Did you make a New Year’s resolutions or set some goals this year?
Or perhaps like me you prefer to set intentions?
What part of you made those decisions – head or heart?
©️ Natasha Alexander: Hand painted Sacred Mandala Stone
Beware! Your head will lead you astray.
Too often we set goals or intentions, or make resolutions at New Year from the place within us that is what I called ‘conditioned’ or ‘programmed’.
Our mind becomes programmed throughout our life by our upbringing, parents, peers, education and the culture at large.
Decisions made from programming are made by our head, our mind. They're not usually in alignment with our true desires, and achieving goals set by the decisions for our head often end up being unfulfilling.
Our deepest, hardest wired programming is usually set within us by age 7 – some say even as early as 3.
(YIKES!!)
It forms the unconscious behaviour patterns and ways of thinking that have us repeating things over and over, even things we don’t want!
So even if we make a conscious resolution or set a goal or intention, our subconscious programming drives our actions, and we can often find that a few weeks or months later we’re not moving in the direction of our goals or we’ve lost the motivation to make an effort towards them.
Resulting in each year us wondering why things remain the same and how we can do it differently.
FRUSTRATING!
Accessing the inspiration of your heart.
So whether it’s resolutions, goals or intentions you like to make or set, the key to being able to stick to what you want is for that want to arise from a place within you that’s deeper than your subconscious programming.
It needs to arise from a place that’s authentic.
Authentic desires are connected to your truest self, they arise from your heart, and are in alignment with your SOUL.
The indication that you’ve hit an authentic desire is the feeling of INSPIRATION.
Can you access the feeling of inspiration in your body now? Often this arises directly from the heart!
When you feel inspired, you do not need motivation, inspiration has an energy all of it’s own.
Finding that INSPIRED INTENTION will have you moving towards outcomes that are meaningful for you and in the receiving of them will be soulfully satisfying.
So let go of your ideas about what you think you want and drop into your heart and access what you actually truly want.
Be inspired!
©️ Natasha Alexander: Hand painted Sacred Mandala Stone
How do you uncover your inspiration?
I have crafted a short guided meditation to help you do just that, access it here: http://eepurl.com/gdUCMD
It's my New Year gift to you.
Once you’ve download and done the meditation please share your INSPIRED INTENTION with me by commenting below.
And any questions, fire away ☺
This meditation has been a favourite of many of my workshop participants, I hope you enjoy it!
©️ Natasha Alexander: Hand painted Sacred Mandala Stone