Workout of the Day July 5, 2015

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Workout of the Day for July 5, 2015

As Many Rounds As Possible in 15 minutes:

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Mental Workout of the Day:

Alternate Nostril Breathing

Alternate nostril breathing is a great way to balance the mind and body. Personally, as a result of doing 5-8 minutes per day of alternate nostril breathing, I feel I have more balance mentally and am much more calm throughout the day.

Today’s workout will be to do 9 cycles of alternate nostril breathing followed by 5-10 minutes of meditation. One cycle is as follows:

  1. Sit comfortably, preferably with the spine upright, either in a chair or in a cross-legged position.
  2. Place the right index and middle finger between the eyebrows, while the left hand faces upward resting on your thigh.
  3. Press the right thumb down on the right nostril and exhale though the left nostril.
  4. Inhale through the left nostril and then press the right ring finger on the left nostril exhaling through the right nostril.
  5. Inhale through the right nostril, then pressing the thumb against the right nostril exhaling through the left nostril.
  6. You have completed one cycle of alternate nostril breathing.

Remember that the breaths should be natural and not forced. After you have completed the 9th round, sit in meditation for 5-10 minutes.

You can see yesterday’s workout if you are also interested in a writing process which will help to raise your vibration and prepare you for your new blessings 😉

If you liked this workout, feel free to contact me with any questions regrading life coaching and personal training services I offer…

Workout of the Day July 3, 2015

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Workout of the Day for July 3, 2015

Tabata Interval:

Tabata is an interval program. Set a timer for 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest. For 20 seconds you will work as hard as you can and then rest for 10 seconds. You will repeat this cycle 8 times totaling 4 minutes for each exercise.

Rest 3 minutes, then do:

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Mental Workout of the Day:

What I Like…

Most days we find ourselves talking to others, or even engaging in self-talk, about what it is we do not like. Are minds are constantly finding ways to engage in our problems and after enough time, we forget what it is we even enjoy doing. For today’s mental exercise we will reverse that process…

Grab a piece of paper and expect to write for roughly 10 minutes. At the top of the paper write, “Things I Like…” and begin. Write down whatever it is you like. This doesn’t have to be anything in particular or something where you are over thinking. Simply write down things that you like. It could be “I like having sex…I like clouds…I like going in the sun.” Just start writing things you like. After a few minutes of this you should find yourself feeling better and recognizing why you like those things. Feel free to write down why you like each thing as well if it feels like it could also be fun. Do this until the paper is full of things you like or until you feel uplifted and more joyful.

You can see yesterday’s workout if you are also interested in a gratitude writing process to also raise your vibration and prepare you for your manifestations 😉

If you liked this workout, feel free to contact me with any questions regrading life coaching and personal training services I offer…

Workout of the Day July 2, 2015

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Workout of the Day for July 2, 2015

1 Round for time:

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Mental Workout of the Day:

Gratitude List…

Today’s mental workout will be very simple for anyone wanting to raise their vibration to a place of appreciation, love, and allowing. Take out a piece of paper and on the front write, “Things I’m grateful for with my health…” and on the back write, “Things I’m grateful for with my family and relationships.”

At first, if you are not already feeling very cheerful, you may find that it is difficult to write things that you are grateful for. It could even start out something like…”I can walk,” or “I hardly get sick.” As you continue to write things that you are grateful for it should consistently feel better as you begin to find more thing to be grateful for such as, “I am actually very healthy…I have a body that takes care of me very well…I have a body that constantly renews itself in the perfect manner.” You notice the difference between the first few phrases and the last few.

Continue with this process until you are finished with filling up the paper or until you feel joyful and ready to go out into the world refreshed.

You can see yesterday’s workout if you are also interested in a visualization process to raise your vibration and prepare you for your upcoming manifestations 😉

If you liked this workout, feel free to contact me with any questions regrading life coaching and personal training services I offer…

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Workout of the Day July 1, 2015

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Workout of the Day for July 1, 2015

10 Rounds for time:

  • 20 Sprint Down & Back (40 meters total)
  • 10 Box Jumps (12-26 inch box) or 10 Alternating Step-Ups (18-26 inch box)
  • 15 N-Ups or 15 Z-Ups

Shauna’s Time = 18:24

My Time = 18:29

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Mental Workout of the Day:

Visualizing Your Desires 

For today’s meditation we will practice putting ourselves in the place of already having achieved our desires. Seeing as that all of our realities are fully and truly just a manifestation of what is happening internally with us, we are going to aim to direct that reality into experiencing something magical.

You can set a 10 minute alarm for this or you can simply do it as long as you please. Finding either a comfortable laying or seated position, close your eyes and begin to imagine something that you have been thinking about recently, it could be a new relationship, better physical health, a better career path, but imagine yourself being in that situation. If at first this is difficult, say to yourself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if…” and follow with the desired situation until you are able to see yourself in the circumstance you are wanting. Once you are there, play with what it feels like to be in the relationship, or having the partner, or going to work at your desired career path. FEEL how wonderful it is to be living in the experience! Stay there as long as you like and/or move on to a new desired outcome. Once you feel complete, just sit or lay there for a few minutes and let it sink in to your consciousness. Feel how amazing it is to be living such a life. When you open your eyes, know that you have set an energetic wave in motion which is attracting the exact desires and manifestations into your life.

You can see yesterday’s workout if you are also interested in a gratitude meditation.

If you want more mental workouts such as this one, feel free to contact me with any questions regrading life coaching and personal training services I offer…

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Workout of the Day June 30, 2015

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Workout of the Day for June 30, 2015

As Many Rounds As Possible in 20 minutes:

My Rounds = 9 + 14 Dips (145 lbs)

Shauna’s Rounds = 9 + 2 Dips (100 lbs)

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Mental Workout of the Day:

Gratitude Meditation

For today’s workout we will start by setting a timer for 15 minutes and finding a comfortable sitting position. Place your hands on your lap with your palms facing upward and close your eyes. Gently, take your awareness to the movement of your breath in and out of your nose. Do not force the breath, but rather let the breath be and let it move you. As you breathe in you will say silently to yourself, “I AM,” and as you breathe out silently say to yourself, “grateful.” Do your best to maintain this mantra for the entirety of the meditation. If thoughts come into your awareness, recognize them and then return your focus to the mantra. You may even begin to change the words and begin replacing “grateful” which is completely okay and a natural process of the meditation.

If you liked today’s workout you can see yesterday’s as well…

Remember that gratitude is the key my friends ❤

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Workout of the Day June 29, 2015

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Workout of the Day for June 29, 2015

5 Rounds for time:

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Mental Workout of the Day:

Ecstatic Dancing

Ecstatic dancing is a mindfulness meditation. Put on your 3 favorite songs, close your eyes, and dance. Move your body with the rhythms of the music. Don’t worry about what is happening, just allow your body to move as the music infuses the cells of your body. You can do anything you want, no one will be in the room other than you. All you have to allow yourself to do is move and feel free. When the 3 songs are done just stand and feel your feet connected to the ground. Feel the energy of your body connecting you with the energy of the earth, Gaia. Stand there and feel the support of your Mother as long as you like and then you are finished with today’s workout.

If you liked today’s workout you can see yesterday’s as well…

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Workout of the Day June 28, 2015

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Workout of the Day for June 28, 2015

7 Rounds for time:

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Mental Workout of the Day:

Alternate Nostril Breathing

Alternate nostril breathing is a great way to balance the mind and body. Personally, as a result of doing 5-8 minutes per day of alternate nostril breathing, I feel I have more balance mentally and am much more calm throughout the day.

Today’s workout will be to do 9 cycles of alternate nostril breathing followed by 5-10 minutes of meditation. One cycle is as follows:

  1. Sit comfortably, preferably with the spine upright, either in a chair or in a cross-legged position.
  2. Place the right index and middle finger between the eyebrows, while the left hand faces upward resting on your thigh.
  3. Press the right thumb down on the right nostril and exhale though the left nostril.
  4. Inhale through the left nostril and then press the right ring finger on the left nostril exhaling through the right nostril.
  5. Inhale through the right nostril, then pressing the thumb against the right nostril exhaling through the left nostril.
  6. You have completed one cycle of alternate nostril breathing.

Remember that the breaths should be natural and not forced. After you have completed the 9th round, sit in meditation for 5-10 minutes.

If you liked today’s workout you can see yesterday’s as well…

For those of you interested in enhancing your overall mental, spiritual, and physical wellness I offer life coaching and personal training…

Heart Meditation

Workout of the Day for June 27, 2015

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Workout of the Day for June 27, 2015

4 Rounds for time:

  • 500 meter Row or 400 meter Run
  • 25 Sit-Ups (Anchored)
  • 12 Handstand Push-Ups or Regular Push-Ups

My Time = 18:44

Shauna’s Time = 18:56

Heart MeditationMental Workout of the Day:

Heart Meditation

Today’s process will awaken your heart, bio-energetically. Set a timer for 10 minutes. Take a comfortable seated position and place your right hand on your heart with your left hand facing palm-upward. As you breath in feel the breath move into your heart. Stay with this meditation, maintaining your awareness on the breath filling your heart, for the 10 minutes. Pay attention to how you feel after you come out of the heart meditation.

Here is yesterday’s workout if you missed it…

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Workout of the Day June 26, 2015

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Workout of the Day for June 26, 2015

As Many Rounds As Possible in 20 Minutes:

  • 9 Pull-Ups/Assisted Pull-Ups/Inverted Rows
  • 12 Box Jumps (24-12 in Box) or Alt. Step-Ups (24-18 in Box)
  • 15 Wall Balls (14-10 lb Ball) or Thrusters (15-10 lb DBs)

My Rounds = 7 + 11 Box Jumps (24 in Box, 14 lb Ball)

Shauna’s Rounds = 7 + 5 Box Jumps (18 in Box, 10 lb Ball)

 Spiritual Awakening

Mental Workout of the Day:

Today’s mental workout will be to release any thoughts period, to simply stop thought. Go outside, take off your shoes, take off your socks, stand in the grass or dirt and feel the earth against your feet. If you feel so inclined, lay down and look up at the clouds, feeling the earth supporting your frame. FEEL your body connected to the earth. By connecting with the earth, you connect your bio-rythms with the bio-rythms of the earth, attuning yourself to the same frequency as Gaia. This is often overlooked as a way of changing the cellular frequency within our bodies. By connecting our cells and atoms to the atoms of the earth, we return our bodies to the natural frequencies of our Divine well-being. Not only will this calm your mind, but this will align the atoms of our our being with that of our Mother. Stay laying, or standing until you feel that you have balanced the static you have accumulated.

You can see yesterday’s workout here…

If this process resonated with you, you can look at the life coaching I offer that entails other processes tailored to return you to your natural Divine state of perfection…

I also offer personal training for anyone looking to increase their physical health!

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Where I Found God…

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Where I Found God…

I feel as if over my 28 years of living on this earth that I have searched for a lot of things. I have searched for a life partner, I have searched for the perfect career, I have searched for peace, I have searched for acceptance, but most of all I have searched for God.

Why I Wanted To Find God

You see, after having gone through 4 years of chemotherapy, full body radiation, a bone marrow transplant, and witnessing a whole lot of children, adolescents, and parents suffer I did a whole lot of searching. I searched for answers to why there is suffering, I searched for answers to why these children had to die, I searched for why any of us get sick, I asked God tirelessly for answers but he never replied to my questioning!

I asked and asked and asked. I just kept asking for answers, and my response was barren. Why wasn’t God answering me?! Was I not important enough to be answered? Was I too small and of little importance in His plan that I didn’t deserve an answer? I felt something there wanting to make it self known but I couldn’t hear it! I was scared and confused and questioning and I couldn’t hear the answers I was needing. Until at the age of 19 a friend gave me a movie…and that movie led to a book…and that book led to meditation.

Where I Found God…

As a boy I was only led to the Bible, and from my interpretation of the bible I was led to understand that God is outside me. God is a Presence, which I interpreted as an omnipotent man, that came to the earth in the form of Jesus, and that may or may not decide which individuals to communicate with. As I grew older, and where I stand now in my consciousness, I understood that my past beliefs were mistaken.

At 19 I began to meditate, and from that stillness I was led to a deeper understanding. As I searched the depths of my mind in solitude, I began to uncover hidden gems in the midst of all the chaos and chatter. In the midst of all the darkness, in the midst of all the noise, I found God.

I found God right in the core of my being. I found God at the center of my heart. I found God in me, and I found me in God. I had realized that all my questioning, all my seeking, had led me to the most secret place of all…within myself. I realized that the answers to all the questions I had been seeking were right within my grasp the whole time. The answers that seemed to evade me for so long only took a quieting of my own inner noise and they appeared in front of me.

How Does Meditation Help You Find God?

As I quieted my mind while meditating it was as if I was sinking deeper within an ocean. All the noise of my mind remained at the surface, but as I sat there still, I began to sink deeper. As I sank, I noticed my mind, active at the surface, watching the storms throw the surface yet remaining completely still. As I sank I found the peace that we so long for throughout our lives. I continued deeper, and as I did so, I had a new perspective. I realized that not only was I the surface, but I was the entire ocean.

This depth of understanding showed me that the answer was always waiting to come forth, but in getting lost on the storm at the surface I was unable to sink deeper where it was waiting to be realized.

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How Can I Find God If I’m Only Human?

As a result of meditation, I was led to more self-help and sacred religious texts than I would have ever thought I would see. As I remained still, books, people, events, circumstances flooded into my life. All the answers that I had been seeking started working their way forth. Every time I read a new book I thought, “Wow, I know this! I don’t know how I know this, but I FEEL it! Why haven’t I realized this sooner?”

What I realized mostly importantly was that all religious texts claim that we have a soul, and that that soul is an expression of the Godhead, the Divine Presence. The difficulty we continue to perpetuate is that we identify with our bodies rather than that soul. We are taught to believe we are somehow sinners, or some form of imperfection, rather than holding to the inner knowing that we are all extensions of that very Godhead we are searching so deeply for.

How Can I Hear God?

Eventually, if your searching is true, you will come to the understanding and knowing that you are a perfect extension of God. Once that becomes your truth, it is impossible not to hear God. As you live that truth, your entire life becomes a conversation with the Higher Self that is you, that is God. You talk constantly to God, asking for guidance, asking for a demonstration of connection, asking for the path, and then you realize that you need only listen to your emotions.

You begin to trust the old adage, “Trust your gut,” is the key to your conversation with God. You realize that the way you feel is your indication of your connection with God, your Self. As you speak, and ask for the answer, you instantly receive the answer in the form of an emotional response. As you think to yourself, “I miss Johnny, he was the only person I will ever love and he’ll never love me back,” and you feel bad, you recognize that God, your Soul, is telling you that your thoughts are amiss. When you have that understanding you can change your thought, “Johnny was a part of my earthly experience, and there is someone that fits me better who will love me as I love him,” and as you feel good you will know God, your Soul, is telling you that you are in harmony with Infinite truth.

How Long Does It Take To Find God?

I found God in more places than I can count. To this day I am continuing to find God, my Self, and open the depths of my heart after a decade of searching; and hopefully that searching never end. For you to find God it may take one month, one year, one decade, or even one second, but if you take the time to still your mind and sink deeper within yourself, you have already found God.

As I said earlier, it is not about looking for God anywhere outside of yourself. If you have read the entirety of this article then you realize that wholly and truly you are God! So then it becomes more about when will you find your self? When will you decide that enough is enough of refusing to accept the constant pulling of your heart for awakening? When will you decide that you are tired of searching for something that has always been yours? When will you decide that always searching outside yourself is exhausting and tireless, and that finally accepting your grace and Godhood is the answer you have always longed for?

A million may seek for God in the world, but the one who seeks his own heart is free.

All My Love,

Zach ❤

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