In my last blog post, Sleep Time is Realignment-of-Energies Time, I talked about one of my most effective strategies I use to keep my energy aligned so that I am able to stay consistent with what I want to attract to me. 

Another strategy I use that I again borrow from Abraham-Hicks is the Upstream Downstream process.  It's quite simple, and you're going to love it! 

The way it works is any time you have a thought that is resistant to what you want, consider yourself going upstream, but when you reverse the thought and can get to a better-feeling feeling, you’re turning your oar in the stream in the opposite direction and you start going downstream, which is exactly what you want because then you are no longer resisting that which you desire and it can easily flow to you.

Remember, everything you want is really two subjects: Wanting it and not wanting it, or resisting it.

Let’s use weight as an example, because this is such a big topic for so many people, and what I teach.  Weight loss is multi-faceted no doubt, but just a change in your vibration can make all the difference when it comes to weight loss.  

How many times have you had thoughts like, “I look so fat,” or, “I’m afraid to try my clothes on because they might not fit,“ or, “I don’t want to look in the mirror because I’m so ashamed and embarrassed by how I look?”

If you’re like most people, you’re answer would most likely be often.

When working with a client on weight loss, their thinking is the first place we go, because it’s much less about the food itself but more so their feelings that matter most.

Now, the first thing you need to do here is become aware of what thoughts you’re having about food, your body, your weight, and your image.  Because once you do, you're much more cognizant of what you're saying to yourself when you're eating, getting dressed, or just moving about, and that's very important because that's what needs to shift in order for weight loss to occur. 

[bctt tweet=”If you take action before you line your energy up, you won’t see results,”] no matter how hard you work out or diet.

So when you have a thought such as, “I look so fat,” it’s ok if you keep going upstream for a minute or so because you’re used to doing that, and you might follow that thought up with another like thought like, “I have no willpower,” “I’m a weakling when it comes to food,” or 'I’m so ashamed of myself.”

But what you want to start doing once you get all those resistant thoughts out is begin to move in the opposite direction, which would look something like this:

• Right now I’m not at my ideal weight because I’m in the process of re-learning how to be in tune with my body.
• When I was growing up I was influenced in a way that made me think these things about my body so therefore it makes sense I would still think this today because I haven’t worked on my emotional intelligence before now.
• If I choose to eat that cake, I know it’s not the cake itself that is making me fat but it’s actually my thoughts, and while I can’t change my weight in this moment, I can change the thoughts I attach to the food.
• Cake tastes good to me so I’m going to enjoy it instead of punishing myself for having it.
• It’s only one piece of cake, which I don’t eat all the time anyways, so in the overall scheme of things, it’s really no big deal.
• It certainly tastes delicious. 
• It’s just a tiny piece of cake and I can have some now and some later.
• Eating cake every so often brings me pleasure.
• My body likes it.
• I have a sweet taste bud so physiologically, I will always crave sweet, and there’s no need to worry about what it’s doing to me when I eat it.

Doesn’t that feel better?

Let’s take another example.  You see a thin person eating cake, and you immediately feel envious, so you think to yourself:

• It’s not fair that she can eat cake and be thin and I can’t.
• She must have a really high metabolism.
• Why was I born with the fat gene but she wasn’t?
• I hate thin people.

Can you guess which direction those thoughts are going in?  If you guessed upstream, you'd be correct!

Now, go downstream.

• I look forward to the day that my body is thin too and when I eat cake, I don’t think twice about it.
• Being thin feels good to me, and makes me happy.
• I don’t know what her thoughts are about eating cake but whatever they are they’re working.
• She doesn’t seem to care too much that the cake will make her gain weight, so maybe she’s onto something. I should just pay attention.
• I could learn from her.
• I anticipate my body transforming into the naturally thin person I know I am.

Notice the difference?  You feel better when you go downstream, which is the goal!  You have to shift vibration first, focus on your desire, and allow it to come to you, and you do that by how you feel.  When you go upstream, your emotions tend to be angry, blaming, envious, fearful, and worried, which are all resistant to what you're trying to accomplish.

Eventually, in time, when you consistently adjust your vibration downstream, you'll not only start to do it unconsciously, but you'll achieve your weight loss goal, because you have to.  It's law!  That's the beauty of it, and the process of natural weight loss.

Leave me a comment on the blog below and let's chat!  And, I have another awesome freebie for you too!  To learn more about how to stop emotional eating, grab your copy of my free eCourse by clicking the button below: