The beginning of a New Year is often a catalyst for making New Year resolutions. The top four popular health resolutions are exercising, dieting to lose weight, eating healthier, and increasing self-care. After a few months life gets in the way or frustration sets in from a lack of progress. As a result, the intentions set at the beginning of the year start to wane. Why make a resolution in the first place? What is the motivation for change or wanting something to be different than it is? If you want to lose weight, what will that do for you? If you want to exercise more or change the way you eat, how is that going to help you reach your goal? What is your end goal?
To be able to keep a resolution to oneself, there needs to be a motivating factor, a desired end goal. Change is never easy and there will be challenges along the way that have the potential to derail the best of intentions. So, what can you do to keep moving forward when the going gets rough? What is it that you really desire behind the resolution? It is helpful to have a clear vision of your end goal, something that you can focus on that has meaning and purpose for you. Before you make your New Year’s resolutions this time around, take some time to create a clear vision of what you really want, how you want to feel or look, what you want to accomplish or change, and what all that will do for you to make your life and your health better. Visualization can be very powerful for manifesting good in your life and attracting that which you really desire for yourself. It just requires intention and focus.
How to Create a Vision for Health
The first step in creating a vision for optimal health and well-being is to have a clear idea of what that would look like and feel like to you. Begin to create an image in your mind of how a state of optimal health would appear on all levels of your being; physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. How would you feel? What would be different for you? What is standing in the way of your vision right now?
The second step is believing the vision you have created for yourself is achievable. Having an image alone will not bring you the results you desire. You must really want it, feel it, emotionalize it, and believe it is possible to manifest it. Emotional energy becomes the fuel of your desire to bring forth your vision into manifestation.
The third step is aligning your thoughts, your actions, your choices, and your daily habits with your image of health for yourself. Write out affirmations, create a vision board, change your eating habits, nourish your heart and mind, develop a spiritual practice, and take time to get out into nature. You cannot achieve a state of health and well-being if the actions you are taking do not support your vision. For example, you cannot continue to eat sugary desserts and lots of bread or pasta and then expect to lose weight. It is not going to happen. Neither can you increase your energy levels if you only eat processed foods that you microwave from a box and sit in front of a TV or computer day and night, never getting any real exercise.
The fourth step is repeating steps one, two, and three, repeatedly until you achieve your desired results. Repetition facilitates change. Our brains do not know the difference between something real and something imagined. By consistently rehearsing in your mind your ideal image for health with all the emotion you can give it, feeling and believing it, you will strengthen your ability to attract to you all that is needed for your vision. It might come in the form of a doctor or healer. It might be a book or cooking class. It could also be a healing modality that is new to you or different type of supplement. The possibilities are endless once you make a decision for health and follow through with the steps you are guided to take.
Perhaps you have a photo of yourself from a time you remember feeling fantastic, when everything was right with your world. That photo of yourself would be great to use with your vision because you have a memory of how you looked and felt at the time the picture was taken. Your body also has a memory of how it felt when you were at your best. Looking at a photo sometimes makes it easier to connect with a felt sense of the vision you are creating in the present. The cells in your body that hold the memory of health will respond to your efforts by releasing stagnant energy that has accumulated over time and begin resonating with your vision of health. Never underestimate the power that lies within the intelligence of your own body. The more you listen to it, honor it, and work with it, the more it will respond to your desires for greater health and well-being.
Write out in detail your vision for greater health and well-being. Sit with it and ask yourself what steps you need to take. Spend a few moments every day holding a clear picture in your mind of your vision and trust the guidance that comes to you. Make this coming New Year the year you become a better version of yourself.
If you need support reaching your vision for health and well-being, please reach to me, I would love to help you create a happier, healthier you in the New Year!
