Spiritual Exercises: Wellness

for the Soul

We exercise our bodies to look good and feel healthy; we exercise our
minds to keep them sharp; but what about your soul? Doesnt it
make sense to incorporate spiritual exercises into your mind/body/
spirit for a holistic sense of well being?
What are Spiritual Exercises?
Spiritual exercises can include meditation, prayer, rituals that are
meaningful to you, various types of energy work and essentially any
practice that YOU feel is spiritual in nature, where you are letting your
heart do the talking. Spiritual exercises are done with the intent
of knowing your Higher Self, God or the Universal
Consciousness better and developing the
sense of one-ness and
unity that is your true nature.
They are not necessarily religious
in nature, but encompass all points
of view including the purely
scientific everything is energy
perspective. They work for anyone!
There is really no wrong or right way
to do spiritual exercises. The only
wrong thing to do is not do them.

How to Do Spiritual Exercises

1. Set your intention.

You are about to let go of your
logical and rational way of
thinking and enter the realm of
the spirit, or energy, where time
and space have no meaning so
set your intention to fully
experience what happens without
judgment or reservations.

2. Sit comfortably upright

and close your eyes.
If your spine is unsupported,
you will find it easier in to stay
present and aware its easy
to doze off while meditating,
so dont get too comfy on the
sofa!

3. Feel the light of Source

(God, or whatever name you
wish to use) filling your crown
chakra at the top of your head
and making its way down
through your body, filling every
cell with radiant light and love.
Feel the light filling each dark
space within you.
You can imagine a teeny little light bulb in each cell, being lit up one
by one until you are radiating the Source light and love from your
entire being. Allow this light to radiate outward, filling your
environment as far as you can see, with your love and light.
4. Begin a gratitude exercise.
Give thanks, with every fiber of
your being, for your whole life
the pleasures, struggles,
triumphs, heartbreaks,
everything. Do this stream-ofconsciousness. Whatever comes
into your awareness, give thanks
for it and bless it. As you do this,
you become even more lightfilled.

5. Next, practice sending out love. Again, stream-ofconsciousness, start naming the people in your life and send them
love.
Do not ignore the people who have caused you pain, or that annoy
and anger you. In fact, focus love on them. You are raising not only
your own vibration by doing this, but theirs as well!
You dont have to condone anything they have said or done, but by
giving them love of which there is an infinite supply you are freeing
yourself from the energetic burden of negative feelings. This can take
quite a long time, but dont stop with just a few names. Exhaust your
mental phone directory!
The more people you can touch with your love, the more you make
this world a better place!
Allow yourself to keep
giving thanks and sending
love for as long as you
want.
You will come into a state
of consciousness that is
indescribably beautiful,
happy and loving.

What happens next is entirely up to you. You can contact your

spiritual guides and angels, communicate with your Higher Self, or just
bask in the light and love.
The hardest part of this is the allowing because we are so used to
doing, doing and more doing that simply sitting still and doing
nothing is conditioned to be a waste of time. Nothing can be further
from the truth! If you dont raise your vibration, your life circumstances
will not change no matter the physical effort you put into making
change.
Youll simply continue attracting the same circumstances in a
different disguise.

Another Exercise: Quit Rushing! Relax!

Take a Slow Day!
Another spiritual exercise can be done when youre going about
your daily business. You know that when youre rushing around
trying to get everything done, you are mostly reacting, not
consciously creating.
Deliberately slowing down and being fully present makes you
stop rushing around and gives you the inner peace and
calmness necessary to choose your own direction. Otherwise,
you will continue to be swept along in the current of your thoughts
and feelings, always reacting and hardly ever having the chance to
consciously create.
Oooooh, its hard to slow down, but make yourself do it. Give yourself
a slow day every now and again (start on a weekend, so you dont
add to your stress by being slow at work). Do everything at half the
speed you normally do, but really put yourself into it. It doesnt
matter if youre washing the car or grocery shopping.
Get off the treadmill! Focus on what you are doing; fully experience
the sounds and other sensory experiences. If you have a lead
foot, commit to driving at the speed limit especially if you are late for
something. You will be amazed at how much better you will feel when
you arrive! Remember, there is no rushing in the universe.
Only humans rush about like crazy. Trees grow, and they do not hurry.
Animals find ways to survive, and they do not hurry. Water flows, but
it does not hurry, it just takes the path of least resistance

Spiritual exercises, no matter the form they take, allow you

to experience your real nature. Since there is no time or
space in the realm of the nonphysical, whats the rush? Whats
the big emergency? Relax. Just BE. Its the most transformational
inaction that you can do. Melt into energy/consciousness/God;
youll come back from spiritual exercises with a better attitude,
more compassion, less stress and more inner peace.
We hope you enjoyed your exercises.
We will see you at the online meditation event on Thursday,
August 16th, 6PM Pacific / 9PM Eastern.
See you there!