Waking Energy 7 Timeless Practices Designed to Reboot Your Body and Unleash Your Potential

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of each, it will be time for you to establish your own practice. Here you can finally enjoy the feeling of autonomy in practice and fly solo, free to explore the practices on your own, again either individually in greater depth, or follow the menu of combination workouts I have designed to provide you with the most ideal balance of yin and yang energies in each and every workout you choose. Making It Your Own At the end of the nine-week program, you’ll be equipped to take all that you’ve learned thus far and truly flow with nature, alternating yin and yang practices each day of the week, becoming your own energy master and creating energy balance in your own world—inner and outer. The Waking Energy Way is intended for you and your own unique, beautiful self and body. You can begin exactly where you are and take the practices at your own pace and level. In fact, that’s the very point of the journey, to explore and experiment with freedom so as to create the best approach that works for you. I’ve provided a nine-week sample program to get you started, but once you become aware of your own waking-energy abilities, you will be in awe of what you can do. You’ll be inspired to play, to experiment, to get to know yourself, your body, and your needs even better. Once you understand how befriending your body can offer you an instant payoff in energy, in the way you feel and look, you’ll have an entirely new perception of yourself. You’ll understand in no uncertain terms that depending upon the kind of conscious movement you engage in, you can have significant influence over the quality of your thoughts and start to feel a self-reliance and self-gratitude you’ve never felt before. It can manifest on the spot. And it all starts with you becoming your own energy master by learning the practices so well you start to design the program that helps you to create the balance in your life that wakes your energy and changes your life. Meeting Yourself for the First Time: The Way to Love As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think. —JOSEPH CAMPBELL If you knew yourself the way the people in your life—your closest friends and loved ones—know you, you might actually really like yourself. In fact, you might discover that you’re so amazing, even you start to feel jealous of yourself. It can happen in your next breath. Or with a smile—your own—as you gaze at your reflection in a mirror. Reconnecting with your body, your mind, and your heart and introducing them to one another can happen in an instant, or it can happen over a lifetime. It all comes down to a choice, to one single decision—one you consciously make or one that life makes for you. When you choose to take that first step and decide to make that virgin encounter a loving one, you awaken your power—you wake up the true energy inside you.

We meet ourselves over and over again during the course of our lifetime—through challenge and triumph, relationships, and love and loss. Each time, we discover more of ourselves and what we’re really made of. But this meeting of yourself I speak of is unique. It’s no small, casual get-together. It’s a conscious, intentional encounter, an act of some of the highest love there is—one where you meet your every aspect. It’s epic. Meeting yourself for the first time means heeding the call. It means becoming your own advocate for the longing in your heart. It means making the purposeful decision to embark on a journey of conscious self-exploration that can lead to a real awakening, opening your eyes to the splendor, the magnificence, the joy, and the radiance of who you really are. Having lived a certain number of years on the planet, you likely already have a strong sense of who you think you are. You may think that you already live your life in an examined way, that you feel connected, or that you even possess a relatively keen awareness of yourself. That’s a beautiful thing; it means that you are starting with a clear advantage, and you should feel great about it. But even if you feel as though you “met yourself” a long time ago and know yourself well, there is an entire dimension of existence that stands apart from this general knowing of oneself, a kind of chamber of secrets that can lead you to your own truth—your own best self. Yes, this meeting I speak of will be different from any kind of awareness of or connection to yourself you currently have. Acknowledging yourself, being aware of yourself as a magnificent wonder of nature, a unique miracle, a feeling self who deserves your love and attention is another story altogether. Within each one of us, there is a longing, searching, seeking self—call it your heart or your soul. It’s all the motivation you need to begin this new quest to truly meet yourself for the first time. It’s hard to put into words the immensity of the joy that will spring up inside you once you get to know yourself in a whole new way and come to realize that you are alive in an energy playground of endless possibilities! Energy mastery is an infinite journey. Joy and inspiration spring from knowing that you have the capability to harness the energy that exists in this magical realm and that you can become an eternal student right here, right now. Let the journey of the practices return your childlike sense of wonder and curiosity, unfettered joy, ease, and a new kind of unself-conscious expression with which you can explore your energy anatomy —the entire world of your subtle body, which is invisible to the naked eye. Like the cosmos itself, the world around you—seen and unseen—offers an infinite variety of experiences to sample and savor. Great satisfaction and joy come from knowing that you yourself have the capability to harness the energy of this infinite realm. You have the opportunity to learn that you’re so much more than you believe you are right here, right now. You are about to unlock some of the most essential secrets to your longevity, such as discovering how to live your best life, tapping into the flow, the bliss, the power, and the beauty of being present to what is with no distractions, living into your essential aliveness, and finding what every human being seeks, hungers for, and quests after: peace and joy. It is the gift of Waking Energy.

of each, it will be time for you <strong>to</strong> establish your own practice. Here you can finally enjoy the feeling<br />

of au<strong>to</strong>nomy in practice <strong>and</strong> fly solo, free <strong>to</strong> explore the practices on your own, again either<br />

individually in greater depth, or follow the menu of combination workouts I have designed <strong>to</strong> provide<br />

you with the most ideal balance of yin <strong>and</strong> yang energies in each <strong>and</strong> every workout you choose.<br />

Making It <strong>Your</strong> Own<br />

At the end of the nine-week program, you’ll be equipped <strong>to</strong> take all that you’ve learned thus far <strong>and</strong><br />

truly flow with nature, alternating yin <strong>and</strong> yang practices each day of the week, becoming your own<br />

energy master <strong>and</strong> creating energy balance in your own world—inner <strong>and</strong> outer. The <strong>Waking</strong> <strong>Energy</strong><br />

Way is intended for you <strong>and</strong> your own unique, beautiful self <strong>and</strong> body. You can begin exactly where<br />

you are <strong>and</strong> take the practices at your own pace <strong>and</strong> level. In fact, that’s the very point of the journey,<br />

<strong>to</strong> explore <strong>and</strong> experiment with freedom so as <strong>to</strong> create the best approach that works for you.<br />

I’ve provided a nine-week sample program <strong>to</strong> get you started, but once you become aware of your<br />

own waking-energy abilities, you will be in awe of what you can do. You’ll be inspired <strong>to</strong> play, <strong>to</strong><br />

experiment, <strong>to</strong> get <strong>to</strong> know yourself, your body, <strong>and</strong> your needs even better. Once you underst<strong>and</strong> how<br />

befriending your body can offer you an instant payoff in energy, in the way you feel <strong>and</strong> look, you’ll<br />

have an entirely new perception of yourself. You’ll underst<strong>and</strong> in no uncertain terms that depending<br />

upon the kind of conscious movement you engage in, you can have significant influence over the<br />

quality of your thoughts <strong>and</strong> start <strong>to</strong> feel a self-reliance <strong>and</strong> self-gratitude you’ve never felt before. It<br />

can manifest on the spot. And it all starts with you becoming your own energy master by learning the<br />

practices so well you start <strong>to</strong> design the program that helps you <strong>to</strong> create the balance in your life that<br />

wakes your energy <strong>and</strong> changes your life.<br />

Meeting <strong>Your</strong>self for the First Time: The Way <strong>to</strong> Love<br />

As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.<br />

—JOSEPH CAMPBELL<br />

If you knew yourself the way the people in your life—your closest friends <strong>and</strong> loved ones—know<br />

you, you might actually really like yourself. In fact, you might discover that you’re so amazing, even<br />

you start <strong>to</strong> feel jealous of yourself.<br />

It can happen in your next breath. Or with a smile—your own—as you gaze at your reflection in a<br />

mirror. Reconnecting with your body, your mind, <strong>and</strong> your heart <strong>and</strong> introducing them <strong>to</strong> one another<br />

can happen in an instant, or it can happen over a lifetime. It all comes down <strong>to</strong> a choice, <strong>to</strong> one single<br />

decision—one you consciously make or one that life makes for you. When you choose <strong>to</strong> take that first<br />

step <strong>and</strong> decide <strong>to</strong> make that virgin encounter a loving one, you awaken your power—you wake up the<br />

true energy inside you.

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