Message from a child; Happiness! (3 min read)

The Simplicity of child like inspiration plus an amazing, free, hypnotherapy exercise which is going to change your focus!

I asked my son for some inspiration to spread for the weekend. He closed his eyes, looked in his heart and he simply said ‘Be Happy’. I asked for some more and he said ‘choose a colour. I choose blue’.

So simple! Choose to be happy. Just choose it.

Perfect as so much of my therapeutic work with clients, is all about joy based living! Lifting that which blocks us from remembering that joy!

Sometimes we spend so long worrying over the nitty gritty of what we need to do to be happy, that we forget about the simplicity of it all. And that at it’s core is choice. Every second, every moment, we have a choice. And in that moment we can choose what we want to be. We always manage to over complicate it in our adult minds; but there is still a part of you somewhere which remembers the ability to just choose!

My husband said I was a bit narky earlier. Yes I was. I was trying to work but I had the 4 year old home today due to snow. And so the progress on work that I had intended to make had not happened. And it was getting on my nerves. So I asked him to leave me alone (not the hug he offered – this empath needs a bit of space when she’s feeling delicate!) and I would sort myself out. And I did. I chose to get my head out of my butt and let go of what had been annoying me.

And I did that by existing in the moment. Rather than worrying about the tasks which I had to do; create facebook events for workshops, get back to clients etc. I looked around me. I was trying to feed the baby her lunch. So I just focused on that. She’s unbelievably cute. And lots of fun. And watching her eat broccoli pasta bake was actually hilarious. Good job I had vanilla banana yogurt for afters.

And being in that moment was enough. That’s all it took. Later, relishing in the snow falling outside; the rooftops looking picturesque with their white frosting. And later again having to decide to look at my four year olds electric guitar playing from her perspective. It was fun to be dancing around the lounge to music. Rather than my previous perspective which was that she as noisy. Which she still was. But my view point changed everything.

What my son also reminded me of just now, was a little exercise and one of the first ones I used when I became a hypnotherapist, which is amazing at changing your perspective instantly. One I use with him a lot. I’ll share it with you now. Once you get this in your tool box, you’ll be a changed person. And you can use it anywhere; just need to take a couple of minutes out. That’s it!! Simples ey?!

Focus on Happiness Visualisation Hypnotherapy Exercise

All you need to do is work instinctively. The first thing that pops into your head is the right one. Don’t double guess it. Your subconscious is cleverer than you think.

Sit comfortably. Centre yourself. Slow your breathing but keep it comfortable. As you breathe recognise that you are releasing tension and pent up energy as you do.

When you feel ready, focus yourself on the feeling that you currently are holding. Give it a colour. Give it a shape. Maybe give it a texture or sensation. You may notice where it is on the body. You may notice an emotion attached to it, or a memory or person. But these last couple of points are worth noting if you just so happen to feel them. The essential bit is the colour, shape and sensation.

Then visualise either picking it up from your body or it forming in your hands. Place it to one side and allow it to go to ground; sucked down by the Earth to be transmuted and used for other purposes. Notice the clarity of emotion in that moment.

Allow another colour and another shape to form in your hands. Place this where you need to within yourself. It maybe where you took the old energy from. It maybe somewhere else. If you are unsure then pop it in your heart. Leave your hands in that place until you feel it has taken. You will notice a change in your mood and perspective.

Smile and you are ready to face the world!

I did this exercise as I typed. Light wispy but string blue energy at throat with a bit of yellow. Replaced with gold strands. Still strong just not forceful as it was before.

I am not going to analyse this now. And neither should you in the moment. Let’s face it, you have enough going on!

If I need to know about it then it’ll come to me easily. I use the chakra system to interpret colours, and I will likely do a blog on this at some point so look out for it. I find it helps me with knowing where I am on my healing journey. So please subscribe if you would like to learn more in the future.

You may want to copy and paste the visualisation somewhere for future use, or save this blog.

So simply take a moment to choose.

Till next time.

Love as always.

Rachael x