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Today I invite you to surrender and go with the flow. Going with the flow brings serenity creating space for expansion and for healing.

Going with the flow is not being passive or lazy. It is not about letting things happen to you. It is not about aimless wandering.
Flow is life energy itself. When you go with the flow, you are surfing Life force. It is about wakeful trust and total collaboration with what is showing up for you.

When you are no longer struggling in the wrong direction, diverting your energy towards unnecessary distractions, your energy is free to go towards healing. Deep surrender in your life leads you to a profound space of acceptance.

Put the brakes on your desires and wanting, and fully accept what is.

Surrender. Allow your heart and mind to soften and be still. Do not be rigid in your thoughts. Allow for flexibility of ideas. Do not be rigid in your heart. Allow for an even flow of energy inward and outward. What you have in your heart is a gift to others. Allow it to flow in both directions out of and into your heart as your breath enters and leaves your body.

Daily Practice: Stand on your head. Salamba Sirsasana or Headstand. (Please Do Not attempt this, if it is not part of your regular practice, you can do this symbolically) Headstands allow for the heart to be above the head, symbolizing spirit over ego. See the world from another angle, see things as they really are, not how you are. Surrender your ideas about what you want. Your different or inverted view of the world may frighten people. Fear can turn to hostility; new ideas can be frightening to many people because it upsets the natural order of life. Those that fear change will fight it. You being the face of change may bear the brunt of that hostility. If you can accept that, you will be a powerful force. Fight it, and you will be weakened. Live as you live. Be an example. Have no fear. Let your surrender empower you.

Contemplation: What do you expect from the sacrifices you are making? What are you devoted to? What are you hung up on? What do you need to get straight? What do you need to give up? What are you trying to escape? Surrnder by ceasing your focus on the ego and the mind. The mind and the ego produce; worry, anger, fear, doubt, insecurity and a sense of importance. Accept that what you think is important, is really not.

Are you attached to something unhealthy? A relationship, a substance, or a bad habit. Are you frustrated with yourself and confused as to why you keep doing what you know is not good for you.

Are you holding on? Are you better off  with it? What are you are trying to accomplish by holding on to bad habits?

What desires are you trying to meet?

Are you driven to create feelings of safety and control, or a need to seek  comfort?

Ask yourself; What is this negative attachment really doing for me?

It is likely that rather than making you feel safe and joyful, you feel tired, anxious and unhappy about yourself, perhaps unable to live a full life. You may seek control, yet the habit renders you out of control creating hardship rather than peace.

You may seek love, yet this relationship is makes you feel unloved.

Be honest with yourself, you know it will not change.

Letting go is a painful yet necessary part of life.  Letting go can also result in feeling free. Be assured that your attempts to control these things will never work.

When you change a bad habit, understand and remind yourself that you are truly valuable and worth the effort.

Embrace positive and life affirming thoughts.

Letting go helps you and others live in a more peaceful state of mind. It will help to restore your balance.

It will allows others to be responsible for themselves and gives you permission to leave situations and decisions that do not belong to you. This frees you from unnecessary stress.

Take a deep breath and LET GO.

Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values. – Dalai Lama

Your mind can make you sick.

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” Albert Einstein

Your mind and mental state has a profound affect on your physical body, your spiritual experience, and your quality of life.  Mind, body, and spirit are inextricably connected.

When one is affected, the other two suffer. You can live a healthy lifestyle and practice your  spirituality, yet if your mind is not healthy the other two cannot make up for the deficit which creates an unbalance.

Stress and tension create suffering, unhappiness and illness. They are toxic to your relationships, health, and happiness. When you are tense, stress and tension keep your mind and body in a familiar holding pattern prohibiting change and the ability to enjoy life in the present.

When your mind is relaxed, your heart relaxes; the door to your feelings, emotions opens to a deeper, subtle, richer experience of life. Your movements become more fluid and graceful as you move with a greater trust in yourself. Your awareness of what is possible becomes clearer when you feel it in your body, mind and heart.

Meditation Practice : Travel to your core of love once more as we explored in day eight to the innermost core of your being, which is beyond body, mind, heart, the very centre of your existence. Relax from the core of your being. Relax the edges of your body where you meet the surfaces of the floor or chair let gravity hold you. Relax your body, relax your actions. Walk in a relaxed way, eat in a relaxed way, talk, and listen in a relaxed way. Slow down. Do not make haste. Stress and Tension creates hurry, fear, doubt. Tension means a constant effort to be on time, to complete tasks, to be enough, do enough, and feel safe and secure enough. You are enough. Be enough. Do not spend your time preparing. Be here right now. Do not fantasise about what will come or reminisce on the past you will not be in reality with an open mind or heart. The stories you create are not reality, life will pass you by.

Listen to the Heart meditation 

A Radiant Mind arises when unconditioned awareness radiates through the totality of your conditioned existence. When you live from the heart and experience yourself as a unique human being, while resting in a state of conscious awareness. This is a state of liberation, egolessness, pure presence, nondual wisdom, your natural condition, and effortless being.Through a daily practice of meditation, you build your Radiance by connecting directly with your Higher Self.

Fill yourself and every space with your radiance today.

Daily Practice Meditation:  Close your eyes and get comfortable wherever you are.  Take some deep healing breathes in and out, allowing your mind and body to relax. Focus your attention on your heart centre which is in the centre of your chest.

Using your imagination, visualize, and feel a tiny light emerging from within

Remain here experiencing the light emerging for a few moments. Breathe.

Expand the light from your heart to fill all of space around your heart…let it immerse your whole body…just like the sun fills all of space. Feel all the radiance and goodness of the light purify your aura… and gently radiate this tiny light from your body into the space around you

Feel with your entire being inviting the breathe to be even and steady.

Imagine and visualise the world around you is spinning, going round like a merry go round… use your intuition… see everything on the earth, the seas and oceans, cities, the forests, mountains, people, animals, countries, see everything spinning… feel everything spinning… rotating…going round and round… rest here.

While visualizing everything spinning and turning round…keep in touch with your inner silence for a moment… Remain in your own axis…and observe everything else spinning…rest here

See the earth spinning in an infinite radiant light…Rest here

Take a moment to reflect that this great infinite light is a divine spark that originates in your heart… rest here

Take another moment to reflect on the earth itself as a microscopic seed spinning in this radiance in your heart…rest here

Remain in a deep silence within the region of your heart… let go of all images, thoughts, feelings and just let yourself float and bathe in the radiance of the Light

Breathe… and BE…

Today remind yourself that you are enough and have enough in your life. You do not have to become any better than you are right now to be lovable. Be observant today when you tell yourself or others suggest that you are not enough. Take a deep and breathe and use an affirmation choose whichever ones suit you the best:

Affirmations are most effective when you are in a relaxed state of mind. When you are deeply relaxed, your unconscious mind is more open to positive suggestions. It is important to feel the truth in the statement you are affirming. Affirmations are reminders of the beliefs and values you want to live your life from. The more consistently you live from a place of affirmation, the more effortless habits and behaviours that support your goals become. Repeat, Repeat, Repeat your affirmation as much as you can.  Every time you notice that you have slipped into old limiting, negative patterns of thinking, acknowledge your thoughts, and replace them with an affirmation. Try writing short and easy to remember affirmation that can be repeated easily – this way it can become habit easily.

Take time to evaluate what changes you have made so far, see how much progress you have made. Notice how much more loving your experiences and relationships are. Are you flowing through life, have you become aware of areas that need your diligent effort? As you make note of the changes, believe in what has shifted no matter how small and affirm that you are open to more change in your life. Get support if you need to.

Loving and being loved back is precious, Love needs to be expressed as such, be loving in your words and deeds today.

Show your appreciation today. If you adore someone, show them. Do not delay your loving responses, or leave thoughtful words unspoken and loving deeds undone.

There might not be a tomorrow. Today is the day to express your love and admiration.

Give your loved ones the information they need, do not expect the unknowable to become knowable without your input.

Respond lovingly today.

The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.

Practice for today: count the blessings in your life.

Be in a quiet place, stand comfortably with feet spread slightly apart. Take a deep breath, and exhale with a resonant mmm……sound. Bending slightly at the waist reach down with both hands, your hands are facing one another each about 6 inches apart as though you have a small ball between your hands.
Think of something precious in your life, your home, your career, your pet, your relationship with a loved one, your health, your life, take time to count your blessings.

Visualise one of your blessings in your hands. Bring your hands slowly to your heart…..still 6 inches apart, still holding what is precious, exhale deeply. Feel intense love and gratitude for every joyful moment you have spent with what is precious to you. Feel blessed.

Slowly raise your hands above your head, spread your hands apart, and RELEASE your treasure back to the Universe. As you do so, exhale a long steady breath. Feel blessed.

Choose another precious thing in your life and release it. Repeat this for all that is important in your life; pick it up, love it, nurture it, feel blessed, give thanks, and release it.
Do the same exercise for each person that you have ever loved. Hold them, love them, give thanks for them, and then release them back to the Universe.

Release your burdens…..your fears, regrets, guilt, shames, embarrassments, angers. Choose a memory or fear, hold it close, and release it to the Universe. Release each incident from your past that still affects you. Release your fears, your fears about your relationships, your health and your career.

Find your way back to the present. Take a deep healing breathe and still the internal mind chatter. Creating stories in your mind about what may happen in the future and what has occurred in the past steers you away from being in the present and experiencing the abundance beauty and love that exists right in front of you.

You always have a choice, to live in fear or love. Choices are made in the present moment.

Choose Love Now.

Let your focus settle on what is happening right now in your life. Explore the present moment with all your senses, open and live from your heart. Loving in the present can lead you bliss.