July 4th reminds me how I am lucky to live in the United States. It is more than backyard barbecues and trips to the beach. We’re blessed we have the resources to burn the night sky with brilliant pyrotechnics, free to express dissent or appreciation and to pursue the happiness we choose.

Declaring gratitude is a lot like a declaration of independence. When I practice tenderness and compassion, I feel an inner freedom. When I practice a grateful heart, it sparks a happy resonance. When I say “thank you”; when I acknowledge the people I love; when I affirm kindness, I feel liberated. I’ve discovered that expressing gratitude increases the value of, not only what I appreciate, but my value as well. It throws the doors open to sovereignty, to being authentic, full, expressing unlimited potential, receiving divine inspiration and these augment my well being. If this is not freedom, then what is?

If you’ve been waiting to amplify your health, your happiness, appreciate your worth, wouldn’t now be the time? It’s takes very little out of your day to write down your mementos, your thoughts, your love, your appreciation, your victories, your tributes (jazz them up on brightly colored paper) to the people, places, animals, colors, sounds, moods, emotions, music, whatever moves you, and pour these into a ‘Gratitude Jar’. Give it a try. You may see that this container of joy quickly creates an unrelenting flame.

Building joy, luck and flexibility leads to personal freedom. Feeling unappreciated? Need to feel stable? Here is a Ch’i strengthening exercise to spark your energy, manifest robustness and increase prosperity. I’d love to hear what you experienced. 

Stability Cure

Materials Needed: new black pen and a circle of red paper.

Procedure:

• Using the new black pen, write “stability” on one side of the red circle. Hold your breath while you write.
• Continue to hold your breath, turn the circle over and write the name and birth date of the person in need of stability.
• Attach the red circle under the bed (beneath the heart). The word “stability” should face the ground.
• Reinforce with the body (calming heart mudra or prayer mudra), speech (six true words mantra or prayer) and mind (visualize stability).

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