Use Fall Energy to Reinvigorate Yourself

Use Fall Energy to Reinvigorate Yourself It’s raining, there is a crispness and coolness in the air; the leavesare starting to change and fall as the days grow shorter and shorter.Its the autumn, my very favorite time of the year.Let's use the fall energy as a time for letting goand releasing old energies that we would like to leave here in 2010while we prepare and gather what we would like and need to bring into2011.

1. Reflection of the Past Year

Notice what you did this year, what was the year like for you?Were there were any memorable or life-changing events that took place? Werethere any doors or opportunities that opened for you or lessons thatyou learned? In a journal, begin to write about anything that stood out whilereflecting back over this past year. Write about the openings, gifts,challenges, hardships, losses, and new beginnings. Was there an overall tone of the year?

2. What Needs to Stay and What Needs to Go

What people, behaviors, actions, thoughts and ways of being are workingfor you? Who do you feel good around, supported and inspired by? Who brings you down and is negative? Who needs to go? We can’t make room for the new if we arefilling up space in our lives with energy that doesn’t work for us anymore. Same with behaviors, thoughts and actions -- what’s healthy andwhat’s toxic? What is holding you back and keeping you stuck? What issupporting, healthy and feeding you to thrive in life? What needs togo? What needs to stay? Make a conscious intention to let anything goin your life that has held you back from moving forward and being allthat you can be.

3. Cleaning House and Organizing

I have heard more than once that the home is a reflection of the self andyour energy. A cluttered house is an extension of a cluttered mind. Ifthere is stuff everywhere there is no breathing room to be able tothink and expand. Getting rid of things can also be metaphoric forgetting rid of the old energy in your life. Nothing new can come in ifthere isn’t any space for it to land, So throw away those old papers,donate your old clothes that you haven’t worn in 10 years, organize your home and feel thedifference in energy and space you have created.

4. Nurture Yourself

We just transitioned into fall from summer. The energy of summer isall about being outward and social. The fall is a time of reflectionand preparation. It’s a great time to re-balance your energy fromsummer and rest up before the holiday season. Things like yoga,massage, cooking, snuggling on the couch with a great book and a nicehot cup of tea or hot chocolate or watching a movie are some greatways to recharge. Make a list of 10 things that nurture, recharge andmake you feel good . Pick a few things each week and do them.