I remember when my youngest son was about 9 years old. At that time we lived in an affluent community on Long Island, New York. Each day I would watch my son leave the house gingerly and walk to school. We were within walking distance and I trusted my son, the community and the universe to make sure that he would arrive and come home safely each day. I have learned as a parent that there are certain things we have control over with our children and there are things that are way beyond our control. I learned that although I could see this little person walk off to school, I could not control his thoughts, or what happened to him during the school day or even on the walk to and from school. There were certain things that I could control and those I worked on quite diligently. I learned that I could control the quality of our conversations at home, the foods we ate in our home, and that I could teach and model an attitude of gratitude, caring, generosity, compassion, love, trust and courage. These were things that were within my control.
I taught him to trust himself. I taught him to trust his intuition and his gut. I taught him to listen to that feeling that said, “ this isn’t right” or “ this isn’t for me”. I taught him that it takes courage to follow your intuition as it often is contrary to the herd or group mentality and can leave you alone and questioning whether or not, trusting your intuition was the “ right action” to take. In hindsight, we see that it always is.
I’ve developed a program for children and their parents that teach them how to trust and develop their intuition. The program is fun and easy and I am now offering it on an individual basis to those who are interested in learning more about the powerful and healthy benefits of learning to trust and rely on your intuition.
I later began to teach him to “ trust “ certain foods to be beneficial to his development. One particular food that we have trusted for the past 9 years has been an antioxidant, rich blend of natural whole fruit purees. This product took 12 years of scientific development. Dr. Linus Pauling, two time nobel prize winner, contributed his expertise in anti-oxidant research on this product , until his death in 1994, and in 2003, the first bottle of ViaViente became available to the public.
ViaViente takes the seeds, skin, and juice of 13 whole foods and creates a uniquely delicious puree . We know that seeds and skins have the highest concentration of Anti-Oxidants. This product also contains naturally chelated mineral water from Vilcabamba , in Ecudor ( please see the link and story of the remarkable town and mineral water of Vilcabamba ( http://viavientemedia.com/articles/vilcabamba-book/) . One ounce of ViaViente is equal to 5 servings of fruits and vegetables, according to the Food and Drug Administration. According to Teri Tomlinson , a naturopathic doctor with over 27 years of experience, who is also a Master Herbalist and a Certified Natural Health Professional out of Orlando, Florida, “ Dr. Mark Pedersen, head formulator of ViaViente, is recognized over the past 17 years in his quest to develop one tonic that anyone could take regardless of age, health concerns or medication, that would impact the entire body. ViaViente contains the skins , seeds, pulp and everything in between of 11 whole fruits, 2 roots and the purest mineral water in the world containing the 13 essential minerals that fire up your energy superhighway. It is cold processed with living enzymes and no preservatives!”
During my many years in the classroom, there were times that I would bring Via in and share it with the children, rather than have sugar drinks available for them. The children literally “craved” the nutritionally sound puree and always wanted more. I came across a fabulous article that makes a connection between drinking ViaViente and ADD and ADHD , by Dr. Allen Buresz. The article can be read on my website in the links section. If you have further interest in learning about this remarkable product, that was written up in Woman’s Day as “ a miracle cure”, please go to: www.vital2u.viaviente.com . Once again, thank you for your trust.
With all the products and information available to us, it becomes important to learn to discern the many voices within us. How are we going to be able to distinguish the voices in our head from the voice in our heart?
I’ve come to learn that any voice that feels heavy or makes me feel sad, unhappy, bad or causes me indecision is the voice of untruth and is not real! The voices of happiness and lightness are the voices that support me in loving decisions and choices necessary for my journey of growth. We call this voice Intuition.
The voice of intuition speaks to us through another part of our body and not through our head. It speaks to us through a sensation that is in our chest area (solar plexus). The voice of intuition is not really a voice. It is a feeling, a sensation, and it takes place in the chest area of your body. Intuition is the body’s natural way of protecting you from people, situations, and experiences that will not benefit you and may harm you.
When we begin to really learn to hone into that feeling, that sensation and begin to trust it and value what it teaches us, our decisions and choices will be beneficial ones and we will soon learn to begin to trust ourselves, where by creating an internal knowingness that fosters genuine self esteem. It comes from within, not from without. We will have the strength of inner knowingness to call upon. Using that inner wisdom as our guide, we will never make choices that will hurt us or deter us from what is truly important to us.
We are born with this ability to listen to our inner workings. We have been taught to ignore it, to discredit it, and yet, it is one of our most important internal mechanisms for self preservation and survival.
Next time you are faced with a choice that you have to make, listen to your heart. It will guide you. Do not let your head and your thoughts dissuade you from the knowingness that will ultimately be your protector. Ignoring this important sensation will only lead you to some space in your future, when you will look back at that time in your life, or that choice that you made and say “I knew it.” “I knew I shouldn’t have done that” or perhaps you will remember that day that you acted based on that feeling and sensation in your chest and your response will be, “I knew it. I knew it was the right thing to do that day!”
Let’s begin right now with a practice of tapping into your heart and learning to “hear” the important messages that your heart will give you. This is the beginning of learning how to tap into, access, trust and develop your intuition. As you learn to trust this natural sense, your courage will flourish, your choices in life will be the best ones for you, and as other people remark on your life and call you lucky, you will know that it wasn’t luck that brought you to the “right place”… it was your heart, and your courage to follow and trust YOUR intuition.
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