Day 21 of 50 ideas in 50 days is Trust Your Vibes by Sonia Choquette. I have been a fan of Sonia for a long time and Trust Your Vibes is a great book with really interesting subject matter. Our ‘vibes‘ are our sixth sense, our intuition, our gut instinct and the book is full of great ideas about how to tune in to them.
Sonia begins on a very simple but incredibly important point – that in order to be our best and allow our intuition to flow, we need to first take care of ourselves. She says, “amazing things happen when you get enough sleep, eat properly and take it easy. Your nerve endings
relax and your spirit, or the sixth-sensory part of you rejuvenates and begins to shine light on your path.” If we are doing too much running around and not nourishing ourselves enough, the only thing we will be aware of is our physical body’s exhaustion trying to communicate to us.
Sonia continues with the idea that the mind also needs nourishment and relaxation for the vibes to flow. She suggests distraction from the flow of negative thoughts of the conscious mind by walking and getting outside. “Whenever you find yourself overly concerned or unable to stop thinking about something, immediately go outside and walk, or better yet, run around the block to disrupt the toxic trance you are in.” I wholeheartedly agree with this. I was thinking so hard yesterday about a band I used to like but whose cd I never bought. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t remember their name. This morning, I woke up, showered and started the day thinking of other things. I opened the window and was immediately struck by the delicious breeze which I proceeded to breathe in deeply. At that moment, the name of the band came into my head! That’s nature and intuition working in harmony!
It is important to get out and about to create a distraction from the chatter of your conscious mind but if this isn’t possible, the next best thing is to stay still and breathe deeply. This also gives your mind a break and allows unconscious thoughts and intuition easier flow. “When you’re tense, nervous or anxious, your energy gets tangled up and blocked…breathing deeply and regularly not only is the key to remaining calm but also connects us to a higher vibration.”
There are so many wonderful pieces of advice in this book that I found it difficult to choose which to talk about but I most certainly want to finish on a key idea of Sonia’s and that is, laugh a lot! ”To be intuitive, we must cultivate our sense of humour and look for reasons to laugh everywhere…this week, laugh a lot, look for the humour in things…get over your seriousness and let your hair down.” This week? Yes, this week and every other week after that. It is part of vitality and longevity and something we should consistently try to cultivate every day.
