How to use the energy of renewal to benefit your daily life.
Sometimes it can be hard to find the energy to move forward, especially when life gets challenging. We can feel stuck, overwhelmed, hopeless or simply tired of it all. When we’re lacking the inspiration and motivation that we might find naturally during happier or more exciting times, it can be disheartening, even stressful, to know what to do and to find a way through. What if the answers might be simpler than you realize? What if there were an infinite, constant source of energy that you could tap into at any time, anywhere, no matter what? Well, good news, there is. The energy of RENEWAL.
Life is always shifting, changing, moving and flowing. Just look around at nature for the perfect example. In the Springtime, we can easily feel this energy of renewal, as the new grass begins to grow and flowers start to bud. We can feel the energy of possibility and change in the air as the weather slowly shifts. This flow doesn’t stop with Spring, every day we begin a new day as the sun rises and say goodbye as it sets. We say hello to the new life and farewell at the deaths, in so many forms. This flow of life, these cycles, never stop and the energy doesn’t ever run out, it simply shifts and changes into something new.
Renewal is one of the most fundamental laws of the universe. The 1st law, the law of conversion, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another. So, although it may feel at times that something is lost, the truth is, it has only changed. Its energy always remains and lives on. During the transformation, something does die but something new is also created. When we are aware of this truth about energy, it is easier to shift our focus to what is being created, rather than what is lost. Remembering that new energy and new life is always being brought forward (in a million little ways as well as the big ones) can help inspire us, motivate us and give us a sense of hope, peace or safety.
This cycle of renewal is happening everywhere in every moment. When we take a breath, inhaling, and let it go, exhaling, with each thought that passes through our minds and every time we re-notice the world around us. This energy is here for us and when we’re aware of it, we can use it to our benefit!
Here are a few simple ways that you can connect with the energy of renewal and gain from it.
#1 – Sleep on it. Feeling burn out or stuck? Take a break and check with yourself. Renewal and Resilience are intimately connected. Taking time time to do nothing is actually providing an opportunity for renewal. Even if you are doing “nothing”, life moves forward and energy shifts and flows naturally all on its own. Practice a bit of patience, actually take time to sleep on things before taking immediate action and see what happens. You may find a natural renewed sense of purpose comes to you in the morning and feel more ready to act.
#2 – Try something new. Get out of your usual routine, break the pattern and see what happens! Doing things differently, deliberately opening to new experiences, even if it’s just dipping your toe in, being willing or imagining, will connect you with fresh new energy! Give it a try.
#3 – Watch Nature. Ah Nature. What a gentle teacher. Just spend some time being in nature, observing, watching, listening. Let go of doing and just be. See what it might teach you. The signs of renewal are all around. There is plenty of proof for those who need it!
#4 – Connect with Gratitude and Abundance. Be grateful for what you have! Actively write a gratitude list. Notice all of the abundance in your life. The more we notice abundance and cultivate gratitude, the less we fall into a mindset of lack and scarcity, which are energy flow blockers. Abundance and renewal go hand in hand. Allowing ourselves to realize how abundant our lives are uplifts, strengthens and motivates us as well as connects us to feelings of appreciation, love and joy.
#5 – Expand your awareness of space. Think of the sky, think of the stars, think of space – imagine it, feel into it. Think of the ocean, think of the Earth, think of wind, think of fire – feel their qualities. Allow yourself to notice the space around your head, behind you, above you, below. Is it wider than you first perceived? Expand your awareness outside of your body and see if you can find any end to space (hint: there isn’t one) Notice how limitless it is. Now, notice the space inside of yourself, inside of your mind, inside of your heart, there is no end to this either. No end and no beginning, unlimited energy, renewing itself over and over.
#6 – Breathe. Take a breath, let it go. Watch your breath move, in and out. Receiving the air, releasing it. New air in, changed air out. Breath is life. Notice it. Notice that it is nourishing you, remember that it is giving you vital energy that you use to live and half the time you aren’t even aware of it. What other energies are present that you might be taking for granted? Notice and receive it all.
#7 – Forget expectations. Don’t force it. Renewal happens all on its own. Sometimes when we have really strict ideas about how we think things “should” look or feel, we stop ourselves from experiencing and allowing what is. We block the flow of energy. We reject the gift that natural renewal is bringing to us. Let whatever comes be what it is. Allow it and accept it. You are free to let it go as soon as you’ve let it in and move on to receive the next thing that comes, so it’s actually pretty low stakes but really high potential for rewards.
#8 – Embrace the Unknown. It’s true, the unknown can be scary, terrifying even. We don’t know what will happen! Does that sound scary? Maybe. But does it need to be? Only if we assume that something bad might happen, but guess what, it’s also possible that something GOOD might! Something we never pictured – couldn’t’ even imagine – something SO good, so much BETTER, spectacular, miraculous! It is possible. It is always possible. With the unknown comes possibility and the possibilities are endless. Open to the energy of infinite possibilities, welcome the unknown, the space for creation and new life!
#9 – Open to flow. Consciously open yourself up to the unlimited flow of energy. Notice when something inside you feels closed off and open it up – your mind, your heart, your emotions, your imagination. Open open open. Consciously choose to release. Let go of anything you might be holding onto, ideas, thoughts, stress, pain. Let go of the good things to – laughter, joy, love, compassion, hope, gratitude, kindness – let that out! Also, receive. Let the energy in. Invite in what you want to feel – peace, confidence, trust, inspiration, love, truth, abundance, anything you want – let it in. Then let it back out. Repeat. Open, release, receive. Open, release, receive. Keep going.
#10 – Choose & Use Energy. Now that you’ve gotten in touch with the abundant, unlimited source of constantly renewing energy available to you – use it! Be mindful of the presence of energy and make the choice to work with it. Welcome it in and receive the energy that you need when you feel it dwindling. Focus on the energy that you want to cultivate, feel for it, notice and find it in the world around you, it is already there, bring it forward, trust it’s presence, allow it to come to you, open and receive it. When you’re feeling energy within you that isn’t serving you, notice it and realize that you can do something about it. Consciously release it, transforming it into that which does serve you. You are made up of energy, the same energy that you are seeking, you need only realize, recognize and choose to use it how you see fit. Renew yourself, you have the power.
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