(This
blog was originally posted on October 6, 2016)
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| Photo by Rick Hustead |
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 times 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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