Positive Affirmations

You've probably heard of affirmations before. An affirmation is a word or a phrase that is used to "reprogram" or "retrain" the brain. This is related to self-hypnosis, which can be used to do everything from stopping smoking to losing weight. But affirmations have a deeper, more spiritual aspect than mere hypnosis.

Affirmations can shift not just our conscious thoughts, but they also have the ability to shift our "vibration" and change what we manifest in our daily lives. Affirmations truly can create a "reality shift!"

Don't get freaked out by the word "vibration." I know it gets misused a lot, but don't be scared about it! If you've been around New Age types or holistic healers, at some point you've probably heard someone talk about "shifting your vibration" or "ascending to the next level." If this was a truly hippie dippie type, chances are that he was also packing his bags waiting for the next ship full of ET's to beam him up. A little, um, "out there," right?

I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a much more scientific and "provable" process.

See, affirmations have this marvelous ability to penetrate deeply into the brain and affect brainwaves.  They also can generate shifts within our energy centers or chakras, which in turn change the "tone" or the quality of our life. That's where vibration comes in.

The Healing Properties of Sound

Quantum physicists have discovered that when matter is analyzed down to the most microscopic level, these subatomic particles are in constant motion. Another word for this movement is vibration.

Sound healing with the use of instruments like Tibetan bowls, shamanic drums, or other musical tools can actually shift this vibratory rate, changing the way our bodies feel. If you've ever felt groovy and relaxed after listening to a certain passage of music, the cells in your body were being affected by sound vibration.

The messages we tell ourselves each day also have a big affect on this vibration. Negative self-talk has been proven through muscle testing to decrease the strength of our bodies and to slow down our reaction time. So if you're telling yourself "I can't do it" or "I'm no good" over and over again, your athletic performance won't be as good on the playing field. Sports medicine has come to incorporate a lot more of a mind/body/spirit approach because these techniques enhance an athlete's performance so beautifully.

Basically, when you're telling yourself you're no good, you won't be any good.

When you tell yourself you're good, you'll be good.

When you're starting to work with affirmations, the challenge can be to start silencing the noise in our heads. We all have a lot of stuff going on in our craniums! In this world of multi-tasking, our brains have become like Grand Central Station. So many thoughts are headed into the station at the same time. Others are leaving. Some get diverted, interupted, and thrown off track. If you've ever been in the middle of a conversation and suddenly forgotten what you were talking about, you know what I mean. It's like your thought was derailed. The brain is so busy doing so much stuff that it's easy to get off track.

Using affirmations is one technique that can allow us to take charge of the brain and start rewiring our mental processes. And affirmations can also soak into the subconscious level, shifting the "tone" of how we feel about life and even reprogramming us to become more successful in all aspects of our lives. As a positive afffirmation worms its way into our subsconscious, we can change deeply seated attitudes, behaviors, addictions, and obsessions. It's really kind of magical - a type of brain magic.

Of course, the undisciplined part of our brain likes to resist. So affirmations need periodic tweaking, experimenting, and innovation as we discover these resistance points or "psychic trip wires" within the mind and subconscious. You'll need to be consistent and a little creative with your affirmations to see real results.

Here's a Positive Affirmation to Beat Fatigue

Let me share an affirmation for you to experiment with.

This is an affirmation I've been working with to replace my multiple daily cups of coffee. I've become a little too used to that caffeine lift and I notice that my energy really drags when I get off the coffee.

This affirmation is designed to help you to increase your natural energy levels. It's phrased in the present because affirmations are more powerful if we assert them in the NOW instead of in the future.

"My energy is vibrant, clear, and happy. I have unlimited energy."

Experiment with this. Don't judge yourself if you encounter resistance. Simply observe, notice, and keep experimenting with it. Take note of any shifts or changes as you work with it. You can combine this with visualization (picturing positive imagery or colors in your mind's eye.) And you can use sound, too. Usually, to truly retrain the brain, it's good to incorporate sound, color, and language.

Positive Affirmation Software - Sculptor 3

Sometimes when we're starting to work with affirmations we can use a little outside help. It's always nice to have a "coach" encourging us.

There's a wonderful brain researcher from Australia named Jeff Staniforth who has spent years developing a special software program that incorporates sound, color and language to help make doing affirmations fun.

It's a desktop application that allows you to schedule ten minute increments where you display a positive image of your choice on your computer, play peaceful sounds that you select, and work with typing in and looking at various affirmations. You can choose to focus on any area of your life that needs work and the software will guide you through a ten day "mini-program" where you will focus on that particular area of your life, using affirmations to shift your consciousness around that thing.

It's powerful stuff. You can read about it and see some of the cool testimonials and articles at Jeff's site. And you can hear Jeff's incredible story. When he began working with affirmations some years ago, he manifested an amazing real estate deal - he was able to buy a house without paying anything for it!  And the testimonials on his site are filled with similar stories from people around the world who have used his software to manifest success with issues ranging from losing weight to finding a soulmate to manifesting large amounts of money.

Sculptor 3 Affirmation Software