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What could be better than your favorite energy drink?

Creating the same (or even more) energy with just your positive intent and your own body. Even if you have found one of the more herbal/organic/healthy energy drinks, it is still better to be able to produce the energy without the drink. What if you do not have time to get the drink? What if you take the drink and still need more energy? The chemical effects of an energy drink are limited (even if they do last for several hours). Your intent, once trained, is limitless.

How can you create floods of powerful energy without an energy drink?

EFT tapping blended with proper breath-work is the easiest way to do this.

How does this work?

The combination of energizing your meridians (the rivers of vitality flowing through your body) with tapping or pressing, and relaxing with deep, slow breathing will energize your body in ways you have never experienced.

The deepest understanding comes from practice… so let’s get started!

The EFT Tapping:

• You will tap a point on the side of each finger on one hand and then the other.
• The point is located at the same place on each finger. If you hold your hands in front of you with the little fingers away from you and the thumbs toward you, the side of the fingers toward you is where the points are located. The points are located right in line with the base of the finger nail on each finger.
• Use the index finger of your right hand to tap on the point on the side of your thumb on your left hand. Then continue to the index finger on the left hand, then the middle finger on the left hand, then the ring finger, and finally the little finger. Now use the left index finger to tap the same points on the fingers of the right hand.

Practice going through the points until it is easy to do, and you can tap all the points on both hands without looking at them.

The Breath-work:

1. Find a comfortable position sitting upright or standing up.
2. Take gentle, deep, slow breaths
3. Do your best to allow the breath to fill the lungs completely from bottom to top

Practice this for a little while until it is easy and comfortable for you.

Bonus – The Visualization:

• Gently relax your eyes
• While keeping your eyes comfortably relaxed, imagine a screen floating a few feet in front of your forehead
• On that screen, picture whatever activity (or other aspect) of the day that gets you the most excited.
• Enjoy that image until you feel the excitement and anticipation building

Practice this simple visualization until it is easy and natural.

Put it all together:

1. Begin the breathing process.
2. Visualize the most exciting event or activity of the day.
3. Tap the finger points on one hand and then the other.

Optional: Run through this cycle 3 full times to feel an even greater surge of energy and excitement.

Do the whole routine once in the morning, and again any time through the day when you aren’t feeling as motivated or energized as you would like.

Godspeed on your journey!

Benjamin Langley has been studying meditation, self-hypnosis, energy work, and other healing methods for over 15 years, and he has written over 400 articles on these subjects, as well as numerous podcasts and videos.

If you are interested in a Free coaching program that will show you how to identify your own critical point, and how to shift it to make achieving your goals effortless, go to http://Warrior-Mystic.com to learn more.

Do you struggle with stress? Stress can aggravate or cause health problems. Stress can influence depression, diabetes, hair loss, heart disease, hyperthyroidism, obesity, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder, sexual dysfunction, tooth and gum disease, ulcers and possibly even cancer. Many people are stressed to a degree, especially during the holiday season. Work can increase if you are in a business affected by the seasons. For most of us, our activities increase. We shop more for gifts, extra food for celebrations, special clothes and shoes. We may have more events on our calendar; usually celebrations with others. We may have parties for work, organizations we belong to, church, neighborhood, family and friends. All this activity takes more time and mental focus, which can cause stress. We also may be getting together with people we love, but who trigger stress in us as well. So how can we take care of ourselves during the holiday season? How can we avoid stress? Here are fifteen suggestions. I hope you will try at least some of them.

1. Avoid procrastination as much as possible. Doing things last-minute can add stress because things may go wrong, or we run out of time.

2. Plan extra time. Take the time you think a project will take and double that.

3. Prepare ahead. As much as possible, prepare meals and other projects ahead of time, like wrapping gifts. For example, I tend to shop year-round for gifts for the winter holidays.

4. Prioritize your day. Make a to-do list, but pick three things that are the priority and do them first.

5. Meditate. If you have never tried it, it really works to help you de-stress. Meditation clears the mind, renews it, relaxes tension, and calms you. Your local library is likely to have a book for the beginner on meditation, or you can look up ideas online. You can use guided meditation, listen to music or just silence. The main idea is to clear your mind of thoughts by releasing them as they come up. I meditate for 15-20 minutes usually, and some meditate for an hour, but even 5 minutes can help.

6. Exercise can raise endorphins and release toxins from stress through perspiration. Yoga is especially good at de-stressing. You can exercise indoors. If the weather is good, you can go for a walk.

7. Know that your holiday does not have to be perfect. Accept mistakes as gifts to remind us of our humanity and of a learning experience.

8. You don’t have to do everything that everyone else does. Narrow it down.

9. Don’t do everything by yourself. Delegate. If you have a family, let the children and partner share in the responsibility. Invite friends over to decorate.

10. Be careful of spending. Overspending causes stress. Make a budget and plan ahead on your purchases so you can add them up and see what your total will be. This will help you avoid the stress of after-holiday bills.

11. Laugh. Find the funny side of as many situations as possible. Laugh heartily and long. Laughter releases stress, builds up muscle and burns calories. See a funny movie, read the comics, read a funny book and talk to a funny friend.

12. Listen to relaxing music. If you don’t have any music that is relaxing, (I’m not referring to holiday music) find music for meditation at the local library or online. Music for meditation is very relaxing and can be listened to while you do your activities or work.

13. Get plenty of sleep. Sleep restores the brain and renews it. Getting eight hours of sleep during the holiday season can be one of the best ways to de-stress.

14. Eat well. Good nutrition can feed your brain. Get plenty of omega-3 fatty acids that are found in vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, as well as oily fish and ground flax seed. It nourishes your brain.

15. Get a massage. This will feel wonderful, will relax the tension from your body and help you to de-stress.

I hope you will try these ideas for relaxing during the holidays and at other times as well if you feel stress coming on. I also hope you will enjoy your holidays with a tension-free and stress-free, wonderful, relaxing, but joy-filled time! More information about stress and its effect on health can be found at http://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/stresshealth.htm.

Nanette Saucier is a graduate of the University of California at Davis, California with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology. She also studied Communication Disorders at the University of Montana, the University of Arizona and San Jose State University in California. Nanette worked as a Speech-Language Therapist with children in the public school system. She is now a well-trained, compassionate Life Coach who specializes in weight loss and all other issues that have to with living a happy, peaceful life. Nanette Saucier is dedicated to inspire and empower you to live your best life! Please feel free to visit her website at http://www.your-best-lifecoaching.com where you can find out more about her life coaching service, read more of her writing and find recommended books and CD’s that may be useful to you, including those on the topic of wellness.