Spirituality is a huge buzz word right now but for a real reason…more and more people are having a “spiritual awakening” and becoming more and more conscious.
Now if I have totally lost you, let me back up and explain a little more. Being conscious is a term used to describe how “aware” you are of what goes on inside your head. It is no secret that majority of our thinking is done “subconsciously” meaning the thoughts we think are on auto pilot just like the morning routines, driving routes, food habits and bedtime routines are. We just do them. Some thoughts we just think. The act of becoming conscious means becoming aware of the incessant chatter inside our heads, registering it, and then changing it if it is not something that is serving us. Make sense? If not, see this post about 3 Ways to get Spiritually conscious.
Your Spirituality is your Superpower
Use these tips to harness yours.
In this blog post, I am going to share 7 simple steps you can take to dive into your spirituality and what you could gain from doing it. This post contains affiliate links, if you click the link and choose to purchase, I make a small commission for referring you— thank you for supporting my small business! So let’s get started!
Meditation— I know, I know, you have likely been told before to meditate but I would like to explain why this helps you dive into your spiritual side. Like I said before, we have constant chatter inside our heads and a lot of the time the chatter is negative and mean. This mean chatter pulls us away from our intuition, our inner knowing and drowns it completely out. Without access to our intuition, we cannot unlock all of the gifts and beauty inside of us. When we step into meditation, it allows us to calm the chatter, quiet the mind and allow for us to truly connect with ourselves and a higher power (whatever that means to you). I am going to even go a little further and say that mediation does not need to be done sitting crosslegged on a pillow in stillness. You can mediate on a walk and list things you are grateful for. You can meditate while sitting outside and focus on the sounds you hear. You can mediate laying down listing to claiming music (this is how I prefer to meditate). Sometimes I fall asleep and sometimes I have the best downloads— like what to offer next for Illuminated Mom or an inspired blog post to write for all of you. When I allow myself to stop all the millions of mom tasks I do each day, I allow space for more.
Connect with a Higher Power— This one can be sticky for some people. To me, religion and spirituality are different. Religion abides by certain rules and beliefs while spirituality is entirely personal and individualized. Either way, a higher power is at it’s core. Whether you name it God, Universe, Source, Angels, The Divine, Ascended Masters, Lightworker— it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you believe in something greater than yourself. This can take some inner work to dive into what speaks to you. Coming from a strict catholic background, I had to dig into what I believe to be true and what feels aligned with myself. That means that I let the religious parts of my belief system fall away and picked up some universal beliefs instead. I dive deeper into this in Week 1 of Stepping into Your Soulful Spirituality.
Oracle Decks— these are an amazing way to start getting guidance from your higher power and leaning into those intuitive hits. Oracle decks are typically decks that have short sayings or phrases on them. Usually they come with instructions on how to set the atmosphere, what to do to prepare and how to pull the cards. These have been instrumental in my spiritual journey during challenging times, times of indecision or times when I am questioning my worth. Every single time the card I pull is exactly what I need in that moment and it strengthens my connection to the Universe but also with myself. My two favorite decks are Work Your Light by Rebecca Campbell and The Moon Deck.
Chakras— If you are new to Chakras I have a course that covers them here that is a STEAL but the gist of Chakras are that you have seven (there are more but the most common is seven) energy centers within your body. All of these energy centers are linked to certain aspects of yourself. For example, you root chakra is all about survival, basic needs being met, and feeling supported. I have worked a lot with my root chakra because it is tied to feelings of lack and “not enough.” Two core wounds that I am in the process of healing. There are many chakra resources out there. Two of my favorites are Chakra For Beginners by David Pond and Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith
Journaling— one of the easiest ways to connect with yourself and your higher power is to journal. I currently have three journals that I work in each morning. One is The Yogic Path, I love it because it allows me to check in each morning and set an intention for the day. The second one is my graffiration journal. (Graffirmation is a word I made up to describe an affirmation and gratitude put together) My graffirmations are writing out things I am grateful that haven’t necessarily happened yet. Cultivating feelings of gratitude is one of the quickest ways to manifest and co-create things you want to call into your life. I have a list of about 10 things that I am thankful for each day that I am manifesting into my life as I type this. The third journal is where I can free write anything that comes to me or intuitive hits. I also keep a wealth log in this journal where I keep track of all of the wealth I experience that day. Super powerful exercise that I won’t get into here but here is a hint wealth isn’t just money :)
Breathwork— I am going to be totally honest. This one I do not have a lot of experience with. However, the small amounts that I have done breath work it has been totally transformative. We store SO much emotion and energy in our bodies and it can get trapped and stuck. Breathwork is a way for you to release all of that emotion and energy that isn’t serving you. You can youtube or google for practices— this is something on my list that I want to dive more into in the next few months.
Cultivate Awareness— Ok, I saved the hardest one for last—sorry friends. Without getting too wordy and off topic, our entire lives is created by our thoughts. Look around you— everything you have right now is something you once dreamed of. I personally am living a life I played for in the game LIFE. I ALWAYS wanted a car full of kids (we have four), I wanted the victorian (we built a beautiful modern farm house) and I always wanted to be wealthy— currently manifesting that. Wild right?!? In order to start manifesting or co-creating your dreams you have to become aware of your thoughts! We have 100,000s of thoughts a day and I can guarantee a lot of them are NOT serving you and are actually keeping you from creating your hearts desire— and I am here to tell you that you deserve to have it all. So how do you cultivate awareness? It is easy and complicated at the same time.
Question every thought you think- ask yourself questions when you think something. Is this true? Is this serving me? Is there a better thought I could be thinking?
Examine each emotion- When you feel anger throughout the day, what caused it? When you feel joy, what brought it? When you feel frustrated, what triggered it? These emotions are your guide to uncovering aspects of yourself that you have likely kept hidden and deserve to be uncovered, understood, and healed. (This is what we do in Mothering with Soul)
The beautiful thing about spirituality is that it is 100% YOUR journey! You get to use what feels good and aligned to you and leave the rest. There are no rules or structure but rather an inner guidance system that you follow to uncover the most authentic and beautiful parts of you. If this blog post spiked your interest and you are hungry for more, I would recommend looking into Stepping into Your Spirituality— an 8 week course with 8 bonus videos covering all the spiritual practices I wished I knew as I started my journey. From healing your relationship with God, to understanding the moon cycles, to working with crystals— it is in there.
Wherever you find yourself, know that you are always being guided and supported on your journey— there is no right or wrong path, just yours.
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