Barrie Davenport

The power of observation is profound and challenging.

You can look at something but not observe it.

The challenge of improving observation skills goes as far back as the Bible, where several times it is written, “You will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

If you want to know how to improve observation skills, ask yourself: are you looking or really observing?

Let’s go to the root of the word difference between looking and observing.

LOOK: “Direct one’s gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction.”

OBSERVE: “Notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant.”

The key difference is when you observe, you learn something. When you simply look, you only notice that something is there.

Through all of our lives’ twists and turns, our bodies react to environmental, personal, professional, and emotional influences.

Searching for answers on the internet can be an endless scroll of doom and gloom.

In reality, you might just have blocked chakras.

Chakras block the prana that flows through our bodies.

Chakra and prana are words from the ancient Sanskrit language, meaning “wheel” and “life force.”

Everyone has seven Chakras, or energy wheels, spinning inside them.

It’s important to start the chakra healing from the lowest part of the body.

If the first chakra is blocked, the other six will also have issues.

The chakras, in order, are Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Third Eye, and Crown.

Each chakra is associated with a color and element of nature.

Anxiety can affect every aspect of your life.

Your work.

Your family.

Your finances.

Your relationships.

Your well-being. Everything.

Your racing mind can be downright crippling, making everything seem impossible.

First, breathe.

Second, know that there’s nothing wrong with you experiencing anxiety.

Truth be told, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t experience anxiety from time to time.

You don’t need “fixed.” You simply need tools to help you cope with and combat it.

Meditation to calm the mind can help with that.

The key to happiness could be locked behind a closed door of self-awareness.

People who are not self-aware are half of the problem.

The other half are people who believe they are self-aware when they really aren’t.

Becoming more self-aware is both a mindfulness practice and a result of being more mindful.

There are two levels of self-awareness: How well you know yourself and how well you know how others see you.

This is the “Inner” and “Outer” self at work.

A research study posted in the Harvard Business Review shows that 95% of people believe they are self-aware.

In reality, only as many as 15% of people are self-aware.

The rest have a lack of awareness.

Affirmations give you the ability to focus on self-improvement, self-worth, and general well-being.

Specific chakra affirmations allow you to concentrate on body areas that are most in need of care.

For example, affirmations for the throat chakra can improve your communication skills with yourself and others and provide a foundation for discerning your authentic self.

With the throat chakra unblocked, you can stop seeking approval from others because you can find it from within.

Have you ever heard a little voice inside your head say, “don’t do it,” but you didn’t listen and then regretted it later?

Or maybe you had a hunch that something wasn’t right, but you talked yourself out of it only to find out that you were right all along.

If so, then you have experienced your intuition at work.

Your intuition is an internal guidance system that can help you make better decisions, avoid danger, and find opportunities.

Unfortunately, many of us have been taught to ignore our intuition or second-guess it.

We’ve been told that we’re being paranoid or just overthinking things.

As a result, we don’t trust our gut instincts and miss out on many good things.

This article will discuss nine ways to tap into your intuition and use it to improve your life!

If you have been researching Hindu or Buddhist Tantrism, you have probably heard mentions of chakras.

This belief is essential to these disciplines and forms core understandings of the body and mind and their relation with the world.

Chakras are said to be energy points throughout the body.

Friendship affirmations are positive statements about friendship that you can recite to yourself or say aloud to increase your belief in the power of friendship and attract new friends into your life.

Here are a few examples:

1. I am open to making new friends and enjoying great relationships.

2. I am confident and capable of being a great friend.

3. I attract kind, loving, and supportive friends into my life.

4. I am grateful for the wonderful friends I have in my life.

5. I deserve to have beautiful friendships that enrich my life.

Friendship affirmations are a great way to shift your mindset about friendship and attract more positive and supportive friends into your life.

Reciting a few friendship affirmations can help you feel better and put you in a more positive state of mind to attract new friends if you’re feeling lonely or down on yourself.

Are you looking to enhance your intuition and psychic abilities?

Would you like to improve your focus and concentration?

If you answered yes to either of these questions, then working with third eye chakra affirmations may be just what you need.

Learn to unlock and balance your third eye chakra to develop your intuitive faculties and allow your intuition to flow more freely.

If you’re ready to start, here’s a quick overview of the third eye chakra affirmations and how to utilize them.

Himalayan salt lamps provide a relaxing, beautiful ambiance during your daily meditation practice — as well as a gorgeous glow.

You can use them in place of candles, which can be hazardous if forgotten or unattended.

Whether you’d like to use your lamp as an accent piece or tool for your meditation, there are countless benefits to salt lamps.

With so many Himalayan salt lamps online and in-store, how do you know which to buy?

And better yet, what factors should you consider before purchasing?

What really makes a good salt lamp?

If you don’t have time to scour the internet in search of the best lamp –I don’t blame you!

I’ve done the work for you and will review a variety of salt lamps on the market.

Find out which made the list, which is best for your individual needs, and what I have chosen as the top Himalayan salt lamp for 2022.