My Favorite Practice for Achieving My Goals

There are few things as frustrating in life as feeling stuck and unable to fully reach goals or manifest desires. I’ve lived in that stuck, struggle place for a while, and it was so unpleasant and challenging and annoying. I’ve encountered resistance in my life, and tend to get in my own way when fully understanding that I am a powerful person capable of creating exactly what I wish (and you are, too).

I recently had an aha moment, where I pinpointed why I was perpetually coming up short when it comes to really seeing my goals come to fruition: I wasn’t fully embodying my desires. In fact, I was disconnected from them.

I had thought the ideas and had clarity in my brain, but I hadn’t felt the feelings in my body and I hadn’t seen it, to believe it. In other words, I knew what I wanted, but didn’t believe I could have it, and I didn’t know what to do to achieve it. This left me feeling in a weird limbo of knowing what I want, but feeling like it was always just out of reach. Can you relate?

The missing link is simple, but it’s powerful. It’s visualization. It’s sitting with ourselves, visualizing that thing that we wish to achieve, feeling how it feels in our bones and in our bodies, recognizing all the emotions of what it will be like when it comes to form, and bottling it all up inside ourselves as a new part of us that we carry with us. It’s like giving our brains a software update, so that we can function in the next level life that we desire.

This week, we introduced our high school student fellows to visualization. The fellowship program they are participating in requires them to complete a group project, focused on community engagement and civic leadership, and present it to us, in order to pass the course. I know they feel stressed about how they’ll get it all done, as well as everything else that’s on their plates.

Visualization is the practice that could help them bridge the gap of knowing what it is they need to do, remembering that they are always capable of doing it, and actually taking the action to make their dreams, desires, and goals come to form. We led them through a visualization meditation, and the relief that they felt from it was tangible. They were remembering who they are, why they are here, and exactly what they are capable of.

And I wish this relief for all of you, too!

Incorporating a visualization meditations into your practice will give you such a sense of confidence, peace, and ease along your journey. It’s super easy, just follow these steps below:

1.Get clear on what you desire, what you want to achieve, or how you want to feel. What is your intention? This could even be as simple as asking yourself how you want to feel in a given day, and going from there.

2. Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and breathe.

3. Start to visualize that desire, achievement, or feeling, as if it’s already happened. See it in your mind’s eye, and be specific.

4. Notice the feelings that arise in this moment, how does it feel in your body to be that person who has already achieved?

5. Recognize the details and take note of any action steps that come to mind here.

6. Allow yourself to sit with this and embody this new piece of your life.

7. Take a few moments to breathe and cultivate a sense of gratitude for what you know is possible.

8. Open your eyes and journal what came up for you in that practice. You’ll get bonus points for writing down accompanying affirmations that can remind you of this visualization and your desires throughout the day.

9. Remind yourself that you are worthy and capable.

10. Repeat as necessary and trust that it all will unfold.

xoxo, Michelle

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