The last few weeks I have been lucky enough to facilitate a couple of vision board workshops for some gorgeous women, in my local community. It has been amazing to see these women, even if they have done a vision board before, learn new information and be totally lit up by the end of the workshop!
How joyful it is to see a woman, smiling from the inside and lit up with possibility!
As the women leave the workshop, I always give next steps and remind them to connect within, before they connect with their board. I suggest a bunch of different ways to do that and I thought it might be a helpful reminder for you too.
As someone who was a walking head, completely disconnected from my body wisdom for years… (think IT professional, in the corporate world, in a vastly male-dominated culture for most of my adult life, where shining your feminine light did not feel safe and could be severely misinterpreted by your colleagues… you know, you’ve been there too, right?). Even when I was doing what I consider my ‘spiritual /personal development exploration’ work on the side, I was very compartmentalized. It was like a switch, connected or not. I had to develop practices and work on my mindset to create a transition between these 2 worlds I was walking in. Books and teachers and coaches would say, ‘get into your body’. That was a phrase that didn’t really make sense to me. I mean aren’t I in my body already, all the time?! What I found easier and more effective for me, was ‘engage your senses’. That I understood!
Some of my immediate ways to do this:
- smell – incense, perfumed candle, essential oils
- sight – flowers, artwork, clutter-free spaces
- touch – conscious breath, movement, yoga, qi-gong, relaxing bath
- sound – music, dancing, chanting, listening to inspirational teachers
- taste – favorite tea and in moderation… dark chocolate!
- and of course combinations – candle-lit bath, diffused oils, playing music I enjoyed, while consciously breathing
Once your senses are engaged, you become present, you can take a moment to feel the sensations, feel the pleasure of enjoying them and be grateful for the moment. That is the perfect time to then journal desires, or daydream your perfect future, or imagine walking inside your vision board life… imagine yourself inhabiting your desired success, feeling fantastic in the energized body you are creating by working out, or getting to bed earlier, feel your confidence at speaking to groups, see yourself making the phone call and getting the new client… if you can see it, you can be it. I really believe that.
Of course, repeat often!