Higher Self Wellness

Welcome!

What you do first thing in the morning set’s the tone for the rest of your day. And you get to hear more about this later in the talk I have with returning guest Dr. Dawson Church.

The is due to attunement and how receptive you are first thing in the morning. What you repeatedly do and information/food you take in first thing in the morning begins to shape your reality.

Do you want to own your morning and start it off connecting your higher truth?

Then be sure to check out the website and begin the 7 day start your day right video series. This video series will help you integrate your body and your mind, setting the tone for your day. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/start-your-morning-right-challenge/

If you haven’t watched to the healthy habits webinar and you know you could use some help developing better habits that build resilience to stress, then I encourage you to check it out. Use this link. https://higherself.yoga/healthy-habits/

Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning author whose best-selling book The Genie in Your Genes (www.YourGeniusGene.com) has been hailed by reviewers as a breakthrough in our understanding of the link between emotions and genetics. His follow-up title Mind to Matter, (www.MindToMatter.club) reviews the science of peak mental states. He founded the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare (www.NIIH.org) to study and implement promising evidence-based psychological and medical techniques. His groundbreaking research has been published in prestigious scientific journals. He is the editor of Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment, a peer-reviewed professional journal (www.EnergyPsychologyJournal.org) and a blogger for the Huffington Post. He shares how to apply the breakthroughs of energy psychology to health and athletic performance through EFT Universe (www.EFTUniverse.com), one of the largest alternative medicine sites on the web.

Download a free gift from Dawson Church at Dawsongift.com 

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Thank you for listening!

Much love,

Alec Hurley

Welcome dear listener,

Everything that you do affects your immune system. So I want to talk about staying well through the winter. And yes, I still get a head cold every winter. The difference today from years back is that instead of taking me down for a week or longer it is gone within 2 days. This is the power of the body and immune system when it is supported.

We have to remember that we are culturally creating poor immunity, it is not nature being harder on us. It is the opposite. We are not honoring nature and nature's rhythms as a culture nor our inherent connection to it.

Here is a few things to focus on over the next few months.

• Favor flavors that are sweet, sour, and salty.

 Focus on immune health.

• Lymphatic stimulation
  • Bouncing and shaking your body, dry brushing, massaging, abhyanga.

Thank you for listening!

Be sure to check out the website and begin the 7 day start your day right video series. This video series will help you integrate your body and your mind, setting the tone for your day. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/start-your-morning-right-challenge/

Download my free ebooks o the free content page.

Newsletter where I share new recipes and helpful information that you can apply to your every day life! https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/

Connect with me for a complementary Wellness Strategy Session. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/wellness-workshop-form/

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In good health,

Alec Hurley

Welcome dear listener,

What would it feel like to start your new year off with the support you need to maintain that new trajectory you set with your New Years intention? I know what you are thinking, I’ve tried that before and it didn’t work. It never seems to last more than a few months.

What if it could?

What if you said yes to trying something completely new and joining a group of people with similar goals and shared values?

I am leading a group of inspired wellness seekers through another round of the Evolving Habits ayurveda and self study program beginning January. If find yourself tired of your own B.S and craving a change of pace in your well-being department, then lets have a chat. Schedule a free call with me using this link and we can see if this work is a good fit for you.

In todays episode I have a talk with the co-founder of Paavani Ayurveda, Trudy Collings. It was a delight to get to know her and to learn a bit more about the great products they are making up in Northern California.

You can listen to my previous episode on Abhyanga - a daily ritual for well-being here

She was kind enough to offer you the listener a %15 discount. To take action on this great discount use this link. And be sure to use the code Higherself at check out.

If you want to learn more about building simple routines like we discuss in this episode to become resilient to stress, watch this webinar. https://higherself.yoga/healthy-habits/

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Welcome dear listener,

We know this to be true, that your identity changes in relation to your habits. So I ask you. What are your habits that are reinforcing your beliefs around food?

Welcome to your kitchen sadhnana - the spiritual path in the kitchen. More often than not I say this in a conversation around food because it’s needed as a reminder.

“The quality of attention while eating is equally important as the quality of food you are eating.”

So here are some helpful and simple points I tend to overlook as an educator on this topic.

Is preparing food complicated, overwhelming, or intimidating?

• Then start small and don’t be afraid to try something new and mess up. In my experience, as long as you keep it simple it is hard to mess something up that dramatically.

In this long term path of your kitchen sadhana, you want to think diversification of foods, and definitely aligned with the seasons.

Let’s explore the art of nourishment and fueling yourself.

• You don’t want to be obsessed with your diet, it is supportive of, meaning it is not the path.

For more information on this topic, you can join the Healthy Holiday Cooking Webinar I am hosting on 11/21 2pm PST.

Be sure to check out the website and begin the 7 day start your day right video series. This video series will help you integrate your body and your mind, setting the tone for your day. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/start-your-morning-right-challenge/

Download my free ebooks o the free content page.

Newsletter where I share new recipes and helpful information that you can apply to your every day life! https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/

Connect with me for a complementary Wellness Strategy Session. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/wellness-workshop-form/

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Thank you for listening.

Much Love,

Alec 

Welcome dear listener,

Abhyanga is the practice of self-massage with oil. It is one of the non-negotiable practices I teach in my evolving habits course because it invites you to become integrated in your own body. 

On the basic mental level it calms the nerves and helps to balance to nervous system from the touch and massage. Going a bit deeper it helps you feel comfortable in your own skin by the loving touch you offer yourself through the practice.

There are many physical benefits fro this practice such as,

• Increased circulation

If you would like to learn more about this read this article.

I am teaching a workshop on this very practice Friday 11/1 @ 7pm at Union Yoga in University Heights. Find more about that on Facebok.

Connect with me here about the Evolving Habits program I teach.

Thank you for tuning in today and don't forget to leave a review!

Connect with me for a complementary Wellness Strategy Session. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/wellness-workshop-form/

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Much love,

Alec 

Welcome dear listener,

Today I am reading a passage from "Mind to Matter" by Dawson Church. Enjoy!

Thank you for taking a moment and leaving a review.

Much love,

Alec 

Connect with me for a complementary Wellness Strategy Session. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/wellness-workshop-form/

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Welcome dear listener,

Ayurveda is the complete mind, body, spirit approach to living well. When you take this approach you see how every action you make influences your experience. You see how everything in life is a dynamic dance with nature's rhythms, either flowing in rhythm with or out of sync with those rhythms. 

Developing a good relationship with these rhythms is the beginning. The dinacharya practices I explain in this episode become your roadmap, opening yourself up to your vitality while learning what works well and what doesn't. 

This is what I call Embodied Awakening. It is the awakening to your deeply sourced energy by embodying, that means doing what you need to thrive. This process is continual and cleans the layers of your self so you can become a cleaner expression of universal consciousness.

This is what I help people do. Establish rhythms and routines that help you grow, learn, and access your state of vitality and well-being. If you would like to talk with me about this email me [email protected] or visit this link to schedule an appointment.

Here is the link for the article I read in the beginning.

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Thank you for listening,

much love to you,

Alec 

We are social creatures who thrive on connection and sharing. It is vital for our wellbeing to have a supportive group of friends, or family to share and talk things out. This is where the skill of deep listening comes in. If you didn't listen to the episode where I speak directly about this here it is give a listen. 

If you want to join the support group I mention click here.

Connect with me for a complementary Wellness Strategy Session. 

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Much love,

Alec 

Whats your relationship to stress?

This is the second in a series on stress where I want to break down food as nourishment to build vitality.

The thing is it can be easy to be very rigid about what you eat, trying really hard to not have too much of this or that. This can be stressful if you are too rigid and always thinking about it. Which is why you need to make sure you are in a state of receptivity when you go to put that food in your mouth no matter what it is.

The quality of energy and attention in which you eat your food is as important as your food itself. Plain and dimple you will not receive the nutrition if you body is in a sympathetic state of stress. Simple solution…

Take ten deep breaths when you sit down to eat and appreciate all that it took to bring that food to you. And better yet you can do the meditation practice I shared in the last episode for building heart centered presence.

We know that when you are in an activated/stressful state, certain biological functions are shut down so energy is redirected for you to be able to get out of a potentially harmful situation. This means the digestive system is also shut down, and in severe instances your bowels can release. Where the phrase I just shit my pants came from. But this also affects your ability to feel good and nourished from your food because in your gut is where neurotransmitters are made. If your gut is in a state of stress the only job is to not die. Not necessarily to feel great. And feeling great comes from being nourished on a cellular level.

When this goes on for too long you deplete your vitality known as Ojas. And you don’t want that. You want to be building your vitality so you have healthy skin and bodily tissue, so you can express yourself in a clear way. This is all connected to digestion and your ability to break down the food properly and receive the nutrition. Which is governed by your ability to enter into a truly receptive state.

But what about the food itself as a stressor?

Lets shift to look at food as information and intelligence.

There is a lot of good information out there, and we also know there is a lot of bad information.

Intelligence in your body is built on receiving good information, and intelligence in the food itself is based on the environment it was grown in.

When the information is bad, it dumbs down your body, and when that is persistent it begins to degenerate your body. This bad information signals your cells to do certain things you might not want if vitality is your aim, and begins to degenerate your cells. On the genetic level, we know that genes are expressed in various ways that is influenced by their environment and information present. In this case food is that information. Good information coming into a peaceful receptive environment means healthy cells, healthy genes. The process of regeneration and rejuvenation.

So lets organize food into these three categories.

Alive food - Not necessarily raw, but contains prana, life-force that is highly intelligent.

Dead food - shelf stable empty calories, no life-force, crackers, chips, supplemental stuff.

Dumb food - highly processed and refined junk. Bad information that stresses your body. Blocks the communication between your cells,

Also remember that your immune system is directly connected to your gut, when your gut is stressed, immune function goes down……Incomplete digestion, no replenishment of vitality.

Now is a good time to take a look at what you are feeding yourself and How you are feeding yourself on a regular basis. Both of these are just as important. This is what I am doing beginning Tuesday 9/24. A seasonal rejuvenation detox to remove the things that might be degenerating my body. You can join the group for free to lean more about this and ask any questions you might have in the group discussion.

You can sign up for free here and receive access to the  live workshop and an ebook.

I hope to see you there!

Connect with me for a complementary Wellness Strategy Session. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/wellness-workshop-form/

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Stay healthy & much love,

Alec 

What's your relationship to stress?

No doubt life can be stressful. But when you take the time to learn how to breathe well and be centered in your heart, it becomes bit easier. I am sharing my personal favorite breath/meditation practice to make stressful times a bit easier to navigate. With time and consistent practice, the meditation/breathing practice helps you enter into life with heart centered presence. 

To access the Design Your Life Workshop I mentioned click here!

Connect with me for a complementary Wellness Strategy Session. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/wellness-workshop-form/

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Thank you for listening,

Much love,

Alec