Do you even know???

Happy New Year!  If you are like me you are saying, “and WHERE did 2010 go??”  It seems as if it were August and now it is almost January 1!! 

But 2011 IS just around the corner and it is time for some reflection.  My BEST tip for you would be to come to my New Year’s Workshop called “Mindful Intentions for the New Year“.  It was re-scheduled for this Sunday, January 2, because of icy predictions for tomorrow.  It will be held from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Sun Moon Yoga Studios in Mankato, Mn.  Cost is $35.

For those of you that will not be able to attend I will offer a few words here. 

What do you want in this New Year of 2011??  What do you REALLY want?  What would make your heart SING?  What would bring you great PLEASURE?  What would really light your PASSION?  Do you even know??

It is difficult to order at a restaurant if you do not know what you want to eat.  It is difficult to know what movie theatre to go to if you don’t know what movie you want to go to.  You get the picture.

So what do you want?  You can start from a broad perspective.  “Well, I think I feel like Mexican.”  At least that will get you in the right type of restaurant.  You think “I feel like watching something suspenseful.”  So that will rule out a lot of the fluff movies.

You are getting closer.  You can start there.   “I want to be more successful.”  Ok, that is kind of broad but it is a start.  In what area of your life do you want to be more successful?    “I want to be more successful in expressing myself”.  Oh!  Now that is getting clearer.

Then you can ask yourself, “What do I want to FEEL more in 2011??  Do I want to feel more creative?  More alive?  More love?  More peace?  More freedom?  More joy? What do I want to FEEL?”

Write it down.  Name it.  Acknowledge it.

“What can I do to experience more………….?”  If you chose “creative”, see what comes to you after you ask the question.  Perhaps it will be “spend some time drawing everyday.”  Or “pull out my journal and write some poetry when I am moved to do so.”  Just see what pops into your mind.  We have more access to our deeper selves than we realize.  We just need to get quiet and listen.

We need clarity.  We need to know or at least start the process of knowing.  It is ok if it just comes in pieces.  If we walk around in a state of confusion, confusion will be the state we will walk around in.  We need clarity.

So start there.  Always start there and go back to there.  What do I want?  What do I want to feel? What do I need to do to move that direction?  Who do I need to be to live that life?  It may sound and feel a bit selfish at first but when we are filled up we have SOOOO much more to give.  

There’s more.  Action steps.  Conjuring.  Affirmations and visualizations.  But this is a start.

Write it down.  Put it somewhere that you can find next year at this time.  Each day ask yourself “what can I do today to move in the direction of my dreams?”  Then listen and FOLLOW the guidance.

This is a wonderful time of year to re-evaluate and really get in touch with who you are and what you are here to do and to experience.  My deepest blessings in this year of 2011!!  Melanie