Level 1.25 - Gratefulness

Level Your Life [The Level of Gratefulness] [1.25]

Gratefulness

How many of us arrive at the arena of performance with full minds and empty hearts?

Minds filled with trivia,distraction and minor details interfere with awareness and focus.In the grand scheme of life what is truly important is the present moment : the breath that gives and sustains life, enabling you to perform.

When you acknowledge the gifts of life and hold gratitude deep within, you are ready to perfrom with a clear mind and focused heart.

Before you begin your workout, training session or work for the day, think of seven aspects of life that you appreciate.For example, your skills, talents,mind,health,familiy , opportunities and work. Now, with eyes closed, connect to the feeling of appreciation.

If you are grateful and appreciative of your health, feel your vitality. If you are appreciative of your talents, be sure to use them consciously this dy.

Now, open your eyes and take on the day´s tasks.

Notice the difference in how you perform, such ordinary moments create the extraordinary in all you do.

Declaration: When I refuse to take things for granted and I focus on gratitude, I become aligned with my heart and connected to  my performance.

Reflection: What are seven aspects of my life - the tangible and the intangible - that I truly appreciate ?What does the act identifying these do for me right now ?

[paraphrased and inspired by Spirit of the Dancing Warrior]

Level 1.1 - Emptiness

Level Your Life - [ The Level of Emptiness] [1.1]
[1 week]

                                           

Emptiness

We ask that you let your heart and mind remain open to vast self-expansion as you continually maintan an empty mind, realizing how little you know and how much there is to learn.

You have to unlearn all you have learned to be open for new.

You must not be fearful of not knowing. If your cup is full, nothing  can enter;you learn nothing and expansion ceases. Not knowing is liberating, as you emancipate yourself from ignorance and become free and limitless.Here is the open space of profound growth and change, where you learn to let go off the steering wheel.

The Idea of going forward while not knowing helps you create enormous internal strength and wisdom. Sometimes you must take a leap of faith and trust that you will either land on two feet or fly.

You have to unlearn all you have learned to be open for new.

Old habits are not easy to unlearn, and you may feel frustrated an impatient at times, but with an open heart and mind , you become pregnant with exciting growth, change and potential.

All the great performers in sports,fitness,martial arts and dance embrace - albeit with some fear- the sacred space of emptiness, the eternal empty circle.

Declaration : I refuse to let my fear prevent me from staying open to change that will potentially propel me to the next level in my physcial endeavors. I am empty and open to filling up for self-expansion.

Reflection: If I changed things, what specific aspects of my game/life could potentially expand my possibilities ? What fears do I have about admitting that I don´t know 






[Level 1.1 Addon - Emptiness - Affirmation,Visualization,Exercise and Guides]

[paraphrased and inspired by Spirit of the Dancing Warrior]