Oct 28

Harmony of Self Image and Weight

Many people struggle with weight issues, and I am among them. I have owned nearly every piece of exercise equipment the fitness gurus have come up with but I lack the motivation to exercise regularly.

Last year, I used Reiki to help myself lose 25 pounds. Over the next year, I gained 15 of those pounds back. The stresses of college took precedence over my health.

This week, I started remembering what it was like to be lean and thin, and healthy. By healthy I just mean able to walk across the parking lot loaded down with bags of groceries without getting winded. Although I would love to be able to do more than that, just being able to enter the apartment without gasping for air and then heading for the couch when the groceries are put away, would be a drastic improvement.

ANAHEIM, CA - MAY 07:  Dancer Maksim Chmerkovs...

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I remembered how much I loved to dance when I was younger. As I started thinking about it, I realized that I went dancing at least three nights a week, and danced around the house a bit too. Hmmm.

I record “Dancing With The Stars” so my daughter and I can watch it together as her busy schedule permits. So, I started – this week – playing the show every morning and DANCING along with them! It is so much fun! Mind you, I don’t dance LIKE them, I just dance WITH them. Also, I don’t last for very long, yet.

When the slow songs come on, I take advantage of yoga stretches which are more fun when set to music. I attempt to rekindle dances of ages past when the fast songs are playing, and luckily no one is home to see my performance.

It has been remarkable to watch the transformations of some of the dancing stars, such as Kirstie Alley, shown with her teacher, Maksim (my favorite!) in the photo on the right. You may be aware that Kirstie has tried and temporarily succeeded to lose weight using many different techniques, but dancing seems to be the one that has worked the longest.

I have HOPE that this is going to work for me, but this morning I realized I still needed to work on my cravings.

I found a wonderful article on food versus fuel, body image and self image, and health in general that resonated within me. There are a few practices one can do to fully understand their relationship with food and discover what the body – each individual body – really needs for fuel.

This information is shamanic elder wisdom provided by ThunderStrikes, and I encourage you to read the full article here.

 

 

 

 

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Oct 14

Obesity and Emotions

Many weight loss gurus have often said that you need to find out WHY you are overweight and then you’ll be one step closer to losing the weight.

I believe they’re right.

The problem is that they don’t actually lead you into learning what types of events might have lead you to over-eating.

For instance, research has shown that people who were sexually molested as children, and were told how pretty or how cute they were, “learned” from the experience that if they were not so attractive, then they would not be “bothered.”

Unfortunately, this seems to be true.

Terri Jay, an Intuitive Messenger takes it a step further on her site…

Often after getting married, a woman will realize that she has made a mistake but instead of getting a divorce, she will put on the pounds. Women do this unconsciously to make themselves unattractive so that they won’t be tempted to leave.

This may sound ridiculous to some people, but I found it to be true in my own life, albeit in a different way.

My second husband frequently told me that the only reason he would ever leave me would be if I got fat. He refused to be married to a fat woman. Well, I took this to mean that he didn’t really love me, at least not the way I thought he did, or the way I wanted him to love me.

Over the years, I began to gain weight. I think I was testing him. Sure enough, when I hit 150 pounds, he left – after 15 years of marriage. (I’m only about 5 ft 2in tall, so 150 is plenty big.)

Now, I realize that maybe I unconsciously wanted him to leave me. One of my intuitive friends pointed this out to me. I was not happy to receive this information; it was certainly more noble of me to have been testing his love rather than running him off.

In either case, the added weight caused more problems with my health, my self-confidence, and my ability to perform what once were routine tasks.

The weight continued to increase – until this year. I finally discovered the secret to weight loss, which I will be presenting in the near future. I have lost 30 pounds so far in 2009, but I am not at my target weight goal yet.

The beginning of ridding ourselves of any habit or condition that we are frustrated with, is to first look deep inside and determine the root cause of the problem.

That is when the real healing begins.

I highly recommend that anyone struggling with a problem that seems to be “your” fault, would take a few minutes each day to pray (talk to God) and meditate (listen to God). It is during this prayer time that you will ask the “WHY,” and during the meditation time that you can receive the “ANSWER” or root cause of your predicament.

This is not an easy task for many people. Most people would rather just go on a diet or pay for a gym membership, which are both great things to do. However, until we learn to “know” ourselves, we are swimming upstream.

I say GO WITH THE FLOW!

Understand the problem so you can actually solve the problem.

If you can’t wait for the “rest of the story,” I’ll be happy to help you get started on your weight loss journey via a Reiki energy healing… BUT, you must be ready and willing to put in the time each day. Once you are accustomed to it, it can be done in a couple of minutes a couple of times a day.

The initial Reiki Distance Healing to begin your weight loss will be $20. I will still be available for questions, problems, motivation and will continue to lift you up in my prayers, sending you the healing energy you need to empower yourself by the grace of God.

Once you have paid via PayPal below, please send me an email at sandra [at] sandracobb.com telling me about yourself. Include your phone number if you would like to receive a call from me. I will send you an email with full instructions and let you know when I will be sending the Reiki.


God Bless You as you begin this wonderful journey!

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