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Month of November/December 2006
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The Holidays, Stress, and your Subconscious Mind
Isn’t it interesting how the holidays – a time when we should become more peaceful –
become a time where we become so agitated, angry, and stressed? Have you ever thought of
the reasons for this manifestation?
The holiday season is a beautiful time for body-mind-Spirit connection. It’s a time
where we could reconnect to what is important in life, where we could introspect on our
life purpose. Think about this. We are Spiritual beings in a human body – an earthly body –
and this earthly body is entuned with the rhythms of the seasons.
Spring brings new beginnings, new life as Nature becomes more active. Summer brings complete
activity, work, and rewards. It provides longer days, more light to perform these activities.
Fall comes and Nature starts the slow down process. Days become shorter hinting us to rest.
The old starts dying to eventually give way to the new. In Winter, Nature rests, and the days
become even shorter. Nature prepares for the new beginnings of Spring, and the process repeats,
evolving and moving forward with every cycle.
Fall and Winter are the seasons when we celebrate many ‘holidays’. Again, nature slows down, many
species hibernate and rest, but what do we humans do? As the holiday season arrives, there is more
and more activity, we get less sleep, we speed up instead of slowing down. This is in total contradiction
of what our bodies – our earthly bodies – would like for us to do. Most of us live a very busy lifestyle
and it reflects on a very busy mind, with little regards for the body, and almost none for the Spirit.
During this season, especially, our bodies fight for the rest it wants and needs, but with our commitments,
the shopping and traveling of the holidays, we don’t “listen”. Our body wins many times by making us literally
sick, as a way of saying: “you’re not listening. I must rest. I’m taking you hostage”. The more we attempt to
fulfill our obligations with little rest, the more the stress builds up, because there is an internal conflict.
To ease these internal conflicts and have a much joyful season, here are a few tips:
1.Be aware that fall and winter mean “slow down”. Listen to your body and try to sleep a little more. It’s
normal to feel more sleepy, less active, less motivated, more sad. These are all ways of your body and mind
to talk to you. Simple acknowledgement will help. Don’t fight it. Understand your body. Embrace yourself.
2. Set your intention every morning to stay calm and relax. Know that you will do what you can today, and
the rest will wait for tomorrow.
3.Slow down and feel the peace of the seasons. Drive calmly and peaceful, knowing that you are part of
the “crowds”. Choose to love the crowds, instead of hating them. You are them.
4.Choose to be happy today and send a blessing to all who you encounter. Remember that really,
there are no strangers, we are all connected to the same Source. Yield in the freeway, send love
to the one who cuts in front of you, offer the parking space to someone else, instead of fighting for it.
Let the other person take that last item at the store. Be all about “giving” this season.
5. Be loving, compassionate, and forgiving, and start with yourself. That’s the reason we are all here.
To learn to be better beings. To remember that we are all One.
We may not be able to “slow down” as Nature would like us to do, but we can certainly make better
choices to remain calm and relax. Being stressed, angry, or worry don’t help us achieve anything
any faster, it does not help getting there faster. Slow down, choose to love yourself. Smile more,
choose to have fun this year.
Laura Bonilla, C.Ht. is a Licenced Spiritual Coach and Certified Hypnotherapist. She studied Past Life
Regression Therapy with Dr.Brian Weiss, known psychiatrist and bestseller author.
She is also certified by Doreen Virtue, bestseller author of Healing
with the Angels. Laura’s holistic approach is to bring Spirit-Mind-Body into Oneness. She has her private
practice in Southern California. For one-on-one consultation, you can reach her directly at
909-994-5701. For information on her Hypnosis CDs and MP3s, or to read past articles or
any other information about her practice, visit her website
at www.themindclinic.net. Her email is laura@themindclinic.net.
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