Wellness & Personal Growth
You Matter! I believe all healing starts with self-love. Any time and energy put into being kind and working on yourself is never lost. That is the root of true healing. I've created a list of recommendations for therapeutic self-care, wellness and personal growth. I embrace a variety of different practices and schools of thought. Don't take my word for anything. Practice, follow and do whatever feels "right" for you. Follow your own truth, yet see what else is out there! Have fun on your journey.
Recommendations
Breathwork is free! Haha. Breathing is one of our body's beautiful autonomous systems that we actually can manipulate for the bettering of our health. Many of use shallow breaths that aren't allowing enough oxygen to infiltrate our bodies. More oxygen intake can help with blood circulation, lymph flow, digestion, mental clarity, less stress, better detoxification and many other, even spiritual, benefits, like releasing stored trauma in the body. There are a plethora of different breathing exercises for you to explore. Here are a few to get you started.
Meditation is simply sitting and focusing on your breath, while quieting your mind. For guided meditation pod-casts I like Against The Stream or you can go to their weekly classes in Los Angeles. Another organization with great classes is MeditateInLA.org. These organizations are from different Buddhist perspectives. Another simple form of meditation is a practice called Open Heart Meditation, which focuses on healing and opening your heart. Check out Youtube for all kinds of varying meditations.
Hypnotherapy facilitates getting to the root of any issue through the subconscious mind. People typically are only aware of the conscious mind. A hypnotherapist can help break through to the subconscious, where all of our unconscious behavior is recorded. By reprogramming your mind you can find yourself breaking bad habits. Google a practitioner in your area. You can also search YouTube for guided sessions or listen to subliminal theta or delta wave videos/audios as you are falling asleep.
Reiki is a spiritual, vibrational healing practice used to promote balance throughout the human system. Reiki treatment uses a practitioner as a conduit of Universal Life Energy through their hands onto the client. Reiki can be used to heal on the cellular level, relieving physical ailments that are often the result of an emotional disturbance. Reiki can also utilize crystal therapy, sound therapy and Aromatherapy. Reiki is also useful in healing mental/emotional states, can increase spirituality and can clear chakras and auras from trauma and blockages.
EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) helps us to address negative emotions and release them, resulting in an alleviation of emotional, mental and physical issues. EFT uses acupressure by tapping on meridian lines to release negative emotions and the root causes of phobias or physical ailments. Tapping can be used for any blockages pertaining to smoking, weight-loss, financial abundance, etc. If you're interested in learning more on EFT, checkout this EBook from TheTappingSolution.com.
Emotion Code is simple yet effective technique developed by Dr. Bradley Nelson and helps you release trapped emotions in the body. Why carry all that baggage around? This system uses the subconscious mind and muscle testing (applied kinesiology), along with charts, to find the trapped emotions in your body. It's amazingly easy and effective. Check it out.
Chakra Balancing is very helpful in keeping your energy portals balanced and cleared which can make your emotions and mental activity feel more stable and your physical body feeling healthier and more balanced. YouTube has many different Chakra balancing, activating and healing guided meditations and sound therapy. Yoga, tai chi or qi gong are useful exercises in keeping your energy, prana or chi balanced and flowing properly. Reiki and many other energetic healing modalities like Sound Baths contribute to this. I also like to clear my energy by burning sage, doing a sea salt scrub or soak, and anointing my chakras with essential oils. Click here for a list of the major chakras.
Access Consciousness has been so effective for me and game-changing. It encourages you to ask the universe questions and letting life show up for you, rather than limiting yourself to having "all the answers" yourself. It can be a little hard to follow at first, but stick with it and it will start to make extreme sense and completely transform your life. It can truly open you up to a whole new level of consciousness and their tools are highly useful in giving you access to your true self! Between both leaders in the movement, Gary Douglas and Dain Heer, and their worldwide facilitators, they have plenty of books, classes, audios and videos for you to browse through. Also, consider getting your "Bars run" by a local practitioner.
Meditation is simply sitting and focusing on your breath, while quieting your mind. For guided meditation pod-casts I like Against The Stream or you can go to their weekly classes in Los Angeles. Another organization with great classes is MeditateInLA.org. These organizations are from different Buddhist perspectives. Another simple form of meditation is a practice called Open Heart Meditation, which focuses on healing and opening your heart. Check out Youtube for all kinds of varying meditations.
Hypnotherapy facilitates getting to the root of any issue through the subconscious mind. People typically are only aware of the conscious mind. A hypnotherapist can help break through to the subconscious, where all of our unconscious behavior is recorded. By reprogramming your mind you can find yourself breaking bad habits. Google a practitioner in your area. You can also search YouTube for guided sessions or listen to subliminal theta or delta wave videos/audios as you are falling asleep.
Reiki is a spiritual, vibrational healing practice used to promote balance throughout the human system. Reiki treatment uses a practitioner as a conduit of Universal Life Energy through their hands onto the client. Reiki can be used to heal on the cellular level, relieving physical ailments that are often the result of an emotional disturbance. Reiki can also utilize crystal therapy, sound therapy and Aromatherapy. Reiki is also useful in healing mental/emotional states, can increase spirituality and can clear chakras and auras from trauma and blockages.
EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) helps us to address negative emotions and release them, resulting in an alleviation of emotional, mental and physical issues. EFT uses acupressure by tapping on meridian lines to release negative emotions and the root causes of phobias or physical ailments. Tapping can be used for any blockages pertaining to smoking, weight-loss, financial abundance, etc. If you're interested in learning more on EFT, checkout this EBook from TheTappingSolution.com.
Emotion Code is simple yet effective technique developed by Dr. Bradley Nelson and helps you release trapped emotions in the body. Why carry all that baggage around? This system uses the subconscious mind and muscle testing (applied kinesiology), along with charts, to find the trapped emotions in your body. It's amazingly easy and effective. Check it out.
Chakra Balancing is very helpful in keeping your energy portals balanced and cleared which can make your emotions and mental activity feel more stable and your physical body feeling healthier and more balanced. YouTube has many different Chakra balancing, activating and healing guided meditations and sound therapy. Yoga, tai chi or qi gong are useful exercises in keeping your energy, prana or chi balanced and flowing properly. Reiki and many other energetic healing modalities like Sound Baths contribute to this. I also like to clear my energy by burning sage, doing a sea salt scrub or soak, and anointing my chakras with essential oils. Click here for a list of the major chakras.
Access Consciousness has been so effective for me and game-changing. It encourages you to ask the universe questions and letting life show up for you, rather than limiting yourself to having "all the answers" yourself. It can be a little hard to follow at first, but stick with it and it will start to make extreme sense and completely transform your life. It can truly open you up to a whole new level of consciousness and their tools are highly useful in giving you access to your true self! Between both leaders in the movement, Gary Douglas and Dain Heer, and their worldwide facilitators, they have plenty of books, classes, audios and videos for you to browse through. Also, consider getting your "Bars run" by a local practitioner.
Books
For Beginners on their self-improvement journey:
Recommended for Intermediate/Advanced:
Recommendations for skincare and health:
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn
- Warrior Goddess Training by HeatherAsh Amara
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
- The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy (Youtube Free Audio Book)
Recommended for Intermediate/Advanced:
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckart Tolle
- Being You, Changing the World by Dain Heer
- A New Light on Ascension by Diana Cooper
- A Course in Miracles Foundation for Inner Peace
- Tao te Ching Lao Tzu translated by Stephen Mitchell
Recommendations for skincare and health:
- Beauty: Pure and Simple by Kristen Ma
- Clean Skin from Within by Dr. Trevor Cates
- The Hormone Cure by Dr. Sara Gottfried
- Step-by-Step Program for Clearing Acne by Dr. James Fulton
- Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illnesses and How to Finally Heal by Anthony William
- The Piper Protocol by Tracy Piper
Blogs
Workbooks
- Love is a Choice: Letting Go of Unhealthy Relationships by Dr. Robert Hemfelt, etc.
- Love Yourself, Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
Video Channels
- Abraham Hicks (Law of Attraction)
- Bruce Lipton (Mind Reprogramming)
- Joe Dispenza (Mind over Matter)
- Christy Whitman (Quantum Success)
- Louise Hay (Power of Affirmations)
- You Are Creators (Law Of Attraction)
- Joel Osteen (New-Thought Christianity)
- Spiritual Healing Therapy (SRT Clearing Blocks)
- Shannon O'Hara (Entity Clearing)
E-Courses
- DailyOm: plenty of amazing topics that are donation based
- Medical Medium's The Healing Path: this is a free course on how to regain health in multiple areas
- MindValley Academy : personal development topics from the world's leading speakers
- Hay House University : variety of different topics from their catalog of authors and experts
- Sensual Woman Free Masterclass: by Vanya Silverten, awaken your divine sensuality
- Life Transformer Free Masterclass: by Vanya Silverten, become a conscious creator and clear blockages
Embrace the Mirror
I talk to Naomi Sodomin about self-love and self-discovery.
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