“No, I have absolutely no idea what water is.” said the fish.

This is one of my favourite quotes from ‘Quantum-Touch – The Power to Heal’ by Richard Gordon. Richard believes that we as human beings take life force energy for granted and often have no aware of it’s presence, despite the fact that it is this energy that differentiates us from something that is dead!

Life Force Energy is at the core of all of the work that I do, of course that seems an obvious thing for a holistic therapist to say. But when you step back and think about it, Life Force Energy is at the core of all that we all do – so whatever your job, your lifestyle, your philosophy, maybe it is time to be more aware of the soup of potentiality that we are all swimming in.

You will all experience days when your life force seems jaded, your enthusiasm faded and your get up and go seemingly gone! It may be necessary to just listen to your body on days like this, have some time out, some me time, in order for your life force to build up again. But maybe a day like this could be a message for you to look at your lifestyle more carefully, what is it that depletes your life force? What makes you feel heavy? It is different things for different people, but here’s a random list in no particular order: Inappropriate food (i.e. micro-waved, processed, fatty, sugary, alcoholic, with additives, anti-biotics etc etc)

Television (especially depressing tv! After a while you are bored by what you watch but no-longer have the energy to turn it off and do something different!)
Negative, demanding or energy sucking people (vampires)
A list of things to do that never shrinks.
Artificial places & lighting, air-conditioned offices, concrete, electricity pylons….
Technology - mobile telephones, computers, (computers that don’t do what they should do especially!)
Lack of rest/sleep
Lack of knowing your purpose, having a passion, being in love (with life)
Failing to release negative emotions, anger, guilt, hurt, pain, resentment…

I could go on and on but I feel my own ‘lightness’ dimming just as I think about the list! Of course the magical key to life is balance, and if we do encounter things from the above list we must make sure that we compensate for this with things from the ‘feeling good’ factor list. Again your list will be very unique, but take a minute or so right now to think about things that make you feel ‘light’. Here are some of mine:

Sunshine, laughter, being creative, playing, walking the dogs on the beach or in the woods, feeling the softness of my baby’s head on my neck, watching my son play with his daddy, meditating, listening to good music, talking to friends….

Now doesn’t just reading that list make your feel better than the first one!

Andrea (Life coach as well as healer) sent some of her friends an email recently about some research she is doing, she wanted to know our answers to her question: ‘what is the best feeling in the world?’ Think about it for a moment – what is your best feeling in the world? My answer was: “Creating something beautiful and touching the eternal – I know for me the best feeling in the world was when I looked into Taran’s eyes for the first time. When I teach a workshop and know how much the group are in their own power and connecting on a high level with each other, that is a special feeling. When I stand in a gorgeous place and breathe in the potential of life, that is fab too. Basically my ‘best feelings in the world’ come when I am in my own power, my joy, my gratitude and purpose and I feel connected to that higher part of me and all that is.”

I know for others the answers to Andrea’s question will be something very different – one of our reiki family for example, following a hot stone massage insisted that this was the best feeling in the world, ‘It’s better than orgasm!’ she stated to all who were in the shop at the time!

So basically, the things that make you joyful and light are the things that will increase your vibration, strengthen your life force and help you to resonate more with the wonderful things around you. The higher that your vibration becomes, the better life will be. Synchronicity will be an every day adventure, things around you will flow smoothly, and health, abundance and balance will become intrinsic elements of your life. It may sound simplistic, but hey maybe that is the answer! Keep it simple. The fish doesn’t look for the water, or even give it a name, he simply breathes it in and allows it to support him. Try doing the same, breathe in deeply, allow the life force to penetrate every cell of your body and know that life is good. Keep the balance between what makes your heavy and what brings you light and most of all honour yourself and all that is. With each breath that you take you are connecting yourself to the infinite power and intelligence of the universe and that’s what connects us all.