Empower Newsletter – November 2015
Welcome to the November 2015 edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on creating awareness around disempowering beliefs about age.
Did you know?
‘we can use age as an excuse’
It is way too easy to blame not being able to do something based on our age! That is, that we say we can’t do it because we are too old.
I feel so blessed that I was not only able to do Yoga twice a day for the last week in beautiful Nusa Lembongan in Indonesia but also that it was with a great group of people with an ‘I can’ attitude! The age of the group ranged from about 30 to 70 with the majority being around 50 years old, and not once did I hear anyone talk about their age in a disempowering way.
The whole week the group pushed through physical and emotional barriers without any excuses! There were times when some of us needed props, assistance or to stick with the first level and there times when we could continue to take certain poses to the next level and then the next level. Age was irrelevant! It’s true that some of these people had been practicing Yoga for a lot of years and that is exactly my point. If we haven’t done something before or for a while we do have to practice it to get better.
Why blame age on everything! For example, “My leg hurts – it’s because I’m getting old”. Didn’t your legs ever hurt when you were younger for any reason?
Age doesn’t have to be a barrier. I am wondering if the reason could possibly be something else! People who don’t get the results they want have what’s called a “story” about what’s preventing them. The reason their results aren’t improving is because they believe in, or invest in, a story that they believe is outside of their control and influence. One of those reasons could be age.
What if you never stopped doing hand stands or cart wheels, or studying, do you think you would still be able to do them now? Probably!
If you don’t use it you lose it, which means if you did stop or never started in the first place you might need to build up certain muscles and confidence. The good thing is that you can learn to do it by practicing. After all, that’s how you learnt to do it in the first place. It may take a while but with practice and persistence you will get there.
How would it change your life if you believed that if you wanted something bad enough and you practiced you could do it or have it?
Definition
Excuse
a) to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of
b) to serve as an apology or justification
c) to release from an obligation or duty
d) to seek or obtain exemption or release for (oneself)
Something to Ponder
“Just stop using your age as an excuse for not doing what you love and want to do. Stop telling your body how old you are. And what that is supposed to mean, e.g. “I’m too old to fall in love, learn a language, drive at night, etc.”
~ Dr. Christiane Northrup ~
Quotes of the Month
“Sometimes, people use age as a convenient excuse, ‘I’m too old to start something new’, or, ‘I couldn’t learn that at my age.’ Other people, though, go on to achieve their greatest accomplishments in life in later years.”
~ Catherine Pulsifer ~
“Age gives you an excuse for not being very good at things that you were not very good at when you were young.”
~ Thomas Sowell ~
Affirmation Corner
‘I am an infinite being. The age of my body has no bearing on what I do or who I am.’
~ Dr. Wayne Dyer ~
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November 3, 2015 2:03 pm
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