How’s Your Vibe? (A Guide to Raising It)

 

Maybe it’s just because I live in California. But often, I think about the vibration of things.

 To me vibration is that quiet, subtle, essential energy that exists in our moods, and often environments. Perhaps even objects emanate vibrations—I don’t really know.

I just know that when I walk into a new place I haven’t been before, I often get a feeling in my body. A sense that goes beyond words that tells me this is a welcoming place, or one that’s not so friendly.

 It shows up in the pit of my stomach, or a tension in my upper back. It can be a feeling that crosses my mind.

Perhaps you’ve had the experience of walking down the street and you suddenly feel yourself in danger. Maybe someone passing by makes the hairs rise on the back of your neck. Or you find yourself opening up unexpectedly to a stranger on a train or an airplane—a seat mate you feel you just innately trust.

 By the same turn, I know when I, myself, am giving off a positive or negative vibe. I can be tense, and terse and controlling. I get a frown my children used to call ‘Mommy Mouth’—a look of slight annoyance usually accompanied by hands on hips.

 Or sometimes I feel relaxed and carefree, easy and content. That’s when my vibe is high and I’m a lot more fun to be around. It’s a LOT more fun to live with a high vibe.

 So what does it take to actively raise our vibration?

 Self-Care, pure and simple.

 Here are few quick ideas for raising your own vibe, when too many negative mindsets threaten to shipwreck your day. Even when the events of the world threaten to overwhelm us.

Ask yourself how you’re doing. Really. Just take a moment to check in, and dissolve into that silence.Notice what your hara is telling you. Put a hand on your gut, and actively breathing into your hara—that spot around the navel that Chinese acupuncturists call ‘Spirit Gate’.Acupuncture educator Dr. Skye Abbate explains it this way: ‘The hara is not just an anatomical location, but as the Dan Tian or center of the energy of our body we gain our core physical, mental, emotional and even spiritual health. For in many ways we are as healthy and as calm, centered and peaceful as the hara.”Give yourself a moment to process and release whatever emotion is sitting right there. Just feel it…and let it go. No need to understand why. This morning’s yoga brought a quick sob up for me, as I did a hip opening exercise that always makes me cry.I have no idea why I was crying. I just was. And man, did it feel great to let that old bit of grief pass by. I was so relaxed afterwards!Close your eyes and thank yourself for being you. Simple, but effective. You don’t need a reason to thank yourself. You’re just here. You’re breathing. You’re occupying this Earth. And you belong here, one hundred percent. So, friend… celebrate that beautiful fact!Do something nice for someone else. Perhaps give a hug, tell someone you love them. Practice a random act of kindness for a stranger. Just … make a small difference today. It doesn’t have to be big to raise your vibe. You end up feeling great…and that is the point!Go have some fun! Need I say more?Remember that everything is happening for a reason—even the hard stuff. It’s all part of our evolution as individuals and as a global community. I learned that when my daughter Teal died in 2012, and my life and I were both radically transformed forever.No matter how tough life gets, there is always, eventually, a resolution—a movement towards the light.Darkness can never persist indefinitely, friend. It disturbs the precious balance of the Earth, and our delicate connection with all of our fellow humans whom, whether we know it or not, we exist with in love.All we have to do is keep on tapping into our own personal Grace. Our connection to ourselves. Our vibe.

May this help you raise yours today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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