No one wants a diagnosis of any condition--ever! But when you find out what the name of the scary label is you've been diagnosed with, there are five free simple & easy practices you can start immediately to substantially boost your life force, health, immunity, happiness and sense of well being.
First is breath.
We know we should take full and nourishing breaths all day long but we don't.
We fail at this over and over again.
Most of us are chronic shallow breathers.
Now, with a diagnosis to obsess over the stress and tension will make our breathing even tighter.
Call your friend the yoga instructor and ask her to teach you 2 or 3 good breath patterns you can practice.
Or, go on-line and watch a few demos to learn them yourself.
Resist the temptation to learn 28 ways.
All you need is 1 or 2 good ways to take a better breath.
With a diagnosis looming, the idea that "breath is life" takes on new meaning! Want a great memory tip to actually use the breathing techniques you've bothered to learn? Every time you go to the bathroom during the day take 3 full breaths in the new pattern.
Simple.
Second is forgiveness.
The people who learn to forgive do better on medicine, better in recovery and better in "miraculous self-healing" because forgiveness is one of the most powerful sticking points in our psyche.
Most of us would rather walk on broken glass than forgive and let go.
Learn to forgive and do it daily.
It will feel fake, forced and useless for a while.
Please persist.
Forgivers live longer and more vibrantly.
Start by forgiving the doctor for the diagnosis and move on to your family, relatives, friends, co-workers and lovers.
Third is prayer.
If you already pray, pray more often.
Get some help ramping up the power of your prayer from your spiritual support network.
If you don't already pray, the day of the diagnosis is the best day to start.
There's now hardcore scientific proof that prayer works and is powerful.
However, prayer was never about science, nor will it ever be.
Prayer is for you and your maker (however you conceive of it) to commune.
Prayer needs no proving.
It needs some doing.
It's very helpful to pray with folks you know who "pray up a storm" or "pray like they're on fire" because you need to pray your diagnosis out of existence.
Good help here is very valuable.
Fourth is life itself.
Take time to hang out where life is already showing up in abundance.
What does that mean? Spend time with babies, flowers, animals, kittens & puppies.
They all demonstrate life itself.
You need to see it and be with it when you're dealing with a diagnosis.
Gardens, waterfalls, zoos, baby sitting, animal feeding...
etc.
When you are with life itself it is contagious.
That's the kind of energy you want to invite into your system.
Fifth is prayer & healing for someone else.
One of the best things you can do is pick a person or group to pray on behalf of.
Or go help them with what they need done.
Volunteering is magical.
If you can, do.
If you can't you can at least pray in earnest ("like you're on fire") on behalf of someone else.
This strategy takes you outside yourself and your current fixation on your own diagnosis.
It's a simple & very effective way to put all of life into perspective, including your current diagnosis.
Want to get better faster? Help someone else there.
There's magic when we work together in this way.
Copyright Rudy Hunter 2010.
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