A few days ago my daughter invited me to come to Boston and go hear Gabrielle Bernstein speak with her and her friend on November 17th. She had been telling me about this author and insists I’d really like her, so out of tremendous curiosity, without even looking up her books, I agreed to go and bought a ticket. Then I looked up her latest book that she will be speaking about. It’s called May Cause Miracles: A 40 Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change. I knew I’d like this book simply by the title. It states my basic teaching philosophy in one sentence. Subtle shifts over time – the only way to make concepts a part of you, avoiding rote learning. I’m glad I bought the ticket. Now I have to read the book.
I read the introduction today. It seems I’m beginning a journey of releasing fears, raising my thoughts, which will in turn raise my energetic state. In yoga I always heard “You are your thoughts”, but never understood the workings of that mind-body connection. It seems, according to Bernstein, your body is a molecular structure that is always vibrating energy. The energy is positive when your thoughts are positive and negative when your thoughts are negative. In that case, I guess “You are your thoughts”. Therein lies the law of attraction. Your negativity will attract more negativity and vice-versa.
If you’re going through something hard that’s just tearing you apart it’s kind of hard to just up and switch to positive thinking. Change is never quick. Nor is its process ever without chaos. Bernstein states that scientific research shows it takes at least 40 days to change a habit, learn new behaviors, and incorporate it into your life. I agree. From teaching, I know it takes 1500 repetitions, over a period of time, for a young child to internalize a concept. We adults are no different. I’m looking forward to spending the next 40 days with Gabrielle making subtle shifts on the road to new perceptions. If I start tomorrow, like the book suggests, I’ll finish the week before we go to hear her speak.
And so, as another day goes by, I can’t think of a better way to get motivated to go hear a motivational speaker, I’ll keep you posted on my journey – or, if you like, you can download the book yourself for a mere $9.99 and come along with me, and…I have written.
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