WEEKLY COACHING TIP #179                                                                                                                            

AUM

I was listening to a CD the other day by Greg Braden, a scientist who has been on the spiritual quest for many years and who has brought us some amazing insights from the ancients, which we have all but forgotten these days. One of the things on this CD was a story, which briefly, went something like this.  He was in Tibet staying with monks and he asked one of the monks if he could watch them praying and see exactly what they did.  These monks sometimes prayed and chanted for 18 hours a day! The monk said, ‘you cannot see our prayers, you can see the things we do to put our minds and bodies into a state of communion but you don’t see prayers, they are an inner feeling.  The things we do help us achieve the feeling.’

Eastern cultures recognise that the body has a resonance with certain sounds/vibrations that is why chanting and for example, the ringing of bells are so important. They aren’t just random sounds they are based on thousands of years of wisdom and tradition.

I wanted to share with you today a very simple exercise that I personally like and have definitely received benefit from:

1. Think of a desire (goal) you currently want in your life, anything at all. 
2. Write it down; get as specific as you can.  Try to get it as succinct as possible into one short sentence. Make sure it’s in the present tense (the sub conscious only deals in the ‘now’), e.g. “I’m now enjoying good/great health” or “I have an abundance of love in my life”…etc.
3. Visualise having your desire/goal, make a movie of it, get a sense of it for real.
4. Say your sentence out loud with feeling.
5. Sit in a meditative or relaxing posture
6. Close your eyes, breathing slowly, naturally.
7. On your out breath let the sound AUM come out. 

When you pronounce AUM:
A (as in Heart) - emerges from the throat, originating in the region of the navel
U (as in Should) - rolls over the tongue
M - ends on the lips

8. At the end of the breath and sound, allow your body to take a natural breath in (no forcing) and do it again, 3 times in all.
9. After this see, feel and hear you having already achieved your desire. Remember, this is about getting into the feeling of having your goal. You ‘pray’ as if it’s already happened.
10. Enjoy this for as long as you like.
11. At the end of this silently give thanks, real gratitude that this has already happened.  Do this to your Higher Self, God, the Universe, whatever is right for you.
12. End with 3 more AUM’s.
13. Open your eyes and act as if your desires have come true NOW!  (This is the stretch)

The great thing about doing this is that it really focuses you on what you want and the sound you make is a Universal sound, which has been around for thousands of years.  It has the capacity of changing the vibration in your body.  I know when I do it I feel incredibly calm, centred and uplifted inside.  This whole practice can take as little as 5 minutes for you to begin manifesting your desires.  I find more and more when I work with clients who are open to this way of working, it can produce great results, because ultimately, they are changing their inner self first, which we have to before we manifest in the outer, physical world.

Try it and see, after all, if nothing else you would have gained a calm, focused mind and body and that alone has got to be worth it.  Stick with though, and you will begin seeing results.

Onwards and upwards!  Speaking of which we will be moving next week so there won’t be any tip until the week after.  Have a great week.

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