Energy Work Basics Part 2: What Lifts Your Spirit?

Remember, everything is made of energy. Each of us has an energy field. Our thoughts and emotions extend beyond our physical bodies and influence the people and spaces around us. The energy of thoughts and emotions hangs around in spaces after the people have left.

Get a pen and paper. Quickly write down as many things as possible that lift your spirit. A tip to make sure you get down all the important ways to lift your spirit: Think physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Now write!

Look over your list.

What "physical" ways to lift your spirit did you record?

Physical activities: dancing, exercise, playing sports, hiking, playing a musical instrument, and gardening.

Sights: beautiful objects, nature, a good-looking guy or gal, flowers, pets, rainbows.

Sounds: children's laughter, your favourite music, waves crashing on the shore, rain on the roof.

Smells: baking bread, a whiff of perfume, the aroma of freshly-brewed coffee, the air after a spring rain.

Tastes: biting into an orange, chocolate, eating.

Touch: the feel of silk on your skin, a romantic interlude, a luxurious soak in a tub, a massage, the earth between your fingers or toes, the wind in your face as you sail.

What mental ways did you write down?

Crossword puzzles; reading books: fiction: mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, historical, thrillers, epics and plays, and non-fiction: biographies, science, travel, self-improvement, and inspirational; playing cards and board games; learning something new; planning a trip; figuring something out.

What emotional ways did you identify?

Spending time with friends and family, vacations, laughter, joyful activities.

What spiritual things did you list?

Meditation, worship, volunteering, listening to beautiful music, being in the moment, gratitude, being in nature.

Did you find it was difficult to separate the ways that uplift your spirit into the different categories? That's okay. It helped to make sure you remembered the important ways.

Next, are the ways you recorded regular parts of your life? Which ones are? Which ones are not? What would it take to make the underused ways regular parts of your life?

Now, take a few minutes and plan how to make the 3 ways you miss the most a regular part of your life. Put your plan into action. You'll be glad you did!

When you lift your spirit, you raise your vibration. And as you learned in Energy Work Basics Part 1, you feel "better" and "lighter" when your spirits are high. And so do the people around you!

Karen Titanich and Bonnie Hutchinson of SPIRIT Connections work with the energy of people, places and situations. Discover the secrets of working with energy. Visit http://www.spiritconnections.com

---

Are You Taking Responsibility?

It is time to take responsibility for our actions and... Read More

Entrepreneur and Mom

When I was 12 years old, I had surgery with... Read More

Full Disclosure

Direct Answers - Column for the week of April 21,... Read More

Eight Choices You Can Make Today that Will Change Your Life Forever

The direction of our lives is determined by the choices... Read More

Contemptable Temptation

Let's look at the lesson we should all pay attention... Read More

Fear Factor

What is it that stops you from jumping off a... Read More

Repeat Offender

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 8,... Read More

Maybe Im Amazed at the Way you Love Me all the Time

In Corrogue I am amazedI rise by the light of... Read More

Nine Lives

Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 2,... Read More

My name is Smarty Jones -- Embracing Gods Glory

Our deepest fear us not that we are inadequate. Our... Read More

Playing With Fire

Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 21,... Read More

What is Passion?

What is passion? Recently after a presentation, I was once... Read More

There Is Always Room For Improvement

When I was twelve my parents bought me a five... Read More

Fighting Grief: The Time To Show You Care

The news came as a shock to us all. He... Read More

Important Things to Know / Remember About Life

I love you not because who you are, but... Read More

Energy Work Basics Part 2: What Lifts Your Spirit?

Remember, everything is made of energy. Each of us has... Read More

Make A Difference - Just Go Make A Difference!

Three Words That Can Help Us Live Exceptional LivesCertain words... Read More

Forgotten Dreams: At the End... Part I

Treasures of a lifetime...At the end of your life will... Read More

The Best Policy

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 28,... Read More

Bus Driver By Day, Online Business Success By Night

Janine Wachowski, a long-time resident of South Elgin, Illinois, drives... Read More

The HUGE Deposit of Diamond in You

Something happened to me some years back that is worthy... Read More

Impaired Judgment

Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 23,... Read More

Arranging Stepping-Stones

The greatest achievements were obtained by those who took one... Read More

Happy Ending

I'm writing to you with a completely shattered heart. I've... Read More

Choicemaking: Self-Help Secrets Revealed

We all assume that making choices is a simple process.... Read More

Tsunamis in the Bible?

I have always wondered how the Red Sea parted as... Read More

Hope For Those Sexually Abused As Children

PART 1: Warning - This article may be inappropriate for... Read More

Follow Your Dreams: Believe In You

What you believe in the inside, to a large extent... Read More

Withstand the Test of Time

As I drove home from work late one wintry afternoon,... Read More

By Now, Im an Expert at Memory Loss

I sat down to write my weekly humor column, but... Read More

Today is Yesterdays Tomorrow

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it... Read More

Dont Die With Your Dreams Still Inside You

I write and talk a lot about dreams. Primarily because... Read More

Conspiracy of Silence

Direct Answers - Column for the week of January 12,... Read More