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When we are self aware and self responsible, we can transform negative beliefs or thought patterns into positive states such that we can recognize, honor and welcome blessings in our lives.

Some of us downplay the blessings in our lives because we hold a belief that one day those blessings will leave us.

Certainly, loss feels less painful when we distance ourselves from the blessings that come to us in the form of relationships, jobs or other tangible resources.

Yet,  in harboring fears about loss, we may create self fulfilling prophecies that cause us to push away blessings.

Have you ever had moments where you found yourself failing to acknowledge how special someone is?

Did you ever experience the feeling of having something wonderful happen but held back on expressing joy because you were afraid that if you got too excited, the wonderful thing might vanish?  You might have reacted in a cool, aloof manner instead of a joyful manner.

These are all ways of dimming the blessings that come to us. Yet, when we are self aware and take responsibility to actively acknowledge  blessings, fears naturally melt and we can allow ourselves to celebrate our blessings.

Ways to Align Ourselves with the Higher Vibrations of Blessings

(1)  The breathwork of qi gong and taiji, combined with slow and mindful movements, enhances  our ability to welcome blessings by building self awareness through focusing our abilities to pay attention to how we are moving through experience.

It also enhances self responsibility by increasing self discipline and the empowerment to manage our moods and states of mind.

Bill Douglas, the founder of World Taiji Day, discovered that when people perform taiji or qi gong together, it creates  a worldwide ripple of harmonious energy.

Thus, on Saturday, April 24, 2010, there will be a world wide wave of taiji and qi gong providing an opportunity to align one’s self with a highest vibration of energy, associated with openness to the spiritual realm and ability to welcome abundant blessings.

(2)  Meanwhile, you can enhance your ability to welcome blessings right now by watching this free meditation that takes less than ten minutes to perform.

(3)  You can also enhance your self awareness and self responsibility with the following assessment and reflection.

Consider your behaviors today. How did you show not just tell, the people who love and support you, how grateful you are for their blessings in your life?

According to laws of attraction,  gifts that are affirmed and acknowledged tend to stay in our lives, while gifts that are not affirmed tend to leave our lives and find other people who are willing to acknowledge and honor them.

So if you find yourself distanced from blessings, examine what role your own choices and behaviors have in that distance.

In what ways do I go out of my way to share  blessings?

Have you ever felt the wonderful sensation of receiving a gift from a person who put in special effort to create or find a gift just for you?

While the gift itself is wonderful, the greater gift is in the love and effort the person exhibit–that is the true blessing.

Many of us are natural givers and eagerly go that extra mile to make others feel special.  We share complements, acknowledge positive qualities in others, and take extra effort to create special time or activities to share.

I had a most touching experience  with a client who extended herself to share with tears, “I feel so blessed by your presence in my life!!”

I reciprocated and let her know that I also felt blessed by her unique journey of healing and felt honored to know her too. The love and warmth in our exchange wrapped around me like a warm blanket. I carried that feeling of love into my next appointment, so that others benefited from this ripple of positive energy.

Similarly, my recent involvement with the rejuvenation lounge set up during South by Southwest week, resulted in receiving such loving comments and affirmations of my work. It felt wonderful to also share affirmations about the gifts that others were sharing. The willingness of all participants to extend energy to express “Hey I see your light…I get you! ” was priceless.

If sharing and reciprocating blessings does not come natural to you, then find ways to practice this skill of interaction-for the richness that comes from a reciprocal flow of sharing gifts  opens the spirit to even more blessings.

When I create damage or pain for myself or others, what steps do I take to actively heal that which I have damaged?

This question relates to the importance of self responsibility and selflessness in aligning with blessings.

We are human. There will be times when we inadvertently cause pain for ourselves or others when we are in mindless states. It is what we do with our awareness of our impact on others that is important.

When children accidentally hurt each other during play, we tell them to say, “Sorry.” But the parent or teacher who teaches children to apologize and also offer comfort to the injured child,  empowers children to take responsibility to heal that which they injure.

When we take a role in healing damage we have created, we open ourselves to transforming those shadow parts of ourselves that act in a mindless or inconsiderate way to create pain.

As adults, some of us  can be hesitant to extend apologies and are  challenged to extend a healing action to soothe wounds.

As an example, a friend visited my family home in the country.  We had quite a bit of rain so the ground was soggy and unstable.

Although I warned my friend that it was not safe to drive off the gravel driveway, the friend chose to drive off the path and in doing so, got the car stuck in mud, but more importantly, damaged the grassy lawn with deep tire tracks that injured the grass and earth.

Each day, this friend drove past the deep tire tracks on the lawn  but never expressed an apology or intent to help repair the damage to the lawn. While the friend performed some gardening maintenance work in another part of the property, the simple act of acknowledging the impact of his behaviors was absent.

When the friend’s visit was over, the attention was focused on navigating potentially stormy weather and other self interests rather than on extending outward to consider the impact of the visit on the land and making amends.

Unfortunately, this way of moving through life without full regard to the impact of one’s state of mind is very common. Yet, we each have a choice to extend our energy to be mindful of our actions and truly own our choices.

Am I open to feedback and growth?

The more open you are to growth, the more you are able to access blessings.  Often times, the most precious blessings come in the form of lessons that we learn as we stretch and grow. It is not always easy to receive feedback and discover places in ourselves that need transformation, but certainly holding a positive openness to discovering these areas and bringing joy to the process of transformation, allows us to drink in the lessons associated with growth.

How willing am I to consciously surround myself with people who are predominantly aligned with  light and positive energy?

Of course, we all want to be surrounded by high vibration people–but how do we create a community of positive people? We do this in two ways.

1. We create that by offering positive energy to the world such that we attract other like-energy people.
2. We also create it by actively choosing to limit interactions with those who are not positive.

How often am I expecting others to accommodate aspects of my personality and behaviors that have a negative energy?

For some people, the “norm” of moving through life is engaging in lower vibrational behaviors–put down humor, coarse language, quick temper, drama, judgmental or critical comments. These behaviors reflect a shadow side.

Yet, when we expect others to interact with our shadow sides, we distance ourselves from divine blessings because blessings are aligned with light energy not shadow.

It  is often more beneficial to transform our shadow into positive states–and put that positive energy into our relationships–when we do this, we are often met with the blessings of abundant love, support and positive feedback.

For further information about how to align with blessings in our lives, please call me at 512.468.6588 or email me at info@aikihealing.com