Being Intentional in Intense Times

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Live Your Power:

Be Intentional In Intense Times

With worldwide disinfecting going on to make cities safer, I find myself visualizing a world, that's also being disinfected: vibrationally and energetically.

Life is supposed to empower us and fortify us into higher, proper, and necessary action. So much going on in various directions, and we're feeling it deep. Spiritually, mentally, emotionally, energetically, physically, vibrationally, and for some, financially, there are side effects to living in this modern world right now. As there always has been. 

Many of us are looking for our place, balance, purpose, way, peace, and power in it all. Whatever the real deal behind COVID–19 is, we are being called into alertness, as a result. Another [inner and outer] awakening is no doubt happening; it always does in times such as these. We see high vibrations and low vibrations at a tug of war, within or without, near and far. We're being called to rise into our higher potential on all levels, all the more.

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Words to ground into:

“Keep your higher intentions in front of you, as they will light the way. ”

— Lalah Delia

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Remain Alert, Balanced, and Clean 

As a spiritual practice

Keep a mindful and careful eye on what's happening around you while in public spaces. Stay security-minded. Remain alert. As best you can, keep a barrier of protection between yourself and public surfaces, machines, and devices. Wash your hands for 20 seconds on each side and surface to help keep the spread of germs under check, and to also be a kind and considerate human being.

Mindfulness, Compassion, and Equanimity

You may come across people who are in fear, anxious, and whose lives have been inconveniently affected and disoriented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if your life has not had any drastic or direct effects, remain compassionate and mindful that, unfortunately, that is not the case or reality for everyone on the planet.

Keep in mind that: stressed people–stress people, and hurt people–hurt people. Don’t take it personally.

When you're observantly mindful, you have more power to respond versus reacting off impulse and off-guardedness. Observe with equanimity and respond with it. Distinguish what's yours and what's someone else's vibration, stuff, stress, reality, and projections. From here, you can respond from compassion and equanimity, if a response is even necessary at all.

You Are Never Alone

You have sacred power deep within you, and around you, that's always ready to support and guide you. Fear not.

Spiritual-Health

Spiritually speaking, all things end up working for our good. But it's a whole other thing to feel like you're thriving– through periods of growth, shifts, transformation, and uncertainty – with purpose. Stay connected to what renews, strengthens, and charges your spirit. Daily spiritual practice is a must for me. It's my day to day foundation. Everything else is built upon it. My mind, body, and day feel vibrationally off until I lean in and turn towards my practice and Higher Power. Contemplate on what keeps your spirit anchored. Knowing this is essential during the good times, as well as during the uncertain weather of life.

Honor The Process

Wherever you find yourselves on this current journey, there's a process of being there and moving through it with higher vibrations, success, and with more purpose, joy, peace, and wisdom. As we stay aware that growth, shifts, and transformation are processes that meet us throughout our lives, we're more capable of overcoming them and vibrating higher as a result.

It becomes a vibrational art. That–you–can–master!!

Yes, yes, yes!! Most of the stagnation, settling, mistakes, bitterness, discontent, and unhappiness, we experience in life, is due to not honoring the process. Honoring the process is necessary for your elevation, advancement, breakthrough, and progress forward.

Keep your higher intentions in front of you, as they will light the way. Be encouraged and be blessed!!

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We are sending you light for your journey.

We are sending you our peace and our love.

Journey in grace and equanimity.

We trust that The Divine will always lead you;

Safely onto higher-vibrational ground.

– VHD

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Finding Community

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The intention of this FB Group is to hold space and build community around vibrational-based living. Together we can Vibrate Higher Daily, journey in grace, support one another, and live our power.

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My new book Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power is now on-sale. Purchase your copy here, or wherever books are sold.

Lalah Delia | author, spiritual writer, wellness educator, and founder of VibrateHigherDaily.com

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Nervous System Lean In

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Vibrate HIgher Daily:

Nervous System Lean In

Surviving the ebb and flow, vicissitudes, uncertainties, and wildness of life can be no joke. Until that is, you have a 'survival kit', to get you through, over, and beyond to the other side. Growth, expansion, shifts, and transformation are all essential to life (and the progressing and evolution of it). Personal growth, evolution, and change, are sometimes accompanied by growing pains, setbacks, unfamiliar times, and even wonkiness. And through its own transition, the world, experiences the same things.

No matter what got us here and what all’s at fault, here we are in the middle of it. While no one truly knows where this is going or for how long we will journey through uncertainty, I believe in the real force of vibrating higher daily, living our power, and journeying in grace, to carry us through and over. I believe in our soul’s resiliency. Now is the time to remain ‘doing the work’, and to allow all of the time we’ve spent growing, learning, in spiritual practice, in self-care, healing and raising our vibrations, to sustain us.

Anchor into what you’ve gloriously built for yourself. And live from there!!

So in the context of current times, I put together a 'survival kit' list for your nervous system, which is always responsible for processing your life and its experiences. Read on!!

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Words to ground into:

“Supporting your nervous system through times of change and transformation is critical; it helps you return to your power.”

— Lalah Delia

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The Nervous System  

As a Helper

The NS is our primary connection to this world and beyond it. It's what connects our mind, body, and spirit. The NS has 3 main functions: to receive, interpret, and to respond. When cultivated and listened to, it can become your own personal teacher and guide. Don't neglect or ignore it. Stay in tune with it, and it'll make sure you thrive and live your best life!!

Sympathetic Nervous System

Think survival mode, fight or flight, and response to danger. When we don't take time to seek equanimity, balance, calmness, and high vibrations in our life, we can live in a perpetual state of fight or flight. When this is the case, we remain far away from ourselves and from the true feelings of home, peace, security, and inner-thriving. Through mindfully nurturing and caring for yourself, you can triumphantly come back home to yourself.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Think zen'd the heck out!! Or spiritual G!! No more fight or flight mode. Welcome back home to yourself!! This is the part of your NS that's able to take over to help you vibrate higher through whatever you find yourself facing and journeying through. It helps you live your power. The suggestions on this list, in one way or the other, all support the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system.

Spiritual Connection 

Stay aligned and fortified spiritually. This allows you to stay anchored to a Higher Power that will not allow you to get lost in storms, waves, pain, and the ebb and flow of life. Daily spiritual-work in the early mornings is a powerful way to connect, ground, align with a higher power, and fortify. Check-in with yourself and The Divine for a spirit re-up midday and in the evenings as well. Take time to nurture this part of you that isn’t physical. Nothing supports the nervous system like a composed, nourished, strengthened, graceful, and refreshed spirit. Daily spiritual connection keeps you poised.

Supplements

Vitamin B12, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin C, and D12 help to restore emotional balance and support the immune system. Vitamin D12 is also great for creative energy, enhanced sleep quality, and for healthy respiratory function. A happy and healthy nervous system promotes a happy and healthy immune system.

Vitamin A is helpful to the respiratory system. Garlic is powerful and anti-viral. Olive leaf is also anti-viral.

Herbs For Stress, Anxiousness, Mental Clarity & Vitality

Sea Moss, Hawthorne, Lemon Balm, Kava, Valerian, Chamomile, Lavender, Rosemary, Cinnamon, Periwinkle, Maca, are amongst many great ones. Dr. Sebi’s Sea Moss changed my (entire) life when I was first seeking to take my power back, emotional and energy wise, back in 2008. Some of the adaptogens to support for the NS and healthy brain function and/or vitality are Ashwagandha, Reishi, Lion's Mane, Gota Kola, Rhodiola and Cordyceps. Each of these at some point have been aides on my day to day journey, and continue to be. They are staples in my kitchen and in many healthy kitchen out there, for a reason. These herbs and adaptogens can be used in tonics, teas, beverages, soups, broths, and other recipes, and for some, in organic pure oil form for aromatherapy and topical application. Start where and with what you can. No need to go out get all of these right away. I slowly built my wellness cupboard up, through lots of trial and testing. Explore to find what works best for you and your unique goals and concerns. Some days I’m led to work with only one herb, and on other days, a few or many. You’ll find your way!!

Flower Essences

Clematis flower essence brings you back home to yourself in times of stress, fear, or uncertainty. It helps you ground into your power and peace.

The Right Foods Support Your Nervous System

The right foods empower you!! Yes!! The wrong foods decrease NS and brain function and throw us all off balance, think: sugars, caffeine, chemicals, preservatives, enriched grains, artificial colors, low quality oils like vegetable and canola, and so on. The nervous system thrives on real food. Staples that are widely proved and approved are dark leafy greens, healthy proteins, healthy fats like avocados and avocado oil, root foods, minerals, and calming and stress relieving herbs like cinnamon, chamomile, ginger, and lavender. Explore with it. Enter the game-changing rabbit hole of of healing foods. Happy exploring!!

Somatic Healing

I share in my book that "the issues are in our tissues until we release them." We have a sympathetic nervous system that’s a pro at energetically holding onto things we experience, think, and feel.

As magnetic beings, we are absorbers of energy all day long. If we don't have a way to discharge unwanted energies, anxiousness, trauma, and stress from the body, it can turn into physical discomfort and sickness, known as somatic symptoms/stress. And most often, the illness cannot be 100% medically diagnosed or linked to any known ailment or disease, which is most frustrating to experience. Thus the somatic symptoms become a 'mystery illness' or misdiagnosed. This was the case for me, personally, and for so many others. Healing can happen, though; it did with me, as well as for others. And at times, somatic healing is an ongoing process for some. Which is well and ok. Let the healing process take all the time it needs.

Be intentional with yourself–as an energy magnet, highly sensitive, empath, and spiritual and human being.

Way to release/heal somatic stress: Somatic movement, exercises, and therapy break up stagnant energy in the body and help to release and remove trapped energies and emotions that are causing the somatic symptoms. Other healing has come through African dance and drumming (an ancient healing practice still in effect today), vocal exercises, detoxing, deep breathing, spiritual-healing, brain entrainment, subconscious reprogramming, psychotherapy, and various forms of meditation. Move it out!!

Turn Your Stress Into Movement and Sweat

Exercise and physical movement break up stress and stagnant energy in the body. Go for a walk, run, break a sweat, do deep breathing exercises, take a warm bath, sit in a sauna. Move it out. Sweat it out.

Discharge the Energy, Bathe Away Heavy Vibes

Salt is a powerful mineral to work with for energy cleansing!! Soaking in a [very] warm Epsom salt bath helps to draw out energy, stress, and impurities. Once you begin sweating, the powerful cleansing show begins!! 20 to 45 minutes is a good rule of thumb. Keep a towel for sweat and water to hydrate within arms reach. Add in your favorite essential oils and/or bathing teas and herbs. A few of my favorites to work with are ginger, eucalyptus, lavender, lemon balm, rose, and rosemary. Rinse off with a cool or cold shower to enhance the cleanse and to raise your vibration.

Lymphatic Care

The lymphatic system is your primary drainage system for removing toxins from the body. It and the immune system go hand and hand. A happy lymphatic system is a happy and healthy immune system.

By removing stagnant energy and toxins from the body, a healthy lymphatic system positively enhances and improves emotional health.

Some of the things that awaken your lymphatic system are: alternating between hot and cold water while showering, dry brushing, lymphatic massages, a liver detox, lemon water, movement/exercise/walking, castor oil packs, and lymphatic stimulant oils such as citrus and flower based oils.

Get It Out of Your Mind and Body

Free it. Let it out. Use journaling, writing, free-writing, free-recording, singing, chanting, or physical movement and dance (like no one’s watching) to release whatever 'it' represents to you. 

Metaphorical Terrains and Weather

Our mental and emotional journey is a reflection of nature. There are mountains, oceans, deserts, fog, and storms. If you have my new book, Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power, this section located in chapter 2 will help give you light, guidance, confidence, and language for navigating the current terrain and weather you find yourself journeying through.

Cheers to vibrating higher and living your power through even this!!

Supportive Resources

Music 'Therapy' including binaural beats:

My Energy Cleanse Playlist on Spotify

Free Guided Meditations: 

Energy Cleanse: Sacred Waters, A Journey Home, Taking Your Power Back.

All available on my Insight Timer page.

Supportive Books/Reading: 

My new book Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power

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We are sending you light for your journey.

We are sending you our peace and our love.

Journey in grace and equanimity.

We trust that The Divine will always lead you;

Safely onto higher-vibrational ground.

– VHD

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Finding Community

Facebook Group

The intention of this FB Group is to hold space and build community around vibrational-based living. Together we can Vibrate Higher Daily, journey in grace, support one another, and live our power.

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My new book Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power is now on-sale. Purchase your copy here, or wherever books are sold.

Lalah Delia | author, spiritual writer, wellness educator, and founder of VibrateHigherDaily.com

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