Do you ever take the time just to be?

I don’t mean sitting on the couch listening to music or watching tv — I mean just be.

Be alone with your thoughts, your breath, and just be.

You may find this difficult, and it is.

In this age of indulgence and ‘hyperactivity’

it’s growing more difficult to be able to accomplish this,

but I think it’s important— vital really.

Here’s some tips and tricks that might help you:

if you do struggle with inattentiveness —

try Andrew Weil’s 4-7-8 breathing technique.

It’s not a meditation, just a breathing exercise that will

take less than two minutes.

Another one that helps me is caffeine.

I know some have an aversion to caffeine but it truly does calm me down.

If you find you get anxious from consuming it— try this:

Have a big meal — say 3 eggs, and maybe a pastry. Then have a cup of coffee with plenty of cream or milk (real milk) and plenty of sugar, say four packets worth. Stir that up and see if that helps you.

Try these, maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but it’s helped me.

A lot of people have ideas

A lot of people have ideas

And ideas are good

But soon they are gone at the waste side, never to be implemented because they don’t know how to get started, or they loose focus.

I listen to a lot off people tell me they have ideas — some tell me the same idea they’ve had for 5 years but still haven’t done anything about it.

They let life get in the way, and it’s easy to, because life beats you down— it beats you senseless.

It takes everything good that’s in you and dumps it out for the man, dumps it out for bills, for the roof, for living.

If you really wanted to implement something, if you really wanted to do something you wouldn’t let anything get in the way of that.

You would make time, you would overcome the impossible, because anythings possible if you believe.

Tonality - The Way In Which You Speak

Sometimes, the tonality in which you say something means more than the actual words themselves.

I could say something; I could make a joke.

Now, if my “tone” is good than others may perceive this as a joke, and not as a threat.

But say my “tone” is bad — I may come off as a jerk and the joke will miss it’s mark.

So what does this mean? How does one get proper “tone?”

The tone in which I speak of is your “vagal tone.”

You have a nerve called the “vagus nerve” that runs parallel to each side of your esophagus; leading all the way down to your diaphragm, and up to your brain stem.

When this nerve becomes irritated you may feel anxious, stressed, or depressed.

When your vagal tone is functioning well — you will exude energy.

Your energy and vibrations will attract others.

People will want to talk to you, and you to them.

When your “vagal tone” is poor. People will know, weather it be subconsciously or consciously – they will feel it.

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