Friday, January 6, 2012

Affirmations

       Affirmations are statements used to overwrite negative thought patterns and bring about positive changes in one's charachter. Our minds spew forth a litany of negative programing. Whether those be from outside influences, or from within, they enable us to  become blocked and stagnant. No longer able to move forward we wallow in a mire of self deprecation.
     There are a few ways to do affirmations. My personal favorite is verbal. While looking in the mirror, say out loud a positive statement about an area of you charachter you wish to improve. For example, if you have trouble keeping calm in tense situations, you would say "I am able to keep a level head in stressful situations". Repeat this daily, morning, noon and at night before bed.
     Writing your affirmations down is another way. Before bed completely fill a page with your positive statement. Continue to write the same thing every night until the desired thought pattern is achieved. If your curious to see how long this takes, keep track by dating each one.
     Audio playback is helpful as well. Simply make a recording of yourself saying your positive messages, then listen to them frequently thoughout the day. The idea here is repetition. If you do something enough it becomes ingrained in your mind.

4 comments:

  1. I've always been very pro written affirmations, but I'm very visually oriented.

    Someone could modernize it by using their smart phone for the audio recording and then play it back where ever they are! :)

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  2. I'm a visual learner...my youtube playlist is chock full of how to's. Using your cell phone is a great idea, almost everyone has one. I put post it notes with my affirmation on my mirror...so to go one step further, one could make a vision board filled with their affirmation.

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  3. great blog, i love visual affirmations, and have them on my vision board this year

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