First Program for Veressent Life!

Thanks to everyone on Thursday evening who came out to our first Illumination Program. We had a fantastic time with a blend of hands on work through Somatorespiratory Integration (SRI), theory, music, meditation, contemplation and art. For those that did not attend, we will be running future programs and for those who did, be thinking of taking this again, to refine your skills. Discovering your core nature using essentials is the foundation of Veressent Life, and the level 1 program is where it all begins.
Since we are on the topic of discovering, allow me to give you a few quick tips regarding how we can implement some of the essential awareness tools throughout our regular life. We do not need a specific program to teach us the art of being mindful and aware. Just look around you. Day to day activities gives us ample opportunity to be able to assess our state of our bodymind and emotional states. We talked in the program of living in the past,  "present", and future. We have great challenges staying present. We are often driven by emotions of the past (guilt/anger) or driven by emotions of the future (fear). Being "present" allows for us in the way of peace, connection, wisdom, calm, love, etc. Practicing the art of staying present is the best meditation you could ever practice. You could try to sit for an hour, and force yourself to flow in and out of past, present and future, or you could practice it all day, everyday. We often think we need hours in our day, which is overwhelming (like exercise), to meditate and achieve peace. But if we just realize that if we practice the art of being present, we are meditating and it is at our disposal at every moment. Think of a simple act like eating with family. Are you truly enjoying the moment with family, or are you thinking about what you need to do after supper, or about the crappy day you had. Being present means your thoughts are focused in exactly what you are doing in that moment. Think of all the other ways throughout the day to embrace the moment, and have some fun with it. This is a great way to discover where you are at bodymind and emotion.

Your Veressent Life Awaits!

WOW! What an exciting start for us with the launch party on Wednesday night. Veressent Life- living a life that is true to your natural state of being, is ready and rearing to go! One part of my talk that I shared was creating health and wellness is like baking cookies. It consists of 3 key essential parts in order to be successful. #1. We must start out with the end in mind and the motivation to begin, #2. We need a recipe and the essential ingredients, and #3. We actually need to participate and put the ingredients together in order to enjoy something new. So many of us, day in and day out, are MINDLESSLY doing #3. We just go through the motions of your day, with the same actions and thoughts leading to the same unwanted life experience. We have forgotten about who we are and where we want to go, and therefore, have not created our own recipe for success.  We forgot to do #1 and 2! We have become MASTERS at self-sabotaging thoughts, and mindless actions. Veressent Life is about a health and life philosophy, a science and an experience of navigating you toward exceptional living using the essential ingredients to get you there. I've done most of the grunt work for you, I've taken away the question of "what do I need to do". Now is your time to engage and have some fun! Engaging is the key, so keep your eye out on our website calender for upcoming events as the dates get ironed out. And while you are waiting, check out this great research study, that shows how participating with others actually lowers stress hormones, reduces the likehood of bodymind dis-ease, and accelerates healing. This is the epitome of what Veressent Life is all about! Check it out at Natural News Study on Social Interaction & Health.
P.S. It's not really medicine..they just call it that : )
Have an EXCEPTIONAL week.....Dr. Steve