Stress Management Techniques

                            Stress Management Techniques to Raise Your Vibration

Our world offers plenty of growth opportunities, but we often find ourselves stressed. I would like to offer some observations and some techniques to alleviate momentary stress and avoid getting “bugged out.”

When a situation sets us off, that’s a good thing…. WHAT????

The reason I say that being “set off’ is a good thing is because it shows us parts of us what needs attention to bring forgiveness, gratitude, and healing to ourselves. 
If left unchecked the blockages we are reacting from will lead to stress, anxiety, depression, localized pains, illness, and general dis-ease. (how does it manifest in you?)

                     You see we are spirits, eternal beings having a bodily experience. 

Our spirit is naturally drawn to Source; or the Creators Spirit, BUT our physical nature is driven by our Ego. The Ego is the collection of our life experiences and filters we operate by. The Ego is a good thing, its job is to keep us safe and alive, but when we have negative or unhealed beliefs and filters, we react, and that reaction interrupts the Divine flow we are designed for.

Did you know are energetic beings? Each cell has an electrical charge of .07 millivolts…on average a human has 10 trillion cells…if they were electrically tied, we would have 700 million volts! That is not the case, :)   but we can “optimize our circuitry.”

We are bombarded by a variety of energies daily, if we do not care for our system our energies will become stuck or bound up.
Our son-in-law Gerald Clark coined the phrase “meat modem” meaning this body we have is designed to send and receive energy signals. Each of these tips is to help optimize me (us) so that I can raise my frequency, so that this body and spirit can operate at its best.


Here we go, my first tip is two for one because I suggest you use it when you first wake up and when you are ready to go to sleep. I’ve adapted what I learned from Bob Procter years ago…smile before you answer the phone. It came on a sales coaching cassette tape (yes cassette) Yes it makes a difference! 

PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART, SMILE, AND VERBALLY PRACTICE AFFIRMATIONS OF GRATITUDE!
(Affirmations are positive statements that you repeat to yourself to encourage a positive mindset, reinforce self-belief, and to help overcome negative stinking thinking)
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In the Book of James, we are told we have the power of life and death in our tongue…it is much better to harness the positive!!!

This is a proactive step in loving myself before anyone else gets a chance at me! I tell myself good morning, I love you, and I thank the Creator for a magnificent sleep, and invite in angels and workers of Light to help me through my day. Guard me, teach me, and help me share to inspire others. 
One addition I make to my evening practice is to clear my energy from the day…I will add to my affirmations of gratitude “I release all energies that are not mine.” 
Often throughout the day, we pick energies up that are not our own…a clean house is a happy house! (Constant brushing off of those energies throughout the day helps me stay fresh!)


             MAKE WATER YOUR FIRST BEVERAGE OF THE DAY. WATER IS POWERFUL

Add a bit of lemon juice and pink salt or electrolytes. Our bodies are 60 percent water, recognizing we are energetic beings we want excellent conductivity!

If you have never heard of Dr. Masaru Emoto do yourself a favor and check out his work. Several excellent YouTube videos highlight it. He did several studies…in one he played various music as water droplets froze. It is stunning how the sound influenced the crystallization! Beautiful music created stunning crystals, conversely, angry music created blobs of ice.
He also placed signs on containers of water…both positive and negative and recorded the transformation. The containers with loving messages remained clear where the negatively labeled water turned quickly.
​His work exemplifies how important what we say to ourselves is, and what we listen to matters, knowing we are 60 percent water!

Again, if you haven’t seen his work check it out…those affirmations I mentioned empower your life’s juices!


                           LISTEN TO AND READ POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING MEDIA 

This further empowers the fluids surging through you and it offers powerful positive growth...the old saying is you are what you eat...be selective.
 

                         
                           BREAK THE HABIT OF BINGING ON COMMERCIAL NEWS

A steady diet of any of the commercial news programming will suck the life out of you! I recently read that we receive more information in one week than our grandfathers did in a lifetime…and most of it is utter rubbish! (re-read the tip above this one)
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                     ENVISION BAD ENERGY BEING WASHED AWAY AS YOU SHOWER
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I verbally thank the water for its cleaning power, removing not only the outward dirt and grime, but through my intentionality, anything negative attached to me as I soap and rinse.
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​You can also wash yourself in smoke as well. Below is a picture of the beginning of a breathwork ceremony and I am being washed by copal.































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Most folks breathe shallow breaths barely filling their lungs…put your hand on your tummy, breathe through your nose, and practice filling your lower abdomen…exhale through your mouth. 
There are many breathing practices, but to calm yourself take in a large breath (I like a count of 5) hold it in for the same length of time, and exhale through your mouth for a count of 2 seconds longer.
So, in my case, I inhale for 5 seconds, hold for 5 seconds, and exhale for 7 seconds…I do this every morning as I watch the sunrise and practice gratitude affirmations, I feel a surge of peace and energy.



                                              GROUND YOURSELF FREQUENTLY 

Take your shoes off and feel the Earth, go to the ocean and feel the charged air as you feel the sand between your toes, dig in the garden and not only electrically ground yourself but feed both your bodies and your senses with beautiful plants…the point is complete the circuit, make an energy exchange with Pachamama (Mother Earth)

                                                         
                                                        GET OUT IN NATURE 
Not only can you ground yourself in Nature, but you can experience the Creator in powerful ways. 
I start every day at the end of my road watching the sun rise over the mountains of Oaxaca around me. Overlooking freshly plowed fields, a limon (lime) orchard, and listening to dogs, donkeys, and chickens, all singing good morning! 

​I tell Johanna, my wife, that I am recharging my inner crystals…and I feel it!
Oh, and by the way, yes, I talk to plants regularly! 🙂

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                                          WHAT DO I HAVE INFLUENCE OVER?
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I am reminded of the serenity prayer, 

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

We are living in dynamic times, charged in many ways, my secret is to use my intuition and discernment (my connection with Spirit) as I inform myself and apply the above. Through practice, we can learn to not react to “stimuli” but rather respond accordingly…whatever that looks like.

My journey here on Earth is to personally raise my spiritual vibration, my Christ Consciousness, to be more Christ-like. I believe Christs Spirit flows through every living thing on Earth and throughout the Universe.

To be clear I do not embrace the popular Christian Nationalist movement. I have often said they are resurrecting the religious Pharisees, separating themselves from the compassion of the Christ.
Echoing that sentiment, when Ghandhi was asked about Christianity his reply was "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

Unconditional love is the key, not unconditional acceptance of bad behavior, to growing our spirit - it IS a journey!

 
MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE INTENTIONAL WITH YOUR PEACE

And remember, YOU ARE UNIQUELY AMAZING!

If these tips resonated with you (or not) I’d love to hear from you…Have an awesome day, Ernie​