Higher Self Wellness

Welcome dear listener,

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Today our environment and body is overloaded with toxins. These toxins accumulate in our body and over time manifest as any number of diseases and complications. Eating organic is important however it is not enough. What we really need to be doing on a regular basis is emptying our system of toxins so we can move through life with more energy. 

Agricultural toxins and pesticides have been found in the rain and therefore showing up pretty much everywhere, even organic produce. This is why it is important to take some time during the spring and fall to lessen the toxic load on the body. We do this with less food, choosing easily digestible food which enhance the digestive system, and choosing the right foods that enhance the innate detox systems within your body. Combining this with self massage techniques is a very powerful way to help our body take out the toxic trash and start feeling better again.

It is important in our contemporary time with the abundance of any food we could imagine at every time of day, to eat simply for a period of time to allow the digestive system to reset itself.

So... Are you ready to rejuvenate your digestive system?  

• First is time restricted eating and fasting. These practices increase the bodies ability to burn fat and cellular regeneration.

If you want to do this cleanse with me you can download the free recipe ebook and join the facebook group for support and connection.

Sign up for the detox here!

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https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/kitchari-detox-opt-in/

We start April 2 and will go until April 16.

I will offer 3 live video workshops to answer any questions you may have and to build a container for us to connect and support each other along the way.

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/

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I look forward to connecting with you soon.

Much love,

Alec Hurley

Welcome dear listener,

Spring is coming which means we need to aware of how, what and when we are eating to stay in balance with natures rhythms. 

Being aware about not only what you eat, but how you move, exercise, and how well you care for your body affects how you feel. The best measuring stick for this is to check in daily with how you feel.

You can download a free check in chart here.

The grocery list from life spa can be found here.

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,

Alec 

Welcome back dear listener,

Spring is coming.

Have you felt it?

This transition is is very dramatic for the body, moving from light and cold to the eventual wet and warm of spring. 

Being mindful about how what you eat, how you move, exercise, and how well you care for your body affects how you feel.

I have for noticed a shift going on, I noticed how I need to amp up my movement to build more heat in the body, beginning to up regulate my own detox pathways, through sweat, pranayama, hydrating and urinating regularly and keeping my bowels consistent.

This is a good time to be spending some time in a sauna or anything that promotes a good sweat,

A good measuring stick for understanding one’s health is the function of the three malas. These are your sweat, urine, and bowels.

When these avenues for waste are blocked they cause disruptions within all of the tissues, vayus, and therefore disrupting the mind. This is the psychophysiological, mind-body connection that yoga guides us to explore, it guides us into a place of inquiry so we can notice what is working for our highest good and what is not working.  Daily yoga practice is one of the best ways to keep the metabolic waste moving, preventing stagnation through metabolic activation.

When there is disruption in the avenues of waste, mind-body disruption occur and cam manifest as any other these three forms of erroneous thoughts or beliefs.

Due to the metabolic activities being carried out on a constant basis, by-products are formed on a constant basis. If these malas are not formed on a regular basis, anabolism (constructive metabolism) and catabolism (destructive metabolism) are disrupted resulting the formation of malforming tissues.

Through the practice of yoga and application of Ayurvedic principles we can learn how to identify when erroneous beliefs and thoughts arise and in which area they are dominant. We have the understanding to pay attention to particular areas of our self to find where the disruption began and then how to facilitate proper healing through dinacharya.

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 Next Step Wellness Strategy Session. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/wellness-workshop-form/

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Alec 

Welcome dear listener,

What you resist persist, especially when it comes to thoughts and feelings. What if you could move through them with a different approach? What if those thoughts could evaporate into the ether with a simple question? 

This is one insight I have recently experienced after trying many different techniques and is the heart of my Ebook "the spirit of inquiry" which you can download for free. 

The approach is curiosity. The investigative path to uncover the truth under thoughts and feelings. 

The question is.. Is this true now? The powerful question that disperses the clouds of the mind into clarity and understanding.

This is different from trying to change the thought or feeling by going to the origin. That is to ask which came first, the thought or the feeling, and ask the question. Is it true right now?

Links to things I mentioned.

Private retreats

Start your day right video series

Francis Lucille

My ebook

Thank you for listening.

With love,

Alec Hurley

Welcome dear listener,

If you are struggling to reach your wellness goals or are not sure why you want make some changes, hit me up. I love helping people find the bigger why behind their desire to change and evolve. It will not only help you create a sustainable routine to implement the changes, but it is a way to get some support along your path and to work with me for free. 

Schedule a free session with me here.

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.

In part two of this show we discuss happiness, emotions and emotional contagion.

• Emotional contagion in social media.

Practice habituates the brain into balance.

• Integrating a meditation practice into a daily routine.

It is the song of the universe. And when we connect with our hearts we open our capacity to connect with the music of the cosmos. 

Thank you for tuning in and if you find this podcast helpful or insightful I would appreciate it if you can write a review. 

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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Much love,

Alec 

Welcome dear listener,

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.

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

learning and trying new things inspires change and creativity if we allow time, space  to integrate the lessons.

To stay in balance with these new changes is taking time to integrate these new learnings. Taking the learnings into  depth which goes beyond the intellect and practical application, then into a source of wisdom.

Take meditation for example. To just think of meditating doesn’t integrate the practice into your identity.

One thing is to embrace our own uniqueness.

Allowing to be different from others.

To learn more about the meditation practice read this here.

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Welcome dear listener,

To know and not do is the same as to not know. 

Today I have Dr. Dawson Church on the show to discuss his latest research and book titles "Mind to Matter". 

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.

We start out discussing what sparked his curiosity around these subjects of consciousness, emotions, healing trauma, and the evolution of thoughts.

We then go in to talking about the "Middle ground" and how thoughts can be manifested into our life. 

• How Beth, a friend of Dr. Church, improved her health and reduced the size of her tumor with energy work and changing her energetic environment. 

How the mind creates the brain.

• Being deliberate with thought to manifest your dreams into being. 

The risk of being a consumer of information.

• Happiness begins inside. 

How energy builds matter. Different types of energy.

• Cymatics and the field of emergence. 

To learn more about these practices check out this wonderful book. Your higher self will thank you. 

 This is part of of our exploration in this subject so stay tuned for part 2 coming out soon. 

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!

Much love to you,

Alec 

Thanks for tuning in today!

Welcome back for returning listeners, & welcome to new listeners.

Check out the website and begin the 7 day start your day right challenge. Video series to help you integrate your body and your mind, set the tone for your day. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/start-your-morning-right-challenge/

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Today I am talking about fasting and how it has helped me grow and adapt to life. 

Here are the main ways it has helped me.

Adaptability in the body

Mental resilience. This is how we as a species developed. We didn’t have access to food all the time. Which is why when you do fast, people often begin to have heightened cognitive performance

Ability to become more sensitive with consciousness and energy

Improved my gut health. Digestion takes up a lot of energy, and when that energy can be used somewhere else, really cool things begin to happen.

Here are a few links to learn more about how and why this happens.

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC329619/

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Much love,

Alec Hurley

Howdy, 

Welcome back & welcome to new listeners.

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I appreciate you and taking the time to participate in this practice.

Thank you,

Alec Hurley

Welcome dear listener,

Happy New Year.

Listening with an open heart and an open mind.

We can change society and it begins with ourselves.

Everyone is focused on themselves, their image, how they are perceived. This stops the ability to be receptive and open to what is unfolding around them.

How any times have you had to repeat yourself to someone who just couldn’t listen and give you there presence?

What is listening?

The effort made to hear something, the openness to receive communication intentionally.

It is the receiving of language, of sounds, and involves processing that sound into information.

It is not limited to only hearing. It involves hearing and also involves facial and body language. Communication happens on many levels out of our conscious awareness, but we can learn how to become conscious of it.

Listening is a practice of letting go of any agenda and being there for someone else.

When you practice listening you have a great opportunity to develop deeper sense of compassion, empathy because you are truly receiving everything the person is expressing.

Through meditation we listen to ourselves, to our own inner dialogue and can begin to reroute and reshape that dialogue. When we listen to others we can be that point for someone else to go through their thoughts and express themselves in a way that they need.

Im not saying to be a doormat and be the person that people come to dump their brain on, we all know these types of people and this is why I wanted to share this. There are some types of people who can use basics I this skill because we aren’t taught how to listen with our entire body and mind in school.

So how do you do it?

This is a receptive practice so first the skill of becoming receptive needs to be developed, it can be developed through listening and accelerated with meditative practices.

1. First is to practice listening from your heart. Becoming skill at dropping your attention in your heart is a skill that our society needs. Doing this first thing in the morning, before bed, and throughout the day will help you build

For questions please connect with me through social media or email directly at alec @ higherself.yoga

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• Check out the website and begin the 7 day start your day right challenge. Video series to help you integrate your body and your mind, set the tone for your day. https://higherselfwellness.lpages.co/start-your-morning-right-challenge/

Thank you for listening!

Alec Hurley