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From Lisa's blog:
June 3, 2009

Fat Thighs are Grounding?

I’ve successfully completed my first Shape Shifter’s Daily Diary (a three-month cycle … just enough to get a lot done, but not so much that goals seem so far into the future that we can’t connect with them) and, at the risk of sounding like a marketing pitch, I have to say that I’m completely impressed with how well it works. My initial goals were not only realized, but they were exceeded!

The first two goals—to have daily access to a car (we were a one-car family) and to make substantial progress on a novel that I had not even started at the time—are in the bag. Jeff now has his own ride (a super-fun Honda 600 Silverwing), and I’ve written 136 pages and am well into Act Two. I’m VERY happy with this accomplishment.

But the real triumph is my success over some awful health issues that caused an inability to exercise (read my past blogs, if you’re interested in details). I got to a point where I just wasn’t going to lose any more weight because my diet was as healthy and balanced as I can make it at my current level of knowledge and ability. Without burning calories, I was going nowhere, but exercising made me so ill that I did very little of it.

This is what I wrote on the first day of my Diary, under the “Primary Goal” heading:

“I’m concentrating on getting my health back on track. My goal is to be able to exercise and ENJOY doing it. I want to get in shape and be healthy once and for all.”

So I set my intent that I would finally find a health practitioner or two (turns out it was way more than that) who would be able to finally help me break through this brick wall. It took a lot of struggle and hard work, but I’m proud to say that I am now regularly exercising, three times a week, at Curves and am seeing a very visible difference in how I look and I am experiencing a palpable difference in how I feel.

It’s still hard to make myself leave the house and actually go do it, but once I’m there I do enjoy the workout and after a temporary feeling of having my ass kicked, I feel great the rest of the day and miss it on the days I don’t go. My energy levels are getting higher and my posture is improving. I’m in a good mood much more often and the almost constant state of anxiety I was dealing with is mellowing out. Plus, I’m looking younger and healthier. Yay!

Of course, since my preferred focus is on the body/mind/spirit aspect of all of this, I would be remiss if I didn’t include the fact that I’ve also broken through countless metaphysical barriers as well. As my weight has been decreasing (I’ve lost 13 pounds, and 10.5 inches) and my body is now toning, I’ve been dealing with lots more self-esteem issues and releasing lots of emotional baggage. Old karmic patterns are coming up, to be dealt with, and I’m finally ready to face and dissolve them. It hasn’t been easy, but I’m stronger as a result.

As I’m exercising, I’m breaking up and releasing old bullshit, stored in my body as fat. I wasn’t ready for this before, apparently. I hadn’t matured enough to be able to forgive and release the things I’m dealing with these days.

Interestingly, the one part of my body that hasn’t yet released any inches is my thighs. My thighs are naturally heavy anyway (genetics … what are ya gonna do?) but I could definitely stand to shave off a few inches. So I looked in my favorite body/mind book, Debbie Shapiro’s Healing Mind, Healing Body (find a link in the Recommended Reading forum post) and laughed out loud at what it said. It described EXACTLY the stuff that I’m working on right now. Dig this:

“Our legs express a level of groundedness or firmness, as well as the passage of life we have experienced and the direction we are now going in … Being nearest to the pelvis, the thighs tend to represent the more inner and personal aspect of moving. Issues here can be closely associate to sexuality, to expression, to being able to share ourselves and our movement with another. This is intimately connected to our sense of femininity or masculinity. Issues to do with our parents are also found here, as we have to move away from the parental energy as we grow and mature. Excess weight in this area is like a build-up of mental resistance to fully expressing or finding our own direction, and to being at peace with our sexual expression; it is a way of blocking off from really experiencing the depth of our feelings in this part of our bodymind.”

I haven’t mentioned this yet, but I recently asked my dear friend, psychic/astrologer Glenna Dietrich, to do a chart for me and one of the main things she kept pounding away at is how very ungrounded I am because of my chart and that it is vitally important for me to ground. I’ve been deliberately working on that (I’ll be blogging about that soon enough) So I was delighted when I read that the legs are all about grounding, and the thighs are about the things I’ve been putting on the back burner.

I’m pretty sure that by the time I’m done with my new Shape Shifter’s Daily Diary, I’ll be able to report a healthy loss of several inches of fat from my thighs.

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EXCERPT FROM THE SHAPE SHIFTER'S DAILY DIARY

The Shape Shifter's Daily Diary is the third generation of an evolving project … it’s being Shape Shifted, too. The first version of this creative tool was called The Shape Shifter’s Workbook, and I came up with it after a reader of Shape Shifting—reclaiming YOUR perfect body asked me if there was a study guide to the book. She loved it, but wasn’t sure how to make it work for herself. So, I started paying attention to the specifics of what I was doing to make it work for me and used that information to create the Workbook.

The Workbook was a weekly log of the Four Components (Challenges, Intentions, Triumphs and Makeovers … all of which will be explained later). At that time, this worked for me, and for my readers. But as I evolved, so did the need for a little tweaking on the Workbook. I realized it wasn’t fulfilling my needs any more. I needed a daily diary because it allowed more focused and deliberate intent. I found that the weekly platform was too loose.

So, the first version of the Shape Shifter’s Daily Diary was born. It was, in essence, the same thing as the Workbook but it also included, among other small changes, a week-end wrap up … blank pages for jotting down Epiphanies and any other notes that there wasn’t room for on the Diary pages.

That worked fine, but then I found myself adding more components, and they were just as powerful as the original four, if not more so … in particular, Current Conditions and Daily Thanksgivings! When it comes to Shape Shifting, being aware of the way we’re feeling is crucial. Even Abraham, as translated by Esther Hicks, stresses the importance of feeling in alignment with what we’re wanting to create. And if/when we find ourselves in an undesired condition, nothing brings us out of it faster than counting our blessings and being grateful for the good things that are already in our lives. This is the fastest way into alignment with our goals.

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This Diary is created for the Shape Shifter, perhaps one who has read Shape Shifting—reclaiming YOUR perfect body. It’s for those who want to move forward into a more genuine expression of Self. It is intended to teach you to be a Shape Shifter. It's a magical book that you activate with your intention and agreement to use it as such. Irresponsible (harmful) use immediately deactivates the mojo.

Find yourself a good pen, one with which you love to write, one that allows your hand to flow and makes it easy for you to envision a trail of glowing, sparkling, glistening letters in your hand's wake … perhaps a gel pen with glittery, metallic ink. Maybe attach a crystal or some feathers … something fun. Put some thought into choosing the right instrument. This pen is your magic wand—an extension of your hand—through which you pour your focused intent onto the pages. You might even consider buying some glittery “fairy dust” to sprinkle on the pages, just for fun.

One of the most important aspects of Shape Shifting is using your imagination. Imagine that this book’s magic is real (it is). Pretend you're really seeing fairy dust as you wave your pen/wand. Pretend that you see your words lit up in sparkling light, flowing from your pen in a stream of radiance as you write. Pretend this book glows with a golden white aura, and that you can feel its energy tingle. (Don't be surprised if one day you don't need to pretend anymore.)

A Shape Shifter knows that whatever is intended with this book will come true, so be deliberate and mindful of how you state things. The feeling you're expressing when stating your intentions, as your glowing letters hit the page, is what the book will create for you.

BE VERY MINDFUL OF WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
You will most likely get it.

The Shape Shifter’s Daily Diary will help you to create the life you’d rather be living. Used in conjunction with the book Shape Shifting—reclaiming YOUR perfect body, you can use this Diary to lose weight, get healthier, or to accomplish any other goal. The process is the same and the possibilities are endless.

Using several powerful creation components (Don’t panic! It’s not as complicated as it looks!) this Diary will help you to not only create and keep track of accomplishments (one of the most important parts of manifesting … feeling grateful for the good things in life), but to also recognize and reframe any roadblocks.

This Diary is created for the serious Shape Shifter, one who has read Shape Shifting—reclaiming YOUR perfect body, and wants to shift into a more genuine expression of Self. It is intended to teach you to be a Shape Shifter. It's a magical book that you activate with your intention and agreement to use it as such. Irresponsible use immediately deactivates the mojo.

The Shape Shifter's Daily Diary will help you to create the life you’d rather be living. You can use this Diary to lose weight, get healthier, or to accomplish any other goal. The process is the same and the possibilities are endless.

Using five powerful creation components—Triumphs, Makeovers, Challenges, Intentions & Epiphanies—this Diary will help you to not only create and keep track of accomplishments (one of the most important parts of manifesting … feeling grateful for the good things in life), but to also recognize and reframe any roadblocks.

The Law of Attraction states that, "Like attracts like." In other words, we can't have what we want in our physical reality until we feel we already have it. You can not be rich if you feel poor. You can not be thin if you feel fat. You can not win if you feel like a loser. So how do you feel like you are what you are not? It is a frustrating paradox.

The Shape Shifter's Daily Diary is not just a journal, it is a creation tool. While using it, you flow into a new "You," in the same way that river currents reshape boulders. Every entry reshapes the contours of your life. By becoming conscious of who you are becoming, on a daily basis, you have more deliberate say in what your contours will eventually look like.

You must know you are wealthy to become rich. You must know you are thin to lose weight. You must know you are a winner in order to triumph. Our outer circumstances mirror our inner world. Using this Diary will help you to deliberately create your desired outcome.

Would you like to read Shape Shifting but books aren't in your budget? How about a trade? Promise to perform a random act of kindness and get an ebook download of Shape Shifting--reclaiming YOUR perfect body, in exchange. Email info@shapeshiftingonline.com to request your free ebook.