Deeper Meaning Behind Being Attentive to Posture

When we become depressed about our lives, when our negative thought forms eat up our energy, our body will show sure fire evidence that in fact our life force is waning.  Our physical presence and appearance is symbolic of what is happening to us inside.

Transformation of thought forms can make a huge difference.  Transforming the following negative thought –

“There’s no way I can feel better,”

Into a positive thought,

“Of course anyone can recover if they set their intention to do so,”

Is the difference that makes a huge difference to the pace of recovery.

Transformation of negative thought forms into positive thought forms can be a challenge. Negative thoughts start spinning in our mental hamster wheel at the most inopportune moments. We can either choose to shift the thought patterns that are not in our best and highest good and the physical shift will follow or we can shift the physical aspects of our posture and the hamster wheel will be stilled.

Either approach works. Your invitation this week is to focus on transforming the physical aspects of poor posture.

  • If we are slumping down …
  • If we are hunching our backs …
  • If our head is tilted downward …
  • If we are always looking at the ground …

We are in a posture of surrender.  We are giving up. We are telling the world,

“Well, I’ve given it my best try and, you know what, I think it’s time to give up.” 

If you’ve decided that giving up is not an option for you, then accept my challenge this week to shift the aspects of your posture that do signal surrender.  Place your highest priority on transforming the aspects of your posture as you stand up straight and proud. Represent physically what you want truly and genuinely to manifest.

  1. Hold your head up.
  2. Posture your body proudly.
  3. Straighten your spine.
  4. Assume the gaze of unflinching confidence.

Assume the posture of an athlete. Assume the posture of a ballerina. Assume the posture of an individual who has all the confidence in the world to accomplish whatever you set your intention to accomplish.

Our bodies are evidence of what is going on internally.  Shift the physical presence and you will also shift what is happening internally.  If at any moment during the day you notice a decrease of energy or a bit of depression slipping in, what do you do?

This week embrace the mindfulness practice of shifting your posture.  Your breathing will improve.  Your thought forms will transform instantly.  Shift your posture and everything shifts.

Can you do it?  Of course you can do it. Anyone can do it.  Perhaps if you’re having muscle challenges it will be difficult to have that perfect posture, but that’s not the point here.  The point is to shift your awareness consciously and mindfully, moment to moment.

You can see miracles happen by this one very simple mindfulness exercise.  Good posture means you are solidly on the road to recover from any and all symptoms that you currently experience.

Have a magnificent time as your posture improves

Minute by Minute
   Hour by Hour
         Day by Day
              Week by Week. 

It doesn’t have to happen instantly. It happens gradually as you become aware of how you are holding and moving your body.  Chest out!

Have a magnificent and proud week. The exciting news is that when we are able to stand tall and proud, we manifest recovery much quicker.

Robert

© Parkinsons Recovery

Deeper Implications Behind How You Start Your Day

Here is my report with practicing the mindfulness exercise of stating a positive expectation for the day upon waking whether the statement is — today will be a magnificent day or spectacular or stupendous or terrific or amazing or whatever you might actually say.  I have actually been working on this particular Mindfulness Challenge for some time now.  My personal experience has been that I am likely to forget to do it.  Remembering is my biggest challenge.

When I do remember to make the statement upon first wakening, my day does become magnificent, spectacular, stupendous, terrific and amazing.  It is really a magical formula for how to set a positive template for the upcoming day with the right intention.

My experience has been that if I don’t have this thought as my first thought, my thinking tends to rattle around in a somewhat negative vein.  As I begin to get up out of the bed I may be thinking to myself,

“Oh my goodness, looks like it’s raining again today.”

That is not a positive thought or a positive statement.  Or as I’m getting up I might be thinking,

“Boy, I sure have an achy back!  My goodness, what did I do last night?”

Or, I might think to myself,

“That was sure a long nightmare that I had last night; oh yuck!”

These thoughts may sound familiar to you or not – but we all certainly begin our day with thoughts that are often negative. I’ve actually noticed (as I’ve become more mindful with my thoughts) that my thoughts at the start of the day tend to be much more negative than positive.

My experience has also been that when I remember to make my affirmation at the outset of the day, I set in motion a positive expectation. My thoughts all of a sudden spin in a positive direction.  I’m thinking positively rather than negatively from the get go.  My day is magnificent, spectacular, stupendous, terrific and amazing.  I do notice a difference in how my day unfolds.

My experience has little to do with what is happening to me from circumstances outside my control.  The difference is in the way that I respond to those circumstances even if I’m confronting something that is challenging or unexpected, I am able to take the blows in stride, shake them off and move forward to more positive experiences.

As you are well aware, our thoughts have a  profound impact on our lives.  Start each of your days with a positive thought.  Discover that that then sets into motion an experience of more positive thoughts rather than the rattle trap of negativity which will drag you down into the gutter.

Give this challenge a chance, not just this week but for subsequent weeks.  I say again I’ve been working on this now for some time and I am quite pleased with the outcome from actually doing it.  In summary, it is simple to make a positive affirmation in the beginning of the day. It takes at most ten seconds out of your day. The real challenge is to remember doing it. Perhaps I have an unconscious voice deep inside that insists every day be horrible. I now prefer to override that voice before the day even begins.

May the rest of the days this week and may the rest of the weeks in the year be for you absolutely amazing.

Robert

© Parkinsons Recovery