Archive for November, 2009

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
– Johannes A. Gaertner

I just found this quotation and I thought it was perfect for this day. I am so very grateful for all the people who have touched my life this year. I am grateful for close friends and family, but also for my clients and students who so often teach me as much or more than I teach them.

I am grateful for the opportunities I have had this year to take workshops from some amazing world-wide healers, including Byron Katie, Esther and Jerry Hicks, and Lindsay Kenny.

I am grateful for the spiritual lessons I have learned this year, sometimes in unusual ways. By beginning to accept my mother’s condition (of physical and mental limitations), I have sometimes seen a fiercely independent, intelligent woman accept kind support from caregivers that she often calls her “good friends.”

Just a few days ago, a dear old friend passed away. Although I wasn’t in touch with her in recent years, I remember with great fondness her gentle, loving spirit and great faith. I was told that she faced her own death with great courage and acceptance because she believed without question that her life would continue on another plane.

What are you grateful for? I would love to know.

Blessings,

Kiya

Have you ever noticed how words tend to lose their meaning when they are overused? I am curious what the percentage might be of people in the United States who actually celebrate the “Thanksgiving” part of Thanksgiving Day?

For many of us, “Turkey Day” is probably more accurate. Unless we are vegetarians, we will probably get together with friends and family and eat a meal that includes turkey. Even many homeless people tend to find shelters where turkey is served on this upcoming holiday.

But do we ever take the time to reflect on what we are thankful for? I envision a day when the wonderful tool of tapping will be so widespread that no one would think it was at all strange for a group of people sitting around a table to tap about the things they are grateful for.

I have mentioned before the variation on the Choices Method that includes a gratitude list. Wouldn’t it be great to start a whole new tradition on Thanksgiving that includes both gratitude and tapping? You could go around the table and have each person add to the list of things they are grateful for. The whole group could be tapping on each point while repeating what each person said.

Here’s a hypothetical example:

EYEBROW:Aunt Bea: I am grateful for this lovely gathering of good friends.
Everyone: I am grateful for this lovely gathering of good friends.

SIDE OF EYE: Uncle Fester: I am grateful for all this great food.
Everyone: Tap and Repeat.

UNDER EYE: Howdy Doody: I am grateful for the great weather in November.
Everyone: Tap and Repeat.

UNDER NOSE: Clarabell: I am grateful for the changing of the leaves.
Everyone: Tap and Repeat.

CHIN: Garfield Goose: I am grateful for the sunsets over the Lake.
Everyone: Tap and Repeat.

COLLARBONE: Kukla: I am grateful for my good health.
Everyone: Tap and Repeat.

UNDER ARM: Fran: I am grateful for the support of my friends.
Everyone: Tap and Repeat.

TOP OF HEAD: Ollie: I am grateful for my cats purring.
Everyone: Tap and Repeat.

These are all very simple examples. What are you grateful for this Thanksgiving? Try tapping on your list (either alone or with a group) and notice how the energy of gratitude grows with each tap.

I am personally grateful for my family, friends, colleagues, students and clients who have made this past year filled with creativity, love and learning. The power of positive energy far outweighs any negative messages out in the world.

Come tap with me! The once-a-month Borrowing Benefits tapping group is meeting this Monday, November 16, 2009 from 6 PM until 8 PM. The cost is $50. The “Law of Attraction in Action” workshop will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10 AM until Noon. The cost is $50. Both events are on the north side of Chicago. Call for questions and to reserve your space:
(773) 880-5492.

Blessings,

Kiya

Kiya being interviewed about tapping techniques on “Inner Quest,”  a TV show in Chicago, Part 1.

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Kiya on TV talking about tapping with kids.

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Conclusion of Kiya’s TV interview about tapping techniques.

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