{"id":2880,"date":"2022-09-16T13:31:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T03:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindbodyfoodinstitute.com\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2023-10-04T10:57:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T00:57:39","slug":"6-ways-to-create-change-by-working-with-your-bodymind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbodyfoodinstitute.com\/6-ways-to-create-change-by-working-with-your-bodymind\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways To Create Change By Working With Your BodyMind"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Most people find change hard, particularly without any support or guidance.<\/p>

The greatest difficulty about change is when you\u2019re not taking the right action to help yourself create the change, either because there\u2019s a part of you not willing to let go of the old, or some kind of lingering resistance in your subconscious, also known as your bodymind.<\/p>

Change requires our willingness to think, say and do things\u00a0differently.<\/em><\/h5>

This means trying new things and being willing to undertake tasks that you\u2019ve never done before, such as finding reasons why you\u00a0can<\/u>\u00a0try something new, instead of why you can\u2019t.<\/p>

Old stories and ways of thinking perpetually create the\u00a0feelings<\/u>\u00a0that we experience on a daily basis, which can often lead to overwhelming emotional stress and increasing automatic negative thoughts (ANTs).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The first aim is to get out of your head and step into your heart space, so you can slow your thinking and tune into how your body is feeling about the change you\u2019re wanting.<\/p>

This way you\u2019ll consistently learn to become present, and more adept at noticing what\u2019s really coming up for you under the surface of your thoughts.<\/p>

The following tools can are all fantastic methods of helping you achieve this:<\/p>

  1. practice the deep and\u00a0conscious breathing<\/strong>\u00a0to come out of the feelings and into your body,<\/li>
  2. relaxation exercises<\/strong>\u00a0to quiet the mind and relax the body,<\/li>
  3. meditation<\/strong>\u00a0to focus the mind away from thinking into feeling,<\/li>
  4. visualisation<\/strong>\u00a0to focus the brain on creating new associations of what you want,<\/li>
  5. journalling<\/strong>\u00a0exercises to understand past and present feelings better, and<\/li>
  6. tapping (EFT) exercises<\/strong>\u00a0to train your nervous system to clear out emotional residue in the energy systems.<\/li><\/ol>

    By doing this when you feel overwhelmed, you will gradually train your nervous system to return to balance (homeostasis) more often, instead of being excitable and quick to overspill.<\/p>

    The next steps are based on my original \u201c3 C\u2019s Formula for Changing Thoughts\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>