By Carole Fogarty
Editor of Rejuvenation Lounge and facilitator of Women’s Rejuvenation Retreats:
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Louise Hay is the founder of Hay House, is in her 80th decade, survived cancer, written lots of books and facilitated a life time of workshops on the power and healing ability of affirmations. I saw her over 15 years ago and have loved her, and the power of affirmations ever since.
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An Affirmation Can Heal Your Life:
Louise’s new movie You Can Heal Your Life is all about affirmations. There are many authoritative speakers who share from their medical background, just how you can bring change to your health. It’s a DVD that I can highly recommend.
Affirmations re-wire you brain so it lights up differently:
Dr Mona Lisa Schulz who has a doctorate in behavioral neuroscience convincingly shared that affirmations:
- have a bio chemical effect
- have a neuro chemical effect
- and a neuro pharmacological effect on the body
All of which re-wires the brain so it lights up differently. Our mind then communicates to our body differently.
Disfunctional thinking can worsen an illness:
Dr Emile Coue (1857 – 1926), (not in the movie) was a French pharmacist who at the beginning of last century opened a free clinic. He offered his clients an affirmation (or as he called it way back then a “conscious autosuggestion”) in conjunction with their medical treatment.
Coue believed that dysfunctional thinking patterns could worsen an illness. The Coue method offered a very specific ritual as part of his mind/body belief. His clients were to repeat 20 times in the morning and 20 times in the evening the following affirmation:
“Every day in every way, I am getting better and better”
The secret to a successful affirmation:
Many of Coue’s successors discovered that a critical ingredient for the success of his work was the mental repetition without effort. For maximum efficiency the affirmation needs to be repeated calmly, without will, yet with absolute confidence and expectation of success according to Coue.
Love your body and health more with an affirmation:
If your health or body is needing a boost there here is a list of some of Louise Hay’s affirmations that you may wish to explore.
- I love my body
- My body loves to be healthy
- My heart is the centre of love
- My blood and life and vitality
- Every cell in my body is loved
- All of my organs work perfectly
- I see with love, I hear with compassion
- My feet dance through life
- I bless my food with love
- Water is my favourite beverage
- I know how to take care of myself
- I am healthy, healed and whole
Thanks for reading my article. Carole.
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It’s incredible how our body can reply, I must remember those affirmations and give them a try when it’s the moment
Thanks for sharing and I’m happy that you’re feeling good now, kisses!
Thanks for a great post! This is one of those simple tools that I honestly keep forgetting to use! I used affirmations to great success when i was younger, suffered from very low confidence and self esteem as well as panic attacks. The one i used was this: ‘Divine love and light flow through me know releasing old fears, patterns and beliefs’. I would say it whenever i felt an attack coming or felt like I wanted to disappear. For a while it became second nature, then i forgot to use it but by then amazing changes had occured. It wasn’t until someone mentioned these changes that I remembered what and why i’d been using this powerful tool! Should be taught to children at school! Blessings xxx
I’ll be honest, I felt a little goofy when I started doing affirmations a few months ago – but you know what? I love them now!
They are a terrific addition to my meditation routine. I start every day with an affirmation (or two or three) and make a point to say upbeat, positive things throughout the day. It really improves my mood and outlook.
Wonderful stuff, and I really like the ones you share in this blog.