Empower Newsletter – August 2015
Welcome to the August 2015 edition of the Empower Newsletter and the last month of winter. This month the focus is on creating intentions which will help to establish purpose.
Do you know?
‘your intention before you start’
At yoga this week I was in one of those contorted poses that just don’t seem natural, you know the ones where your body screams to ‘stop’, when our teacher Lissie said those dreaded words again “now get used to it because you will be here for a while,” or even worse, “how does it feel not knowing how long you will be in this pose?”
That’s when it hit me, I was okay! My body wasn’t screaming at me to get out of that particular position or even thinking of a way that I could make it hurt less as it normally does. I had come to terms with feeling uncomfortable.
You see in class one aim is to feel comfortable in a state of discomfort! To relax whilst feeling uncomfortable, to go with the flow really. To do this we are told to ‘state an intention’ to feel okay.
The theory is; the way we handle discomfort in a yoga session flows through to how we handle discomfort in our lives which translates to dealing with and handling uncomfortable situations in our everyday lives with composure and in a relaxed state.
What a great way to respond to any situation!
This lead me to think about how powerful setting an intention is. That is, ‘what’ we want to achieve from doing something without attaching any expectations to it.
It is so easy to fall into the trap of going about our business without giving any thought to what we want to get out of what it is we are doing!
Deepak Chopra believes “intention is the starting point of every dream”. He states that “everything that happens in the universe begins with intention. When I decide to buy a birthday present, wiggle my toes, or call a friend, it all starts with intention.”
So unless you know your intention, how can you cultivate it?
Thoughts create our reality so by creating an intention it will set the course and determine the direction we are headed and ultimately the results we achieve. Without an intention we are blindly accepting and tend to roll aimlessly from one situation we do not want to another.
Intentions also give purpose. A person without intention is a person without a purpose! When we actively create intentions it not only creates energy around it, it also gives us purpose and direction.
Definition
Intention
1. An act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
2. The end or object intended; purpose.
Something to Ponder
An intention is a directed impulse of consciousness that contains the seed form of that which you aim to create. Like real seeds, intentions can’t grow if you hold on to them. Only when you release your intentions into the fertile depths of your consciousness can they grow and flourish.
~ Deepak Chopra ~
Quotes of the Month
“Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.”
~ Garth Stein ~
“Intention is one of the most powerful forces there is. What you mean when you do a thing will always determine the outcome. The law creates the world.”
~ Brenna Yovanoff ~
Affirmation Corner
‘I easily set an intention and then let it go at the beginning of everything I do.’
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August 1, 2015 2:12 pm
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