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YOGA AND VISION BOARDS
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN VISION BOARD.
BY JO DE ROSA
Yoga connects us to our bodies and minds and opens us
up to our truth. On exiting the mat we can harness this
authenticity using the vision board as a brilliant tool to
channel the creativity that we just unlocked, and manifest
the life of our dreams. Here are some quick tips to get you
started.
STEP ONE: KNOW
Of course, we need to know what we want to manifest first,
and straight after our practice we are tuned in to our truth
and can ask ourselves, ‘where do I want to go in life?’.
STEP TWO: VISUALISE
This is where the actual vision board comes into play.
Get yourself a large piece of paper/card and find images
and words that correspond to what you have answered
in the first step. Old magazines are perfect for this or find
images on the internet, and arrange these pictures on the
paper/card.
STEP THREE: FEEL
This is where most people falter, as they completely miss
out these next three stages and wonder why their dreams
are not manifesting. For us yogis this bit comes easy for we
know how to feel and connect with our bodies and minds.
The trick is to not get stuck in the ‘wanting’ to feel
something (love/happiness) as this is actually pushing
it away. The universe hears ‘want’ not ‘have’ and this is
exactly what is being manifested: more want. So, instead,
play the future scenarios out in your head as if they were
already happening; get used to what the approaching
situation is going to feel like.STEP FOUR: BELIEVE
Not only believe that your dreams are possible, but
also that you deserve them, for you cannot experience
something that you do not believe. This is about coming
into alignment so if you can’t quite get there internally
(in your mind), then your dream is not going to translate
outwardly (in your life). The two have to be matched for
anything to happen; can you see how much more subtle
each of the stages become? Just like the eight limbs
of yoga; we work on subtler and subtler levels as we
progress.STEP FIVE: MEDITATE
The last stage cements the first four and turns your
frequency up to ‘receive’ mode. When we connect deep
within ourselves during meditation we can adjust our
beliefs around each area of our life and find true and
genuine alignment with our dreams.Jo De Rosa is creator of the Quantum Superpowers
programme and founder and director of Inner Guidance
Retreat Centre in Lavenham, UK (innerguidance.co.uk)