions. If this is right for you now, just send me a message!! www.besoulinspired.com
To Your Brilliance!
Diane Young

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Do You Feel Like Quitting?

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Do you feel discouraged in your business-building efforts and feel like quitting? I can relate! There is so much on my to-do list, that sometimes I just go into overwhelm and want to “throw in the towel”.

The best advice that I have gotten for this is to learn a simple energy management tool called the “Energy Blueprint”. I teach this as an integral part of my VIP Coaching training (a six month Coaching program that will get you from where you are now, to where you want to be and activate your real connection to your soul’s purpose! go to my website www.besoulinspired.com to learn more) so that you have a practical tool to manage low level energies AS THEY
COME UP. Not when you have already gone into overwhelm.

Here is a jump-start for you to begin:
*Look at what you are BELIEVING about something, for example, that you know you should be picking up the phone to initiate a speaking engagement, to share your knowledge about a service you have. What about these beliefs Are serving you? Write them down.
* Now, what beliefs are NOT serving you as well? Write those down too.
* Look at what you have written, and decide which belief is really popping out at you, one that is really not serving you well. Circle it.
* The next part you may need some coaching around, but generally, this is now a belief that you will write about every morning, and start to “progress”. What I mean by that, is at first it will seem like a remote possibility; i.e. not a reality at all. For example, you will write “I would like to some day feel comfortable and free to gladly pick up the phone and start a conversation with someone about a possible speaking engagement.” After a week or two of writing that, you may notice that your willingness to do this task becomes more “doable”… now you write “I do believe it is possible to speak to new prospects for potential speaking venues, and I am ready to do it now.” This is a progressed belief. It may take a few months, and even years for some beliefs to transform, but you are in process.

I have been doing this practice now for a few years, and I am continually amazed by how much it transforms my interior feeling state about doing tasks, and organizing what it is that most needs to be done. I am becoming more systematic about all of the many aspects of having and growing my business. And guess what? I did a progressive belief transformation process about having a blog, and here I am a year later, WRITING it!!

Energy management is the inner processing that you can do with focus patience, and loving attention that begins to turn the overwhelm of all the many tasks you need to do into inspired, doable action steps. Once you have mastered this energy tool, your doors will open. I guarantee it!

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Is Your Soul Connected To Your Work?

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Is you Soul connected to all of the things you do throughout your day in the workplace? Have you learned to shut down huge parts of yourself because you think that behaving with truth, honesty and intimacy has no place in the workplace?

If so, I know how you feel. There are many reasons why we do this. The main one is because if you feel that your opinion is out of order or out of step with the rest of the people working at your “level”, you might be making waves and thereby be threatened in your place. In other words, you do not speak up, show an alternative approach to a situation, create a solution that may be a little astray from the rest of the group, because you are afraid of JOB SECURITY!

Unfortunately, this way of thinking diminishes your creativity and ultimately your well being. It is imperative to find ways to express your opinions, discentions, and creativity without fear of losing something. How to do this:

* Become aware of your thoughts on the subject as it is being discussed, especially if there are only one or two people having the conversation.
* Take a moment NOT to speak up, but to think about how you could frame your suggestions so as to add something more for the group to think about.
* Then respectfully offer your idea, comment, concern so that it becomes an element in the conversation.
* Be willing for it to land like a Lead balloon. In other words, don’t be attached to the outcome.
* See how you feel afterwards. Check in with yourself. Are you invigorated? More connected to the job and the task at hand? Are you feeling more nervous? Would you be willing to do it again?

What you are doing is preparing a new way of engaging and interacting with others in the workplace. It may feel unfamiliar and a little frightening, especially if you are not used to offering much in the greater conversation at the workplace, but in fact you are taking large steps toward taking a new and more active leadership role in your peer group.

I am sure that nobody is ever watching for your promotion or gain in the workplace, whether you are a teacher, an engineer, or a secretary. It is incumbent upon you to speak up, make your voice be known, and step up to all that you can be, both at work and in the advancement of your own life dreams.

I invite you to visit my website http://www.besoulinspired.com to have a conversation with me about how your too can quickly and confidently LEAP forward in getting clear on how you can bring your Brilliant Message into the world. These are your soul Gifts, and are connected with your deepest, most intimate and passionate Soul’s Evolution and Purpose.

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What Steve Jobs Taught Us

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I loved to listen to Steve Jobs. I remember that once he gave a commencement speech that I heard, and it hit straight to my soul. Steve Jobs was a man who had a vision, but he was real. He lived with passion and commitment each and every day, and created probably the most successful business of our age. His business model cam from his heart and soul, and he was not afraid to live his truth.

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. … Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
Steve Jobs

Stay hungry, stay foolish. what does that mean to you? I know for me that my early years were in that energy…I moved to NYC with $300 dollars in my pocket and no job and no place to live, but I didn’t even think not to do it. I was led by my heart and my passion to dance, and the teachers were in New York. End of story!

And if one of the richest men in America can give that advise to you, my advise is that you take HIS advice:

*Think about what clutter you have, whether it is “things”, paper, or the thoughts you carry inside your head, in other words, what in your life is bearing down on you, and Throw Them Overboard!

* Make a new decision TODAY to no longer do things that you don’t love to do, and get someone else to do them for you if possible (and without making excuses). You’ll be glad that you did.

*Make a list of what you would want to do, be, or have if this was the last year of your life.

After this exercise, I am hoping that you will be just a little closer to living that foolish, passionate life!

I invite you to go to my website and check out how to get more out of the life you are living now http://www.soulinspiredmentoring.com

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Are You Feeling Discouraged?

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Are you feeling discouraged about all of the information overload out there, and you here trying to figure it all out, and even make a living doing what you love? Me too.

Ten years ago we didn’t have nearly as much information constantly thrown at us. We could go to the bookstore and choose a book to read, read it, then give it away! Now every time I turn on my computer with the expectation of quickly going through my emails and my favorite newsletters to which I am subscribed, I start to fall down the Rabbit Hole (remember Alice in Wonderland?) of the sheer wealth of jibberish that comes my way.

So what is a smart and conflict-averse person supposed to do? I will advise to Clear the Clutter! Here are some ideas:
* unsubscribe to 5 newsletters a day; really buck up and do it, even if you think you will be losing valuable information
* pick and choose the time of day you will read your email, and do it only after you have had your “power hour” (more on that later)
* plan some “down time” for yourself, which includes perhaps a walk in the early morning hours, meditation, and “scripting” (that is a fancy word for writing in your journal. How else will you capture your own voice instead of all of the other voices out there?

These three tips are all things I began to emply after I noticed that I was actually becoming stressed by my virtual mail life. This is the kind of clutter that doesn’t obviously appear as clutter because it is on the hard drive and not in the room. But none the less, energetically it will sap your energy resources and leave you stranded and procrastinating on the details of your personal and professional life that really matter…like generating revenue for your business or moving you forward in dreaming your bigger dream for yourself. Now THIS matters!

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Are You Aligned?

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Are you aligned with your inner guidance, to move forward in expressing the fullness of your life purpose and soul’s purpose? There was a time that I would have to have said a resounding “no” to that question. Actually, to be more accurate, I would have probably said “yes” but secretly my inner voice would be wondering if in fact the true answer was “not really”. Not so anymore. It is my passion to fulfill my life purpose by speaking and writing about Spiritual principles, but without having learned energy management tools and doing the spiritual work of aligning with my inner guidance, and inner guides, I would not be close to where I am today.

Alignment FEELS good. It feels natural and comfortable, and on purpose. You feel at the top of your game, and in flow with the day, and with others as well. Difficulties fall away, and you just have a good feeling about your plans and creations. If, on the other hand, you are NOT aligned, everything feels forced. You get off track easily, things DON’T flow, and the frustration mounts.

You can begin now to make aligning with your inner knowing a regular practice. Do you meditate? Do you take some time to slow down and breathe, and imagine your future in detail? Do you take a few moments every day to consciously think about what you are grateful for? If you don’t, you may be making your day harder than you need to. I am talking about using thought and intention to first align with your own healthy core, and then using that satisfying state of being to initiate all of your plans and inspired actions for the day. Why not? It only takes minutes once you know how to do it, and the results will show themselves a thousand-fold in manifesting a life in more flow, ease, and joy.

At least this is my experience. So here are a few tips for engaging in a practice of aligning with your inner voice, your inner knowing:
* Take some time each day to go within, however you do that. Discovering what works best for you is part of the journey. Consistency is the magic key.
* Don’t think that the outcome has to look a certain way. Let it unfold from within. Be in you own connection with Self and Spirit, and let the details of how it will look be a surprise and a mystery to you. The Universe lines up to assist you when you ask the right questions, so if you are in a state of wanting to control what it is going to look like, you will only attract back what you already know, and not all that is actually available to help you.

*Don’t try to make it all happen YESTERDAY. Be patient and keep doing the inner work necessary to clear the debris of energetic blockage, whether that consists of your own limiting beliefs or the negative accumulation of thoughts/feelings/actions of others, and see how things unfold with more ease. Let change happen incrementally, just a little at a time, like following a bread crumb trail. Be surprised about the next clue, and keep breathing and aligning. There are people, circumstances, and events aligning in your favor all of the time that may take you into new directions and be the answer to your prayers. the journey will be more fun that way too!

* Trust the process. John Lennon’s famous quote that “life happens when you are busy doing other things” is actually a cautionary tale, a tip to remember that life is lived well by getting present with the NOW and allowing things to happen naturally. This is a Universal Law of Allowing which, if understood and perfected, will serve you magnificently in all of your undertakings. The KEY to aligning with your inner knowing is all about allowing things to happen at the right time, and in the right way, without trying to push or force. There is Divine right timing, that leads all of us on our journey of becoming more whole in health, harmony and happiness.

*Lastly, it is always easier to have a guide or mentor than to try to do it all on your own. I am a Spiritual teacher and mentor to those who are wanting to connect with their soul’s energy and shorten their learning curve, to actually manifesting a bigger dream for themselves. Why have to continue to do “hit or miss”? Working with a coach who will encourage your, challenge you, and hold your hand a bit to get you moving swiftly in the direction of your dreams will open doors for you that you never imagined.

ACT NOW and receive a 20-30 minute discovery session with Diane Young (Value $79), to find our more about your concerns, and design a plan for how you can move forward, and in alignment with your own soul’s purpose. Call (732) 342-9764, or email at: Diane@soulconnectioncoaching.com to be one of the five people she has created time for in her schedule this month. Or go to and go to the VIP Client tab, to find out more about our 6 month Private VIP Coaching program!

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Are You Feeling Frustrated With all the Clutter?

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Are you feeling frustrated with all the clutter in your life? Me too. And I’m not talking about the physical clutter that you have in your garage or in your closets! I’m actually speaking about the virtual clutter that is accumulating on your own hard drive!

The fact is, we are energetic beings, and all the “stuff” you are holding on to has to be stored somewhere. You may not realize it, but you are storing all this energetically, and it may take the form of being overweight, or being in a continual high anxiety/stress mode. Not good. This storage unit will cost you dearly every month if you don’t get a handle on it, and even lead to serious physical problems like heart trouble, skin problems, sleep problems, and anxiety/depression.

Here is an example: I have approximately 70 email messages that come in to my inbox every day. If I go away for a pleasant Spring weekend, this means that I come back to 210 messages on Monday morning. Well, I work on Mondays, so by Tuesday the grand total is now 280, which is exactly what I am dealing with today. If I don’t have a plan for how to handle this sheer amount of information, I will be the prisoner of my own information overload, and will most likely not be able to do the important work of moving my business forward. But even more than that, I will be holding some amount of energetic garbage that will unwittingly clog up my day via thoughts, feelings and actions. What is more, I may not even be aware that this clutter is happening, so I will accept it as part of life, and simply wonder why I am not accomplishing as much as I know I am capable of.

So here are a few tips for you to get a handle on your “virtual clutter” and get back on track for manifesting your true heart’s intentions:

1) Unsubscribe! Yes, even thought it may be difficult, I suggest unsubscribing to 5 newsletters, forums, or what ever is zapping your time (even Facebook and Twitter!) a DAY, until you bring the number of distracting emails under control.

2) Look at your desktop. Does it have more than 12 Icons on it? Then that is too many. Create folders for the emails you get repeatedly, and save there, so that your “desk” is clean.

3) Yes, go ahead and clean off your desk! Get rid of the post-it notes and to-do lists, and have just one folder out at a time, and for heaven’s sake, stop multi-tasking! Do you really think you can drive, drink coffee and text at the same time? I think not.

4) Create a “power hour” each day. First thing in the day is your important, revenue-generating work. THEN read your emails…or even better, hire someone to read your emails for you, and train them to send you only the truly important ones.

Do you see the clutter beginning to energetically fall away? Think about all of the time you will have now to dream a bigger dream for yourself, and actually start to manifest it!

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How To Bring Something New Into Your Life

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I am wondering whether you got a chance to try the meditation I sent a few days ago!  I would love to hear from you about how you experienced the visualization.  Did you know that a great secret in learning to manifest your dreams and desires has to do with visualization?
Creating a very precise, fully visualized image of what it is that you are wanting, and remembering to think about it, and feel into the image with a lot of emotion, can bring that “thing” into your life!  This is based on a Universal Law, that like attracts like, or popularly called the Law Of Attraction.  There are many other Laws, for example the Law of Polarity, the Law of Gravity, but this Law of Attraction used properly can literally turn you 180 degrees from where you were (thinking of lack, for example) to thinking of prosperity.  Very exciting, for you find that you are in fact a very powerful Creator.
From the Spiritual point of view, you are actually a Co-Creator, which simply means that you place yourself within the harmony of the Universal Laws and make a connection to your Divine Self and evolve that Self through the activities of your life.
So why not choose love, trust and surrender, instead of fear and worry?  I will leave you with that thought for today…think about it, and notice if when faced with a choice sometime during your day, if you choose to surrender instead of fall into a habitual pattern of fear or worry.  Let that new thought enter into your whole body and being, really feel it and give it life, and see if something shifts.  It might be subtle, but surely you will start to notice a thread and have a different choice as to how you deal with the situation or stimulus.
So let me know what happens, by sending an email to diane@soulconnectioncoaching.com, and leave a comment on this post.   I would love to hear from you!
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An Anti- Stress Meditation for You

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Today I am particularly stressed

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Today I would like to talk about creating a simple daily practice that can promote releasing stress in your life so that you can enjoy more peacefulness, productivity, and joy.  Impossible?  No.

You see, stress is the by-product of all that you have taken in during your day, whether it is noise, toxins from your environment, traffic, worry about money, etc.  All of these seeminly minor things add up to accumulated tension that has to be dealt with, and if it does not get released from your system, it will “dig in” and become part of your cumulative stress and misery.
In fact, a great amount of your stress is manifesting on the subconscious level (96%!).  So if you can give yourself even a few minutes a day to qualitatively and consciously release all that you don’t want, you are WAY ahead!
So let’s just take a few minutes together, and do this practice:
Sit or lie on the floor, and begin just taking a few easy, deep breaths.  Close your eyes.  And just notice your breath.  Watch your breath coming in and going out, and allow your awareness to come to full attention on your breathing.
Now begin to visualize a beautiful aqua-colored light coming in to your body and filling your whole body and into the field around you, as if it was extending outward to about three feet around you.
Now,visualize a gold “thread” of light that goes from about 8″ above your head, to about 8″ below your feet, and see that golden thread expanding into a channel of light that comes into your body, and creates a channel that reaches up into the heaven realm and down into the Earth.
See this light expanding and healing all the cells, filling them with golden light, and gently bathing you with sweet, gently energy.  Draw deeper and deeper within your being, and just bathe in that energy for 3-5 minutes.  Continue to breathe slowly and deeply, knowing that anything that is not necessary for your health and happiness is also releasing with the breath.
Slowly open your eyes and go about your day!
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