Setting Intentions.

It took a lot of work for me to set my intentions for this coming year. 

I am starting from a place of gratitude. Before setting my intentions, I have spent a period of time establishing a practice of gratitude either before getting out of bed in the morning or before going to sleep at night. I run through all the things I am grateful for including things that have not even happened yet. I notice a great shift in my energy when I do this and feel it sets a foundation for intentions to exist.

Next, I am thinking about how I want to feel this coming year. Intentions are how you want to be and feel. I started with a list of goals and then spent time translating them into heart centered states of being. 
For example:
​My intention is to recognize false fears and replace them with truthful and positive actualities.

Next, I have a conversation with my guides and hand over these intentions to them remaining open and trusting in their help and guidance in seeing how these intentions unfold. While they are working in the background, I work every day to keep up the positive energy making my intended future my current reality. I do this through meditation and mindful moments of awareness so that it becomes a natural state of being. 


To recap on setting intentions:

1. Start with gratitude.
2. Think about how you want to feel this year. If you find you are listing goals (what you want to do) then translate that list of goals into how you want to feel.
3. Hand these intentions over to your guides and work on keeping up the positive energy. You are in control of how you feel. Meditation.
4. Follow your heart, remain open to how things unfold and step into what unfolds before you with strength and grace.

You are the creator..

“The creative process then is not about hoping, wishing, waiting, wanting, trying or looking—hope is a beggar. It’s about embodying and becoming your creation."
-Dr. Joe Dispenza

Wishing you lots of love, clarity and good physical, spiritual and emotional health in the coming year!


I wanted to share these sources on intention setting with you as well...

Great worksheet:
http://www.woodwardinstitute.com.au/wp-content/PDFs/BannerIntentionSettingWorksheet.pdf

Great article by Dr. Joe Dispenza:
https://blog.drjoedispenza.com/blog/mastery/the-balance-between-intention-and-surrender

Great direction on intention by Depok Chopra:
https://chopra.com/articles/set-intentions-not-goals-for-the-days-ahead

And this:
https://www.wellintentionedmama.com/guide-to-setting-intentions/

And this:
https://cheers2chapter2.com/setting-intentions-a-powerful-way-to-start-the-new-year