I *love* reading through your list!

I haven’t consulted my kitties, but both of my kitties like to stretch & offer me their bellies when I pass by. I take it as an invitation to stop a moment, take deep breath, connect with their loving energy and let them know how much they mean to me. The looks they give me confirm that we are all connected and they *got* my message (it’s mutual).

I’ve heard of Zpoint and it reminds me of another technique. It’s amazing how all these resistance-shattering techniques are showing up at this point in time~there is always one that works best!

I’m the same way with crystals and pretty much all rocks/stones. They each seem to have a different personality and a beauty of their own. Laughter is, indeed, the best medicine. Even nicer when you get to share it with a loved one!

Dancing is definitely on my list, as is listening to Abe audios. I love to do art, baking & workouts with Abe in the background~gives my left brain good things to ponder while the right side plays! )

Thank you for sharing your wonderful list!

Many blessings,
Nancy

1. Stroking kitty’s furry purry belly with Reiki. When we plan holidays she has a rider list a bit like rock stars do. Instead of needing to remove all the brown M&Ms, her rider demands that her cat sitter must be Reiki attuned. Good thing our friends are so obliging!
2. Hugs
3. Shuffling through crisp autumnal leaves
4. ZPoint – this is a medatative self help technique that melts resistance. It helps me get back to being joyful very quickly
5. Playing with crystals. I feel like a child in a candy shop when it comes to all those gorgeous colours, shapes and textures.
6. The way nearly-hubby makes me laugh every day
7. Healing scents. I love the room sprays that Aura Soma do, or even a dab of essential oil. When I pay in client money at the bank I’ve taken to put a drop or two of bergamot essential oil with the intention of lifting the energy going through the banking system. Even the bank cashier commented yesterday how nice it was!
8. Dancing to soulful music
9. Cooking, doing creative things with my hands.
10. Listening to Abe. The audios seem to go much deeper in than the books.

Hugs,

Sejual

Numbers 1,2,3,7,10,11, 12, 16 & 17 are on my list, too! ) Nothing like a *cat* nap in the afternoon with one’s furry babies. It is a JOY one can only experience in the physical world.

Many blessings,
Nancy
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Marilyn’s Joy List

1. petting/hanging with/loving my cat
2. taking my daily walk in the beauty of nature, breathing in the joyful flow of the universe, focusing on all the well being and imagining how I want my life to be
3. reading or listening to Abraham-Hicks
4. riding on the back of our motorcycle as my husband drives us through all the beauty of northern California, appreciating my life and imagining how I want my life to be
5. drinking green tea with milk and agave…love, love, love it !
6. watching a romantic comedy
7. tweeting joyously and breathing in all the positive tweets from my amazing tweeps
8. my daily 20 minute morning yoga practice
9. writing lists of appreciation and lists of who I really am
10. listening to uplifting music which inspires me to dance
11. taking naps with my cat cuddled next to me
12. sitting each day for 20 minutes, focusing on my breathing and letting whatever happens happen!
13. allowing others to be who they are, no matter what!
14. taking improv classes and laughing soooo much
15. laughing with my husband
16. breathing in the joyful flow of the universe and knowing that all is well !
17. writing joy lists!
18. to be continued…..

in joy,
Marilyn

I love that you give yourself the permission to release any emotion (your example, a temper tantrum for anger), as that, too, adds to the resistance around receiving.

And, writing…yes, I immediately feel connected to Source as I begin to write, because the information is flowing through me as I type (channeling).

I feel the same on #Mamo (Manifesting Monday, the virtual manifestation circle on Twitter)…the energy flowing through me while envisioning and writing about everyone’s manifestation is *palpable* and incredibly powerful. In fact, the first few weeks I did it, it wiped me out. I must have gotten used to it, because now it just feels *awesome*!!! )

Many blessings,
Nancy
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So since it’s been a while since I wrote that original joy list, or even looked at it, I’ll do another one here.

1. Overtone humming, with intention
2. Petting my cat
3. Doing what I do best – sing and channel healing songs! This puts me into instant connection with my spirit and Source and takes me out of mind, as in away from fear or any other negative emotion. And it re-aligns my energy and helps me release whatever was causing the discord.
4. Listen to my visualization recordings
5. Rehearse my newest songs.
6. Listen to my favorite music by other people
7. Do that gratitude practice – list on paper or in my head all that I’m grateful for at any given moment.
8. When my daughter’s home I don’t have to do a thing. She has the most fantastic sense of humour and knows how to crack me right up.
9. Watch a funny movie.
10. Listen to my Abraham-Hicks recordings.
11. Call a friend.
12. Remind myself of times when I felt incredible joy, recreate that in my mind and heart.
13. Sometimes allow myself a private temper tantrum – or write a really blunt journal – to get out the anger or frustration or whatever it is that’s bugging me.
14. I too go to Twitter sometimes in search of inspiring tweets. Thankfully I have a long list of inspiring, uplifting twitter friends – like you, Nancy!
15. Write. Anything. Just write. Until I’m done. I usually end up with something channeled that’s really inspiring!

Great topic, Nancy!

Love & Light & JOY,
Brenda, Medicine Song Woman

Just wanted to add that I had a HUGE emotional charge to making money in my new statistical business and first entrepreneurial adventure! I was very attached to bringing in the money and a lot of resistance around that topic! (put a lot of pressure on myself)

But once I found a new passion and turned my focus to that, the emotional charge & resistance weakened and as a result, I manifested the abundance I was looking for.

Yes, this is exactly WHY having a go-to JOY list ready is so valuable~focusing on something that brings us joy and fulfillment relieves the pent-up energy charge (aka resistance). Perfect example!

And then, you brilliantly said:

We all tend to think that if we continue to focus on the exact thing we want to occur and try to figure out how to make it happen, that it will happen. However, it’s all connected with how we are feeling behind those thoughts and that focus.

We’re trained in this culture to focus on ACTION & DOING, but fail to understand the profound power of the underlying feelings AS we are thinking and acting. Acting and doing unconsciously gets you nowhere compared to conscious attending to inspired actions.

Thank you for JOYning me in this conversation, Maria!

Many blessings,
Nancy

But once I found a new passion and turned my focus to that, the emotional charge & resistance weakened and as a result, I manifested the abundance I was looking for.

We all tend to think that if we continue to focus on the exact thing we want to occur and try to figure out how to make it happen, that it will happen. However, it’s all connected with how we are feeling behind those thoughts and that focus. We just need to connnect within and really ask ourselves “is the way I am feeling bringing me joy?”

Thanks again, Nancy for starting a scintillating conversation around this great topic!

Blessings,
Maria

Just want to clarify that the “letting go of attachment” point in this post was for desires that have that HUGE emotional charge (i.e. resistance). I find it relatively easy to let go of attachment on the vast majority of issues. I left corporate job to go on my own, too, and that was relatively easy to do because I could feel it was the right decision.

This post was really addressing the desires that have such big emotional charge that no matter how hard you try, you feel almost GLUED to the resolution. THAT is when having a ready-to-go JOY list can be *very* helpful in shifting your energy.

I second your (and other ) listing of Twitter—If you find the right community on Twitter, it IS phenomenal! For me, the LOA/energy healing/coaching/ community on Twitter is *incredible*!

Many blessings,
Nancy
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