Author(s): Shannon Dunn

Alternative Health

In every moment, we have the ability to choose our reality-regardless of what may be happening in our external world. While our symptoms may be calling for our attention, they cannot define or own us, unless we intend, on some level, for that to be the case. Affirmations can be thought of as energetic tools to help bring our state of being to a "better feeling place". When we begin using these statements (something you affirm to be), it may feel like an energetic mismatch, or uncomfortable, because on some level we do not believe the words we speak to be true. Try not to let this stop you from continuing with your daily practise. Words are, at their core, energy. If we continue repeating our affirmations regularly enough, they soon begin to imprint on our consciousness in a way that reflects back at us through what we attract in our life. Affirmations are words of empowerment- statements of intention that embody how we would like things to be. Carry this book with you wherever you go. Sleep with it next to (or under) your pillow. Open it when you're feeling low, refer to it when you're feeling good. Get to know each affirmation as if they are your closest friends. Look at yourself, eye-to-eye in the mirror as you repeat them. Affirmations, when repeated often enough and with an intention to truly live their message, may become catalysts for miracles in our life. As words alone, they are words. With your voice and intention, they are gold.