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Why abundance affirmations aren’t working
Here’s what happens in the body when we’re stuck in our work and shame is present.
The nervous system detects something below the level of our conscious awareness. Before you’ve thought a single thought, it has already sent the signal. Stress hormones are already moving through your body. The alarm is already on.
And only after, your conscious mind tries to make sense of it.
All kinds of reasons come up:
It’s because of my pricing.
It’s because of my niche.
It’s because of that thing my client does.
Your mind is trying to grasp onto something to explain what it’s feeling.
These reasons aren’t made up. They’re usually based on something — past experiences, memories, things we’ve been told, things we’ve read.
But they’re not the core of what’s going on. They’re the mind’s attempt to explain a pre-verbal response that’s already happened in the body.
And this is why we can’t solve this just by talking to ourselves differently.
You can stand in front of your vision board and say:
My business is expansive.
I am open to receiving money.
Abundance is flowing to me.
And if you don’t believe it when you say it, if something inside doesn’t register as true, it doesn’t matter how many times you say it. A hundred times. A thousand. A million. A billion times.
It will not change what’s going on inside.
There’s something underneath the surface that’s sending a message of lack of safety. And affirmations don’t reach that place.
What does reach it is connecting from the inside out: Going toward whatever is actually going on inside. It’s often some form of pain that hasn’t gotten enough attention, whether from long ago, from this morning, or even from just a minute ago.
This is how it’s presenting itself. This is how it’s asking to be heard.
That’s exactly what Soul Tilling is.
Every week we meet live on Zoom — and the class itself is designed to send signals of safety to your nervous system by creating new experiences, together, in real time.
We move through a teaching rooted in the Jewish calendar, a short guided imagery, deep journaling you’ll never have to share, a somatic meditation, and a movement expression. Each element is doing something specific: bringing you out of the activated state and back into yourself.
This month we’re in Tammuz. We’ll be working with the element of water, the body part of the right hand, the sense of vision, and facing our suffering and exile — to reveal the hidden Redemption from within them.
Four weeks. One month. The power of the month to guide our reset.
Two Monday time slots to choose from:
Investment: $40 trial class | $100 for the full month
~60 minutes | Live on Zoom | Not recorded
Rena
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This week’s book recommendation: If this email resonates with you, I recommend I Know I’m In There Somewhere by Helene Brenner. Brenner writes about the inner voice that gets buried under everyone else’s expectations, fears, and “shoulds” — and how to find your way back to it through learning to listen to what’s already there. A warm, practical guide to coming home to yourself. Order a copy here — this is an affiliate link which doesn’t cost you anything extra and helps support my work.
Supporting your sensitivity,
Rena
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