Reverb13: While the Reverb hosted by Kat officially ended yesterday, she offered an amazing bonus post. “As a parting gift, I really wanted to share some of the resources that have helped me take the sorts of practices we have been cultivating in Reverb13 to the next level. I’m not sure that I’d recommend taking up every single opportunity listed below: there is such thing as manifesting overload!! So, as always, feel free to trawl through and pick out what works for you then discard the rest.” Lots of good stuff here. So much love and gratitude to Kat for hosting. ♥

Project Reverb prompt: “Uphill | What uphill battle did you keep fighting and fighting in 2013? Are you going to keep fighting or let it go? Why?”

My uphill battle this year has been with anxiety. What’s interesting however is that the problem isn’t the anxiety, or even whatever triggers the anxiety, it’s the fact that I keep fighting it, that I turn it into a battle. I resist and reject what I’m feeling, and that only fuels the panic and distress. Struggling with anxiety is like trying to pull your way out of a Chinese Finger Trap. So no, I am not going to keep fighting it. I am going to relax, surrender to what is, let go, accept what is happening without judgement, stay open and present, allow whatever comes to arise and then dissolve on its own — I’m going to try that, anyway.

Reverb13 prompt: “It’s hard to believe today is the last day of Reverb13! …without thinking too hard about it, grab a pen and some paper and finish the following five sentences: 2014 is going to be MY YEAR because… In 2014, I am going to do… In 2014, I am going to feel… In 2014, I am not going to… In December 2014, I am going to look back and say…”

2014 is going to be MY YEAR because who else could I or it possibly belong to? I am going to inhabit, embody, live IN 2014, be present for my life, be in my body, awake in every moment I can be.

In 2014, I am going to do a lot, even though I always say I’m going to slow down, pace myself. And yet, my intention is to focus more on my experience, how I want to feel rather than what I accomplish, so maybe I could also say that in 2014, I am going to do less.

In 2014, I am going to feel free, more at ease, grounded and centered, loved, joyful and grateful, rested and energized, satisfied.

In 2014, I am not going to diet or weigh myself. I am not going to “should all over myself” or smash myself to bits. I won’t abandon myself, won’t apologize for myself, won’t give too much of myself away.

In December 2014, I am going to look back and say “thank you, that was amazing.”

Project Reverb prompt: “Encounters | What thing did you keep encountering this year over and over again?  Was it something you learned from or just a strange coincidence?”

The message that I am enough, that I can trust myself. The idea that I have the right to have the life I want. I don’t have to earn the right to be here, to take up space. I already am what I long to be.

Besottment Reverb 2013 prompt: “What did you change your mind about in 2013? Did you have a change of heart about anything? What was it, and why?”

This is related to the previous prompt, because the change of heart was I used to believe I was broken, needed to be fixed, had something wrong with me. I thought I needed to change, be something different. I was so wrong.