Sunday, May 16, 2010

Success Coaching Turned Poet Into Author

Stephanie Perry talks about how attending Leslie's Think and Grow Rich Mastermind Classes and Jessie's Silva Method Classes has inspired her new book, Basima's Blues...The Many Faces of Me. 
 
Writing poetry has been a creative expression for Basima since she was 12 years old. While growing up in the cultural borough of Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn, she found herself writing vividly about the love and despair that surrounded her. Often those who read her words would comment on the impressions they were left with-feelings of redemption, reflection, acceptance. It wasn’t until Basima started performing spoken word that she began to experiment with the powerful energy of music to accentuate her poetic delivery. What has resulted is a unique voice for a new age. You will hear her wisdom, you will hear her pain, but above all else, you will feel her love. Basima has performed at open mike sessions from New York City to Florida.
 Click Here To Order Here Book 

 
Listen to show and discover what's been preventing you from achieving the Wealth, peace of mind, relationships, spiritual connection and health.
 
Learn effective tips to Overcome It! Empower yourself Monday mornings with 15 minutes of inspirational coaching with Silva Method Life and Business Coach Jessie Bowen and Bob Proctor LifeSuccess Coach Leslie Flowers. For more information on Jessie's and Leslie's coaching classes. New Course Starting June The Secret to Winning the Lottery Visit Jessie's website @ http://prosperitywarrior.com/lottery/lottery.html and Leslie's website www.pathsofchange.com. For FREE Coaching email jbowen8871@aol.com or call 919-489-6100.

Thursday, May 06, 2010

Better
Sleep through Meditation
Anyone who's ever experienced a fitful night of sleep knows that "just relax" is
easier said than done. But do-it-yourself meditation practices may help you
prepare for rest, and put worries or discomfort behind you.
These techniques work best when done right before bed, in a quiet, calming
environment. But you can also practice them several times a day, recommended by
Jessie Bowen Silva Method Life Success Coach and Lecturer.

A big part of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia is learning exercises to help your body relax before bed. One way to do this is through progressive tensing and relaxing of your muscles while lying in bed.

"You should personalize the experience as much as you want." You might start by
just noticing your breath with your hand on your tummy. Then with each out
breath, focus on a different section of the body and say a word like 'calm,'
'relax,' or 'peaceful,' whatever works for you. You're redirecting your
attention to a part of the body, and when the mind is focused on the body, it's
not thinking 'I can't sleep.'



The body responds to stress with muscle tension, which can cause pain or discomfort. Progressive muscle relaxation reduces muscle tension and general mental anxiety. Progressive muscle relaxation often helps people get to sleep.

Procedure
You can use a prerecorded audiotape to help you go through all the muscle groups, or you can
just learn the order of muscle groups and work through them from memory.

1.   Choose a place where you can lie down on your back and stretch out comfortably, such as a carpeted floor.

2.   Inhale and tense each muscle group (hard but not to the point of  cramping) for 4 to 10 seconds, then exhale and suddenly and completely relax the muscle group (do not relax it gradually). Give yourself 10 to 20 seconds to relax.

3.   When you are finished, return to alertness by counting backwards from 5 to 1.


Muscle groups and how to tense them

  • Wrists and forearms: Extend them and bend your hands back at the wrist.   

  • Biceps and upper arms: Clench your hands into fists, bend your arms at the

  • elbows, and flex your biceps. 



  • Shoulders: Shrug them.


  • Forehead: Wrinkle it into a deep frown.

    Around the mouth: Press your lips together tightly. (Check your facial area for Back of the neck: Press your head back hard.
  • Front of the neck: Touch your chin to your chest. (Check your neck and head for tension




  • Back: Arch your back up and away from the floor. 


  • Stomach: Suck it into a tight knot. (Check your chest and stomach for tension.) 
    Thighs: Clench them hard.  



  • Hips and buttocks: Press the buttocks together tightly.




  • Lower legs: Point your toes toward your face, as if trying to bring the toes up to touch your head. Then point your toes away and curl them downward at the same time. (Check the area from your waist down for tension.)


  • Progressive muscle relaxation is included in the 2-day Silva Life System earn more .

  • Chest: Take a deep breath and hold it, then exhale. 

  • Cheeks and jaws: Smile as widely as you can. 




  • tension.)


    • Hands: Clench them.


  • Around the eyes and bridge of the nose: Close your eyes as tightly as possible.


  • (Remove contact lenses before beginning the exercise.)






      • Learn more a  meditation.


        Breathing from the abdomen and putting your attention on those breaths can help
        you relax both during the day and in bed at night. Some people may enjoy lying
        in a dimly lit room, closing their eyes, or listening to soft music while
        focusing on their out breaths.



        Another version of muscle relaxation: Imagine a wave of relaxation
        flowing down your body, from your head to your feet. You can give the wave a
        color, sound, or temperature.

        You should personalize the experience as much as you want. You might
        start by just noticing your breath with your hand on your tummy. Then with each
        out breath, focus on a different section of the body and

        say a word like 'calm,' 'relax,' or 'peaceful,'

        You're redirecting your attention to a part of the body, and when the mind is
        focused on the body, it's not thinking 'I can't sleep.'"

        To learn more about meditation classes FREE Relaxation MP3 Download visit




        www.the-silvamethod.com

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            and whatever works for you.

        Friday, April 30, 2010

        How Guided Relaxation Can Help You Relax and Reduce Stress

        How Guided Relaxation Can Help You Relax and Reduce Stress
        By Jessie Bowen, Silva Method Life Success Coach


        Everyday stress and depression is taking over someone’s health. We need to learn and realize that stress can be good for us but harmful at the same time. We will always have stress in our lives. We have control over some stress, yet in some instances we have no control.

        The world is moving these days at such a fast pace there doesn’t seem as we have enough time in a day for us. To keep in control we have to move with it and learn how to cope the everyday problems as they change. A guided relaxation program is a good place to begin with, keeping with all the new challenges.

        Stress will sometimes cause a person to go into deep depression. Professionals who can guide and help you through this state of mind usually treat depression. Don’t let  stress stay with you if there is a way to expel it.

        You have many ways to relieve the stress that you can control. Ask for help if you feel you can’t get it under control before letting depression take over. Take time-out for you each day and learn how to relax.

        Learning relaxation takes time and patience. Don’t be in a hurry and expect results to happen overnight. Learning to relax is hard but you’ll learn with practice and make it a part of your day everyday. Learning to relax can be enjoyable and you’ll begin to look forward to that part of the day.

        Find a quiet place to be alone and think about happy times; you may just want to let your  mind go blank. Let your body lie or sit letting your mind and body to just float  away in the wind. Breathe deep and slowly as you let the relaxed feeling into your body as a whole. Do some dreaming and listen to the birds, or hear the waves in the ocean in the back of your mind. As you begin to relax you’ll feel your body changing as the tension goes away, otherwise you can find tapes, books and videos to help you relax if you cannot go it alone.

        Do you feel apprehension that last maybe 30 minutes where you feel afraid and scared to go on to the next day? Lack of relaxation can cause these reactions. Keep in touch with your and take care of your mind and body.

        As you learn to relax, you’ll begin to notice that anxiety attacks will lessen up and you’ll be able to sleep better. Waking up in the mornings feeling like you are glad to be here and ready to start a new day. Relaxing helps you to relieve stress, puts you at a lower risk of depression, and mentally you’ll have a better outlook on life. If a person feels tensed, it causes the blood sugar levels to rise and fall down and can even cause weights loss.

        Relaxation brings us many rewards. Learning to cope with everyday activities that are happening each day is important for all of us.

        THIS is when you need your practice the most and I recommend you go to the Silva Method online store for books or or our audio programs.   The more you listened to and become re-invigorated with the practice. Chances are that losing the ability to focus on meditation is parallel with your inability to focus in other areas of your life!

        To learn more  about meditation classes FREE Relaxation MP3 Download visit www.the-silvamethod.com and Weekly meditation classes visit karate international of Durham
        www.kidurham.com
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        Silva Life System Personal Empowerment 3-Day Retreat Durham at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park. Friday, June 04, 2010 at 5:00 PM - Sunday, June 06, 2010 at 5:00 PM (ET) Click here to learn more... http://silvalifesystemretreat.eventbrite.com/

        Monday, April 05, 2010

        The Secrets of Letting Go: Opening to Abundance!

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        Date / Length: 4/5/2010 8:00 AM - 15 min
        Empower yourself Monday mornings with 15 minutes of inspirational coaching with Silva Method Life and Business Coach Jessie Bowen and Bob Proctor LifeSuccess Coach Leslie Flowers. Special Show Topic:The Secrets of Letting Go: Opening to Abundance! Letting go is important for attracting and allowing abundance into your life. Holding on, be it to negative or positive things, blocks our ability to receive in the present and mars
        our abundance. You may be holding on to grievances, hurts, resentments or upsets from your past, or you may be holding on to positive things, such as qualities from past relationships or friendships, which prevent those very qualities showing up in the present. Attend our show and learn Letting Go Tips! For more information on Jessie's and Leslie's coaching and classes, Visit Leslie's website @ http://leslieflowers.lifesuccessconsultants.com and Jessie's website for information on the Warrior Prosperity Mastermind Group Coaching @ http://prosperitywarrior.com/. Set a personal session with Jessie, through http://www.bitwine.com/users/28070-bizcoach


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        Tuesday, March 30, 2010

        Develop your Business and Personal intuition

        Develop your Business and Personal intuition

        Nine in ten people have the wrong idea about intuition. Why? Most of us believe that intuition is a talent. That only a privileged few possess the ability to ever fully realize their intuitive senses, and reap the rewards that come with it.

        The resources we use as entrepreneurs and professionals are many: creative abilities, past experience, education, logic, analysis, and intuition. Intuition can be defined as knowing something without conscious use of reason.

        In fact, it’s more than trainable. It’s a natural skill that we’re all born with. The bond between babies and moms, the high creativity of kids, much of this is credited to our natural human intuition.

        Successful executives use their Intuition to make profitable business decisions. In fact, a recent study shows that 62% of CEOs rate GUT FEELINGS as being highly influential in their business decisions

        Successful people often talk about using their sixth sense, their gut feeling, their business instincts.
        People like Oprah and Donald Trump largely attribute their success to using intuition.

        If you're successful, you already know this. Whether it's conscious or not, you've found a way to leverage your intuition when it's time to make a quick decision, even without all the facts. Ultimately, we all run into tough business situations. The defining factor of sustainable success is not to avoid these circumstances... but rather to leverage the cards you've been dealt to your best advantage!

        Silva International of Laredo TX has created and all new program called the Silva Intuition System and taught locally by Jessie Bowen Certified Lecturer and Coach. This System is far more advanced, and the program is built on the concept that Intuition can provide you with more information than what you have available right now.

        Most of us rely exclusively on our left brain when it comes to decision-making. And that's a good thing! The left side of the brain processes logical, intellectual and factual information which essential in problem-solving. But it doesn't give you the full picture...

        The right side of your brain stores and processes abstract, subjective and creative information (this is called "divergent thinking" in Psychology). The problem is that this side of the brain is not language-based. Which means it won't come up in your conscious mind as a list of pros and cons, like the left brain information would. Instead, it relies on Emotional Intelligence to provide input on the problem you're trying to solve.

        Emotional Intelligences is the process by which you receive relevant information from your sub-conscious mind by experiencing an emotion. All this stuff that you don't remember from college, from overhearing a conversation at the restaurant, from a business book you read 5 years ago is stored in your sub-conscious mind, ready to be processed by your right brain.

        The Only Thing Standing Between You And What We At The Silva Method Call Total Intuitive Living is the Resistance within Your Mind

        And once you remove this resistance to intuition, you’ll be able to up your intuitive ante in every way and begin experiencing high-level intuitive living in your business and personal life.

        Attend a 4-Week Mastermind TeleCoaching Program with Ken Coscia and Jessie Bowen.

        Ken Coscia Siva International Training Director and Coach. Jessie Bowen Silva Lecturer, Coach and Business Expert

        Class Topic: Focusing Your Life Intuition Mastermind Coaching TeleClass Class Start Thursday April 1 - April 22, 7:00 - 8:30 EST. Click Here For More Information



        Upcoming Live Silva Intuition Classes

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        Friday, March 26, 2010

        How to Develop Your Intuition


        How to Develop Your Intuition

        Why is it desirable to develop your intuition? Your intuition is the means by which you receive information from that wise, infinite part of you on the spiritual plane, your Higher Self. As such, your intuition can assist you in making decisions, setting goals for yourself, and aligning with your life purpose.

        Many people don't think they are intuitive. But it is actually fairly simple to develop your intuition. It just takes a little mindfulness and practice. Here are six steps you can take in your life to develop your intuition:
        • Make room for the possibility

          If you are convinced that intuition does not exist, or that it simply is not available to you, nothing will be able to persuade you otherwise. Remember that whatever you believe shapes your reality. It's fine to have doubts, or to be a little apprehensive. But in order to develop your intuition, you must at least allow for the possibility of its existence and validity. Open yourself to the idea that you are a highly intuitive being. Imagine all the information that might be available to you, if only you'll allow for the possibility.
        • Ask for guidance

          Opening up to just any information makes it hard to discern intuitive guidance when it arrives in your life. Instead, focus on a specific topic or question that you wish to receive guidance on. Write that topic or question down, and ask your Higher Self for help with the issue. In this way, guidance will be easier to recognize when it comes in. When you are first working to develop your intuition, it is good to focus on a specific subject.
        • Create space to receive

          Guidance may come in many ways. You may suddenly become inspired in an unexpected way - or suffer an extreme lack of inspiration in other areas. You may forget or remember items on your way out of the house. You may feel sudden impulses to do something differently. A friend or acquaintance may suddenly offer up the answer you've been looking for all along. Spiritual guidance comes to us in many ways. It is subtle and integrates itself seamlessly into the fabric of our lives. In order to develop your intuition, you must create some space within which you can allow guidance to unfold. Look at your life events from the perspective of receiving guidance. You may be surprised at the many hints that have been coming your way all along!
        • Take action

          Guidance is only as good as what you do with it. If intuitive information is never acted upon, it remains useless. It does take courage to act on your intuitive instincts. When you develop your intuition, reason and logic sometimes has to take a back seat to gut feeling. Try acting on guidance in small ways at first, to help you develop confidence. Then you can begin applying your intuition to more important life decisions.
        • Let go of the outcome

          When you develop your intuition, you may find that you have a great need to be "right." However, intuitive guidance is a moment by moment process. What is right for you today may not be right for you tomorrow. You are, after all, one day richer in life experiences. You are no longer the same. Therefore, what you need today may differ from what is aligned with your highest good tomorrow. Act on guidance as it occurs. Let go of the outcome. We all think we know how a situation should unfold. In reality, life may present something far better than we could possibly have imagined.
        • Acknowledge assistance

          Develop a sense of gratitude towards your Higher Self. It works hard to offer you the information that serves your highest good. Acknowledge the wealth of assistance that has come into your life. Thank your Higher Self often. As you do this, you are acknowledging the greatest part of your own being.
        As you develop your intuition, you will discover yourself navigating through life with a broader perspective. You will discover the untapped resources that are available to you for the asking. You will begin to recognize yourself as a spiritual being living a human experience. 

        4-Week Mastermind TeleCoaching Program with Ken Coscia and

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        Class Start Thursday April 1 -  April 22,  7:00 - 8:30 EST

        Tuesday, March 23, 2010

        Silva Method Meditation for Children

          
        Silva Method Meditation for Children
        For information visit http://silvalifesuccesscoaching.com/

        Silva Method Meditation for Children is being looked into
        more and more because Meditation for child development is a
        must. Guided Silva Method Meditation for Children can help
        them understand the fundamentals of meditation more clearly.
        The benefits are never-ending.

        If you are a parent, Silva Method Meditation for Child development
        would be the best gift you could ever bestow on them. You would
        lead them into a stress free life and a calmer sense of being.

        Children carry a great deal of stress in their lives, much
        more than adults realize. Kids appear so carefree, but often
        in their quieter moments, their young minds are trying to
        make sense of the world that can be confusing, frustrating,
        and downright unfair.

        Silva Method Meditation for Children is an excellent method
        of teaching children the basics of self imposed relaxation
        techniques to help them get themselves over their hurdles.
        Often, the grown up world views Silva Method Meditation for
        Children as an extension of play, which done appropriately
        it should be but with enough structure and self awareness
        that the child receives the benefits of meditation from his time.


        Silva Method Meditation for Children provides a healthier
        balance in the world than simply zoning out in front of some
        electronic form of mind control. This form of self
        discipline can teach the younger generation how to take time
        out whenever they need it, refocus, and return to the world
        at large feeling more in control of their reactions to the
        world.

        Of course, Silva Method Meditation for Children is
        going to presented a bit differently than that which we teach
        adults. Telling a 4 year old to sit still and breathe deeply
        might work once for a brief moment, but ultimately if it
        isn’t fun, they’re not going to be interested.

        Children expert Jessie Bowen a Silva Method Certified
        Child Meditation specialist, is on staff at Duke University
        where he teaches the Silva Method meditation concepts
        to improve relaxation, visualization skill, learning retention and
        memory. He is also a 9th Degree Karate Black Belt and World
        Champion he adds light tai chi exercise in his program
        introducing young children to thoughtful contemplation
        through a series of slow but fun body movements that gently
        end with the child in the seated position. Practicing together of course
        makes it much more fun for the little ones.

        Learning the benefits of meditation as it is intended for
        family members under the age of 10 can set your offspring up
        for a lifetime of peaceful and controlled calm under a great
        deal of stress. Silva Method Meditation for Children offers
        young ones the power within their own mind to handle stress
        much more effectively than those who turn to electronics or
        even sports for stress management.

        Any form of outside controlled stress management is not going
        to be as effective as internally available stress management.
        Meditation techniques for children are always available, the soccer
        field is not.


        One of the greatest benefits of Silva Method Meditation for
        Children is the side effect of learning self control, self
        acceptance, and self awareness. These three key factors help
        kids avoid the dangers offered by the childhood world as
        well as the adult world. A child who knows how to love
        himself and to control himself is less likely to experiment
        with drugs, sex, or other high risk activities.

        Quiet reflection and deliberation designed for kids is one of the
        more powerful success tools we can equip them with for their
        progress in the world now as well as the future. While it
        may not be easy to get an entire brood on board with the
        notion of meditation, a little professional assistance to
        learn the process can often help facilitate the process.

        Kids need every ounce of support they can get in this world,
        and providing them with the key to self support via Silva
        Method Meditation for Children is a very loving seed planted
        in their souls that is likely to grow for their lifetime.