As I practice thinking better-feeling thoughts and get better and better at choosing which perspective I will go with, the Emotional Guidance Scale is a helpful tool that I use in determining if I am headed in the right, downstream direction.  Getting from depression to joy or love doesn’t happen overnight and it’s important to acknowledge the process and feel appreciation or relief for wherever I am in my journey.  When I am focused on not having what I want, and I am worrying, or complaining (all upstream) I am not relaxing, and therefore not allowing the physical part of me to feel good and therefore missing out on the things that are working in my favor.  When I am thinking these upstream thoughts, such as thoughts based on doubt, worry, fear, shame, blame, I am not allowing myself to get into the stream of well-being.  By focusing on what I want and choosing downstream thoughts, or thoughts that help me feel better I allow myself to go toward the direction of my well-being, which is my natural state of being. 

Over two years ago, after going through a break up, I came upon this scale and took inventory of where I was in the area of romance/relationships.  At that time, I was doubtful and pessimistic about ever finding my dream partner.  I thought it was too hard, too late, and too painful to try again.  Today, I feel very differently.  I feel hopeful, optimistic, ready, and open.  I know that what I want in a relationship exists in abundance and I am in eager anticipation.  I believe that what I want is here now and I am at peace within.  This feels so good to me.  In fact, I don’t remember ever feeling this way before.  Today I feel complete.  And what a feeling it is!!

In this month's intenSati series, CARPE DIEM, we say, "Yes, I will seize the day and I will act now."   We focus our thoughts positively on our intentions.  By affirming our readiness, willingness and determination to "stop worrying right now," we release the upstream/resistant thoughts and we allow ourselves to lighten up and relax with a knowing that what we want is on its way.  Lining up our intentions/thoughts with our emotions lets us take inspired action and therefore produces the results that we want.  In intenSati we remind ourselves that we are doing our best, and our best keeps getting better.  We acknowledge that practice makes the Master and we are co-creators of our lives.  By doing our best and appreciating and accepting where we are, we lighten up and allow for improvement with our physical movements.  As we build the confidence and courage to speak louder and move bigger, we inevitably grow and expand not just physically, but also spiritually.  intenSati is a workout that not only puts emphasis on our physical movements, but trains our spiritual, non-physical part of us, by focusing attention on our emotions/attitudes.  The result is a total physical, spiritual, emotional transformation.

In what area of your life are you blocked?  Do you find yourself thinking upstream thoughts about this area?  What happens when you shift your perspective and let go?  What better feeling thoughts/downstream thoughts can you choose to focus on instead?  For more on upstream versus downstream thoughts, see this video.  Use the scale below to map your progress.

The Emotional Guidance Scale
1.     Joy/Appreciation/Empowered/Freedom/Love
2.     Passion
3.     Enthusiasm/Eagerness/Happiness
4.     Positive Expectation/Belief
5.     Optimism
6.     Hopefulness
7.     Contentment
8.     Boredom
9.     Pessimism
10.     Frustration/Irritation/Impatience
11.     Overwhelment
12.     Disappointment
13.     Doubt
14.     Worry
15.     Blame
16.     Discouragement
17.     Anger
18.     Revenge
19.     Hatred/Rage
20.     Jealousy
21.     Insecurity/Guilt/Unworthiness
22.     Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair/Powerlessness

From the book “Ask and It is Given”, pg. 114

This is the last week for the Carpe Diem series.  See you Wednesday and Thursday 6pm at Ripley Grier on 520 8th Avenue.

Will You Seize The Day?

With Love,
Triccia

Feeling Lighthearted

I can't stop smiling right now.  I've been reading the book The Astonishing Power of Emotions: Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide and just came upon Example 13, titled I Cannot Find a Mate.  As I've shared before, I declared 2010 as the year I will allow myself to be in my ideal romantic relationship.  I had been plagued by old doubts, worries, hurts and had really blocked myself from moving forward in the direction of my dreams when it came to this area of my life.  As a result, I had set up my reality to match my doubtful and negative vibrations and produced the opposite of my desires.   Yes, I maintained a one-sided, poor excuse of a relationship set up on convenience and non-commitment.  And kept it going for far too long!  But I let that go with 2009 and I forgive myself!  (Exhale)

Over the course of the last year and a half, I have and continue to develop the focus to reach for better feeling thoughts with the practice of intenSati.  And I am getting better and better at it.  Early this year I decided that no matter what, I will go forward in the direction of my dreams and manifest new and different realities!  In this book, better feeling thoughts are referred to as downstream thoughts.  The opposite of that is upstream.  I'm not a very good swimmer, yet I know that swimming downstream takes less energy and effort on my part and can get me to my desired destination much quicker.  

I used to only think upstream thoughts, such as "It's hard to find the right person." 

And right now at this moment, I am smiling because while reading this section of the book I feel really good!  I am now aligned with downstream, better feeling thoughts!  Thoughts such as, "I'm enjoying exploring my options," or "My picture of my life partner has grown out of the relationships I've had over the years," or "Every experience in life adds to the evolution of our ideas and desires."  Yes!  I can't stop smiling:)  What I want is here in great abundance!

In my intenSati class this month, we affirm our dreams and focus on our desires instead of worrying or complaining about what we don't yet have.  Yes!  What I want is on its way and it's coming to me in greater amounts than I can ever imagine!  I have faith and trust that it is here now.  And all I have to do is allow....I feel lighthearted and grateful.  (Exhale)

Carpe Diem:
YES! I will seize the day 
I will act now 
Everyday is a new day
My life is passing and it will not wait
I am ready to stop worrying 
I am willing to stop worrying
I am determined to stop worrying
Right now
I will challenge myself
To reach for something better
No worries no regrets 
Ah! I feel much better
I am free now
Carpe diem!

All I need
Is to discipline
My attention
And be grateful
That I have
The power
To choose

See you in class Wednesday and Thursday 6PM at Ripley Grier Studios on 520 8th Avenue in NYC.

With Love,
Triccia

I challenge myself to reach for something better!

As part of my Sati Leader training curriculum, I am reading the book The Astonishing Power of Emotions: Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide by Abraham Hicks.  The title already explains a lot, but I highly recommend this book if you want to feel better about your life, your body, your relationships, your career, your home, anything!  Just this past week there have been several people in my life, friends, co-workers, and family who have asked me these questions:
"How did you do it?" 
"What did you do?" 
"How can I get there?"
And my response is always the same.  "Just choose a better feeling thought."  I first heard those words in an intensati class and it took quite a few more times of hearing it for the true meaning to sink in.  It's not just the thoughts that we think, but the feelings/emotions we have with the thought that really creates the change within us.  I think most people would agree that we are action driven beings and we are so used to taking action when we want to improve something.  And with the power of positive thinking, more and more people have figured out that the thoughts we think about ourselves really do matter as well.  But not many have figured out that so much of our success depends on how we FEEL.  And that feeling good, feeling happy will produce more of the same.  And feeling the opposite of good and happy, will also produce more of the same. 

In intenSati we practice choosing our thoughts, choosing our attitude, choosing our actions that allow us to deliberately co-create or manifest our best intentions.  All three have to be in alignment.  So while keeping this in mind, do you challenge yourself to reach for something better?  No worries, no regrets do you feel better?

To get better and better at feeling better, join me for intenSati with Triccia every Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6pm at Ripley Grier Studios on 520 8th Ave bet 36th and 37th Streets.  Class is $10.  Bring a friend and you take it for FREE!

On Sunday, June 20th 4-6pm join Patricia at PureYoga for a YogaSati and Meditation Workshop

Honoring My Worth: An Ongoing Journey

I just finished watching a video Know~ING Your Worth by Gabrielle Bernstein, author of the book ADD MORE ing TO YOUR LIFE: A Hip Guide to Happiness.  It was perfect timing for me to see it! I just had my review at work a couple of weeks ago and it was my best one yet! And I did get the maximum raise.  Ironically it was the smallest amount I've ever gotten because of the state of the economy. I work for a retailer in NYC and have definitely felt the effects of the recession. So I didn't negotiate for a higher raise this time, even though I have in the past. But it is clear to me that I am exceeding expectations and am very much worth more than what I got monetarily.  I truly love the work that I do and the people I work with.  I have been there for 12 years and have grown and developed into who I am today, in huge part due to the wonderfully supportive environment that my career provides.  I am a store manager by job title.  In truth, I am a spiritual leader and I coach people on how to lead happier lives by empowering them to be the cause, and not the effect of their circumstances.  I lead commissioned sales people who successfully meet and exceed their goals by nurturing meaningful relationships with their customers.  I lead customer service professionals who make it their mission to provide care and immediate comfort when things don't go as planned.  I lead a team of managers who are committed to giving their best to the store and rely on me for guidance and mentor-ship.  I teach them how to lead from their hearts, from a place of inspiration.  As a result, our store morale is at an all time high.  And for me, well I get a lot of fulfillment watching them realize their dreams and experience success. 

However, since my review there have been moments when I have felt resentful about my raise.  And then I shift my thoughts by telling myself that it's ok.   And when I do this I'm not so sure I am honoring my worth.  I'm not sure that I am not just playing small and letting fear or doubt get in the way...But for now, I release this thought.  

On another note, I have started to earn money doing something else that I truly love and enjoy outside of my full time job.  I am helping others feel better about their lives, their bodies, their health.  I have recently started teaching intenSati classes in NYC and I am loving it! And I am committed to this practice and to my students.  I got my certification back in February, and it took some time, but I finally got over the fear of not being good enough (again questioning my worth) to start teaching and I now have a regular teaching schedule which I hope to add to real soon.  Already I am seeing how this practice is helping people shift their thoughts and their beliefs about themselves in order to know their worth and own it.  I see my students taking action from a place of love versus worry or fear.  It really, really works!  My life changed with this practice and I want more than anything to share this with other people.  And this is the reason I wanted to start teaching in the first place.  And according to Abraham in the book Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness "There is no better way to earn money than to do the things that you love to do.  Money can flow into your experience through endless avenues."

Watching Gabrielle's video (by the way, Gabrielle is also a certified intenSati leader) today reminded me that I too, still have a lot of work to do regarding knowing my worth, and that it is an ongoing journey.

When we don't connect with ourselves and to the power within us, it is easy to allow fear, doubt, and worry to take over.  And that is when we justify playing small, or staying in our current situations even when we know and feel that there is something better out there.  But by bringing Sati or awareness to our thoughts, by being mindful of our emotions we are better able to connect to the Love that is within, and only then are we able to honor the greatness that is us.
  
If you are in NYC, join intenSati creator Patricia Moreno Friday, May 7th 6:30PM at the TSalon in NYC as she discusses How to Honor Yourself in order to live a life you love in a body you love.  Patricia is the author of the book The IntenSati Method: The Seven Secret Principles to Thinner Peace


If you are a woman, and know other women who want to know more about Know~ING Your Worth, join Gabrielle's website www.herfuture.com for more on this conversation.  

  

I am Powerful NOW

For those of you who practice the Law of Attraction, you've probably heard of Abraham.  One of the first things I read every morning is Abraham's Daily Quotes.  This past Friday's really resonated with me.  It said, "The main event has never been the manifestation; the main event has always been the way you feel moment by moment, because that's what life is."

While it's simple to understand, the idea of LIFE as something that is happening RIGHT NOW is quite difficult to embody.  Often times we are waiting for that main event--be it a better job, a new lover, more money, a house, a thinner body, better clients, new curtains, a new car, a sunny day, a new year, a diploma, a new haircut, better health, whatever it may be there are lots of external things we base our happiness on.  We say that all would be well, if only we had any or even all of the above. 

So then we work hard to get those external things, only to get them and realize that there's still a void, still something missing.  Or the opposite could be true.  We may believe we will never find a better job, a lover, or make more money, or be thin, NEVER so why bother trying.  Ugh!  Either way, it's so exhausting isn't it?  Why bother getting up and starting over if every day ends the same way it started??

Well, the reason why Abraham's quote really hit me is because it's a reminder that my life is happening right now.  It's not stuck in yesterday's drama and it's not waiting for tomorrow's what-ifs!  With every breath I am bringing forth new energy, creating new thoughts, dreaming up new visions and taking new action right now!  And it's the remembering of this Truth that allows me to appreciate my life as a journey.  And it's this knowing, this faith that all is well even when I am in the midst of experiencing what appears as setbacks that cause discomfort.  It is actually the discomfort that is signaling my readiness to grow and expand and become more powerful. 

This is why I love intenSati www.satilife.com. We speak affirmations that empower our thoughts, attitudes and actions.  It is the practice of commanding our thoughts instead of letting our thoughts take over us.  We speak out loud in the present tense and assume that what we want is here, and it is done.  It is the doing of the affirmations with energy and feeling that creates the healing of our thoughts.

This month's affirmation will be about claiming our POWER NOW.  It's about accepting our power, loving ourselves and giving gratitude for our lives exactly as they are right now.  It's about being ready every moment to bring LOVE, JOY and ABUNDANCE in.  The main event is always happening RIGHT NOW!

Hope to see you in class.  Join my Facebook group intenSati with Triccia for more info regarding my teaching schedule.  And for all things intenSati join i love intenSati