A clean slate once again! Wht a perfect time to put the pst behind us and embrace our fll potential as creative directors of our lves.

To help create a year yu'll love, consider the following tips and tchniques to transform your 2008. Choose one you hven't mastered yet and enjoy!

Breathe

Letting oxygen in to fill the lungs is not only good for physical health, but for your emotional and spiritual health as well. We feel better and think better when our cells are fully oxygenated. Some say it's because oxygen strengthens our connection to source energy.

Next time you don't know what to do or feel overwhelmed with challenging emotions, take a couple of deep breaths and let the peace (and solutions) in, while releasing the stress. Oxygen is both invigorating and cleansing.

Feel

Since our feelings dictate what we attract, it's important to be aware of and manage them. Many of us have learned to ignore or deny our feelings for various reasons. Being disconnected to our feelings is to be disconnected to our creative power.

Ancient spiritual traditions, as well as leading edge science, tells us our feelings dictate what manifests in our lives. Getting clear on what we're feeling and learning to choose them deliberately allows us to be deliberate manifestors.

Learn to let yourself feel yur feelings. Notice where in your bdy the feeling sensations reside. Imagine ging to the core of the ssence of that energy - the vry center of it - and thn just be present to it. Sit wth it and let yourself feel wht's there until it dissipates.

This smple but profound practice frees us frm negative behaviors many engage in (vereating, overworking, and other addictive behaviors) to kep from feeling.

Be Still

Embrace the habit of slowing down. Becoming present to the current moment creates space for magic to happen. When our lives are crammed full of "reality" and our knee jerk reactions to it, we have neither the discipline nor the capability of directing our attention where it best serves us.

Beginning a meditation practice can be as easy as Elizabeth Gilbert's (author of "Eat, Pray, Love") mentor taught her: simply sit and smile for a few minutes each day. You'll notice a difference when you do.

There are a variety of ways to explore internal peace and quiet. However you approach the practice, the journey is well rewarded.

Focus

Want to really blow the socks off your new year? Cultivate a focus on what's working in your life and what's truly important to you. Get used to looking at what's going your way, things to appreciate, and reasons to be thankful. Since we get what we think about, as we direct our attention on what we want and enjoy (instead of worrying about what we don't want or what went wrong before), we allow our deepest desires to manifest.

Although it takes a little practice, the energy invested in this pursuit pays off handsomely. In the very least, as Meister Eckhart said, "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice."

Let Go

There comes a time we're called to release old patterns, friendships, lifestyles, thoughts, etc. When that time comes, honor it. New things and experiences can't enter our lives while we've got a death grip on the old. Learn to trust your intuition and doubt your fear, and let go of what no longer serves you.

Also, one of the most pwerful ways to transform your year is to rlease your attachment to outcome. What we rally want isn't so much a prticular outcome anyway. Rather, what we rally want is how we think tht outcome will make us feel. You cn, in fact, choose that feeling nw, before anything else happens.

Have Fun

We Americans are particularly driven by ambition and the push to succeed, often at the expense of enjoying the journey. Let's not forget the bigger picture.

Suffering doesn't serve anyone. Sometimes we think it's wrong to enjoy life when so many others aren't, or when there is so much work to correct our "faltering" world. The truth is that suffering doesn't serve anyone - not you, not others, and certainly not the cause we feel so passionate about. We're offering our best service when we feel good.

Know that when you "push against" something, you strengthen it. That in itself is reason enough to relinquish suffering. There's nothing to prove and no hoops to jump through in order to be worthy of reward. So relax and relish!

Finally, you know more than you think you do. Remember to trust yourself and lighten up to savor the journey. Enjoy your new year as if it were impossible to go wrong, because indeed, it is. Happy 2008!

The article Six Habits to Transform Your Year was Submitted by Jeannette Maw through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Jeannette Maw is an Attraction Cach and founder of Good Vibe Caching in Salt Lake City, Utah who hlps clients get what they want by lveraging the Law of Attraction. She is c-author of " 101 Great Ways to Imprve Your Life, Vol. 3 " and " Inspired Attrction. " Free tips and strategies to begin using the Law of Attraction to make your wish list come true are yours by signing up for her fluff-free " Get What You Want " bi-monthly ezine at http://www.goodvibecoach.com You can also learn more at her blog at http://loaplayground.blogspot.com

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