Spontaneous or Living from your heart?

11 May 2013 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Love, Money

Recently, I have been really looking money in the eye to ensure that I will reach my money goals for this year.

For me it was important to recognize what I really want out of life and what steps I will take to get it? In the past, I have done the vision board, the goal setting and intentions but I didn’t always take action as I knew I should. Have you ever been in the same boat too?

To shift out of this planning stage into action stage, I took a few steps that I will share with you here:

1. Looked money in the eye! I looked at my budget and really spent time on analyzing where I was spending a lot of money and where I was investing.

2. I looked at what I wanted out of life and how do I really want to feel. There were a few leaps of faith that I will have to take in order to really achieve all that I want and those leaps would require an investment. I had to ask myself, how ready am I to make an investment in myself? My answer was a resounding very ready!

3. I paniked a little as I didn’t know how I was going to be supported. I also realized that I have always been able to attract money when I needed so how would this time be any different? A friend reminded me that everything that I currently wanted was somehow or the other paid for or I had the money lined up for. I realized quickly I didn’t really need to worry.

The budgeting, settling into the feeling, calling in support and most importantly I devised an action plan of how I would move forward. As soon as I took action in one area, many other things fell into place. Planned and inspired action allows us our biggest rewards. What action are you ready to take right now?

Join me in the 4-week tele-call series “Attract More Money and Live healthier”  starting in July. Are you ready to invest in yourself to step towards creating the life you want? http://wp.me/P1HP20-7M

Love Yourself Before You Love Anyone Else

12 Feb 2013 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Celebration, Emotional Intelligence, Love Tags: ,

“The love you seek is seeking you at this moment.”
- Deepak Chopra

What kind of love do you most seek? What does this love look like for you?

Our capacity to love is dependent on how much we love ourselves. Our heart can only love what it practices on a daily basis. Many times we believe we really do love ourselves, usually we do. There are different forms of love within ourselves as well.

I personally have struggled with the concept of what does it mean to love myself. It is not something that is tangible. It is not something that is measurable so how can I improve how much I love myself. Being South Asian, there has a history of repressed emotions. This is changing over time as people become more aware of themselves and others around them. This background does further support the notion that I didn’t know how to love myself more.

The steps that I took in order to develop a deeper capacity of love for myself were

1. I developed a clear picture of how I wanted to feel when I fully love myself. I did this through meditation and the feeling of love.

2. I developed a daily list of gratitude for aspects of myself. The list included things I am proud of, achievements and successes I had.

3. I used affirmations like “I am in the process of  loving myself, wholly and completely.” The process of loving myself wholly and completely, allowed me to recognize signs of how I am loving myself.”

Describe for yourself what does love look like for you?

Be in the energy of love each day, every day.

“Be the CEO of your Joy’

23 Oct 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Celebration, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Love Tags:

I recently read the lesson “No one else is in charge of your happiness. Be the CEO of your Joy” in the book “God Never Blinks- 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours” by Regina Brett. Before I actually read the chapter I decided to go into my own akashic records to see what this lesson means for me. Upon consulting my records, I quickly became aware of my joy is living in reality. There are many illusions that I have created or I have bought into. When I take ownership of my joy, guide myself to more joy, I find myself in a place of growth and expansion and happiness.

There are times where most of us have looked outside ourselves for happiness or joy either from an achievement, friend, partner, money , etc. Ask yourself “where have I looked for joy?”

Are you surprised by this answer? Now remember a time when you really felt happy. What were the circumstances that got you to that state? Was it the fact that a new partner came into your life and you realized how much you had grown as a person? Was it that you committed to yourself and achieved a goal? Notice the statements show you as the owner of your happiness.

I decided to read the book on this lesson. My takeaways were:
1. Ask yourself what truly would make you happy.
2. Choose to be happy
3. Accept and celebrate that you are in charge of your own happiness.

Smile. You are in charge.

Is it work when you are having fun?

13 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Celebration, Love, Passion Tags: , , , ,

What is it that you notice about this picture? There is lots of people and a little boy dancing as the obvious. What emotion do you see in the boy?

I am seeing alot of joy, passion and celebration. He is having fun.

As I was prepping for this Media launch of the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society(VIBC) City of Bhangra festival 2012 (www.cityof bhangra.com), I realized I was having fun with my role in this organization. I have been with VIBC for the last 6 years in various roles from event coordinator to operations to festival production to grant writer to tresaurer to vice-chair. I have grown as a professional and personally from my experience with the organization. The best part is I am only with the organization because I have fun. I feel passion and joy and I meet like-minded individuals.

This is a volunteer role. I used to have a belief that I couldnt have fun and enjoy what I do because life is struggle and work. In the past year with my own business, I know there is space for fun, passion and joy while earning money.

How can you have more fun in your career? Are you having fun now or do you need a change?

Love in the purest form

14 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Community, Love, Passion, Women Tags: , ,

In the celebration of love today, I decided to share my experience of pure, unconditional love I experienced with Amma-the hugging saint.

At a young age, Amma realized her life purpose was to show people the unconditional, pure love that we receive from God, Universe or however you may refer to a higher being.

I recently had the opportunity to visit her for the second time at her home in Amritapuri. Both visits, I have been fortunate to receive a hug of love from her.

After my hug this time, I felt an abundance of joy, love, and freedom where my heart was shining wide open.

I realized I had felt this love inside myself for a longtime, it was waiting for me to recognize it fully to really allow it to be all it is.

When have you felt so much love, joy and freedom in your life? Are you ready to feel it on a day to day basis?

Having been working deep within myself both alone and with a coach for the last while, I realized it was the love that I was preparing myself.

Shall we take a leap towards love together through one of ways that we can play together?

For more information on Amma, visit www.amma.org.

To book a 1/2 hour complimentary exploration with me call please visit here.

In this post, I am promoting strictly my own spiritual experience and not a religion, saint, deity or anything of the sorts.

Smiles

07 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Emotional Intelligence, Love Tags: , ,

One of the challenges here at the resort is English is not the first language of the staff and the guests. Every time I come to the resort, I am reminded of how communication is done through smiles and body language just as much as it is does through words.

Each day, my therapists greet me with the biggest smiles and a slight touch on the elbow. In this expression, I know they care about me as a person. I feel connected to them in our one word dialogue as we try to get to know each other.

I am truly connected to everyone and everything.

A smile goes a long way. Here’s me smiling at you.

Stones into Schools

05 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Community, Love, Passion Tags: , ,

I have just finished reading “Stones into Schools” by Greg Mortenson and it got me engaged on the topic of living our life’s purpose.

Greg Mortenson follows his calling and his life purpose’s of building schools in order to promote education as a way to bring peace and calm to the areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He purposely builds schools in remote areas that do not have that infrastructure.

Every time I am reminded that there are places without schools, it is astonishing to me. In my view it is a basic right that we have but I was reminded that yes this is the case. How I have taken education for granted. It got me thinking about what else I take care for granted? Unfortunately, I came up with a few things. I reminded myself to start working on my gratitude journal where I would list 3 things every day that I am grateful for.

Greg also realized he was taking a few things for granted and he decided to seize the opportunity. He felt compelled to work with the remote communities to support them in building infrastructure for their future generations.

It is always important to be aware of the opportunities presented to us and seize those opportunities. What do you feel that your calling is? How can you contribute to your community?

These are important questions that we all must ask ourselves in order to be truly fulfilled. 

Making a decision

30 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Beauty, Community, Love, Self-care Tags: , , ,

I had made a last minute decision to come to India two weeks. It is last minute as I decided to leave within two weeks and go for one month. Miraculously, all of my projects and coaching relationships aligned to allow me to either honor my commitments from India or when I came back, this taught me that the universe does truly align when we make a decision and know in our heart it is our highest good.

The last time I came to the Athreya Ayurvedic Resort in Kottayam, Kerala was in January 2012 and August 2010. At that time I was suffering from a debilitating back pain that had me in bed for 7 months out of three years. In my first visit, I walked out of the back pain forever. The second visit was more a cherry on top. This visit is more of physical detox and cleanse as I have been doing so much spiritual, emotional and mental work that I needed to bring the physical into alignment.

Injury has taught me that it is just not physical. My back pain was a combination of feeling unsafe, insecure, not living my purpose. It was an important lesson for me to listen to my body and the messages I receive.

Have you noticed that when you breathe into a pain in your body, awareness may arise?

Every time I make a decision that I am going to be healthy, pain free or anything in that manner, I notice that “miraculously” I am. I have been a strong believer in that power is in the mind and that is proven to me on a day to day.

A decision sometimes is not make any decision at all but that it still a decision. A decision allows us to send a clear message of what we really want so that we can receive it.

What decision do you want to make for yourself in this moment? What have you been going back and forth on but know the answer that is in your highest good?

I made a decision two weeks ago to bring my physical into alignment with everything else. I am sitting here jetlagged at the resort, sore from my treatment today but overjoyed that I have been supported in my decision.

Manpreet Dhillon, MA, CHRP is Founder/Essence Coach with Into Essence Professional Coaching. She is a Certified Personal and Executive Coach with a background in Organizational Management as well as a Certified Akashic Records Consultant.

Sex as a spiritual exercise

22 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Love, Passion, Women Tags: , ,

Isn’t the Kama Sutra from the country of India, all about passion and lust?

Kama Sutra originated as a path to gaining ecstasy that connects you to God as per Deepak Chopra in his “Kama Sutra & the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. ”

Yes sex is a path to gain connection to God. While in intimate positions and acts, we let go of all barriers and emotions that are blocking us from our enlightenment.

Deep breathing while standing in each other’s personal space allows for a flow and connection that is deeply seated in our sexual organs. The act of breathing deep from your sexual core also releases creativity, as our creativity is stored as heat in our sexual organs. If on a day-to-day basis, we are not accessing our creative forces we will have pent up sexual energy. This sexual energy can be released through deep breathing, channeling that energy into a project of passion or having sex with oneself or a partner.

“Sexual energy is the most primal and creative energy on earth”(Deepak Chopra). It is essential that this energy is focused towards physical, emotional or spiritual. It shows up as arousal, passion, awakening, interest, excitement, creativity or enthusiasm. Feel this energy on a daily basis and you will be living a life that exceeds your imagination.

Sex heals. Accessing sexual energy is rejuvenating, enhances longevity as explained by the Tao.

Heal yourself through sexual energy. Cultivate the power in sexual energy to live your passions and live a life of fulfillment.

 

Heal your relationship through the use of breath

Begin by standing close enough to your partner that you can hear their breath.

Look deep into their eyes, at the same time one of you breathes in while the other breathes out.

Then switch in unison to doing the opposite. With this breathe you are creating a circle of breath. This breathe and the deep eye contact is creating a connection at the core level of both parties.

Continue to do this for 3 minutes and notice how connected you feel before engaging in a kama sutra position of your choice.

Want to learn more about healing through the cultivation of sexual energy:

Kama Sutra & the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (2010) by Deepak Chopra

Healing Love: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy (1986) by Mantak Chia (Any of his books are great).

 

Date with you

16 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment

by manpreetkdhillon in Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Love, Self-care, Women Tags: , ,

Our relationship with ourselves is really a mirror of our relationship with others.
We can only treat others as well as we treat ourselves as that is the best of how we know.

How do you treat yourself? Do you spend time with yourself doing what you want to do? When was your last date with yourself where you really had a great time? How do you talk about yourself and your body?

Wow, that’s a lot of questions.

Are you thinking…really a date with myself? What does that mean?

For example my yesterday’s date was a movie “What’s your number” and a bath. I did indulge in an ice cream because my body said yes to it. Yes check in with yourself and your body as to what it really wants. This check in is the type you would do with a best friend to see what they want so you both have a great time.

With this exercise you are able to connect to yourself in a more complete way.

Do a check in now and honor what you want to do.

Have a fun date with yourself!

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