THE PRACTICE DAILY TEMPLATE
Conscious Deep Breathing (CDB)
10 minutes morning and evening
Breathe through a wide open mouth. Fill the lungs to capacity. Hold for the count of ten then slowly and easily let the breath out. During this practice let your mind rest in a peaceful place alone with nature.
Results - There will be less stress build-up and things around you will seem to move easier.
Self Talk
Use five minutes each morning and evening after CDB exercise for your self talk. Think of and list all your positive qualities. Begin to describe ourself in self-affirming tones. Fake it till you feel it.
Results - You will begin to build a positive ID, replacing all non-productive core beliefs.
Healthy Nutrition
Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and their juices.
Proper combination is important and uses less energy for the digestive process. 1. Combine fruit or vegetable with starches 2. Combine protein (fish, seafood, chicken, turkey etc.) with vegetables. Consume less sodas, greasy foods, salt, sweets, junk foods. Drink plenty of water (8 glasses a day is recommended).
Results - You will feel an immediate increase in your energy and performance levels. Eliminates hyperactivity.
Exercise
Develop a regular exercise pattern, morning or evening.
This routine should be at least 30 minutes. Walking, running, jogging, weight training, dancing, aerobics, push-ups are all great.
Results - An immediate sense of emotional well being, mental clarity, an increase in energy and performance levels. For those who want to lose weight - exercise is a great fat burner.
Unconditional Self Acceptance
Ties in with all the above.
Results - You will begin to make better life choices and reap their productive benefits.
Vision
Use 15 minutes per day to dream and affirm your grandest potential. Do not permit any doubts to encroach on these sessions.
Results - Life will begin to bring opportunities your way. Inner peace and prosperity.
A Spirit of Generosity
Make giving a habit. You always have something to give or to share - time, goodwill, love etc.
Results - Immediate increases in prosperity and well being.
Practice With A Purpose. Many practitioners worry about whether their practices - such as Deep Conscious Breathing, Self Talk, or Nutrition – can really make a difference in their lives. What we encourage is to fake it until it manifests. Life is all about pre-tending – tending things before they happen. Your first step is to identify a valid purpose for creating a new model of increased self-awareness. If you cannot identify why and for whom you are creating this new model then why are you bothering to work on it AT all? With increased respect for your life, you develop increased respect for all lives.
Your project stakeholder is SELF and you are investing time and energy in self to meet the desires of self. You deserve to have optimum results and you will if you give it your best shot. The amount of time you spend on The Practice will be the exact equivalent of the benefits you reap as you go along.
The Practice must become a life long companion tool kit. Whenever you drop it, you will also forfeit its benefits of prosperity and goodwill.
Everything you create and see its benefits, will need to be maintained over time through The Practice.
You will need to consider the impact of these changes on your life and then act accordingly. If you decide to keep these new models then you clearly have less work to perform to support the same changes, making you more agile because you are a happier traveler.
Communication within your team will be important especially in the early days of building the new awareness. Writing down your thoughts, your goals and your successes will give you something to look back on in difficult times.
Rapid Feedback. The time between an action and the feedback on that action varies according to the individual and the strength of his or her convictions, beliefs and practices. Spend time to analyze results, or to tweak your unique practice to meet your own needs. Identify even small changes in the process.
Assume Simplicity. As you develop you should assume that the simplest solution is the best solution. Don't over intellectualize, don’t criticize yourself. Keep your mind on your goals.
Embrace Change. Requirements evolve over time. Changes that may take place as you develop your new self awareness might not always feel comfortable but trust that they will always be for the best in the long run.
Example: You might lose a job that was causing you a lot of stress. However, if you stay true to The Practice and your goals, you will find that other more suitable opportunities open to you, reflecting changes in response to your new self awareness.
Incremental Change. An important concept to understand with respect to modeling the true YOU, is that you don't need to get it right the first time. Dig in the ground, practice, practice, practice and evolve it over time in an incremental manner.
Quality Practices. You reap what you sow.
Prosperity through self awareness is Your Primary Goal. Any activity that does not directly contribute to this goal should be questioned and avoided if it cannot be justified in this light. Factors that you need to consider include your selection of friends, the places you frequent, and the nature of your effort itself.
The Practice cannot fail. In short, when you are working on your new model you need to keep an eye on inner goals.
Some negative beliefs, behaviors, attitudes and practices have been adopted over time through extreme programming and life experiences, which in turn must be supplanted by positive daily practices. These practices will in time set new beliefs resulting in positive behavior patterns.
Open and honest communication enables people to make better decisions because the quality of the information that they are basing them on is experiential and more accurate.
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