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ALIGNMENT + CONNECTION

MODULE 5: ALIGNMENT

We can either be in, out or close to alignment. The difference is how you feel and how authentic you are acting, speaking, thinking and being in the moment. Feelings are your gage to how close or how far away you are from your true north.

MODULE 5: ALIGNMENT

JOYOUS ALIGNMENT + AUTHENTICITY

Our true alignment in this existence is unconditional love. Period. Source is pure positive energy, always, always, always. It is only, always, pure positive energy.

We are conditioned from a very young age to fear god because it is judging us always and if we are bad we go to hell and if we are good we go to heaven. That would mean that god's love for us is conditional. How on earth can the love of our creator be conditional? We have been fed a boatload of untruths about the source of all that is - and most humans believe what they have been told. It's time to rise.

We can gauge our alignment to Source - by how we feel. When we feel peaceful we are in alignment. When we feel satisfied we are in alignment. When we feel anger we are out of alignment. When we feel depressed we are out of alignment. When we feel disappointment we are out of alignment. These emotions are going to be the biggest game changer for your journey forward. Being in alignment with Source is your true nature. It's Unconditional Love.

These are the gifts that the Universe, god, Source, has given us:

WHEN WE DO NOT FEEL GOOD - FARTHER FROM SOURCE/PURPOSE
WHEN WE FEEL GOOD - CLOSER TO SOURCE/PURPOSE

When we focus on what is not good in our lives, we bring more of that to us. Likewise, when we focus on what is good in our lives, more of that shows up. Like increases like. Law of the Universe. Alignment starts when we recognize this truth and hold the thought that, I am unconditionally loved always - in all ways - and I cannot get this life wrong. NO MATTER WHAT.

Everything is either bringing you closer to alignment or taking you further from it.

And when we are in Alignment - we are in our True Authentic Self. Being authentic means making choices based on YOUR values and YOUR needs and YOUR desires. More importantly, it's living them - not just journaling about them but actually living them. AND good news - you need no ones approval to do so. It will feel like it, but you do not ever needs anyone's stamp of approval for anything. Living with integrity, living in alignment to our true nature is imperative if we are to live peaceful, happy and joyful lives.

Problem arise when we make our needs secondary or consider them "Selfish". This is a conditioned belief that will keep creeping up until we face it head on.

What comes up for you when you consider JUST your needs today?

MORNING ROUTINE

Good Morning Sweet Soul!

Ok, lets recap a moment:

Morning Ritual includes:

- Waking to bring your awareness to feeling good for the day ahead. The very first thing you do before or just as you open your eyes.

- Getting out your tongue scraper and actually using it

- Drinking a huge glass of water to flush your system

- Taking a moment to write down (or at least call to mind) what you are grateful for

- Meditation

- Movement

Today we will continue with your next addition to your daily routine with Sacred Eating Practices.

This is a very important aspect of self care and our daily routine. When we eat, we are nourishing our bodies for the day ahead - on all levels. Not only the foods we choose, but the space in which we eat them and the practices around eating have the power to change your relationship to it.

Start by recognizing where you eat most of your meals and when.

Are you eating in the car, at your desk, kitchen counter?

What is the environment like? Is it noisy and cluttered and are you eating while working?

Do you eat at regular times or is your habit scattered and you eat "when you can"?

Make it a top priority to:

- eat in a quiet, peaceful environment

- say a quiet (or out loud) prayer of thanks every time you put anything into your mouth - bless the food you are about to digest. Much like thoughts and emotions - if we do not digest them properly they will cause us more harm than good.

- practice eating at the same time daily - much like our circadian rhythms for sleeping/waking - our cycle for eating is no different

Do the best you can with where you are.

JOURNALING

Gratitude, Appreciation + Intention Setting

Start all your practices with 5 long, deep and steady inhale + exhale, placing hand over heart as you breathe.

List 5 things you are grateful for and that you can appreciate in the current moment.

Where is my Alignment?

Journal Prompt:

1. Am I living according to my Authentic Core Values?

2. What do I believe about my Intuition? How am I turning to it for guidance? Do I even know what intuition is?

3. What are my consistent feelings on a daily basis? How do they propel me forward or slow me down?

4. How could I choose to be in alignment on purpose? What would that look like? Feel like?

This will be a practice every day until Source Energy calls you home. This work does not end. Good luck. Keep going.

I love you so much, it's crazy.

MOMENTS-IN-BETWEEN

Create Moments of kindness

We reap what we sow - what we put into the world comes back. Here are a few ways to raise your current state of alignment and vibration.

1. leave a kind note for your spouse/friend/parent to find

2. Drop off a meal to an elderly neighbor.

3. Hold the door open.

4. Pick up the pen your co-worker dropped.

5. Compliment a stranger.

Do all these with zero expectation.

Do them because it makes YOU feel good.

AWARENESS

So you want to live Authentically? You desire to live in integrity.

It will look different for everyone but this is an awareness practice that will bring you so much clarity and focus - and it will also bring you new contrast and challenges. The biggest challenge it may present is your vulnerability to losing your sense of belonging (...to the club, the group, the family, the siblings, the job...)

Often times when we have been living out of alignment, out of our authenticity we have required others to approve of us, to validate us. When you consciously choose authenticity over approval, you also may have to choose between belonging and authenticity.

This can mean many things. Keep this in mind: You are elevating your life - FOR YOU. Not for anyone else. But for you and your health and your sanity and your wellbeing. Anyone who unconditionally loves you now, will love you during and after your transformation. Give them time to adjust. Give yourself time to adjust.

This is the time to be super gentle with yourself, with your thoughts about what's happening and about what you are choosing for yourself.

How can you connect with your inner being with curiosity and wonder instead of judgment and criticism?

Ask yourself, your inner knowing, what it needs from you?

Can you tap into your inner child with gentle curiosity?

Your ability to connect to this part of yourself will reveal the truth of what has been keeping you in survival. It is time to begin giving to yourself that which you did not get as a child.

INTUITIVE MOVEMENT - or NOT

What does your body want to do? Ask it.

Listen and then do that immediately.

Honor whatever comes up - especially if it wants a nap.

This type of inner work can and will be exhausting. Remember that you will need much more rest and recharging than ever before. Fear not, you are shedding old patterns and conditioning and that takes energy. ALLOW yourself to rest often.

MEDITATION

Put on some soothing music.

Allow yourself to get still.

Tune into your breath, its natural rhythm.

Either sit or lie down.

Focus your attention at the space between the eyebrows and about 2 inches straight back in the brain. Imagine this space.

Breathe your awareness into this space for several long deep, steady inhales and exhales.

Allow yourself to ponder this question:

How can I call on my intuition?

Repeat this several times and then allow yourself to be still and listen. When your mind wanders, come back to this question.

GO TO MEDITATION section for options today

my evening meditation 💙

EVENING ROUTINE

Practices and rituals to prepare for the best nights sleep and to prepare for the best day ahead - your chance to start over.

Our circadian rhythms are invaluable to our overall health, yet many of us never think twice about them. All of life has a routine or when to wake and when to rest. Keeping a regular and peaceful routine is going to not only help you sleep more soundly, but it has the ability to assist in weight loss, regulating the nervous system and keeping all systems go.

1 Hour before bed

The most effective time to start preparing for bed is about 830pm. Why? Because by 10pm, our bodies intuitively get a "second wind" and will prevent you from getting a restful sleep.

So, about 830pm, remove yourself from any electronics - tv, phone, computer - and make it an evening ritual that resonates with you. Watching tv or even reading in bed before sleep are detrimental to our bodies ability to rest well.

Book-ended Hygiene

As in the morning, so like the evening, brush the choppers, floss, wash the face - all the things. Brush the hair and put on clean comfortable, loose fitting pjs. Maybe light your favorite candle or put on soft relaxing ambient music.

Get on the floor - or in the bed

For stretching, maybe simply lie in Savasana, and prepare for meditation/reflection on your day.

Allow the body to soften and unwind. If it was a particularly rough day, practice saying super nice things to yourself - allow whatever needs to surface to come up and with the breath, let it all go from the mind and body. Maybe do a light overall body shake and visualize all the crappy things that may have happened to shake loose from your whole body.

Now is a great time for written reflection as well.

Reflection

What did you find hard today?

Where did you feel yourself resisting what is?

It could be as simple as aches and pains getting out of bed or as difficult as dealing with a situation in the office.

How did you meet the challenges the day brought?

Are you going to use the same techniques tomorrow or would you prefer to do something differently?

What would that look like?

What big or small celebration came your way today?

Write about how it made you feel and focus your words in the present and most positive way possible.

930-945pm Land of Nod

Call to mind the best feeling thoughts you have - about your day, someone you love or the anticipation of being able to start over again in the morning or the excitement (like on Christmas morning) of the possibilities tomorrow might bring. Close your eyes. Off to the Land of Nod you go!

ALIGNMENT + CONNECTION

MODULE 5: ALIGNMENT

MODULE 5: ALIGNMENT

MEDITATION

Put on some soothing music.

Allow yourself to get still.

I am always connected to Source.

DONNIA ANASTASIA | INNER LANDSCAPE DISCOVERY PROGRAM | 2023