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04
May 12

Think of It As a Part Time Job

She read it.  Wow. 

I recommend Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy – Until You’re 80 and Beyond to a beloved client.  She read it and then as sometime happens she showed me something I didn’t get out of my three readings of the book. 

To be fit and healthy and to gain the benefits of the book, you have to treat your body like the animal it is, and exercise hard.  Every day. 

Think of your fitness self-care as a part time job.  That works for her and works for me.  

It antidotes the poison of my complaining inner voice and attitude that says, “I shouldn’t have to spend so much time doing this.  It takes too much time.  It should happen just by itself.” 

Rocks are hard.  Water is wet.  And it takes time to be healthy. 

I routinely practice taiji, strength training, walking, and hiking.  I receive coaching, acupuncture, and bodywork.  They take time.   

I would benefit from working with tennis balls on my pressure points and muscles.  I would benefit from more stretching.  But my complaining voice whimpers and whines. 

As people age, their bodies typically go downhill.  But Younger Next Year for Women  and its companion book for men, Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy – Until You’re 80 and Beyond, and as the research indicates –  

Aging isn’t the culprit – you just don’t move enough or hard enough.

When you do work hard every day, you get younger.  Look at Strong Women Stay Young.  It says the same thing.  In the author’s research, post menopausal women got biologically younger following a 12 week strength training program if memory serves.  20 years younger.  

When you were a kid, you never exercised or worked out.  You just went out to play.  All day.  Recall what that play included. No wonder you felt better and stronger. 

Take on this part time job and live long and prosper. 

Oh, and add in some quiet time for meditation and connecting with the sacred.  OK? 

Walk in beauty, 

William

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24
Apr 12

Gather Your Deep Wealth Now

 

kids at beach

 

“Do you notice, as I do, that whenever you feel wealthy, money is never a problem? It flows easily. And you have the leisure to enjoy your life.”

 

The Gathering Deep Wealth Program: How You Can Find Authentic Happiness will help you find authentic happiness. More it will help you to live a life you love wholeheartedly – body and soul.

Amazingly, you can deepen and fortify your Deep Wealth.

I have been helping people live lives they love wholeheartedly for decades. I have distilled the best of that information in this book.

You will learn to be present. You will learn to live in the moment.

“What’s being in the moment good for?” you puzzle.

“You mean besides feeling bliss and touching Heaven?” I respond. “This material does have a practical benefit and that’s what you and I will aim for.”

These strategies will directly and potently –

  • Bring a serenity and fullness to your life you may have felt was missing. Hey, and what about this one?
  • Align your heart’s and your soul’s path with the Sacred. Is this big for you? It’s my whole life.
  • Turbocharge your problem solving abilities.
  • Enhance your problem solving skills. Take them to a new realm of success.
  • Help you to make the right decisions. Can you imagine?
  • Profoundly develops your creative mind.
  • Move your creative thinking to a new dimension.
  • Help you to access your native genius to make critical decisions.

 

Your life will work better and because it’s in harmony with the Sacred, it will flow smoothly. In short, you are happier.

Stillness and Presence

When you immerse yourself in stillness, you will feel connected to everything you see. You will touch the very fabric of life and you will participate in its unfolding, moment to moment. If this sounds fantastic or unbelievable, I invite you to apply the methods that follow. You will find yourself walking the streets of Heaven.

Can you imagine a more creative place to be than where the universe births itself right in front of you? All truly creative acts and inspirations come from stillness.

Poets describe this Heaven in different ways. I will let William Blake’s poem speak for us all.

To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour.

 

Can you imagine how good it feels to be in this place?

 

Owl Eyes

American Indians and all other original peoples use Owl Eyes and Owl Ears to teach their children presence, to teach them deep stillness.

Although Owl Eyes contains the grand power of Heaven, it is simplicity itself. You were born with the capability hard-wired into your brain and nervous system. It belongs to you. You have no doubt stumbled into this place of deep presence countless times, but few recognize the power of this place.

Even if people recognize the power of presence, they don’t realize that they have the ability to go there intentionally. You will now learn to go there intentionally. When you learn this, you will possess a life changing skill.

Each time I practice Owl Eyes, it feels like coming home.

Owl Eyes enables you to access the creative heart of the universe. Who knows how this method will bless you?

The methods I lay out will change your life if you persist and if you ask the useful questions. Even if you don’t use the methods and just use Owl Eyes, your life will change for the better. You will inherit the Kingdom of God.

 

The program also helps you to live a life you love by showing you …

How to handle crashes by learning to spiritually reboot. So very useful, right?

How to prevent crashing.

How to handle the Hungry Ghosts – Doubt, Worry, Greed, and Fear.

How to use presence to gain enough money and have a life you love. You love this core benefit.

 

Bonus Materials

The program includes a link to a password protected website where you can watch illuminating videos and listen to podcasts with internet teacher, John Gallagher and as well as one with Zen Abbot Genjo Marinello.

If all this resonates with you, get the program.

 

Do You Have Questions?

 

Email me.

 

Testimonials

 

Our 2 grandsons (6 yo and a 4 yo with a broken arm) were just here for 4 nights. On their last night Nik (the 6yo) said he wanted to have a “last night family hike” up one of the trails, (quite a ways uphill) so the 4 of us go up (2 running, 2 walking) and sit in our faerie circle and then Nik says “and now we have to do owl eyes.” It was the first moment of peace and quiet in 4 days(greatly appreciated by me and my husband) but it was really special and full of “great wealth” !

Also wanted to tell you how right on the Get Wealthy stuff is –Take time to smell the roses, in different words. It’s SO TRUE! Feeds the soul, and hopefully good ideas follow…..

Karen Berry, Member of Body & Soul Mentor (Members got the program for free earlier.)

This come from someone who just got the program on opening day.

William,

Your program is the help and inspiration and focus that I need. Bravo for your Passion, skill, love, and devotion.

Thank you for sharing.

Hope to meet someday.

Peace,love and joy to you and yours.

Charles

Your insight and words reach my soul and raise my spirit. Thank you. Peace, Love and Joy to you all! clander@socal.rr.com

Stillness brings clarity of thought. When thinking clearly we realize that abundance is natural and flowing into our lives continually. Ryan ryanbiddulph@yahoo.com

Yesterday, a private client told me how much one of the podcasts inspired her, and to my delight, continues to inspire her through her day. Cool

Here’s what a reader says,

 

William, Your work is wonderful. Thanks for staying on top of things while keeping your passions and faith deeply rooted and growing. Also, for “laser focusing” information in a world where things are often lost and muddied. You and your work are an elixir of inspiration and you offer tangible skills that motivate and offer people the chance to know and experience a better way, a beautiful way, an ancient way into the present, a good life all around. Thank you and blessings,Libby

 

You have some choices now -

Now, decide whether you want The Gathering Deep Wealth Program or not.

If you have decided that you’d like to try the program, you have two ways you can get the program to benefit.

One: Become a member of Body & Soul Mentor website. Many think this choice gives you the best value.

Here’s why:

For less than the price of a Netflix membership or a Sunday paper subscription, a membership in Body & Soul Mentor supports you on your journey to living a life you love wholeheartedly – body & soul – while making a difference in your world.For decades, I have lovingly mentored people, just like you, on their sacred journey with encouragement, inspiration, insights, and magical resources.

 

Membership is only $8.97 per 30 days. You get all my life mentoring books, programs, videos, podcasts and more for the one low fee. You can cancel anytime.

You can find out about membership and join here -

Two: Or you can get the Amazon Kindle version for $8.97.

Decide — $8.97 for everything. Or $8.97 for the one book.

If you want the Kindle version, you will find it on my Amazon Author’s Page.
Note: This Life Giving Manual is a digital product and comes as a PDF file.

Find the delights and benefits of membership here…

 

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19
Mar 12

Pilgrimage: a Calling to Your Heart and Your Soul

How, then, can we recalibrate the speed of our lives in such a way that it honors, mirrors, and is readily informed by, the speed of the human heart?  If we don’t, how can we possibly imagine ever getting “caught up” to anything sacred, deeply authentic, loving, healing, or sufficient?  How will we feel we are ever getting closer to catching up with some quiet contentment, sustained in the gentle pace of the heart, of living at the speed of enough?  Wayne Muller from A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough  

Feeling out of touch with my soul, hungry for spaciousness, I journeyed to Swakane Canyon, a few minutes north of Wenatchee up the Columbia. 

Deep stillness can give the heart time to process. 

Pilgrimage has been done at all times by all people.  I recommend you journey to the Sacred regularly.  Don’t wait till the hunger has you staggering.  Journey before you need it. 

Obviously, you don’t need to travel hours to achieve results although you may. 

You may be able to do it in the back yard or your local park or even in your living room. 

You can watch Canyon Stillness, my recent one minute video.  Pay attention to the deep stillness.

 

 

Walk in beauty, 

William 

P.S.  Learn more about pilgrimage and how to take care of your soul at Body & Soul Mentor.  More pilgrimages on my YouTube Channel. 

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06
Feb 12

Eat More, Work Out Less, Lose Fat — Metabolic Effect

Picture this.  An Olympic sprinter.  OK?  Now picture a marathon runner.  OK?  Now imagine you’re a doctor attending a lecture with Dr. Jade Teta, ND asking you, “Which athlete is more muscular?” 

“The sprinter,” the audience says. 

“Yep, that’s easy to tell.  Right?” Jade says, “Ok, now which of these two athletes is leaner?  Which has less body fat?” 

Some shout sprinter; some shout marathoner.  The docs didn’t really know. 

The answer to that question forms the basis of the metabolic effect on body composition – how much fat you have vs. how much lean body mass.  Before I tell you the answer I’ll give you some background. 

Over a sabbatical I read and reread The New ME Diet: Eat More, Work Out Less, and Actually Lose Weight While You Rest and implemented the ideas. (ME = Metabolic Effect)  

Check the subtitle.  It’s a dream come true.  Right?  But don’t worry.  You’ll work hard.  The good news is that it works. 

The core idea is to eat and exercise in a way that stimulates the useful hormonal responses and minimizes the ones that make you fat. 

Jade and his brother Keoni Teta were medical school classmates of my beloved doctor – Amy Hobson, ND, and she first put me on the scent.  I initially pooh poohed it because I was already doing all the things they teach.  Or so I thought. 

Jade and Keoni Teta lay it out in simple terms.  For me and maybe you, they explain why I haven’t burned off the fat I want and why most systems won’t. 

After working with their system for awhile, my body composition is improving, I am stronger and I am down to my high school weight. 

I already ate well and exercised seven days a week so using their tweaks and getting results impresses me. 

How do I feel?  I feel good — healthy and strong.

 

Carbohydrate Tipping Point 

This page on how to use a carbohydrate tipping point tipped me into losing fat.  Using the tipping point made the difference. All the good strategies, I was doing was just not reaching the tipping point.   

Reaching the tipping point allowed me to very gradually, and relatively effortless reach my high school weight.  More importantly to me, I have lowered my blood sugars. 

Briefly, you eat enough high quality carbohydrates daily to have the energy to sustain the challenging workouts and few enough to continue to burn fat.  You have to feel into it and notice.  You don’t have the luxury of a set number of carbohydrates.  You have to pay attention and keep track of your eating.   

It’s cool. 

Read more on Jade’s blog: 

http://blog.metaboliceffect.com/2011/05/25/carbohydrate-tipping-point/

 

 Watch Jade’s Videos 

These three 9 minute talks to physicians will give you the idea.  Then if you like what you see, get the book and try their on-line goodies. 

The New ME Diet lectures part 1 – 3 

http://www.youtube.com/user/metaboliceffect#p/u/40/hm3C5xYhJBE 

http://www.youtube.com/user/metaboliceffect#p/u/39/3KRYbOD-djE 

http://www.youtube.com/user/metaboliceffect#p/u/38/lTC3m5YYbgU

  

Get the Book and Try Their On-Line Classes 

You can get the book here =>

The New ME Diet: Eat More, Work Out Less, and Actually Lose Weight While You Rest

On-line classes and coaching.   

Ten Week Fat Loss School

Metabolic Fitness Main Page  

 

Who has less body fat the sprinter or marathoner? 

The answer – The sprinter does.  And he doesn’t have to run 100 miles/week (161 km/week) to achieve it. 

Walk, run, exercise in beauty, 

William

 

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21
Jan 12

No. 1 Thing for Your Health?

This beautifully crafted, nine minute, animated video asks the question:  “What is the single best thing we can do for our health.” 

I bet you can guess what it is.

I love the drawings of this animated video.  You get to watch a quick hand draw illuminations to complement the voice.  

Stay for the lovely quote at the end from Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead. 

Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, presents ideas that you’ll enjoy watching because of the drawing and his kind voice. 

   

 

Save a Life 

CPR saves lives, right?  Well, in the decades since they invented CPR, the docs learned some things.   

You’ll enjoy the simplicity of the updated version as demonstrated by British tough guy, Vinnie Jones. 

Even if you don’t care to save lives – it’s a hoot. 

http://www.wimp.com/vinniejones/

And do note the thugs, his partners, in the background.   

I’m a fan of his films.  Of course.   

My favorite is Snatch.  Be warned – violent and humorous.

Walk in beauty,

William

P.S. More for you health – The Get Well, Be Well, Stay Well Program has it all.  It works and it’s fun.

P.P.S. Use the comment thingy below and click on the social network links at your right.  Blessings.

 

Go for it =>

 

 

 

http://bodyandsoulmentor.net/MyBooks/getwellbewell.html

 

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16
Jan 12

What Good Is Presence?

First Things First 

Creative Problem Solving, my new book, shows you how to harness the miraculous benefits of Presence.  To do that we use an ancient American Indian method called Owl Eyes to trigger your nervous system in such a way that you instantly produce the quickest and deepest connection to Presence.   

You can get Creative Problem Solving on my Amazon Author’s page as a Kindle book now 

=> http://amzn.to/vXKNbC 

If you have or get a membership, you can get the PDF format as part of your membership at no extra charge. 

Consider joining us => http://bit.ly/pHdmQG

 

What Good Is Presence? 

“What’s it good for?” you puzzle. 

“You mean besides feeling bliss and touching heaven?” I respond.  “This material does have a practical benefit and that’s what you and I will aim for.”   

These strategies in Creative Problem Solving: How to Solve Problems and Make Critical Decisions by Connecting to the Transcendent Present Moment will directly and potently –  

  • Turbocharge your problem solving abilities. 
  • Enhance your problem solving skills.  Take them to a new realm of success. 
  • Help you to make the right decisions. 
  • Profoundly develops your creative mind. 
  • Move your creative thinking to a new dimension. 
  • Help you to access your native genius to make critical decisions.  
  • Align your heart’s and your soul’s path with the Sacred. 
  • Bring a serenity and fullness to your life that you may have felt was missing. 

 

Your life will work better and because it’s in harmony with the Sacred, it will flow smoothly.  In short, you will be happier.  

Your Life Path – Envisioning Your Calling 

When you’re stuck and don’t know where to go with your life, you can use these methods to provide the most profound way to envision your life path and set your direction.  

These methods you are about to master will profoundly change your life in part because you learn to align with your life vision.  You align with your calling.  It belongs to you as your birthright.   

This method you are about to master will profoundly change your life.  It belongs to you as your birthright.  Your nervous system comes designed and prepared for this experience.  Even if you don’t believe you can master this, you can. 

When you immerse yourself in stillness, you will feel connected to everything you see.  You will touch the very fabric of life and you will participate in its unfolding, moment to moment.  If this sounds fantastic or unbelievable, I invite you to apply the methods that follow.  You will find yourself walking the streets of Heaven.  

Can you imagine a more creative place to be than where the universe births itself right in front of you?  All truly creative acts and inspirations come from stillness, even if the artist doesn’t know it. 

Poets describe this Heaven in different ways.  I will let William Blake’s poem speak for us all.

 

To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour. 

Blake clearly points to the territory.  

It feels good to be in this place.  

Each time I practice Owl Eyes, it feels like coming home.   

Is the world more than an inactive, stagnant lump?  Can you imagine the world creating itself, moment to moment?  Cool, huh.  I know.  But that’s what the saints have always said.  Today’s quantum physics demonstrates this in the labs. 

Owl Eyes lets you perceive this directly, at least in small glimpses.  Some report rather spectacular direct perceptions of galactic phenomena.   

Owl Eyes enables you to access the creative heart of the universe.  Who knows how this method will bless you? 

The methods I lay out in Creative Problem Solving will change your life if you persist and if you ask the useful questions.  Even if you don’t use the methods and just use Owl Eyes, your life will change for the better.   

You will inherit the Kingdom of God.  No kidding.

 

Magical Mind Mapping 

People have successfully used Mind mapping, a complete do-it-yourself brain storming method, for years.  When you combine the power of mind mapping, with Owl Eyes, you go to another level of potency.   

And you’ll learn to do just that in one of the four methods you’ll find in Creative Problem Solving. 

You’ll love it. 

Get the book.  Surprise yourself with your genius.  Enjoy your breakthroughs. 

Again… 

You can get Creative Problem Solving on my Amazon Author’s page as a Kindle book now 

=> http://amzn.to/vXKNbC 

If you have or get a membership, you can get the PDF format as part of your membership. 

Consider joining us => http://bit.ly/pHdmQG 

Walk in beauty, 

William 

P.S. Let your friends know.  Just click the social network icons at your right.  Blessings.

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15
Jan 12

What Do I Want for My Daughters?

“What does a life coach most want for his daughters?”  I asked myself.

“He wants them to know how to live life to the fullest.  He wants them to know how to live a happy life.  He wants them to live a life they want.

“He wants them to have the skills to achieve happiness and the ability to live a happy life — a life they love wholeheartedly.”

Naturally, I want these same things for the people I coach.  I want these for you.

Here, Look at the Eight Secrets:

* Secret One: What’s the Single, Best, Most Potent, Easiest Strategy for Improving Your Life?

* Secret Two: Fear Is the Misuse of Imagination

* Secret Three: How to Bust Through Your Limitations

* Secret Four: What Is a Boundary?

* Secret Five: Do You Want a Short Cut to Living Happy, Courageous and Free?

* Secret Six: The Room of 1,000 Demons

* Secret Seven:  I Reveal the Secret for Accomplishing Anything? It’s not Pretty.

* Secret Eight:  What’s the Secret to Long Term Success in Every Area of Your Life?

People are scared.  So, three of the secrets help you overcome fear.  Other secrets show you how to have long-term success in your relationships and in your work.
The Secret Four on boundaries insures you stay safe and sane at work and in relationships.  This one alone will cure most of the life’s ills.

The most compassionate people also have the best boundaries.  When you gain healthy boundaries, you have more compassion.  More compassion means you’re happier because you feel love in your life.

Combined, the eight secrets work together to help you live a life you love.
I have just published The Eight Fundamental Secrets as a Kindle version.

=>  http://amzn.to/y7HsUU

Get The Eight Fundamental Secrets and find out how wonderfully your life can shine.

=>  http://amzn.to/y7HsUU

See all my Amazon books => http://amzn.to/vXKNbC

Walk in beauty,

William

P.S. Tell your Kindle friends.  Click the social network links at your right.  Thanks.

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23
Dec 11

One Way You Can Stop Seasonal Craziness

Solstice pushes my craziness.  It’s like a giant full moon for me.  Dreams that make me shiver. 

Then add in the various holidays, and I get a bit nuts.  How about you? 

Here’s one simple way to be less crazy.  Clean up your clutter.   

At our home, there seems to be more of it during this season.  Or I have less mental and emotional room for it.  When I get overloaded in one area, it makes all areas a bit more dodgy. 

I can’t make the holidays go away.  I can’t make solstice go away.  I can clear my clutter.   

The good news is that’s enough. 

Traditionally, I get out Christmas toys and place them on the breakfast bar.  As I eat breakfast Today, I see one wild boar, one owl, a pig with two suckling piglets, two wrestling sumos salt and pepper shakers with a magnetic bellies, four sheep, three burros, three rhinoceros (how did we get three?), a zebra, a hippo, a bear, and one dog, all of different styles and sizes and colors. 

The dining room table has library books and DVDs stacked.  This is usual for us, but too much with all the other clutter and pressure of the season. 

Christmas cards displayed everywhere. 

You get the idea. 

 

Here’s a Tip from Timmy P  

A fast treatment for clutter – stack things and square the edges.  Your eye will rest.  You will rest.  So as soon as I’m done writing to you, I’ll go square some edges.  Starting with the books and DVDs. 

Then my art table.

 

Tip Two 

Go outdoors.  It is always perfectly disordered.  Never cluttered.  Always at peace.  Ah… 

Remember: There is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.

 

 Tip Three 

Get my Kindle book – Clutter Kills: How to Declutter and Release Your Power.It’s on sale now for only $2.99 until January 6th 2012. 

The Promise Of Clutter Kills –

Clutter Kills: How to Declutter and Release Your Power delivers a simple, magical method for decluttering, for clearing clutter. As you clear your clutter, your mind clears and your misallocated energy resources become available to you again.

This enables your creativity to flow and your revitalized energy to flow beautifully into making a life you love wholeheartedly – body and soul.

The methods employed in Clutter Kills: How to Declutter and Release Your Power work. You will even find them fun.

When you employ them, you’ll regain lost energy. You’ll feel more balanced. You’ll feel more on target and more productive. In short, you’ll feel happier. 

See all my Amazon books http://amzn.to/vXKNbC. 

Remember, all my books and programs are included in the $4.97 monthly membership fee as printable PDFs. 

Go for it => www.BodyandSoulMentor.com 

Walk in beauty, and be calm,  

William 

P.S. Don’t miss my Epiphany Kindle sale (http://amzn.to/vXKNbC).  Each of them cost only $2.99 until January 6th, 2012. 

Go for it => http://amzn.to/vXKNbC.

P.P.S. As usual, pass this tip on to people you love.  See the social links to your right.

 

 

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04
Dec 11

How to Calm Down

When stress has you whimpering or acting like a troll in some fairy tale, ready to rip off heads, you are not at your best.  You are the proverbial toddler who needs a nap and some food.  Could anything be more obvious?  

Announcing Kindle version of Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace. 

I have just rewritten this classic and made it more streamlined.  You’ll like it. 

Naturally, I am happy to include it in my Three Wise Men Epiphany Kindle Sale.  All my Kindle books are marked to the bottom of Amazon’s pricing – $2.99.

 

Here’s the Description of the Simply Serene 

Simply Serene will show you four amazingly powerful methods that will successfully help you to defeat stress, to be fully alert, and to be serene so you can operate at your peak potential. 

YOU WILL LEARN:  

1.   How to Calm Down 

2.   How to Reduce Stress 

3.   How to Deal with Stress 

4.   And How to Be Instantly Alert and at Peace Simultaneously.  It’s all very cool. 

That’s your mission.  By the end of this manual –  

You will know how to be simply serene at any time. 

You will know how to choose between FOUR TIME-TESTED, SURE-FIRE METHODS to get the best personal results in the moment. 

You will know how to defeat stress. 

You will know how to turn off self-doubt, anxiety, fear, worry, fretting, hopelessness, overwhelm, and depression. 

You will know how to pull back from the fight-flight response, thereby allowing you to act from a calm, yet alert state. 

You will be able to operate more powerfully. 

You will steadily move closer to your peak potential using these four methods. 

From a peaceful, calm state, you can take the steps to creating the life you truly love.

 

You Can Read the Rest at my Mentor Blog  

=> http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/MentorBlog/ 

Or go straight to the Amazon Page for all my books 

=> http://amzn.to/vXKNbC 

Walk in beauty, 

William

P.S. Please pass this on to anyone you love.  Click the social media links.  Thanks.

 

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30
Nov 11

Multitasking Crashes Your Brain

Research confirms what you already know. Multitasking doesn’t work to save time and it makes you feel even more frantic. 

It doesn’t make you more efficient. 

You don’t get more done.

And, just between us two, it stresses you out. Multitasking blocks your way to living a life you love, don’t you think? 

 

Here’s the Research  

The brain needs to attend to one task at a time.

Surprisingly, when measuring neural activity with people doing two tasks at once, the neural activity decreased instead of what you might think. You might think your brain would be processing twice as much. Instead your brain bogs down – it crashes.

Some studies indicate it takes up to 50% longer to do two tasks at once vs. doing the same tasks one at a time.

It turns out that the brain isn’t really processing multiple tasks at once but rapidly shifting back and forth between them. It’s inefficient and inelegant. 

Think of someone doing Taiji – they’re doing one thing and one thing only. It’s peaceful and elegant. It is so peaceful that just watching it makes you feel better. Doing Taiji is even better.

Quiz: Is the person doing Taiji in the present moment? 

 

Being Present  

Being in the moment is where you’ll find heaven. For millennia, spiritual teachers have advocated any practice that helps you to be in the moment, right. 

I clearly value being present. To that end, I have books, programs, and manuals for you at Body & Soul Mentor that teach ways for you to do this. Obviously, being present is good for you. Learning how to be present and designing your life so you have more presence is at the heart of living a life you love wholeheartedly. Don’t you agree?

Being present is at the heart to living in flow. 

Obviously, multitasking kills presence. And kills your life. 

 

Rx: Learn to Be Present 

When you find yourself doing too many things at once, stop. Just stop.

Take a deep breath. 

Take another. This time feel your breath. Feel your belly rise and fall.

While still noticing your breath, slip into owl eyes. Or just look around you. 

See what’s there in front of you in this moment. Look without judging or commenting to yourself. Just look. Take it in.

Now, notice the sounds all around you. They too are in this moment. And now that you’re noticing, so are you.

OK?

Now, pick one thing to do and do it as if you had all the time in the world. Do it as if it mattered. Do it as if you were performing it for someone you love. 

 

There is no-where to go. 

And no-thing to do.  

 

When you stop multitasking, you become more efficient and more peaceful. You become happier. This peace and happiness ripples through the entire world and helps everyone else. 

You know this to be true because certainly you have been on the receiving end of this phenomenon.

Go forth; spread peace and grace.

 

Resources  

These Life Giving Manuals and Programs talk about Owl Eyes and Owl Ears and will show you how to benefit from the practices.

The Get Wealthy First Program 

Simply Serene 

You can find them here. 

http://bodyandsoulmentor.com/index.php?page=programs

Any book by Thich Nhat Hanh will serve you well with his lovely insights on mindfulness.

http://amzn.to/qH4TzL

Just look at his face.

Walk in beauty, (Tip: this is another presencing practice.)

William

P.S. Aerobic exercise can increase neurogenesis, creating new nerve cells in the brain, and stress decreases it — stressors like multitasking. 

P.P.S. Pass this on to your peeps, please.  Click the social icons on the right.  Thanks.

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