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I have noticed something very interesting in the past couple of weeks.
When I think about some physical skill or flexibility that I need to improve
for my riding, that “thing,” whatever it is, seems to appear in my environment.
Then there were those fortuitous events I described in my blog, Lost…And
Found, when various items I believed were gone forever suddenly showed up
again. On a couple of occasions, I have been able to find not only a spot but a
great spot to park my car in a lot where parking is at a premium. And
now, this has started to happen.
At the beginning of each yoga class the instructor suggests that we set
an intention for the practice. Most of the time I “ask” for patience with
myself to be able to stay in a pose for a little longer than I have been able
to in the past, or hope that I need fewer corrections from the teacher. That is
coming from my conscious mind, though, and these desires are more superficial.
They aren’t what I actually need. My subconscious mind takes care of
that.
Inevitably, the focus of the class addresses something my riding instructor has told
me to work on during my previous ride. At some point during my lesson, she will identify something
I need to work on, such as strengthen the muscles in my legs or abs, sit up
taller or keep my shoulders back, increase my stamina, etc. She has even created a
regimen of ballet stretches and other exercises for me to do to improve these
areas for my riding. I do sets of lunges and demi and grand pliés in second and
first position to open my hips and tread my feet on the edge of step to increase
flexibility in my Achilles tendons. In addition, I practice straight kicks to
the front, side and behind my body to isolate movement of my legs from my hips;
sit-ups to strengthen my abs; and sprints up and down her long driveway to
increase my stamina. Meanwhile, I also take yoga
classes five days a week to improve my balance, strength and, of course, practice
isolating movement in specific areas of my body.
I didn’t mention that goal to
the yoga teacher before the class; but my subconscious mind attracted the day’s curriculum for
me, nonetheless. The day after my trainer told me I needed to get more flexibility
in my hips, the yoga instructor focused on hip openers throughout most of the
practice. We did a lot of those today, as well. As I rolled up my yoga mat at the
end of class I thought about all those crunches I still needed to do later, and
the teacher announced, “Next week we are doing core work!”
In
his book titled, Success Is Not an
Accident: The Mental Bank Concept, Hypnosis
Motivation Institute founder John
Kappas, Ph.D., explains how the mental scripts we program into our
subconscious mind determine the outcome of our actions. Whether we imagine a
positive or negative result, the SCM follows that subconscious mental
script to actualize the goal you “want.” These instances are great examples of
how the Law of Attraction facilitated
the opportunity to work toward my goal of increasing strength and flexibility
through my yoga practice. As Ralph Waldo
Emerson previously wrote, “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires
to make it happen.”
It’s like magic, and I am the magician.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. For more
information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up an
appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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