Annette Pieper Your Harmonic Life Specialist

Lately I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed. I have had many things happening within my family that have required me to shift my focus and it has been quite time consuming and well as mentally, emotionally and physically taxing at times. My environment has also been under contruction as we have been remodeling parts of our home and the city has be tearing up the road in front of our home. This has put my physical environment in a state of chaos with things out of place and dust everywhere.

I have been feeling especially overwhelmed by the chaos in my home. When your environment is a mess, you can’t think straight…at least that’s my experience. I set aside this past weekend to put it all back together and clean from top to bottom as we have now wrapped up the inside projects. There was so much to do I didn’t know where to begin and began feeling a sense of dread at the undertaking.

Once I got started and allowed myself to roll with it and stop fighting it, it went smoothly. I began bringing gratitude to the situation. I rolled up my sleeves, centered myself and began to feel grateful for a home to clean, for a body that is healthy and strong to do the cleaning, lifting, scrubbing and so forth. I also brought in gratitude for a clean home even though by appearances is wasn’t there yet.

It felt so good when it was done. I felt relaxed perhaps for the first time in weeks as my environment is now orderly. What I also realized, is these ordinary, mundane tasks brought about a sense of peace as I got into action. I knew what the outcome would be so once I got started, their was a purpose or a method to the madness to get me the outcome that I so desired.

This month’s Jewels of Life newsletter is about this type of experience and how to find the magic in the mundane. Click here to read it.

Please leave your comments when you finish reading it. Share your stories.

Namaste,

Annette

I am writing this morning from Cedar City, Utah. My seventeen year old son, Shane and I came here to visit the campus of Southern Utah University which is where he is thinking of attending college next year. It is a beautiful city and we are enjoying our stay. Today we are going to visit Brian Head ski resort where they are having the Thunder Mountain Motorcycle Rally and we are also going to visit Cedar Breaks National Monument which is breathtaking from the pictures that I have seen. Tonight we are going to the famous Shakespearean Festival and see a play. We are having so much fun.

This morning I got up to go take my morning walk. Being in a new place, I was not sure where to go. There is a park across the street from the motel so I thought I would go over there and just walk around the park several times and come back. When I got to the park I had an urging to continue walking instead of turning into the park. I couldn’t see what was ahead except for a T in the road and a flag pole with a couple of flags flying. I decided to trust the prompting and continued walking forward. What I found was the perfect walking path that ran right along side the river not to far from the foothills of the mountains. I was so glad I trusted my intuition.

How many times in your life do you have a plan, only to get a prompting to abandon your original plan and do something different? How many times do you follow that intuition and trust that it will lead you where you need to go? If you find yourself needing to control the outcome, you may miss that perfect path that will take you where you need to go. You may get there eventually, but it may take you longer and it may be more of a challenge.

It was a perfect lesson or metaphor for me this morning. I know that there is a major change that I need to make in my life and I have been doing my best to control the outcome. By doing this, I am not making the change, just talking about it. Today I got the clear message to trust my intuition and let go of my need to control the outcome. When I do that, I will be led to the perfect path to take me to the next level in my evolution.

Trust
Believe
Have Faith

Namaste,

Annette

“The breeze at dawn has great secrets to tell you, don’t go back to sleep.” –Rumi\

Namaste,

Annette

How do you feel after a good laugh? Happy? High? Elated? Energized?

Studies have shown the physiological benefits of laughter include:

Reduced Blood Pressure
Reduces stress hormones
Increases muscle flexion in the abdomin
Boosts the immune system and raises infection-fighting cells and proteins
Helps respiration
Triggers the release of endorphins
Provides a general sense of well being

A good belly laugh is like “internal jogging” for cardiac conditioning. What makes you laugh a hearty laugh?

Yesterday I went with my family to see the movie “Get Smart”. What a fun show, and the ending was so funny. I was laughing so hard that I was crying.

Man did I feel good when that show was over. Go see the movie or whatever comedy will get you rolling with a good laugh. It’s good for the body and surely doesn’t hurt the soul.

Namaste,

Annette