tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92087447583750770352024-02-26T22:46:06.741-08:00A Higher PerspectiveLucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-80593303128349328932016-01-20T12:30:00.000-08:002016-01-21T11:25:47.375-08:00Hello 2016!<br />
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<strong>Hello 2016</strong></div>
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With a brand new year comes a brand new Letter of the Year
for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the 16th letter of The Vimala
Alphabet is <span style="font-family: "Vimala Alphabet Rg";">Ii, </span>my
overall focus for 2016 will be the <span style="font-family: "Vimala Alphabet Rg";">Ii</span>
Soul Quality of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Clear Perception. </i>Not
surprisingly, this invitation to maintain a centered view, based on facts
rather than emotions and opinions is coming at a perfect time.</div>
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When I was growing up, news could be obtained from the
newspaper, various radio channels at specific times, and three television
networks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The quality of the news source
was determined by how successfully it maintained a neutral stance, presenting
stories in as unbiased a way as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then it was up to the individual reading, listening, watching to draw
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<o:p> </o:p>Boy do we do things differently today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we start with our opinions and prejudices
and look for the news source that supports them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>24/7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s
wrong with this picture? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plenty,
unfortunately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it’s junk science
or partisan politics, distinguishing facts from opinions has become a
minefield, especially in a presidential election year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Open minds are in danger of becoming an
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The Declaration of the Letter Ii, “I see as God sees and
love as God loves,” is a gentle reminder to never compromise one’s heart and
soul in search of that clear, unbiased perception of whatever life throws at us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may not always meet this challenge, but at
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</span>Isn’t that what the best New Year Resolutions are all about?<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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In this age of keyboard communications, a daily handwriting
practice is a wonderful path to your Self.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All it takes is paper, pen and a few minutes of time each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information on this remarkable
avenue for personal and professional excellence (including a downloadable
version of The Vimala Alphabet), see <a href="http://www.ahigherperspective.com/graphotherapy"><span style="color: blue;">www.ahigherperspective.com/graphotherapy</span></a>
or <a href="http://www.alphabeticalblessings.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.alphabeticalblessings.com</span></a>
or <a href="http://www.iihs.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.iihs.com</span></a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-44185821792001461992016-01-13T12:29:00.000-08:002016-01-21T11:26:09.440-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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My little granddaughter has just learned to shift from her tummy to a sitting position. </div>
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Up until now, her parents would bathe her, feed her, put her in her crib, and Dahlia Lucine would just go to sleep. Well, that's over! Apparently last night she spent quite a bit of time just sitting in her crib and clapping. Cute, right?</div>
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Today in my Bikram Yoga practice, I was lying in the long <em>savassana</em> between standing and floor postures when the image of my dad popped into my head. Dad passed 24 years ago; this week, actually. He often "visits" me in Yoga and I figure that's because he was really big on exercise and for most of the time he was alive, I was a total couch potato. I'd like to think he's proud of my Yoga commitment and just drops in to cheer me on sometimes. This always gives me great pleasure and peace but today my Third Eye gave me an even sweeter image.</div>
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As I lay there on the floor, eyes open, a very distinct image formed in my mind's eye. There was my dad by Dahlia's crib playing <em>dzappig</em> (Armenian for pat-a-cake) with his great-granddaughter. Tears came to my eyes with this crazy, beautiful scene. A moment later, my Third Eye perspective widened to include the door to Dahlia's room. Standing there was her dad's dad, Grandpa Andrew, watching what I was seeing. Andrew transitioned almost exactly 7 years ago. As Andrew seemed reluctant to enter the room, I saw my dad motion to welcome him to the crib. And there the two of them helped clap Dahlia to sleep.</div>
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Sometimes we think, "Oh, how wonderful it would have been if so-and-so had been alive to enjoy this!" I realize that my experience this morning could have been a total hallucination, brought on by an inner longing and the outrageous heat of the Bikram Studio. But I prefer to hold fast to the idea that I was given a view of something very special that truly happened.</div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-80300014680762734672015-12-02T17:37:00.000-08:002015-12-02T17:37:18.512-08:00Long Time No BlogHow is it possible that I have not added a new blog since May? May! That's seven months ago! Did you miss me? Probably not. You're probably as surprised as I am that it's already December.<br />
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Okay, well, we did become grandparents for the first time on April 17 and the brightness of life has turned up several degrees. So has our busyness as we have put thousands of miles on our car getting our "Dahlia fixes" as often as possible. As we trudge down and up I-5 sometimes two weeks in a row, I have to remind myself to be grateful that our daughter and son-in-law live in LA and not Boston. <br />
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Of Dahlia's many gifts to us, one of the most precious to me has been the playfulness that she brings out in me. As a recovering perfectionist, spontaneity is not as natural for me as self-consciousness. But when I'm playing with Dahlia, I really just play -- no thinking, no analyzing, no hesitation. As a result, being with her is wonderfully relaxing. <br />
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Perhaps you've experienced the phenomenon of a room full of adults all being thoroughly entertained just watching a baby do the simplest things. Oh, wow, she rolled across the room! Look how she holds that spoon! Aw, she's blowing rasberries at herself in the mirror!<br />
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These days I'm just as likely to be blowing rasberries as she is.<br />
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<br />Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-51572461218437814022015-05-19T13:28:00.000-07:002015-05-19T13:28:06.544-07:00The Body Knows!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Several woo-ish resources confirm my experience over the past few years: When it comes to transformation, the body is the last to get on board -- even more stubborn about adapting to change than the subconscious.<br />
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Using hypnosis and Energy Psychology techniques, we can ease the subconscious into alignment with one's desires. But the body? The body holds on to the "old ways" with a tenacity that has taken my breath away at times; literally so when I've fallen and twisted myself into painful ankle, knee and shoulder injuries.<br />
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Two weeks after moving from Fremont to San Ramon, I fell in an airport restroom, spraining my left knee and ankle and breaking my right shoulder. That was in 1994, two years into my path as a hypnotherapist and just at the start of my training as a Handwriting Coach. I'd embraced my middle name, Grace, and was healing family-of-origin patterns through changes in my handwriting. Vimala Rodgers still talks about how I was obliged to take class notes with my non-dominant hand after limping into class with a single crutch under my left arm and my right arm in a sling. A deeply transformative time for me in just about every way.<br />
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Think about your body and history of notable injuries. Chances are good that any significant injuries align with times of change in your life. Even not-so-significant physical challenges such as colds are symptoms of the mind-body-spirit connection. Louise Hay's seminal <em>Heal Your Life</em> is a perennial bestseller on the subject, a dictionary of emotional components that may contribute to a wide spectrum of physical conditions.<br />
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My friend Paula Conley is a devotee of channeled messages from Eloheim (<a href="http://www.eloheim.com/">www.eloheim.com</a>) and often shares them with me. Eloheim suggests the phrase, "I don't need to process this through my body." I've used this phrase several times recently and find that it works very well.<br />
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I'd love to hear from you about how your body reacts to impending change. What have you noticed? How have you dealt with it?<br />
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-89091137118765200442014-09-29T16:15:00.000-07:002014-09-29T16:15:06.820-07:00<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I received this email today that really tickled me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I believe it may have been a
couple years ago, my older daughter told me about a very
spiritual woman she sat next to on a plane, This woman worked in the fields of
hypnosis and writing analysis. She looked at M's handwriting and was
quite accurate regarding her personality. M was very intrigued with the
process and eventually saw a hypnotist in her hometown, which is in [a different part of the state.]</em></span></span><br />
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M. I was again lamenting about [younger daughter's] complexion. E is 13 now, and
she is the one I am concerned with. During our discussion, we simultaneously,
brought up the idea of hypnosis for E to help her break her habit of
"picking her face." I told her about how I had once talked to this
lady name Lucy, and M told me again about the "lady on the
plane." She said that she had her card in her wallet, but had since cleaned
it out, and didn't think she had it anymore. Low and behold, there's your card!
As she passed it across the table, we both read your name, Lucy, one and the
same! We both sat there quite stunned at this coincidence, and that's when I
realized that maybe it was time I tried to set something up with you for E.</em></span></span></div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-41727667332011741652014-09-10T14:13:00.000-07:002014-09-10T14:13:31.575-07:00Feeling Left OutOne of my young clients sent me an email about an incident with good friends over the weekend that triggered some old patterns. The result was that she was stuck in feelings of sadness and exclusion. Here's my reply:<br />
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-3152280977753812682014-09-05T17:32:00.001-07:002014-09-05T17:32:38.553-07:00We Truly Are All One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week one of my TAT Professionals colleagues initiated an interesting discussion on our forum. <br />
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Her initial question was, "How does TAT work?" This morphed into, "How is it that we can do TAT on behalf of others," and elicited several testimonials about how we practitioners experience benefits as a <em>side effect</em> of our work on our clients.<br />
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In a chapter entitled "The Quantum You," <em>Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself</em>, author Dr. Joe Dispenza offers a simple but profound explanation.<br />
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Essentially once two particles can be initially linked in some way, they will always be bonded together beyond space and time. As a result, anything that is done to one will be done to the other even though they are spatially separated from one another. This means that since we are made up of particles, we are all implicitly connected beyond space and time. What we do unto others, we do to ourselves.</blockquote>
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This Golden Rule effect (as I think of it) underscores the importance of intention in every aspect of our lives. This is why a strong rapport between you and any healer, body worker or partner is so crucial to the success of your joint endeavor. If the person who's working with you, touching you, healing you is truly holding your highest good in mind and heart, the result can be magical. For both of you.<br />
Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-70525739602139436382014-07-30T16:12:00.000-07:002014-07-30T16:12:16.089-07:00Ah, Those Stubborn Shadows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm about half-way through a training program to be certified as a Transformational Coach. Since I do a lot of coaching in my practice, it seemed like a logical and expansive step.<br />
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Interestingly, I have encountered a lot of resistance to the self-discovery exercises that have taken up most of the training to date. Some old, stubborn negativity has been groaning up from the dark recesses of my subconscious like Marlow's ghost.<br />
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In moments of clear consciousness, I am taken aback by my thoughts and resulting behavior. Who is this judgmental, cranky person? Didn't I eradicate her long ago?<br />
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Apparently not.<br />
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See that snake in the shadow I unwittingly photographed on a walk one day? Snakes carry the Medicine of Transmutation -- as they are able to hold poison without the poison killing them. I never expected that this certification would be yet another path of purification for me, but that's exactly what it has been. <br />
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The good news is that it didn't take me as long as it in the past to recognize the shadow and apply some Light to diffuse it. Very good news, indeed. Otherwise I'd worry that I haven't made any progress at all in nearly 25 years of working on myself.<br />
<br />Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-12747988968584881842014-07-29T11:54:00.002-07:002014-07-29T11:54:44.570-07:00Computer Hangover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After yoga yesterday morning, I spent most of the day and much of the evening at the computer, working on writing I had to get done. I was in a great place mentally, feeling creatively juicy and productive. <br />
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As the day wore on, a dull, congested feeling began to edge out the elation of accomplishment. By 10 pm I was depleted and went to bed. <br />
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But a good night's sleep? Not to be had. I tossed and turned most of the night, dozing lightly and then just waking up.<br />
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At some point it occurred to me that I had OD'd on the computer. That staring at a monitor for so many hours did something hideous to my brain, even as I was getting so much done.<br />
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This morning I was able to sleep in a bit, but the computer hangover lingers. Anyone else out there experience this sort of thing?<br />
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I definitely need to get better at taking some real breaks when I spend a lot of time with keyboard and monitor. The kind of suggestion I often make to stressed-out clients, of course!<br />
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<br />Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-46598381895614278672014-07-26T13:22:00.000-07:002015-12-14T15:04:53.868-08:00Even When You Don't Think It's Working ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Here's</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> an experience I had in my practice with a darling 5-year-old boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I have never seen a child more active!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He bounced all over my waiting room and inner
office, seemingly incapable of keeping his busy, curious little hands off just about anything
he happened to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had questions
about everything, and made astonishing connections from the answers. Obviously very, very bright!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I managed to get him to try the Child's TAT
Pose and say, "I am calm."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn't
comply with any of my repeated requests to "look at things with your eyes instead
of your <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hands," and it took
threatening to unplug the little floor fountain I have in my waiting room to
get him to stop splashing the water all over; but each time I asked him (about
4 times over a 45-minute period) to go into "The Pose," he complied
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Still, by the time he and
his exhausted, frazzled mom left, I wondered if they had gotten any value from
their time with me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is an excerpt from the email I received from his mom
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The calming
strategy has been very helpful and I have had E. use it already! I
have started doing it myself! :) We flew [out of state] to visit family last
night, but when we were on the shuttle to the airport E. started to get very
hyper. I had him do the pose and he was actually calm the rest of the
way! When we left your office, E. fell asleep right away! I
came home and ended up taking a 3 hour nap that felt more relaxed that any
sleep I have had for awhile. So thank you for that! <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-85217971954541580132014-06-24T11:06:00.000-07:002014-07-26T13:23:25.451-07:00Doing it Anyway<div align="center">
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One of my clients went outside of her comfort zone this past weekend. I had asked her to email me about her experience.<br />
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She reported back that she had gone to the movies by herself and had sent out an email inquiry regarding a class she's wanted to take.<br />
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Because she felt "nervous and a little uncomfortable," she had not seen that she had indeed taken two strong actions until I pointed it out to her. <br />
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Yes, she has the inner strength to live a more confident life and this weekend she proved it to herself. The more she lives her life from that strong, increasingly confident place inside, the stronger and more confident she will be.<br />
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In the office, we will continue with EFT, TAT and hypnosis to fill-in those old grooves of nervousness and discomfort, step by step.<br />
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<br />Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-57496463137146714222014-06-24T10:46:00.000-07:002014-06-24T10:46:52.230-07:00The Body Knows!As part of my training in Essentials of Energy Psychology Level I before the ACEP Conference last week, I finally "got" muscle testing.<br />
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I've lost track of how many times over the years muscle testing has been part of a given curriculum for me. For some reason, my brain applauded the principle but rejected the method...until now.<br />
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When I wrote about this on my A Higher Perspective Facebook page last week, Beverly asked for an explanation of muscle testing.<br />
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I would put muscle testing under the category of <em>ideomotor responses</em>. The way a pendulum swings differently for "yes" and "no" when dangled from one's fingers is an ideomotor response. The way we can designate a "yes" finger response and a "no" finger response in hypnosis is an ideomotor response. The way the body sways forward as a "yes" and backward as a "no" is an ideomotor response. These are all subconscious/unconscious physical responses to simple yes or no thoughts. As the old saying goes, where thoughts go, energy follows. Ideomotor responses of all types are graphic evidence of this.<br />
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With muscle testing, the client holds an arm out (it doesn't matter which one). The arm can either be to the side, as shown in the illustration above, or straight out front. The client is asked to think of something specific and hold the arm firm. If the specific thought is true for the client, the arm will hold firm under a light pressure from the practitioner's hand or fingertips. If the specific thought is not true for the client, he or she will be hard pressed (no pun intended) to hold firm.<br />
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If the client's energy is not balanced, the muscle testing will be skewed. The same is true for any of the ideomotor responses.<br />
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I often teach clients about the pendulum as a way of illustrating the power of our thoughts and the relationship between thoughts and physical response. In a way, the pendulum's movement mirrors the connection between handwriting and the brain. Thoughts create movement. <br />
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In the past, when the pendulum demonstration was clearly skewed (for example, both the "yes" and the "no" were the same movement) I knew there was a way to fix the energy imbalance, but was not able to perform the energy corrections. No longer! Now I have a skill set for correcting energy imbalances, regardless of what ideomotor response we're testing.<br />
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Muscle testing clients for how many sessions they need is just one use to which I plan to put this new skill set. The possibilities are limitless!<br />
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Thanks for asking, Beverly :-)Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-72491539075639779712014-05-29T17:23:00.001-07:002014-05-29T17:29:06.243-07:00All Aboard the Energy TrainBeing at the ACEP International Conference gives me such a wonderful feeling of belonging. This, in spite of the fact that I identified myself as a <em>hypnotherapist </em> long before I ever heard of EFT, let alone TAT.<br />
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I love the reverence for research-based findings in this group, while maintaining high respect for the transpersonal and esoteric elements of working with energy that are impossible to prove scientifically.<br />
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I am now done with the Essentials of Energy Health Part I training. Part II is being offered at the end of the Conference and I didn't sign up for it because I was concerned about overwhelm at that point. The past two days have helped me integrate previous trainings in a new, more usable way. My clients can expect some dazzling new methods of identifying obstacles in their progress, and clearing those obstacles. Whereas I have been using a pendulum to determine the direction of any given session, I can now offer my clients applied kinesiology or "muscle testing" to involve them in the process. I can now also identify and correct energy imbalances. How cool is that!<br />
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Tomorrow the regular Conference begins, as does my role as a volunteer for the first time. I will let you know how that goes.<br />
<br />Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-14660714877978036232014-05-19T17:43:00.001-07:002014-05-19T17:43:35.972-07:00Tapas' Wisdom & Hannah's Courage
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(TAT) shared an intimate exchange between her and her college-aged daughter,
Hannah. Hannah gave her mom permission to share the conversation with the
TAT community, and Tapas has given me permission to share it with you. I
think you will agree that everything about this conversation is
extraordinary: the openness of Hannah with her mom, Tapas's sweet wisdom
to her daughter, and Hannah's openness to making such a private
conversation public because of the good that could come from it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hannah
texted me, “<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I’m just now feeling very very low about my body
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<span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I offered for her to call me and she did. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me how she thought, ”I</span><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">f I just would have started a year ago, I would be where I want to be. I know what I’m supposed to do, I just don’t do it. I </span></span></em><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">did TAT, but it didn't help and I feel bad about that.”</span></span></em></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I told her,</span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">”What you’re dealing with is really your mind and all your feelings and thoughts from </span></span></em><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">your whole life. You know how every time you felt sad, angry, frustrated, lonely or hurt and ate to put yourself in a temporary food coma to deal with it -- it’s all still there unresolved.</span></span></em></span></span></span></span><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></span></em></span></span></span><br />
<span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Then there’s all the stuff you were born into because of your ancestors -- like times they starved and whenever there was food around, they stuffed themselves with the feeling that they never knew when food would be there again. Certainly there was starving on my side, and on your dad’s side,<br />there’s the potato famine of Ireland. </span></span></em></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></em></span></span></span><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Then there are all the emotions and thoughts from ancestors like being short tempered, angry and frustrated and eating to put yourself into a temporary coma just to get over it. </span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-7c32f94d-7b32-b506-9d91-f9de2f6b0c56"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until you really dissolve those things, part of yourself is willfully trying to do one thing (eat less) while another part is just as strongly pushing against the willful part (eat more). It’s you pushing against yourself:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it’s exhausting. And if you let down your will, you’re right under all of it again.” </span></span></span></span></span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7c32f94d-7b32-b506-9d91-f9de2f6b0c56"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes, that’s just how it feels.” </span></span></span></em></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-7c32f94d-7b32-b506-9d91-f9de2f6b0c56"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Here’s what I realized I hadn't before:)</span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“What you’re dealing with isn't just over-eating, </span></em></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">you’re really dealing with the mind and all its negativity plus your emotions. The food problems are just the outward manifestation. It's the spiritual path that everyone who's working on becoming more conscious deals with for their whole life -- you're just starting early. </span></span></em></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">
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do it often and keep doing it -- it’s a lifelong process.” </span></em></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></em></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7c32f94d-7b32-b506-9d91-f9de2f6b0c56"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh -- you never explained this about TAT,” Hannah commented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I thought I was supposed to do it just a few times and verything was supposed to change...and I felt bad about it because it hadn't worked.” </span></span></span></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></em></span></span><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7c32f94d-7b32-b506-9d91-f9de2f6b0c56"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Oh no -- it’s not like that. That would be like saying,‘I meditated a few times and I’m not enlightened. So it didn't work.’</span></span></span></span></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Is this not an extraordinary conversation between mother and
daughter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information on the
TAT protocol, including the step-by-step guide to doing TAT by yourself, go to </span><a href="http://www.tatlife.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">www.tatlife.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deepest thanks to Tapas – and especially to
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The first one was slithering across my driveway just as I opened my garage door to drive to work last week. This amused me.<br />
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The second one was coiled in the middle of a nearby street and had been mortally wounded. This was icky.<br />
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The third one I saw this morning as I was taking a walk. This was surprising because when I took a photo, it looked just like a question mark in the middle of my body. See?<br />
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Based on my knowledge of Animal Medicine, I would say that the Universe has been trying to get my attention. Snake speaks of the need for change in a very specific way. The Snake that doesn't shed his skin dies. <br />
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I am in the process of reinventing my professional identity. Because of growing constraints around any and all use of the term "therapy," by non-licensed healing arts professionals, I've stopped referring to myself primarily as a <em>hypnotherapist, </em>and no longer use the term <em>hypnotherapy </em>to describe the transformational hypnosis work I've been doing for 22 years.<em> </em><br />
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<em>Healing Arts Practitioner </em>is a mouthful and most people just stare back at me blankly when I say that. It's been frustrating not to have good language to describe myself professionally.<br />
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On June 18. I will begin 8 weeks of formal training as a Transformational (Healing) Coach. So much of what I do falls under the umbrella of <em>coaching </em>but now I'll have the appropriate credentials to back me up. <br />
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This will come just after I take a training in Essentials of Energy Psychology s at the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) Conference at the end of May. I've been using Energy Psychology techniques since 1998 and am a Certified TAT Professional, but have been missing an overall perspective in a field I love.<br />
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An underlying message of Snake is to keep the excitement high in one's life to fuel one's life force. Thanks, Snake, I'm on it!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span>Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-24382470179095132032014-02-27T10:08:00.001-08:002014-02-27T10:08:56.895-08:00What fun!<a class="irc_mutl" data-ved="0CAUQjRw" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=cIm-TLXPIoxYhM&tbnid=BnbY3Oc52BXghM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchristcommunityfl.com%2Fjuniors-retreat%2Fchildren-playing%2F&ei=X3wPU5L9BMKGoQTnyYHIAg&bvm=bv.61965928,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNH4CnANcSqQK9lOJ15gHtpYgXLlRQ&ust=1393610078126873" sb_id="ms__id1758" style="clear: left; float: left; height: 284px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 204px;"><img class="irc_mut" height="150" sb_id="ms__id1759" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRT1aMF9kzs67eRrRXwGyUIavbqXFGzOVMVMxwEq-6SBGmLyjveHA" style="margin-top: 130px;" width="200" /></a>I recently had the opportunity to work with a 5-year-old girl. "Mandy" came in with her dad and the three of us sat in my waiting room and chatted for a while. She was adorable and very articulate. She was also very serious and there was a tension in her face and body that made me sad in someone so young.<br />
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Mandy's parents have been divorced for a while, but a recent move had churned up all kinds of issues for her. She told me that when she was with her dad, she missed her mom and when she was with her mom she missed her dad. At her new school she just wanted to be alone. She missed her old house. When she spoke of missing the house before that one, her dad gently reminded her that she was an infant when they lived there and couldn't possibly remember it. Very serious she looked at him and said, "But I miss it."<br />
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There, in my waiting room, as she was securely sitting next to her dad, I asked her to imagine a string between her and the first house. In response to my questions, she described the string as being "thin and invisible." I offered her a pair of golden scissors to cut the string and she calmly did so. When I asked her how that felt she smiled and said, "I feel happy."<br />
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I asked her to imagine the house she'd just moved from. She closed her eyes and nodded. "Imagine a cord between you and that house." This time the cord was thick and heavy and was covered with "a hundred thorns." We agreed that a simple pair of golden scissors wouldn't cut through it. She excitedly thought of a <em>big</em> pair of scissors that she'd seen somewhere that would work. And they did. When I asked how she felt after cutting that big, thorny cord she smiled and said, "I feel happy!"<br />
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Then I asked if she would like me to tell her a story that I could record for her to listen to anytime. She nodded and accompanied me into my office. There, we talked about <em>The Wizard of Oz</em> and how Glinda the Good Witch floated around in a pretty bubble. Would she like to have a big bubble to float around in? In that bubble, she'd always feel calm and happy. "Yes," she answered. Between us we worked out some details that I wove into a ten-minute recording.<br />
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By the time Mandy and her dad left, there was no tension in Mandy's face or body. She hugged me warmly and there was light in her eyes and smile. What we did together was so simple and yet so impactful for that sweet little one. <br />
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I am grateful to Mandy's mom for taking a chance on my work to help her daughter. Thinking of Mandy's "I feel happy!" still makes me smile.Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-72380413447440229202014-02-06T10:27:00.000-08:002014-02-06T10:31:05.257-08:00Changing the Default Settings<br />
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">When I returned from the 6-Day TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique) Symposium, I felt like a new person: light, free, happy in ways I hadn't even imagined possible for me. My work with clients this week has been phenomenal and I know that this is a direct result of the healing I had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">Many of us have such a history of change ending up very, very
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the best, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> What a concept! A brand new concept that is just not quite the default yet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">When I can take a few steps back and look at it all from that Hawk's perspective, it's richly fascinating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, not so much :-)</span></span></div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-34238489556915304352014-01-22T11:38:00.000-08:002014-01-22T11:38:15.000-08:00Another Day -- Another No ShowThese past two weeks have been virulent with no-shows. The one at 5:30 yesterday (my most popular appointment time) was just one too much and prompted the following new policy:<br />
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did not keep the 5:30 appointment yesterday that I had set aside for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had prepared myself, my office, your
paperwork, reviewed the notes from our numerous telephone conversations and begun your daughter's file.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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you haven't responded to my calls to your home and cell disappoints me further.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope that there hasn't been an emergency
that caused your absence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on this experience, and too many similar experiences,
I am now requiring a credit card number to secure first appointments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the person doesn't give proper notice of
cancellation, the credit card will be charged $160 for the session.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-45606334678650061202014-01-11T20:04:00.000-08:002014-01-11T20:04:06.656-08:00Letter Ll Progress Report
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> I</span>’m only a few weeks into the practice of
focused discernment between my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Self </i>and
my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">self</i> that I wrote about in my
January newsletter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, folks, it
looks like it’s going to be a long, long year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As
much as I like to think of myself as enlightened, conscious, unfailingly kind
and compassionate, real life experiences keep showing up that prove otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just ask my husband of 35 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve nearly bitten his head off twice in the
past two days.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
are preparing for a big remodeling of our really old kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All we’re doing is making decisions at this
point and already my serenity is coming apart at the seams.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
only thing that’s been keeping me sane is my Bikram Yoga practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, there’s a Group-on out right now for it
that’s attracting some real bozos to the studio … to the class I happen to be
taking … and the challenge to stay out of judgment and anger is enormous … it’s
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">still </i>my best ticket to a quiet mind.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-14487564655796135582014-01-01T12:15:00.000-08:002014-01-01T12:15:20.215-08:00Happy 2014!!!<br />
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<span style="color: #323333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For last year’s words
belong to last year’s language, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #323333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
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(Thank you, Carol Meyer)</div>
Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-63214227078296691492013-12-20T12:09:00.001-08:002013-12-20T12:10:30.956-08:00Winter Solstice 2013<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Enveloped in Your Light, <br />
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may I offer shelter to those in need of peace. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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so may I be present to others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.5pt;">Rabbi Rami Shapiro</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-55340019553315747582013-12-17T11:27:00.001-08:002013-12-17T11:28:54.746-08:00What is this craziness?<span style="color: blue;">I wrote to Pam Younghans, astrologer extraordinaire, because I've been feeling so weird lately. Here are excerpts from our exchange:</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was wondering if perhaps you could shed some light on a
feeling shared by several people I know – including me. I have had a very
difficult time DOING anything productive over the past couple of weeks. I
have a houseful for Christmas, and our tree has been naked in its stand for two
weeks. I have to push myself to get anything done, preferring the almost
hypnotic cocoon of Spider Solitaire to just about any other activity. Family members have mentioned how lazy they have been. Friends have been having a hard time attending to important issues in their lives.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It's just weird. I'm not
depressed. I'm actually quite happy in spite of all the uncertainty
around me. But, I'm just not wanting to do any of my long list of to-do's.<u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u5:p> </u5:p>And to think that just a couple of weeks ago, it was the
exact opposite. I felt pushed almost like a crazy person to finalize
things and get them out of the way.<u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<u5:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's a little crazy-making. And it doesn't feel like me.</span></em> </span></u5:p><br />
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<u5:p><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Here's Pam's initial reply:</span></u5:p><br />
<u5:p></u5:p><br />
<u5:p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I think it has something to do with being bored with the third
dimension. Parts of us, still mostly outside of our conscious mind's ability to
perceive, are playing with higher dimensional thought and experience. Our
conscious mind is aware enough to know there's new and exciting stuff happening
on higher levels of consciousness, but not yet aware enough to participate
fully. So everything, even those things we would often enjoy on this earthly
plane, can feel dry and uninviting -- something like knowing we can see colors
the way bees do, but having to settle for the (still beautiful, but
pale-in-comparison) colors that human eyes can see.<br />
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Astrologically, it corresponds with the Pluto-Uranus square, with Uranus in
Aries representing a strong desire to awaken to higher consciousness, and Pluto
in Capricorn representing the powerful attachment to reality that can block
that higher awareness.</span></em></span></u5:p><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">And then she added:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>It also seems that we are simply tired of the old ways of handling reality.
A part of us knows there are more expansive, higher-vibrational ways of
utilizing this human existence, and we're just done with the old methods, even
though we may not yet be consciously up to speed with the new. Many things that
we've always enjoyed and appreciated -- including our work -- feel like they're
a part of the old, so we are restless and don't feel the same energy around
them as we have in the past.<br />
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Again, the Pluto-Uranus square at work. The conflict between the urgency to
find and embrace the new (Uranus in Aries) vs. the reality that deep
transformation takes time (Pluto in Capricorn). It's challenging to find
inspiration in what seems like our old world, based on this.</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">It does feel as though we –
those of us who are conscious – have a foot in each world. In the Vimala
System, the Ligature Be/be represents "Dancing Between Two
Worlds." Be/be was my Ligature of 2013 and I did not envision it
manifesting in my life as it has. Especially since what I'm experiencing
these days seems much more of a "lurching" than a
"dancing."</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span></u5:p>Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-92019545658568149202013-12-04T11:59:00.001-08:002013-12-04T11:59:55.813-08:00A Mother's HeartbreakA woman emailed me late last night asking if I work with eating issues. She spoke of years of suffering for her daughter. Here's my reply:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>I realize that you wrote concerning your daughter, but I
can't help but think of you, writing that message at almost 11:00 last
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can only imagine what it's like
for you to watch your daughter suffering for "the past several years,"
trying everything you can think of to help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There's hardly anything worse for a parent.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em> </em></span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>The answer to your question is yes, I have worked with
eating disorder issues and in particular anorexia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The key is in the cooperation of the client
herself and often in those cases, cooperation is spotty and/or limited.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em> </em></span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>What would you think of coming to see me yourself? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you could use the support and healing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as your heart finds more peace, who knows
what ripples will be created throughout your household and family?<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Please let me know your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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In my December newsletter, I ended my column with the words, "Make it so!"<br />
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When the holiday pattern has long been is crazy relatives at chaotic gatherings, it's hard to even imagine anything different. My suggestion to "Make it so" that you have a meaningful, peaceful, enjoyable holiday may leave some of you shaking your head and muttering, "But that's impossible with <em>my</em> family/situation!"<br />
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Earlier today, one of my clients emailed me with a question. He mentioned the craziness ahead of him with visiting family. Here is what I included in my reply:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>As far as your holidays being a mess, here's a
suggestion. This is a perfect opportunity to practice your co-creating, Word I
am Word (Paul Selig) perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choose a date in
late January and write a journal entry for that date, looking back on the
"best holiday visit we've ever had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can't believe how smoothly everything went, and how harmonious
everything was."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yadda, yadda,
yadda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use your own words, of
course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don't worry about whether it
seems possible or not, just write from your heart about how you wish things
would be -- without any regard as to what's happened in the past, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go paragraph by paragraph for each and all of
the elements that are important to you:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>you, your wife, your kids, her parents, your parents.</em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <em>Be sure to end with: For this or better, I give thanks</em>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're interested in more information about this powerful manifesting technique, please email me at <a href="mailto:lucy@ahigherperspective.com">lucy@ahigherperspective.com</a> and I will send you the full instructions.</span></div>
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Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208744758375077035.post-53334663021820935732013-11-21T10:27:00.000-08:002013-11-21T10:27:55.683-08:00HypnoTATI do believe I've stumbled upon a fantastic combination: hypnosis and TAT (The Tapas Acupressure Technique). I'm calling it HypnoTAT.<br />
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My second client of the day yesterday was in for his first visit. As often is the case, I was a "last resort."<br />
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Let's call this young man in his early 30's <em>Frank</em>. Frank had had a medical scare three years ago. Since then, he's gotten a clean bill of health from every medical professional imaginable: cardiologist, neurosurgeon, endocrinologist, ENT specialist, even a neurological chiropractor. Still Frank didn't feel "right." His head felt foggy and he noticed that his emotions were flat. He has a good job, beloved fiancée, great family support but felt unable to truly enjoy any of his many blessings. The psychiatrist he recently saw recommended medication for depression.<br />
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As I often do, I dowsed on which technique to use in this first session and was surprised to get a <em>yes </em>for what I call a "Journey." This is not usual for someone I have just met; but, if I've learned anything over the past 21+ years, it's to do as I am guided. Frank was a little apprehensive but obviously desperate for a healing change, so off we went.<br />
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Using some touch hypnosis and my voice, I helped him relax deeply and guided him to a healing place. Once there, it became clear that Frank's sense of safety had been severely impacted by the medical scare he'd had about his health. He was stuck in that fear and unable to move beyond it.<br />
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How could I not think of Steps 1 and 2 of Tapas Fleming's brilliant TAT process? <em>1. Everything that led up this happened. 2. All that happened, it's over and it's safe for me to relax now. I don't have to resonate, identify or connect with that anymore.</em><br />
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After Steps 1 and 2, I continued a few more. I stopped when it felt right to do so and asked him to formulate a choice of how he would like to feel and be (Step 8). I finished with the Integration Step. Before I brought him back to full awareness, I asked him how he was feeling. "Excited," was the immediate response.<br />
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All this was done while Frank was lying back in the recliner in my office, deeply relaxed, and so he didn't go into the pose that is usually an integral part of TAT. Yet, he received every benefit possible.<br />
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When Frank came back from his healing place to full consciousness, he looked completely different. His skin had lost the pallor I noticed when he first arrived and there was a brightness to his eyes that hadn't been there before. His smile was wide and genuine.<br />
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As he prepared to leave, I asked him to check-in with me in a couple of weeks. My sense is that if he's not completely fine now, he's certainly very close to it. I'll let you know when I hear from him.<br />
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For years I have been using EFT (The Emotional Freedom Technique) with clients in trance, a technique pioneered by my cherished mentor Marilyn Gordon, the director of The Center for Hypnotherapy Certification in Oakland. Now I will continue the fun of exploring the possibilities of HypnoTAT as well!Lucy Grace Yaldezianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485850038189424304noreply@blogger.com0