Spring is here. Days are finally getting longer, the sun seems to shine brighter, and the air is getting crispier… Is it only me getting all excited or what? :))

One more thing this means to me is spring cleaning. To tell you the truth, I do not like this work. I wonder if anybody does, I guess that in all the diversity of our planet, some people do. But it does feel great afterwards to see the results and feel fresh and clean all around.

But, as you have guessed already, I am not just talking about the cleaning of living spaces or doing spring gardening, etc. What I like to do, several times a year and at springtime, is to clean my thoughts and emotions. You might do daily meditations, pray a lot, try to keep yourself happy most of the time or do absolutely nothing, but life is still happening and you cannot expect yourself to be all butterflies all the time. So, it is a good idea to take inventory of what is going on within you and clean and let go of all the old and outdated stuff.

We are complex beings. We, as Shrek once said, are like onions; we have layers. And although a lot of work might have been done in the past, these layers tend to come back, again and again. So, it is a good idea to systematically clean our minds in the same way that we clean our environments.

Today, I want to talk about emotions. Emotions are the connective messengers that transfer information from our subconscious to conscious and back. Emotions are also energies that sometimes like to get stuck in our bodies, and if left unattended, can cause lots of troubles for ourselves, ranging from low energy to lethal diseases.

So, how do we clean our stuck emotions? First and foremost, we need to identify what we are dealing with. Try to become your own “Sherlock Holmes”; dig deep within yourself and reflect on what was going on with you in the past three months. Let’s start with this time frame in case you have never done this type of cleaning before. Otherwise, reflect on all the time that has passed since your previous cleaning.

Write down the events and thoughts that bothered you during that time. Then, pick the strongest one – this will be your entry point.

Once you have picked an event, write down all the details that you can remember about it. Your thoughts, your actions, how it made you feel before, how it makes you feel now, what you were thinking about yourself and/or others who were involved in this event. Do not hold back. Write as much as you can. Once you are done writing, read it again. Take a separate piece of paper, divide it in half, and on the right of the paper, write down 10 thoughts, beliefs and/or emotions that you can identify from this situation. More or less thoughts do not matter. Then, on the left side of the paper, match the items that you put on the right with a positive contradiction.

You’ve got the idea.

After that, we are going to use the EFT (Emotion Freedom Technique) to diffuse this situation. If you are not familiar with EFT, here is the link to a simple “how to” explanation of this technique https://youtu.be/NFNQ8dc514k.

We are going to use what you have written as our personally tailored, unique, just-for-you script. After all, you did it yourself.

We begin by tapping and saying out loud:

Even though I feel …… and….. (state your emotions or a strong statement from your list), I love and accept myself completely – repeat this 3 times.

After that statement, use what you have written and just read it again while tapping. Try to feel the emotion that you are reading when you are reading it; pour your heart out while tapping. After you feel that you are done, take the divided piece of paper and read through the negative stuff on the left first while tapping. Once you finish with that side, then do same for the statements on the right.

Wow, you are done! Congratulations. Look deep inside and reflect on how you feel now. If you feel like there is something left, then write down exactly what is still bothering you and repeat this process until you are completely satisfied.

This technique works very well. Repeat it as needed, and don’t forget: we are like “onions”, we all have layers. There might be more to come.

If you need more help, feel free to contact me.

Love,

             Olga

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