Harvest Life Gracefully a healing tip from abuse

Harvest Life Gracefully a healing tip from abuse

Survivors typically experience feelings of terror and being overwhelmed. Many experience flashbacks. I find that guided meditation and having a breath prayer helps to reduce anxiety and to center individuals suffering from trauma.

Breath Prayer And Guided Meditation Help Abuse Survivors

Author: Judy Brutz

Survivors typically experience feelings of terror and being overwhelmed. Many experience flashbacks. I find that guided meditation and having a breath prayer helps to reduce anxiety and to center individuals suffering from trauma.
Find a safe place where you are able to pray and experience a guided meditation. Prompts for the guided meditation are included below.
1. Imagine that Jesus or a Holy Presence, who conveys love, acceptance, comfort, and welcome, is by your side. Breathe in the sacredness. It's all right if you do not sense the presence of the sacred. Breathe in and out slowly, noticing how you breath feels. Rest. Allow yourself to relax.
2. Quietly, softly, you are asked, "What is it you want?" You know this is a spiritual question and you consider what your greatest need is. What do you say?
3. You are asked, "What name for God do you prefer to use?" You answer. What name do you say?
4. Take the name and the phrase and play with them, trying different sequencing of words until there is an easy rhythm and your Breath Prayer resonates with you. Notice how the prayer flows with your breathing.
5. Write down your prayer. Place reminders, post-its, in many places, bathroom mirror, a dot on your watch. Make it a practice to say your prayer as you go through doorways, or when you look at the time, or when you go to your computer, or when you pick up your keys. What makes sense for you?
6. Here are examples of Breath Prayers that my hospice patients formed. "God be with me always." "Bless me, Lord." "Jesus, heal me."
To heal and be transformed, seek the help you need from spirituality, social workers, and other sources. You do not need to be alone, or trapped by the trauma you experienced.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/breath-prayer-and-guided-meditation-help-abuse-survivors-2191593.html

Harvest Life Gracefully by Loving Yourself First by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Harvest life gracefully by loving yourself. Click on link below where you can read how important it is to learn to love yourself. This article makes a lot of good sense. Read it now and see for yourself, I think you will agree with me, in order to harvest life gracefully is all about learning to love yourself.


Loving Yourself First by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Harvest Life Gracefully- Update

Being new to this blogging stuff, I just discovered a wonderful thing! It is probaby a small thing for most, but for me, it is a biggie! I was excited to see that I can make pages on this blog. Since I began blogging, I was confuse on how to, post my story, only in one area on this blog. I am so happy to have found how to do this. So those who may want to follow my story can go to it directly on the My Story Page. Check back from time to time to see if I posted another part to my story, on the "My Story" page.

I will continue to post child abuse awareness information in this section. I will also post more detail information about my steps in how to harvest life gracefully. Other postings will be about healing from abuse, self-esteem, and self-worth.

I hope you will find my blog to be helpful and informative.

Ideas, constructive critcism and comments are more than welcome!

Now lets go and Harvest Life Gracefully