Enjoy Life Exactly the Way It Is (transcript)
Breathe in and raise your vibration!
Breathe out and release your resistance!

Breathe in and raise your vibration!
Breathe out and release your resistance!

Relax your body.

Breathe in and say yes to what is!
Breathe out and welcome what is.

You’re in the right place at the right time. You’re doing everything right.

Breathe in and lighten up! It’s not serious!
Breathe out and surrender.

The more you let go, the more it flows.

Let yourself relax into this moment. Just watch your thoughts come and go.

Breathe in and say yes to your thoughts.
Breathe out and welcome your thoughts.

It’s all happening in perfect timing. It’s all unfolding just the way it’s supposed to.

Breathe in and say yes to the dog barking.
Breathe out and welcome the dog barking.

When we get caught up in the way we want things to be, or the way we think things should be, it causes stress. And it causes suffering. But we can end our suffering by choosing to not believe these stressful thoughts.

Breathe in and notice what you’re thinking.
Breathe out and notice what you’re feeling.

If you’re not sure exactly when you’re thinking stressful thoughts, just notice how you feel emotionally. If you feel good, you’re probably not thinking stressful thoughts. But if you feel bad, there are probably some thoughts that you can look at.

Breathe in and ask yourself how you’re feeling.
Breathe out and notice the thoughts connected to how you feel.

Lately I’ve been obsessed with Byron Katie’s “The Work” and it’s really helpful in managing thought, dealing with being human, having thoughts.

Breathe in and welcome what is!
Breathe out and let yourself receive.

The Work of Byron Katie can be summed up by her rhyme: judge your neighbor, write it down, ask four questions and turn it around. The idea is you identify a stressful thought, like, “That dog shouldn’t be barking.” And then you ask, “Is that really true?” Yes of course! But can you really know that’s true? Well I don’t know if the dog shouldn’t be barking and the dog is barking so there’s probably a reason. Finally ask yourself, “How do I feel when I react to the thought, ‘That dog shouldn’t be barking,’?” I feel pissed! I feel annoyed. I feel inconvenienced. And lastly ask yourself, “Who would I be without that thought, ‘The dog shouldn’t be barking’?” I would be peaceful, accepting. Who cares! It doesn’t have to bother me. Without the thought, “That dog shouldn’t be barking,” I’m free. And then you turn it around by saying, “The dog should be barking,” or, “My thinking shouldn’t be barking”. Whatever you’re judging or blaming or having a problem with, change it to yourself, or “your thinking”.

Breathe in and feel so empowered to look at your thoughts!
Breathe out and let yourself be free of suffering!

No thought is true! Any time you think, “They should,” “I should,” “I need,” “I want,” you can ask these questions of these thoughts and find out they’re not really true. And then you can get to the root, which is you’re the source. You’re projecting it. It’s your thinking that needs to change, not reality.

Breathe in and be in control of your vibration today.
Breathe out and stand up to your thoughts today.

Be still and sit with yourself and watch what you’re thinking and ask, “Are these thoughts even true?” They’re not! Let yourself imagine who you’d be without these thoughts. You’d be free! You’d be peaceful. You’d be accepting. And when you turn it around, you see you’re the source. And that you are completely capable of changing your thinking.

Breathe in and have fun with your thinking today!
Breathe out and let go.

None of your thoughts are true. You’re free to enjoy life exactly the way it is!