 Addicted to External Energy?I want to share with you one of my super-secrets: a simple practice that allows me to stay naturally energized, performing more effectively with less stress and greater long-term sustainability.Less stress held in my body and brain means greater wellness, less sick-days, less reactivity and the messes that reactivity causes...More effective performance means a greater sense of inner purpose and accomplishment, more satisfied bosses, colleagues and clients, and ultimately more financial prosperity.So what's so awesome and different about this practice?
1. It takes 5 minutes or less.2. It can be done pretty much anywhere. I've done this on the sidewalk, in a stairwell, in a bathroom, up on the roof, in my office, on a small patch of grass...3. It doesn't require great flexibility or strength, or even that you are currently fit, yet it builds your fitness naturally over time.4. It creates an immediate surge of energy, stress release and focus.5. Combined with *Complete Breathing* and fresh air and sunlight, your results will be even strong and more long lasting.6. It begins to train the body to produce its own energy, instead of becoming more and more dependent on outside sources for the pick-me-up (coffee, energy drinks, pills, relying on others, etc.).Is this for me, or for other people that are really struggling?
Of course, you have to take an unflinching look at your own levels of stress and low energy over time, *and* the impact they are having in your life- and that kind of honest reflection can be uncomfortable and difficult (yet soooo worth it).But here are a few questions to consider:
-Are you sitting and typing a lot (computer posture)?
-Are you having to hold one posture or repetitive motion for long periods?
-Are you experiencing tight hips and lower back, tension in shoulders and neck, pain/carpal-tunnel of the wrists?
-Do you receive direct reports, manage executive levels, or have big projects riding on your shoulders?
-Do you exist in a high stress environment?-Do you regularly experience heavy or difficult emotions at work (yours or others)?
-Do you often feel disconnected from your body and stuck in your head?
Ok, ok, I get it. Take me to the practice!
Making it a practice
I recommend doing this practice:
-first thing in the morning
-before you eat lunch (5 minutes and you will enjoy your food more, get more energy out of it, and feel less heavy afterward)
-around the 2 or 3pm hour if possible (often there is a dip in energy here)
-as needed throughout the day, when you feel a dip in energy or an increase in stress (the Breathing App can be used in the same way)
Remember that even the best practices will have no effect if you don't do them. You must believe that something better is possible, and that you are worth this 'something better'. You must realize that taking 5 minutes is worth it in the larger context of your work and life.
These simple practices and the fresh energy they provide will become the basis for a real and profound transformation in your life- an awakening of your inwardly fulfilled, outwardly prosperous Heroic Self in all areas of your life.
My life is dedicated to you discovering and claiming that Heroic Self, and I am so excited for your continuing adventure.
In abundant energy,
Eka, aka SuperSpark
 Awakening to your true Super Self
The superhero archetype has always been very easy for me to connect to. Maybe it has to do with growing up surrounded by comics, sci-fi/fantasy and video games...
For me, the superhero is someone that has extraordinary powers hidden within them, often without even knowing it until the arrival of some salient or life-threatening moment.
Or, their powers show up through a life-changing event; an initiation brought about by unforeseen and overwhelming challenges, often accompanied by a mentor or teacher figure (i.e. the 3000 year old wizard 'Shazam' that initiates Billy Batson into the character Captain Marvel). This life-altering event is one which usually brings them to the brink of obliteration, from which they must climb back and step into their new role as hero.
I love this premise; and though not point for point, have found this journey to be pretty true to form with myself and many others (contemporary as well as historical).
 Begin your Hero's Journey...
At this point, you may be saying, 'have you read Hero with a Thousand Faces? Isn't this just the Hero's Journey?'. Honestly, there are many core components to the Hero's Journey, and what I am bringing to the foreground here is the idea of incredible potential locked within each of us, awaiting some major events and teacher figures to ignite it.
The other part that really rings true for me is that superheroes have unique powers. They don't all shoot lasers from their eyes- that would be boring, and not really helpful given the diversity of challenges that confront us. Further, many superheroes are defined by their unique powers (the Hulk, Spider-man, Human Torch).
BUT, there are a few fundamental things about the Superhero archetype that I am updating. To signify this shift, I am using the term 'Inner Hero'.
The League Agreements
#1 No more secret Identity. Your Superhero identity IS your alter-ego. Forget Clark Kent- there's no reason for him now. Discovering what you truly are, and being that 100% is what allows your incredible and unique superpowers to shine in their full capacity.
And that, dear hero, is exactly what the world needs- you being fully in your bigness, boldness and brightness. No concessions, no excuses; just your pure, unadulterated awesomeness- tempered with wisdom and real compassion.
#2 Inner Heroes are not here to save, but to awaken. The traditional Superhero is generally spending most of her time fixing big boo-boos. Her focus and energy is mainly responding to symptoms- more often than not saving people from their own stupidity =p
The Inner Hero, on the other hand, becomes proactive and preventative. How? His main task shifts from saving witless pedestrians to igniting the Inner Heroes within them.
Teach 'em how to fish, right? Well, how about 'teach them their true power'. Not only does this save the Inner Hero a lot of headache and repeat- it is AWESOME for everyone involved.
#3 The true villain has shifted. There is no outer villain. On the surface- yes; but look deeper. When you have hurt people, or when they have hurt you, or when we hurt each other, what is really at play here? Fear, stress, confusion, rage, numbness, greed...these are what I call the 'Inner Villains', and they are the true reason at the root of the suffering we cause ourselves and others.
Challenging and subduing outer villains through force was the focus of old Superheroes; acknowledging and transforming Inner Villains through empowerment is the higher calling of the Inner Hero.
Arts of the Inner Hero
In your first adventures as a training Inner Hero, you must learn about your 3 primary arts.
These are the foundational tools you will use in any situation, no matter the context.
Put most simply, they are essential ways of working with energy- the energy of your state of being, and the energy of situations.
Each art is an incredible tool, and a very subtle skill to master.
When taken together, these arts open the way for self-mastery and the realization of personal destiny (for real).
 Let's first look at the Art of Acceleration
Passed down to us from the living yogic masters of Egypt, India, Tibet and beyond, the techniques that make up the Art of Acceleration are powerful, active, and fiery.
They give their practitioner the energy to:
- Awaken potent action
- Overcome difficulties and clear stress
- Assert healthy emotional boundaries
- Transform a given situation
In short they cultivate 'Inner Fire'- an energy we each have within us, but one that we rarely use skillfully, let alone master.
The truly successful and effective world-movers of present and past have learned to master this energy, sometimes through healthy practices and sometimes through unhealthy ones.
The Art of Acceleration focuses on techniques that are simple and healthy; practices that don't require extra equipment or paraphernalia; practices that are fun, safe, quick and can be done almost anywhere.
These practices are integral, toning your body, mind and emotions simultaneously.
There are various examples of this on Empowered Journey, and are a part of your Stress Ninja Intro Training Guide when you join the League =)
 Now to the Art of Presence
In short, this is the art of awareness, attention and concentration. It is the skill of clear and focused witnessing over time; turning your mind into a sharped tool of observation and inquiry.
Those that develop this art enjoy many benefits:- They are aware of their essential or authentic self, and know when they are acting from it.
- They are aware of their thought process, and at a deeper level, how they are giving meaning to what is happening to them.
- They know in a given situation what part of them is motivating their actions and intentions, and they understand their intentions clearly.
- They discover their hidden powers, and hidden weaknesses, seeing each clearly and beneficially.
- They recognize the subtle energies and intentions of the people and situations around them, increasing their ability to anticipate and adapt.
Those that master presence throw off for good the perspective of victimization, seeing clearly all the opportunities and openings that life continually presents for personal expansion and success.
The Art of Presence brings authentic peace and inner balance.
Presence practices- like acceleration practices- are simple, direct, safe, fun and effective. They need nothing more than your body and mind to perform, and can be done almost anywhere without being noticeable.
 And finally the Art of Intention
More advanced than the previous two, this art blends the Art of Acceleration (powerful energy of action and transformation) with the Art of Presence (authentic presence and clear seeing).
By adding one final ingredient- detailed visualization of desired outcome- we arrive at the potent alchemy that is Intention (ala Hal Jordan and Green Lantern 'constructs').
Those that develop the Art of Intention experience a life that is authentic, meaningful, effective and abundant.
They live in the freedom of their own self-created experience, sourcing their inner powers and gifts fully into the world.
These people know how to relax back into their authentic self (the energy of their innate gifts and intelligences); they guide these energies through clear and meaningful intention (focused visualization of intended result); and they make real these gifts through empowered and focused action (high-vibration/accelerated activity).
All three arts involve body-based practices that are simple, safe, fun and powerful.
Great, so now what?
What are the actionable steps you can start taking- right now- to awaken greater power, purpose and prosperity?This deeper work is only for a select few, so tap your inner truth, listen carefully, and come when you are ready.
Either way, the League will benefit from your unique presence, and is here to support your epic journey.
Standing with you in true power,Eka, aka SuperSpark
 It's Inevitable
At a certain point in your yoga journey, you will reach this transition. For some sooner; for others later. But you will reach it.
Let me give a context:
Defined one way, yoga is the development of energy control for the purpose of realizing freedom, AND the resulting freedom itself.
I will say again: yoga is the control of one's energies for freedom.
The most dense form of your energy is your physical body, and this is where we generally focus our attention at the beginning of our yoga journey. This is appropriate.
Now classically, the authentic lineages of yoga knew how to develop all levels of one's energy in an integral fashion: body, breath, mind, emotions, and subtle energy.
But for better or worse, yoga in the States has largely focused on mastering the physical form, and to a lesser degree the breath. This is the general state of Yoga-Asana in the US.
So now there is an increasingly large group of American practitioners that have a sufficient level of mastery of the body, and feel an urge to go farther but don't know where 'farther' is or how to access it.
 With this situation, three things result:- A growing fixation with appearance of the body, physical power, and physical achievement
- Greater sensitivity and energetic openness that overwhelms you and knocks you off balance
- A sense of inner disquiet and hollowness around continued body-based yoga
I want to stress: these are good signs! They represent yogic growing pains...you are outgrowing your current skin and are ready for the next levels of energy mastery.
 What are these next levels?
- Intensive Work with Breath and Attention- learning to move energy within the body, collect it and focus it
- Tapas- energy to meet challenges and transform them
- Higher Mental and Emotional Mastery- how to choose empowered and helpful mental and emotional states and protect them from negativities (classically called the 'crystalization of the subtle body')
- Channeling- using these high-energy states to connect to greater fields of energy (collective fields) and ground them into the physical world
 Cue 'Raja Yoga'
This is the natural progression of Raja Yoga as Patanjali and other Raja Yogis have described it.
With the development of these practices comes an increased fulfillment and success at the levels of health, relationship, career and social abundance (not to mention authentic freedom and realization).
Empowerment Practices specialize in this transition from Yoga-Asana to more subtle yogas. They utilize body-based practices so as to include the initial levels of development in the higher forms.
So if you feel you are reaching glass ceiling in your practice that I just described, I offer you this bridge to your next level.
Without a bridge like this, your practice will eventually become stuck and stale. Now is the time to expand.
Here's to new discoveries,
Eka
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Comment below about your experiences using this app, and share around with your friends, networks, etc.
In purpose, performance and prosperity,
Eka, aka SuperSpark
 Fantastic Freebie Alert!
Join the Entrepreneurial Goddess Anastasia Netri as she interviews me on the topic of energy master for career success.
An embedded audio player has been included for your convenience. And I have included a downloadable link as well. Choose and Enjoy!
Mini-Description
How can you maximize the juiciness of your adventure? How can you reliably step into flow and ease, calling upon authentic inspiration and motivation when you need it?
From ancient times through present day, energy masters have developed and shared techniques of personal energy mastery, aimed at minimizing those periods of stuckness while maximizing your moments of full-blown awesomeness.
You can capitalize on these principles and practices to create your next business breakthrough. They are simple and direct, requiring little time and no special equipment, and are easy to integrate into your regular work day. They keep your body toned, your mind fresh, and your emotions vibrant. All they ask is your willingness to try.
Awesomeness Topics for this Interview:
- The True Cost of Low Energy: understand the hidden and interconnected impacts of negative and stuck mental and emotional states (especially in health, primary relationships, and business)
- Breaking through Sabotaging Inertia: transforming the Inner Villains that we know all too well...how we can address these heavy energies in a way that moves us into freedom instead of getting stuck in self-judgment and deprecation
- The Secrets of Your Inner Fire: mastering your inbuilt energy of motivation, transformation and action, to overcome challenges, achieve commitments, and give your gifts most fully
- Increase Your Stress Resiliency: how to use your Inner Fire to put an end to needlessly leaking your energy through emotional drains; how to clear stress and stay stress free
- Increasing Positive and Powerful Envisioning: using your 'Inner Eye' to see your purposes with clarity, concentration, and inspiration
- Practical, fun and effective take-home techniques for Inner Fire and Motivation Mastery
 Today's transmission from the League of Visionary Awesomeness:
Do running and business breakthrough go together? Oh yea....
Find out the 5 components that will make your morning jog a part of your success strategy.
You are spending time and energy (and money) to tone your body; why not tone your business and life at the same time? Yes!!
Part 2 of our [Satisf]Action vs. [Lack]tion post ya'll!
Read below to see what it takes to keep energizing action from a place of satisfaction.
Note: there can be a fear that basically says:
"If I really allow myself to feel satisfied, I will stop engaging with the world. I will get lazy or just apathetic."
This is not satisfaction, but complacency. You will know 'true satifaction' because it will be marked by what we call the high-frequency emotions: love, joy, excitement, inspiration, courage, focus, passion, etc. These are the true results of real satisfaction.
 3 Ways to Energize Continued [Satisf]Action
- Be What You Wish to Become: Did you know you are a teleportational future-maker. Talk about super-powers. How does it work? Well, if you are seeking to receive more love in your life, tap inner love, and then source loving action from that place. For anything you wish to create, make contact with the feeling/energy of it first (like abundance, beauty, openness, ease), then source your action from this place that is in essence 'already there'.
- Regularly Practice Acceleration Exercises: As I'm sure you've noticed, I'm all about practical, effective and fun techniques to help us stay connected to our 1) inner essence and 2) outer prosperity. One without the other is incomplete. Give yourself the gift of acceleration exercises. They reconnect you with your natural and satisfied state of being. Action sourced from this place is incredibly effective and meaningful. Beyond value.
- Cavort with other shameless Inner Heroes: When you are at your best and most true, who are the people you would spend time with, and in what activities? These people and activities are personal access points to the energy you are waking up in yourself. In other words, associating with these people and activities encourages you to be at your best. Make this a priority and watch the sweetness and success unfold.
Remember, a major lesson of this era both individually and collectively is that we have the ability to determine our inner state of being: our attitude, perspective and overall energy. We are not victims- far from it. All vistas are open, if we choose to drop the victim mentality and energize ourselves into fullness.
Systems exist to bring you step-by-step into this realization and mastery. Just reach out =)
Standing with you in power, clarity and joy,
SuperSpark
Maybe something is in the air...
Maybe the planets are aligned...
Not sure, but in the past 2 weeks, many friends, clients and others have been addressing (and maybe wrestling with) this issue of:
Personal Development as a form of "I'm not good enough."
 Coaching, personal development, spiritual development, human excellence, self-help: the efforts of these communities seem to be saying 'Go for it!' and 'You have amazing potential within you!'- which has a great message in it.
But, the ego can take hold of and twist that message, using it to subtly promote the disempowerment of:
'You're not good enough; you need to change and fix something in you, and until you do you won't be able to rest as you are.'
When explored, we find that this is at the very core an inability to be with and accept what is.
Seeing, being with and accepting what is, is the crucial first step in any true development and experiencing a life of meaning and fulfillment.
The trouble is that 'accepting what is' can also be twisted by our industrious egos to promote laziness and fear. We fear engaging with our experience. We don't want to mobilize the effort to face our challenges. So we say "I'm accepting what is" and stay within our safe, familiar and totally stuck bubble of existence.
Which brings us to our million-dollar question: How can we source powerful and authentic action, without doing so from a place of inner lack?
This is the question of [Satisf]Action vs. [Lack]tion
Awakening our potential is what we are here to do (imho), and doing this well is something amazing, beautiful and uplifting for the world.
But, making distinctions between this 'not good enough' energy and truly awakening our potential can be a subtle and tricky thing. After all, one makes its living masquerading as the other.
So I want to take time today to clear up this distinction, and walk you through a simple process that will help you shift from [Lack]tion back to [Satisf]Action.
For ease I have broken this post up into two parts:
1) 5 Steps to Shift from [Lack]tion back to [Satisf]Action
2) 3 Strategies to Energize Continued [Satisf]Action  5 Steps to Shift [Lack]tion back to [Satisf]Action:- Enter Awareness: Become aware of the haggard and contracted sense of trying to 'run away from' or 'catch up to'. Generally this is experienced as stress in the body and mind and is the first cue that you are engaging from a sense of lack and not good enough.
- Honor: Really feel whatever you are feeling, and breath into this feeling. Notice any fears and the narratives that are associated with this feeling ('if I don't do this now something bad will happen', etc.).
- Shift: Take a few minutes or longer (even as much time as you need), to reconnect to your essence. Use what works for you: dance, sing, stand in the sun, lay in the grass, do acceleration exercises...do what it takes to reconnect with that sense of wholeness and 'I'm just as I need to be here and now'-ness. (technical term)
- Act: Once you are reconnected to your essential energy, source your new actions from this sense of inner joy, contentment and wholeness. Sourcing from a sense of 'already there' is a secret of true and sustained success.
- Lather, Rinse and Repeat: Repeat as often as necessary. You will get better and quicker at this process over time, until it becomes like a switch that you can make in an instant. This is what we call true emotional intelligence or energetic mastery. From this quality all good things flow.
Now take a moment and appreciate whatever it was within you that had you click this link and read through the entire post. This part of you intimates your next level of breakthrough and success.
Head over to PART 2 for 3 strategies to maintain awesome [Satisf]Action.
Cheers,
SuperSpark
 Energy.
Oh yes...
Sweet, Steady, Natural, Vibrant Energy.
Give me more...
Open, Easeful, Abundant, Resilient Energy.
Can you feel it?
There's nothing like embodied high energy, right? I'm defining 'embodied high energy' as us at our best: resourceful, focused, grounded, passionate, purposed, creative and inspired...
So, let's get us some sweet energy.
Of course, there are many kinds of energy and even more ways to cultivate it. Honestly, I have felt overwhelmed at times when I think of all the energies and ways to develop them. So let's keep it simple...
The two categories that get the most attention tend to be exercise and diet. And, wisely, the institutions that be and the general public are understanding that the reality of energy is far more textured.
So, let's explore the basic categories of energy and the principles of energy management. But let's get some appetite going first...
The Wonderful World of Energy Awesomeness
1. Natural High Energy (first level) leads to...
--> increased awareness and presence
--> release of stress and greater stress resiliency
2. Awareness and Stress Relief (second level)
--> mental focus and creativity --> breakthrough ideas and strategies
--> able to respond to oncoming challenges and stresses --> better outcomes from any given situation
--> actions and decisions, sourced from inner presence and knowing --> living a life that is truly defined by you
--> release from old and negative conditioning, habits and addictions --> new/fresh energy, new perspectives, and new experiences
--> clear sense of what you want, sourced from inner presence and knowing --> inner fire, drive, motivation, prosperity
--> relationships built on high energy and clarity
--> abundant virility (you know what I mean...)
3. Now imagine taking each of the empowering impacts from the second level and unpacking all their results, as I have only explored a tiny piece here.
Are you picking up what I'm putting down? Natural high energy is an open secret...a key that opens the doorway to many many sweet results.
The bottom line: Natural High Energy, when used wisely, gives you long-term health, a healthy sex life (in whichever way you choose), healthy meaningful relationships, and successful social/business activity.
Now believe it or not, all of these results are only secondary, only byproducts. The true purpose of natural high energy is the expression itself. Follow along dear heroes...
Try to understand this: you are most content and liberated when you are expressing what you truly are. And natural high energy is one major piece of what you truly are.
So, as you source and express this energy, immediately comes a deep and ever wondrous sense of fulfillment that is not dependent on result. If love is a real part of who you are, and you express love, you feel deep fulfillment whether the recipient accepts it or not. It is fulfilled in its giving.
'Ok, I'm with you up to this point, and it all sounds great' your probably thinking, 'but how do I actually DO this?'
Oh yea, now we're getting to the good stuff. Follow along to the next chapter...
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