BBQs, Family and Tapping
Ahh, Memorial Day. Hope you all had a fabulous time. For many, this means spending time with family and well, that often means old ‘issues’ surface! Here’s how one friend of mine spent her day. This particular friend has been doing a lot of lower chakra work lately really clearing out old belief patterns and negative vows made from family beliefs. She’s been on the metaphysical path for quite some time so her family is used to her being, ‘so positive’ when they all start their usual trash-talking. Well, this year was different.
In clearing out her lower chakras, she’s also embracing her shadows that exist around lower chakra stuff– like trust, betrayal and survival. So, when all the women in the group got onto the subject of men, starting with Arnold Schwarzenegger, it spiraled into a full blown man-bashing extravaganza and she joined in. What, you ask? Why would she do that? She is in the phase of her life where she is wanting a good, trustworthy man– so why would she focus on what she does not want??? Here’s the key. She was consciously clearing out the beliefs she grew up with. Under the table she was doing EFT and tapping away all those negative beliefs. I think this is positively genius! Talk about getting right at the beliefs and by giving them a voice by joining in with the intention of clearing them out– what an excellent use of family time! Later, in private she could go back and do the positive round and get that new set of beliefs in place.
So many of us go into judgment of family members at times like these. But what a reframe to say, “I’m going to use this time to get clear on my own beliefs on a particular subject and use a tool like EFT to clear them out! For those not familiar with EFT, or tapping, it is a form of acupressure where you tap certain areas of the body meridians where old energy is stuck. Old belief patterns are often caught energetically in our bodies and when we voice those beliefs while tapping on the meridians miracles happen. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Mercola and Jack Canfield are among its fans. More info on EFT can be found here.
We’d love to hear from any of you out there that have some tools up your sleeves about what you do when you find yourself being triggered by family. We all learn from each other.
Category: Law of Attraction, Relationships
I was at a BBQ with my extended family and for most of my life I felt like I was on the outside. I am very outgoing and it’s easy for me to talk to all of them…but they want to talk about different things than I do. So I can interact, enjoy yummy food, and play with my kids (14, 10, 4, 1) and it works out. I find that when I feel that disconnected feeling from the group, I connect to my Inner being/Higher Self through intention and also send Love & Light out to the group. Another tip is also, connect with nature if you are outside, just by looking at the sky. If you do find yourself sucked into to drama energy, you just have to internally laugh…like what was that? Just think I clear myself of that with a poof (white light, violet flame, whatever technique you like) and just get your vibes back up. Think of it as the playground, where you can play with new skills. Enjoy your yummy weekend!