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7 Easiest Law of Attraction Techniques to Create the Life you Love

What if creating the life that you desire is easier than you think? Most Law of Attraction techniques are simply changes in how you think and speak, which can cause a huge ripple effect in your external world.

As a mental health therapist and believer in the Law of Attraction, I LOVE to share some of these easily applied techniques with others. This post is ALL ABOUT Law of Attraction Techniques.

What is the Law of Attraction?

The law of attraction is the belief that whatever you put your energy or attention toward is what you will receive back. For example, if you put your attention toward the belief that the worst always happens, then the worst will continue to happen. On the contrary, if you put your energy towards the belief that luck is always in your favor, then luck will continue to be in your favor.

Scientifically, the law of attraction is centered around the idea that people, on a quantum level, can affect energies around them through observation, conscious thought, or words (see double slit experiment).

Psychologically, human minds tend to scan for evidence of what they already believe to be true. So, shifting the belief system can shift the perceived reality.

Whichever way you choose to understand the Law of Attraction, these seven techniques are simply to apply to your life to start seeing immediate change.

Give your Desire Attention

The simplest of the Law of Attraction techniques is giving your desire attention. First step is asking yourself, “What do I want?”

Do you want abundance? Do you want good health? Do you want connection?

Whenever you discover what you want, give attention to these things in a POSITIVE way. Avoid looking at it from a perspective of lack. For example, the phrase, “I wish I had better health,” is focusing on the distress of the current poor health, as opposed to, “I am creating healthy lifestyle habits,” which focuses positive energy toward the same desire. Instead of focusing on the pain in your knee, focus on the ease in your ankles.

See the difference?

Positive Affirmation WITH Positive Vibes

You’ve probably heard of positive affirmations, but have you heard that saying positive affirmations that you don’t believe to be true don’t really work that well? That’s because when you are telling yourself something that has a negative energy tied to it, it’s actually just drawing negativity to that statement, instead of attracting it.

There are ways to change these statements to feel more true to you. For example, instead of “I have an abundance of money,” you might say, “I am in the process of creating an abundance of money.” Instead of, “I love my body just the way that it is,” you might say, “I have decided that I’m going to love my body just the way it is.”

These slight changes bring a more positive vibration to the statements, which then brings an attraction of those things into your life.

Create a Desire Statement

According to the book Law of Attraction, creating a desire statement helps to focus your energy on your desire. This statement can be repeated daily or multiple times a day.

Author Michael J. Losier formulated the Desire Statement like this:

Opening Sentence

I am in the process of attracting all that I need to do, know, or have, to attract my ideal desire.

Body

Use any of the following starters and fill the blank with your desire.

I love knowing that my ideal _____.
I love how it feels when ______.
I’ve decided ______.
More and more ______.
It excites me______.
I love the idea of ______.
I’m excited at the thought of _______.
I love seeing myself _______.

Closing Sentence

The Law of Attraction is unfolding and orchestrating all that needs to happen to bring me my desire.

Gratitude Practice

One of the most important Law of Attraction techniques is gratitude or celebrating the evidence. Gratitude practice is more than just saying thanks. Rather, it’s being intentional to look for proof that your desire already exists.

It’s easy to focus on proof that the negative exists, because that’s the way that brains are wired. It takes intentional effort to focus on the proof that the positive exists.

For example, if your desire is good health, then notice all the parts of your body that are functioning well. “My heart continued to beat strong today,” or “I just walked up the stairs and my breath feels strong.”

If your desire is abundance, you might notice the discount code you used or the tax advice someone gave you for free.

There are all kinds of ways to notice that your desire exists, you just have to look for it!

Visualization

Visualize the life you want. Seems easy right? Spending intentional time visualizing your desire, noticing how it feels to imagine you have your desire, and amplifying those sensations can help create a positive vibrational energy that will then bring that energy back into your life.

I prefer to meditate for at least 10 minutes a day, focusing on this desired reality, but you can also visualize through the use of vision boards, writing exercises, or other creative methods.

Acting “As If”

One of my favorite Law of Attraction techniques to practice is acting “as if.” Act as if your desired outcome is already true. This doesn’t mean to act as if you are a billionaire by spending tons of money, rather it means to embody the energy that comes from believing the desire to be true.

When you imagine that everything is working in your favor, what energy comes into your body? Now, use that energy to engage with the world around you.

For example, when I believe that I don’t have time, I might engage with the world in a hurry or not prioritize things I would like to do, because I believe I don’t have time for them anyways. If I believe that I have plenty of time, then I calm down, creating more positive energy, and I tend to find time for the things I want to do.

Detachment

Detachment, while an easy concept, is one of the more difficult Law of Attraction techniques for people to adopt. Detachment means letting go of outcome. It means to let go of the control or the “how” your desire becomes reality.

This is an exercise of faith. It’s putting trust in the Universe or God or whatever external energies you believe in.

For example, when you desire abundance, you may believe that you know the best way to achieve that. You might find yourself going down the same path over and over, pushing through continued resistance, which will cause frustration and create negative vibrations.

Instead, simply put the energy toward abundance and see what opportunities present themselves to you. Lean into what feels easy or natural, continuing those positive vibrations. When you let go, you’ll be surprised how much quicker your desires come true.

Trying a few of these simple techniques can bring huge change to your present reality. I hope this post helped you better understand Law of Attraction Techniques.

The 6 Most Effective Holistic Pain Management Techniques you Can Try at Home

Experiencing pain, especially consistent pain, can be debilitating. There’s nothing worse than your body hurting and having to wait for the next doctor’s appointment before finding some relief. Luckily, there are holistic pain management techniques you can do from home that can help!

As a mental health therapist and wellness enthusiast, I LOVE finding new ways to help people empower themselves. Pain has a major impact on mental health, and I frequently teach my clients strategies to manage their pain from a holistic perspective. This post is ALL ABOUT holistic pain management techniques.

What Causes Pain?

The perception of pain is caused by a feedback loop in your brain between different parts of the nervous system and the physiological system in your body. This loop is a continuous cycle of various signals and responses that shift the intensity and duration of pain that you experience.

To break it down, pain is a signal that your body sends to your brain to indicate that there is some sort of damage to the body, such as tissue damage. The brain then interprets and processes both the physical damage, such as how big the injury is, and the emotional significance of the pain, like what you believe about the injury.

Next, your brain sends out a response. This might include sending out cortisol (the stress hormone) to activate you to take action or create a behavioral response to encourage emotional processing or implementation of coping strategies.

This next step, called modulation, is the MOST IMPORTANT when understanding how to apply holistic pain management techniques. The brain has the ability to either intensify pain or dampen the pain through the release of neurotransmitters along the pain pathways in the nervous system.

This response from the brain creates a feedback loop, where the brain and the injury are responding back and forth. This feedback loop can impact your experience of pain. For example, if your brain tells your body to continue emotional distress and tension, the experience of pain will intensify, but if your body is told to relax or focus on something else, the experience of pain can reduce.

Mental Holistic Pain Management Techniques

Relaxation Techniques

There is no question that tension in the body can not only increase your perception of pain but can cause lasting pain by creating inflammation in the tissues and knots (or myofascial trigger points) in your muscles.

By practicing relaxation techniques, you can reduce these negative side effects, as well as encourage your brain to modulate the pain by releasing certain neurotransmitters designed to reduce the experience of pain.

There are quite a few different techniques for relaxation, including breathing techniques, progressive muscle relaxation, and meditation.

Meditation

Meditation is one of the most important holistic pain management techniques because it not only helps you relax, but it can increase mind-body connection, and ultimately allow you to have more control over your emotional and physical experiences.

Some research suggests that certain meditations can allow us to tell our brain what to do, including pain reduction and physical healing.

If you are a beginner at meditation, try looking at YouTube videos on How to Meditate. Once you get the hang of it, imagine focusing on your areas of pain during meditation. Imagine there is a dial. Now imagine turning up the dial and noticing the pain amplifying, then practice turning down the dial to make it subside. The more you practice the experience of pain. able to consciously reduce the experience of pain.

Cognitive Restructuring

Cognitive Restructuring is not as intense as it sounds! Pain Reprocessing Therapy, which helps people who struggle with chronic pain, centers on adjusting your beliefs around pain, which can impact how you experience pain. Some limiting beliefs might be catastrophizing the negative consequences of pain or holding the belief that the pain will never end.

Shifting your beliefs about pain helps you focus on acceptance and management, versus increasing emotional distress. With enough practice, you’ll be able to observe pain objectively and without resistance, as focusing on how distressing the pain is can make it feel worse.

Physical Holistic Pain Management Techniques

Acupressure

Mental exercises can be super helpful with shifting the experience of pain, and there are also physical holistic pain management techniques that can decrease the root cause of pain.

One way to do this is through acupressure. Oftentimes, our pain stems from physical tension and energy blocks within our system. Acupressure works by applying pressure to certain points on your body that are believed to help the flow of energy. This pressure encourages blood circulation and releases muscular tension.

Click here for some Essential Acupressure Points

Low Impact Exercise

It may seem counterintuitive, but exercise is a great way to manage and moderate pain. Depending on the cause of the pain, many side effects of exercise can serve as pain relief.

Your body is designed for mobility, so increasing mobility through natural movements, like walking, yoga, cycling, and swimming helps t0 improve flexibility, increase blood flow, and lubricate and strengthen the joints. These benefits can reduce pain in your body.

Lastly, low-impact exercise boosts endorphins in your system, which is one of the neurotransmitters that the brain naturally uses to modulate pain.

Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Pain is frequently caused by or exacerbated by inflammation in the body. Luckily, there are easy changes you can make to your eating habits to reduce inflammation.

Here are some examples:

Omega-3s (found in fatty fish)
Anti-oxidents (found in leafy greens, berries, green tea, and dark chocolate)
Lycopene (found in tomatoes)
Tumeric, Ginger, nuts, and seeds (contain anti-inflammatory compounds)

There won’t likely be immediate relief with adding these foods, but over time you should notice a difference in physical pain caused by inflammation.

These are some of the top things I recommend people try who would like to reduce pain on their own. I hope this post helped you learn more about holistic pain management techniques.

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I Tried the Silva Mind Control Method for 45 Days and Here’s What Happened

What if you could bend reality to your will? What if you could create and manifest exactly what you desire? Sounds amazing right? The Silva Mind Control Method seems to promise some miraculous things!

As a frequent meditator and wellness enthusiast, I decided to try The Silva Method and see if there was any truth to these claims. This post is ALL ABOUT the Silva Mind Control Method.

What is the Silva Mind Control Method?

Developed by Jose Silva in the 1960s, the Silva Mind Control Method is a program aimed at improving overall well-being through certain meditative techniques.

These techniques highlight the importance of the Alpha level, where your brain waves are both alert and calm. This state occurs most naturally right before you go to sleep or right after you wake up. Silva explains in his book, The Silva Mind Control Method, the specific steps to begin training your brain to get to Alpha level. The more you practice, states Silva, the more you will be able to access this state quickly and with ease.

The idea is that once you master getting in and out of this brain state, you can use this state to improve memory, improve sleep, learn things more quickly, boost creativity, and even influence the outcomes of your reality.

How to get into Alpha Level

According to Silva, the first way to practice getting into Alpha level is to practice right when you wake up, before doing anything else for the day. Get into a comfortable position, close your eyes and look up at a 20-degree angle, and count backward from 100 two times.

That’s it! You’re in Alpha level.

For about 10 days, practice at this interval, and then slowly change your counting to begin counting backwards from 50, then begin from 25, then begin at 10, and ultimately begin at five. By the end of 40 days, accessing the Alpha level should take you as little as five seconds.

To come out of this meditative state, tell yourself that you will slowly come out of Alpha level as you count to five, count from one to five, and then open your eyes.

The Next Step in the Silva Mind Control Method

Once you master getting in and out of Alpha level, Silva identifies many different things you can do. You can simply allow your mind to exist in a passive state, exploring memories, creative ideas, or emotions. You can focus on manifesting future ideas. You can create memory anchors, tell your brain what to dream about before you sleep, focus on imagining your body physically healing, and so much more!

How I applied the Silva Mind Control Method

As someone who has meditated regularly, I found that I was able to practice getting into Alpha level relatively quickly, which allowed me to start practicing some of the more dynamic meditation.

The first thing I noticed was that my ability to get into Alpha level varied based on how distracted or energized I was. If I recognized that I was in a more alert or scattered state, then I would start counting backward from 100, instead of just five. It was also helpful to practice mindfulness techniques, such as tuning into my five senses, before attempting to meditate.

For the past 45 days, I practiced the Silva Mind Control Method of meditation once a day for at least 15 minutes. I started with practicing self-exploration and passive meditation and then moved on to focusing on manifesting future outcomes and nurturing my creative mind.

What Happened after 45 Days of Meditation?

The fun thing about this method of meditation is that it’s not about quieting the mind or being completely silent, rather it’s about accessing different parts of the mind. As I practiced passive meditation, I was able to notice trapped emotions within my body, explore and release old belief systems, and better understand my inner child, inner critic, and overall self.

As I began to explore dynamic meditation, I practiced watching scenes on a movie screen within my mind. I was taught that the best way to do this is to, with your eyes closed, look up at a 20-degree angle and notice the timeline from present to future, with the future coming from the LEFT.

I imagined vague scenes of the future, ranging from succeeding in long-term goals, to having positive relationships, and even imagined having an abundance of wealth.

After 45 days, I can’t say that I won the lottery or have written a best-selling novel, but I can say that I noticed my life and my energy change drastically. I began to see images of ideas that hadn’t occurred to me before (for example, opening a new Wellness Center). It was as if I tapped into the Universe’s plans for me and all I had to do was follow along.

As I leaned into this path that was being presented, everything around me seemed to fall into place with ease. I began to feel that, even with taking major career and financial risks, I was at peace and on the right path. I began to feel almost no anger towards things or people that would normally upset me and started noticing an abundance of new and healthy connections with people in my local community.

But was it REALLY the Meditation that Helped?

I’ll be honest, I am naturally a skeptical person who prefers scientific research over believing one person’s personal experience. So, can I say for sure that this method is what caused such a drastic change in my life? I don’t know!

What I do know is that meditating alone has been scientifically proven to improve health, mood, and regulate the nervous system. Perhaps my calmer state allowed for a more creative mindset to open up, or for me to feel more comfortable taking risks. Or perhaps there really is something to being able to tap into a larger collective consciousness through this method. Whatever the cause, I intend to continue meditating and trying some of the more complex concepts of the Silva Mind Control Method, like speed learning!

I hope this was helpful in giving you a better understanding of the Silva Mind Control Method. Please comment below if you will try it out!

Want to learn the art of meditation? Try out my How to Mediate Mini-Bootcamp!