Hello Health Conscious Women!

I am so happy to meet you! It's always exciting to meet people who are Health Conscious and/or are ready to LET GO and allow theirHealth Consciousness to awaken! You will have a blast – I promise!
LESSON One: This my gift to you!
Byron Katie - an amazing teacher who helps us to realise how free we can be if we DON'T believe our thoughts...we have a choice!
My Body Is Unlovable

Ladies - I am not sharing with you this information to get you excited, this is about getting REAL! Remember, beneath all the chaos, as we evoke courage and keep moving forward, irrespective of the fear - our connection with truth is getting stronger.and clearer. I am excited about the shift in awareness! We are even more conscious than 50 years ago - Yeah Us!
We are aware of the control we have to create our reality and influence other peoples. When we relfect on our sisterhood in the 60’s - there original message was about raising awareness, not toal eqiality and now, I feel, we are on our way back to the truth of being a women..we know we can do anything we want - but most of us are still naturally inclined to heal, create and nurture. THIS truth is leading us all along a path of absolute feminine truth – we are becoming more and more aware of our role and responsibility (as a woman) in the world. Innately acknowledging the truth; is a reflection of our internal truth – the souls recognition that THE responsibility to create our own reality (inside and out) begins and ends with us!
People are slowly waking up to the facts that Our thought’s become things and creates our reality! This is a big deal - in regards to weight loss and physical changes - can you imagine the result people attain through postive thoughts and true belief in themselves? It all starts in our minds...
It's also very interesting to know that 'Negative thoughts slow down the bodies ability to function in a harmonic capacity and chemically balanced manner. Positive thoughts assist the bodies fuctional effieciency - they can increase the speed of physical changes. Considering our body is 70% water, negative thought is more dense than the positive thought - as an electrical impulse. As the density of the cells increase (similar to how the body processes a big meal, high in fat - the bodt reacts the same - the body slows down, in-order to cope with the increase of resistance with in the fluid of the body. Can you imagine the influence your thought have over weight loss or weight gain?

For Example - When I was personal trainer only - unaware of the consequences of negatiuve thoughts and weigth loss. I was training two women of a similar size - both set an intention of losing 10kg- Within 12 weeks (focussing on a average 500gms loss per). Woman1. Positive Pammy was on target - actually she was ahead of her goal weight and ideal body shape. Pammy was focussed, enjoying the process and BELIEVED 'her body was letting go of any body fat which did not reflect her truth' She chose to let go, trust and enjoy the personal lessons..she encouraged her body back to homeostasis. Client 2. Negative Nelly was still losing weight (it was case of three steps forward and two steps back), she was frustrated and constantly flogging herself, always is a rush and stressed. Her expectations were so high! If she had lost minimal weight but decresed in measurements - this was still not enough! Nelly expected to lose 2kg per week - her friend did this and she knew she could as well. No re-education would change her mind. Whilst we were training, nelly would mentally and emotionally beat herself up - I asked her one day 'what do you say to yourself when you are exercising?' she told me and to tell you the truth - its a very common misceptions that mentally FLOGGING yourself is motivational long term! She would say to herself:
- Come on you FAT bitch...you gotta work hard! No Pain No Gain!
- You are fat and always will be...You get the idea!
* What do you think the body was saying - YES, OK, What-ever you say! I will hang onto the THIS fat for as long as you keep telling me! So was the body working with her or against her?
That's right - the training became harder and harder until she gave up. No long term changes and she is now scared to 'exercise' again because it was so hard! Little did she know - its all in her head...can you relate to this?

This means - it's even more important to have positive, self supportive and encouraging self talk and BELIEVE IT!The key words - you have to be READY to BELIEVE, be patient and embrace your truth as a woman...their is a clear difference between speaking in a positive manner and not believeing it - Your mind, body and spirit responds to truth.

The BIG BANG
We are also, as a unified gender ,internationally we are asking more significant life changing questions NOW...Did your mother talk to her girlfriends in the capacity of depth and wonder in the 1950, 60's 70's? I know for a fact, my mother would never had ‘thought’ to ask her-self in the 1950’s and/or at our age. Questions such as ‘Is life supposed to be this hard?’ ‘Is weight loss meant to be this complicated?’ and ‘Why can’t I just be happy with who I am?’ As we listen and connect with women in kitchens, coffee shops and mother groups all over the world – we notice one common thread which binds us all – ‘What we have been taught to think a real woman is!’

I know most of us have been taught from other woman -mothers, TV gurus and teachers (this is not about blame – they did their best)….we were taught that:
We must restrict our energy intake of food, decrease calories daily intake to loose weight (nobody tells you that you need certain carbohydrates for your brain to function! Certain energy to feel good- so the body can let go of the natural stress in our lives!), We must PUSH and keep striving (control all you can, then you will binge eating...and you will not feel good) AND take control – if you really, really want something - (we attach, we hold on and we place so much pressure on ourselves, we give up!)
-No Pain! No Gain!
-Weight loss is tough!
-Inner happiness is a big challenge…a long journey.
-You must fight for what you want!
Sound familiar? Does it feel good? It’s bloody exhausting isn’t it!

How on earth can our body shift weight, water and fat with THAT much stress being placed on the nervous system? It cannot, it will not…..because our only job, in-order for changes – Mind, Body and Spirit – is to do what ever it takes to feel good!

The Good Old days
Not sure about you, but when I was growing up – the notion that a woman's life was destined to be full of ‘struggle and constant pushing’ was a given. I watch my mother push and strive for things all her life. I was unconsciously taught many things through simple observation. Without being CONSCIOUS, I was controling, self abusive (very negative self talk- which I thought was normal!)l, I was fearful to express my emotions - i did not want to appear weak. I started to over-analise things and never listen to my intuitive path to being a woman. my truth a sa woman.
My mother’s favorite statements: Women are meant to be strong and independent! Women don’t cry! Women call themselves stupid when they cry??? What the? Now, when I see my mother cry at the age of 70yrs, I can see her heart opening and I have to remind her to be gentle…its ok to cry – women do cry…..it’s natural. Bless her and all our mums, who did not learn this as a young woman.

The fact is, these ill-fated messages conjured such confusion as a child – the way I was encouraged to process emotions was male orientated- aggressive, logical and systematic - ummm woman are creative, expansive and inutitive as well as this. I was confused and resented being a owman for a very long time. I now look around at women from all over the world in their late 20's and 40's and think....we are acting like men.... and we wonder why we have a gender confusion crisis!

WHY NOW!
I was 11 the day it came, the day after my father died, I got my period for the first time. We didn't celelbrate these things in our family – my sisters and mother simply stood at the toilet door, passed me a pad and laughed!
I was so angry that I had to submit to a surfboard between my legs, I kicked a whole in the wall (because it was sports day at school). A part of me was rejecting the natural process of being a woman and I know my story is not un-common – but its important to address that many woman are a little lost for good reasons – they have never been taught what it means to be a real woman and how to celebtrae the sacred paths we given throug hout our life. Now, I also am aware, the initiation into woman-hood in some cultures is celebrated with tribal dancing, food and music – conversations with the elders – The Red Tent women are notorious for these celebrations. Is this normal? Would this have helped any of us? Maybe, maybe not…but maybe the essence of the tribal culture is what we can ignite right now to get us all back on track to being the woman we were born to be?

We must also remember that most of our parents endured the time of war, poverty consciousness and a deep fear of stepping 'too' far outside their ocmfort zone – So, for the woman in their day – This was the truth to being a real woman! Be tough, strong, push your emotions deep, deep down and get on with it – Classic Marge Simpson!

Our Bodies Grow the Direction of our Expectations
It wasn’t till my body started to over-produce testosterone and progesterone, my hormones started to create a aggressive little teenage monster and I grew poly-cystic ovarian syndrome – I thought - oh my lordy lord, I am abnormal! This isn’t right!
How did these cysts grow in my body? And most importantly – why did they grow? Did I create them? Over time, could I have created this chemical/hormonal shift in my body? I played competitive sports, was not a ‘girly girl’ and I loved the challenge of being aggressive, controlling and competitive with my boyfriends – at times, as I reflect, I really punished my boyfriends emotionally – why did I do this? I had NO IDEA of what it meant to be a real woman! I had followed an un-natural path which I was told was normal and not until I started to dig deeper and deeper into the question ‘What does it mean to be a real woman?, did I begin to unfold the secrets….all woman have theor own secret path and purpose – I am so excited to help you find and implement your secret gift to the world.

The BIG Questions
A big question for a 26 years old but the quest to ‘take control’ of my Mind, Body and Spirit has been fruitful and never ending. I started to research – ‘what does it mean to be a real woman?’ also, ‘What is the purpose for being born a woman?’ and finally ‘What is my truth as a woman?’
These questions have led me to many places internationally, meeting woman all over the world with a similar path – some speak of freely and some choose to quietly nod in the back ground and some so scared to accept that ‘a life of self abuse’ is a life half lived….all of these woman have made a profound impact on the way I relate to woman and myself as a woman, because no matter what – they are all apart of us….we all are inter-connected.

These questions offered a natural curiosity in to the arts, soft and nurturing elements of nature – I feel that in the quest for truth and to become Health Conscious, I naturally was led to people, foods, exercises and spiritual practices – my truth knew what felt good and what didn’t feel good. What happened?
1. I began to meditate alone and in groups SPIRIT
2. Physical Movement and cardio- exercise my BODY wanted to move, dance and expand
3. I was more open to connecting with the quiet side of my MIND and I even started to sing, write and dance-I found a creative outlet.
The connection of all three elements opened a doorway, a huge curtain had been lifted and my truth was slowed unveiled – I found how to ground the divine….and for me, this is part of my truth as a woman.

The journey thus far…
After over 5 years of research, traveling and working in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Malta, Ireland, Scotland and London – I found a WONDERFUL common thread which linked all women all over the world. This was confirmation for research I and my close friends had undertaken years earlier. We had found in one book of tribal traditions was ‘The real purpose for us being born woman’…..
It stated that: ‘The purpose of a woman is to ‘heal and create’. A woman in her natural form, is a healer, her hands heal and create love simultaneously – as she expressers her creativity she heals. Love is the link which bridges the gap between the two gifts. Love is the essence of her creation as she heals, as she cooks, cleans, soothes her babies tummy, touches her mans face, paints, writes, sings – constantly offering creative expressions of her truth.
Now, I am aware that this can sound fluffy to some women but what if some or all of this true? How far off track are some of us? Just sit with it….

Where are we now?

As women, all over the world sit at coffee shops talking, listen and connecting – if you listen very carefully, some groups of women are starting to see that we are part of a sisterhood and not competition. Women are not naturally catty – that is ego! And Ego is a masculine energy. As women talk and open our heart to each other – we find – we are asking the same questions and moving in the same direction of personal truth. We are even more aware that ‘quick fixes’ are a waste of time – that self control has nothing to do with ingesting foreign and synthetic chemicals into our bodies such pills, diets, mentally and emotionally ABUSING ourselves. Our bodies is own natural chemist – just call upon what you need…we innately know healing is connected with are ability to TRUST ourselves – Mind, Body and Spiritual selves, to be direct us in the right direct, the direct of homeostasis and harmony. The ability to let go of control, let go of having to know ‘what’s going to happen next’ and have faith all will be perfectly fine.

But, some of us are still learning to build the trust muscle – some resist the responsibility and hold onto the past behaviors and actions of lack poverty and victimization, thinking that control is external to our grasp…. and the contrast is, there are also women who are saying ‘stuff this’ I want to be in a HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS, I am tired of standing in the dark, I am going to enjoy flowering, opening up to total responsibility and enjoy taking control of my life. This takes courage; don’t get me wrong this can be scary…as Deepak Chopra believes: ‘Beneath the chaos and uncertainty, the creative process is unfolding’ And as we begin to open up the pure potentiality of life, we will see that the pain and difficult lessons yield the greatest rewards and beauty in the end’

WHAT PATH ARE YOU ON NOW?
And, the answers to these evocative questions are; of course – inside each individual.
QUOTE:
The quality of the questions we ask ourselves, dictates the quality of our lives. Anthony Robins.
Take a moment to ask your-self and write down:
1. What are the 3-5 key questions you ask yourself daily?
2. Have you found the answers or are you fearful to feel the full extend of your power to be, do and have whatever you want?

As we become even more curious about the answers - the view of our existing reality will shift - it will shift to whatever you want to create - and that is the power we were born with! Claim it ladies - it's time!