10 Tips To Uplift The Emotions And Create Inner Peace

by Pedro Proff (Life Mentor)

The power of the Life Mentoring approach is all about simplicity. Keeping things simple can be somewhat deceptive, but it can also be extremely powerful. We work to make some lifestyle adjustments to form a powerful package that will support emotional balance.Within this powerful package, there are a lot of simple things we can do to uplift our emotions and create inner peace.
Try some of these secrets today and see what a difference they can make.

Tip 1: Go to bed at a consistent time. Be sure to be in bed by 10 pm/11pm every night. If you can get to sleep a little earlier, that’s fine, but the key is to make sure that you’re getting the right amount of sleep for your body. If you know you need 7 hours, plan for that. If you need 8, make that a priority. Getting enough rest is essential for emotional health. When we have a consistent sleep schedule, we are able to fall asleep more easily: our melanin knows when to kick in and our sleep process begins before we even get in bed.

Tip 2: Wake up with the rising sun. Now that you’ve gone to sleep at 10 or 11 pm, I suggest waking with the sunrise. That varies during the season, but right now (early summer) the sun comes up about 6 am. Waking up early is important for emotional health. If we sleep too long, we build up toxins. If we don’t sleep enough, the mind won’t be fully rested.

Tip 3: Walk outdoors. Breathe deeply when you go for a walk outside. Focus on taking in fresh air and stimulating your respiratory system. The perfect time to go for a refreshing walk is as the sun is rising: just as it brings energy to the earth, it activates the energy centers in the body.

Tip 4: After you go on your walk, eliminate. Sometimes people suffer from constipation that causes headaches or a feeling of dullness. Low moods and a sense of sluggishness often accompany constipation as well. Drink some warm water with a little bit of lemon essential oil or lemon juice, or STAGO solution to get the digestive system moving. If that doesn’t help you to eliminate, eat some prunes, figs or even cooked apples at night before you go to bed to get that sludge moving along.

Tip 5: Eat intelligent foods. These are organic, unprocessed, non-GMO foods that are quickly digested because there are no toxic chemicals that the body has to sort through or filter out. These foods give your body natural fuel and boost immunity. Apples, pears, almonds, yogurt, walnuts, cloves, almond milk, kale, spinach and broccoli are just a few examples of intelligent food.

Tip 6: Give yourself a nice daily body massage with yummy oils. Coconut oil, sesame oil, argan or even almond oil is perfect. A massage increases circulation and helps clear toxins from the tissues. It will invigorate the body, calm the mind and sooth the emotions.

Tip 7: Practice Yôga, Chi Kong or Tai Chi. Even as little as 10 to 15 or 20 minutes in practice of postures will stimulate the digestive fire within and cleanse the colon of toxins. They are also great for uplifting low moods.

Tip 8: Add spices to your intelligent food. Like: cumin, turmeric, cayenne pepper and black pepper. Spices help the body assimilate food and create less toxic buildup in the colon.

Tip 9: Spend a few minutes by yourself in peace and gratitude. Think about something for which you are grateful. This can be done any time through the day, maybe even during your morning walk. Allow yourself to be completely wrapped up in that feeling of gratitude. When you do that, the anxiety dissipates and you welcome in a warm, loving and positive energy, creating a sense of inner peace.

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Acting Techniques - Part 4

Shakespeare for Self-Knowledge

 

 

 

"To be or not to be: that is the question"

 

It's an intense, gratifying process that makes us grow, makes us better people and is liberating.

 

Thought is power but even greater power is speech, who doesn't have power in Shakespeare's plays doesn't speak, but as people, not characters, speaking Shakespeare is great power.

 

 

Shakespeare creates "people", he gives them life and all that comes with it: fight for (or conflict with) power, love, insecurities, doubts, image, mask, ego, internal and external conflicts... In my opinion, it's impossible to say Shakespeare writes about only one theme, unless you simply say: Shakespeare writes about the human condition.

 

Shakespeare makes us believe in the appearances to show the reality.

 

Shakespeare holds the human condition responsible, with compassion, exposes it but doesn't blame it.

 

"All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players."

 

Come find out more about you and the meaning of "To be or not to be", by acting Shakespeare. 

(No acting experience required)

 

 

 

by Francisca Duarte

 

 

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Acthing Techniques - Part 3

You Are What You Speak

 

Our voice is our biggest instrument.

You can tell almost everything from a person by her voice, it's important for our everyday life, shows our strong points, our fragilities, our origins, points of view, interest, etc..., in fact, words become almost superficial in a face-to-face talk, because you understand the meaning of the speech by the voice, hence sarcasm, irony, etc.

In our society, we create a vocal mask, that allows us to fit in and survive, but also creates a lot of tension points.

 

That mask creates the quality of the sound (meaning the way, it occupies the space) and the resonator (meaning the place where is amplified in the body).

 

Our body is the place where our voice is amplified, with nothing more than air and the vibration of our vocal chords, so everything in our body (e.g: our posture, the way we relate with the air and articulation, some points of tension can prevent the vibration of the vocal chords, etc.) affects our voice.

 

by Francisca Duarte

 

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The Truth

Truth resides in the feelings that you draw from the past

It lies in the feelings that you choose not to experience right now

Truth exists in the feelings that you hope and strive to cultivate while breathing 

That is truth 

How you act upon it, defines all                                                                                                                                                      




                                                 

Sofia Naik 

                                                                                                                        

From Math to your Life - A discussion on Perspective

Daily life imposes situations to every person.

Decisions have to be made and they gravelly impact our health, our peace, our emotional status. 

In making choices all of the following aspects are crucial:

• how we face a situation and then proceed to evaluate it
• the decisions that we take in order to address the situation
• how we define what is important to us
• how we establish the goal that reflects a good outcome when facing an issue in life
• the action plan that we construct to reach this goal
• how we manage the fact that there is no predefined path from where we stand towards a good outcome
• the work ethics and practice that we follow regarding the action plan
• the way in which we compromise with the plan, with the goal, with ourselves
• the clarity that we apply when evaluating our work towards the goal
• the inner learning that we obtain from this work process

All of us have heard or read about concepts that ground our ability to face, address, solve situations, questions, issues in life. Concepts such as: perspective in decision processes, keeping aware, being conscious of the path that exists between making a choice and reaching its desired outcome, being flexible in reasoning, being clear in thought, being structured while working towards the goal that was set, being conscious about expectation. 

The point here is: what do these concepts actually mean? How can a person see in real and simple terms their effectiveness?

At Life Mentoring Group^® we believe that Science, Mathematics in particular, can show you how these ideas work in issue solving, how important they are in daily life. 

Furthermore, we believe that Math provides you with a personal, inner structure that will empower you to apply these concepts whenever an issue arises. 

Perspective is defined as the way in which objects appear to the eye. Let us apply a simple exercise in order to explore the importance of  perspective in decision making. 

Image1

Consider the gambling cube, pictured on Image1. Our point is the following: the position that you hold with respect to this object, determines that you can only see 3 of the cube's 6 faces. This means that your knowledge on this object's characteristics is limited to one-half! As an immediate consequence of where you stand, the information that you get on this issue is impaired, you have compromised therefore your reasoning on the matter and your decision making as well. 

Let us proceed with Image 2 in order to show you that perspective can lead you to even more severe loss of information on any life situation.

Image2

Notice that you can only see one face of the cube's 6 faces: 5 out of the 6 characteristics of the question are beyond your grasp, due to perspective. Second, remark that the object in  Image 2 could be a square instead of a cube. This means that your position is not allowing you to be sure about the nature of the object involved: a cube is an object with volume, a square is flat like a piece of paper. 
From this simple example we conclude that the position in which you stand with respect to an issue is fundamental in perspective. In fact, the information that you get while looking at a simple object (a gambling cube!) can be significantly impaired, damaged due to  your positioning. 
We want to keep you aware that perspective, understanding of a question and decision making is  largely dependent on your effort to observe a situation from all possible angles. 
Finally, notice that often we have communication difficulties with others because their perspective is different from ours. It could be a matter of upbringing, of culture, of language, their emotional state, their memories … Step into the other person’s position, because that movement will bring you knowledge of what they are seeing and consequently will help you understand them.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
This is how Math is applied to Science and Life  Mentoring^® A final note: whenever you are in doubt about the meaning or relevance of perspective in your life, just remember about this simple game with a cube. It is so easy and (I surely hope so) fun.                                                                                                                                                                                           


Sofia Naik

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ART 4 ALL - earthlings' collective

'Be hUman and live as an ARTist.' - Proff


We are an artists' collective, with a strong component of artivism.

Artivism takes the common languages of music, dance, painting, etc. and pushes for life and social change. 

Artivism is where edges are pushed, imagination is freed, and a new language emerges altogether.

first exhibition soon

with the topic of "hUmanizing", several collective exhibitions will be made. 

the first will be with subtopic - hUmanize women

Art Mentoring by PROFF

The Art of being yourself!

The Art of being yourself!

learn more how to be yoUrself , with Us.

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Here's a thought about our physical body and change.

 There are two indisputable entities in Human Life: our physical body and change. Both share every single moment in our existence even when we stop breathing or we cease to love, to smile.

It clearly follows that we need to acknowledge change and our body as fundamental in our path. We need to work in order to understand how they interact with each other and also how they come to fully and extensively impact our life. 

Come to learn how with us in our Life Mentoring Institute,

Namascar,

Text : Sofia Naik

Photo: Francisca Duarte

Art: Proff

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