So lets look at how our physical body feels connected to our thoughts?
Our mind is a powerful thing. Our beliefs, whether they be old or brand new, will create the life we 
want. We have to be careful what we think. I am always so amazed that I have this thing inside of me that for the most part I have very little control over. Even though our thoughts may be negative and not in our best interest to be thinking, it’s very hard to stop the thoughts. For example, one of my clients consistently thinks that she can’t travel and sleep. She gets herself in a tailspin every time she has to travel, even if it’s for pleasure. She gets agitated before every vacation because she just knows she isn’t going to sleep well and usually gets ill from lack of sleep. And, most every time she travels, she sleeps terribly and she ends up getting sick.
Our thoughts are powerful. I asked my client to work with her ego mind around traveling and not sleeping. I asked her to tell her ego mind/little girl, every time this thought comes up, that this isn’t the truth and she sleeps soundly when she travels. I asked her to do visualizations with her traveling and getting into an extremely comfortable bed, with a smile on her face and going into a deep, deep sleep. Then waking up and feeling great and going about her day.
I also asked her to be with herself in that moment if for some reason she doesn’t sleep, without buying into the belief that she isn’t going to sleep for the rest of the trip. To not attach this story to the not sleeping just let it be. I love this quote from Pema Chondron about this very thing.
“It’s also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that’s sitting right here right now…with it’s aches and it’s pleasures…is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.
-Pema Chodron
Knowing that maybe this lack of sleep is a lesson for us to wake up and pay attention to the negative voice inside us can foster a more positive overall life experience. We can start shifting this part of us to look at everything as an opportunity to train our minds to a higher way of living and to connect our bodies to our minds. It is uplifting to know that everything that is happening to us physically and emotionally can be for our higher learning.
