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I am 3 months into the Life Transformation Program. My commitment for the program is to exercise, write, and meditate everyday in order to honor my body, mind, and spirit and transform my life. Here are some of the changes I am experiencing.

Losing Weight

I am 15lbs lighter than when I started this program in September. I attribute that to the entire program combined, not just the exercise. The exercise is helping to burn calories, but as I mentioned in the October update food has lost its place as the focal point of my life. I eat less because I don’t eat to fill emotional needs.

Getting In Touch With My Emotions

As a result of not using food to feed emotions, they needed an outlet. What happened was that I got really sick. Suppressed emotions are a real force. Writing is serving as a great outlet for all those emotions. In addition to writing here, I keep a personal journal so that I can keep myself clear and healthy.

Developing Habits

During November, I was sick for a week. For the first 3 days I didn’t meditate, exercise, or write. For the rest of the week I picked up meditation and writing, but no exercise. To my surprise, I was able to pick up all exercise when I was feeling 100%. In another time, I would have let that illness derail me for a good 3 months. I would not be able to jump right back on the horse. This time around I just picked up where I left off.

Kicking It Up A Notch

I have a month by month break down of my goals for the year with increased focus, and intensity in every activity as the year progresses. In November, I increased my walking time from 30 to 40 minutes. I am still doing my power walks throughout the day as well. During November, I also hosted the Season of Gratitude where I did 2 posts on most days.

Deepening My Awareness of Spirit

I was introduced to meditation, metaphysics, and spiritual principles like the Law of Attraction very early on in life (8 is my earliest recollection). But, as I mentioned in the article Something’s Calling Me, I’ve held an intellectual understanding of these principles until recently. I am beginning to really practice all of those things I learned early on in life as I realize that everything is a manifestation of Spirit. This is a truly profound concept. What’s even more profound is that I am understanding that anywhere in my life that I am experiencing less than optimum is a result of a block in the flow of Spirit. When I find the blocks, they melt away effortlessly.

Dropping Into Meditation

When I sit for my meditations in the morning, I fall instantly to experiencing Spirit. A couple times during the meditation I get sidetracked, but I quickly remind myself to focus on Spirit, that those concerns or interests will be dealt with at another time. They fall away and I am back to experiencing pure Spirit. I get clear direction during my meditations. Sometimes, I challenge the guidance or doubt it, but I still follow. My life is completely turning around as a result.

Getting In Touch With My Spirit Guides

Before last month, I thought that the idea of Spirit Guides was whooey. Nonetheless, early on in the month I was prompted to do an intuitive reading with Erin Pavlina. She had a backlog so she said that she would get to me within 2 weeks. I had no idea when in that period I would come up. One morning at the end of my meditation, the guy that I was sitting with said he wanted to show me something. I was immediately surrounded by about 12 glowing people in white and the guy was gone. I sent Erin an email immediately and asked her to introduce me to them. As it turned out, I was next in the queue.

Turns out the guy that I was sitting with was one of my Spirit Guides and I have a host of them. I feel like I have a council of elders. Once I realized that I was not immersed in God during my meditations, I asked about it. That’s when the switch turned for my understanding of the presence of Spirit. It changed from an intellectual notion to a deep knowing.

In December, I am looking forward to increased energy and focus to add to my list of changes for the program. I am gaining tremendous insight into my self as I dedicate my time to personal exploration and growth and I can see the effects in my life. It truly is transforming.

This post is a part of the Season of Gratitude Series. You can participate by writing a gratitude post and telling me about it. For more details, click here.

I started exercising again in September when I started the Life Transformation Program. It’s only been 2 months, but it changed how I relate to my body.

During the second part of my walk, I talk to every system in my body. Sometimes I go from the top to the bottom, sometimes from the bottom to the top, other times I start at the heart and radiate out.

During the conversation, I ask how that part of my body is doing, what I can do to help it do better, and I thank it for the great job that it is doing. A typical conversation might go like this:

Mind: So, to the heart and circulatory system, how are you guys doing today?

Heart: Excellent, I’m energized. I just love this exercising idea.

Mind: Is the blood circulating okay, getting enough oxygen out to the rest of the body?

Heart: Yes, we’re doing great. Flowing freely.

Mind: Anything I can do to help you out?

Heart: I love moving. You can move more. I just get so excited. And can you do something about the sludge. Less fat will be great. More fiber, so we’re really clean.

Mind: I’ll work on that. I want to thank you for doing such a great job getting oxygen around the body and keeping the engine going. You are loved.

I do this with every system. It takes about 10 minutes. It has helped me to appreciate how instrumental every part of my body is to my life.

See, I’m a very intellectual person, not very active. For many years, my body was just the container for my brain and Spirit. I never really appreciated it. It didn’t make sense because I can’t live in this plane without it. My body is how I show up in the world. It’s an important part of the package, and an important part of my purpose.

Today, and every day I honor my body with kind words, a listening ear, and a thankful Spirit. More than that I honor my body with what it wants and needs to thrive: movement, nourishing food, and rest.

How will you give thanks for your body today?