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We are energetic beings.
Our energy affects how we feel, how we act,
and even what we attract into our lives.
If you are feeling drained or stuck
or disconnected from yourself,
then take a look at your energy care routine.
Do you even have practices
or routine in place to take care of, reset,
and refresh your energy?
Let's talk about that today.
And also talk about how energy
is so huge in manifesting your dream life.
Hello, my loves. Welcome back to Lavendaire.
It's Aileen, and welcome back
to the Transform Your Life series.
If you're new here, this is a series
that I created that started last November,
and it's continuing throughout this month
to help you transform your life in all areas for 2025.
So, if you've been following the series,
I do have to apologize, this video is a bit late
because a lot of things have happened.
It was the holidays and then
in LA, there were the fires.
And also because this video
topic is on energy care,
I felt like, I don't know,
I was literally taking
care of my energy last week
and I didn't wanna force anything out.
But anyway, the video is done when it's done.
So, here you go.
So, today, we're talking about
how to work with our energy.
So, everything from energy awareness
to energy cleansing to energy redesign,
and how energy is so crucial
to manifesting effectively.
So, it all ties in together
on how to effectively transform your life
because it all starts with energy.
And after today, you're gonna understand
how important energy is,
knowing how to work with your
energy, cleanse it, design it,
that is literally the
beginning of how you can design
and shape your dream life.
So, I'm excited to get into it.
As always, with all of our
other videos in the series,
we have a worksheets on a Notion template
that you can use for free.
The link is down below.
You just go on Notion,
you'll find like of our templates in the series,
and then you could duplicate
whichever template you want.
All right, let's begin.
First step, energy awareness.
Let's first talk about how
to be aware of your energy
because you wanna know
what you're working with
and how to take care of it.
If you're not aware, you don't even know
what can be improved or
what needs to be changed.
So, first step, energy awareness
is simply becoming more present with yourself,
with your body, your mind, and your emotions.
And I'll just share two simple techniques.
One is meditation.
You can do a body scan meditation
where you simply just close your eyes,
take deep breaths to relax your body,
and then just do a body scan mentally,
like feel your head, feel your
chest, feel your shoulders,
literally go through your body each part,
and ask yourself, are there any areas
that feel tense, heavy, or uncomfortable?
You can spend some time
maybe putting your hands on your heart,
like what does my heart feel?
Does my heart feel heavy?
Are there any emotions
that might be buried here?
Really spend time to be present with yourself,
and then see what comes up.
Because most of the time,
there are things happening
or living or being held in our bodies,
but we go about our day, so
we're not paying attention.
So, normally, it's like when
something is bothering you
or some emotion is in you, it's like a whisper.
And you know it's bad
when your body starts to break down
Like when you can physically,
things physically start to be uncomfortable,
that's when your body is trying to speak louder
and louder to you to get you to listen.
But anyway, the more that you
can practice this awareness
with your body, with your
emotions, and yourself,
the better you will be
at taking care of yourself and your energy
because you're going to catch
things before they get worse.
You're gonna catch those
subtleties before they get louder.
The second technique is journaling.
And journaling is really
to help you brain dump anything on your mind,
anything in your heart.
Again, you can write about your worries,
your stresses, your emotions,
and that's another way
to just become aware of what is going on.
Because a lot of our energy
has to do with our emotions
and our thoughts, because these
are all different energies
that make up how we feel
at any given moment.
So, journaling is also a great
outlet to be aware of, okay,
what is the energy that I'm holding right now?
What's on my mind?
What's replaying in my mind
or what emotion am I feeling right now?
So, just those two really simple techniques
can help you understand a lot about yourself
and what your energy is right now.
Moving on, step two, energy cleansing.
There are so many different techniques
that you can use to cleanse your energy.
I will just try to cover a variety,
and you can decide what you wanna try
and what works for you.
But literally,
I think there are an unlimited
amount of options out there.
But energy cleansing, you can
start with simple breathing.
The breath is actually such a powerful tool
and it's free, and we all have access to it.
So, I'll start there.
So, using our breath to
breathe in different ways
or breathe deeply can help
us really cleanse our energy.
I'm sure if you have anxiety
or if you're stressed,
you can do breathing techniques
and breathing exercises to
help you calm your body down.
That's like cleansing your energy in a way.
So, different breathing techniques.
One is like 4-7-8 breathing,
which means breathing in for four counts,
holding for seven counts,
and then breathing out slowly for eight counts.
Another similar technique
is called box breathing,
and that is simply breathing
and visualizing like you're drawing a box.
So, imagine you're breathing in for four counts,
you're holding for four
counts, you are breathing out
for four counts, and then
holding for four counts.
And then, you just keep doing that as a box.
And the whole point is each
step is an equal amount.
So, the concept behind
these breathing techniques
is simply to slow down your breathing
and be more intentional with your breathing,
and focus your attention on the breathing.
So, if you can do that for as many, I guess,
cycles as you would like,
you do notice your body calms down,
like physically, it works.
Other self-care activities
that can help you cleanse your energy.
One is showering,
because showering, you're
physically cleansing your body,
but you're also letting the
water wash away and purify,
cleanse the energy around you.
If you're sad, if you have any annoying thoughts
or negative thoughts, try taking a shower.
You really do feel better afterwards.
You can take a walk outside.
Being in nature is cleansing to your energy.
I think also just walking outside
is a shift in environment.
So, when you shift your environment,
like you decide to go to a
coffee shop or you go to a park,
or you just get out of your little comfort bubble,
that cleanses your energy,
because it resets the space
around you and you feel anew.
Decluttering or cleaning your space
is also a great way to reset your energy
because like I said, your
environment is part of your energy
or it affects your energy.
At least for me, I'm heavily affected
by the energy of my environment.
So, I feel really good when I have a clean space,
and I don't feel good
when my space is not clean and not tidy.
I'm not like a super OCD perfectionist,
but it does affect me.
So, literally, this past week,
I was deep cleaning my
house, and it feels so good.
I literally feel my energy is reset and calm.
I feel more centered because of it.
So, that's a huge one.
Sometimes calling a loved one
is a great way to cleanse your energy,
because you are so in your own emotions
and thoughts that sometimes
it's just a negative cycle,
where it just feeds into itself.
So, sometimes talking to
someone else who is loving
and supportive and positive,
they can transfer and share
their energy with you,
and that cleanses your energy as well.
And of course, there are so many tools
and spiritual practices
that you can try to cleanse your energy.
A lot of people work with
sage, incense, crystals.
I think crystals are very cleansing
or they each have different properties.
Sound bowls or any instruments
for sound healing can also be very cleansing.
Sound is actually a very, very powerful tool
that I think is so underrated,
because like I said, we are
all energy and sound is energy.
It's literally vibrations. We are vibrations.
So, with the right frequencies,
with the right tools, it really
can help cleanse our energy.
And that's why people
talk about sound healing,
the power of sound to heal our bodies.
And that's another topic.
Lastly, meditation can also be
an energy cleansing practice
and you can enhance the energy cleansing
by doing certain visualizations
or setting certain intentions.
So, I do wanna share one
visualization exercise
that I do for energy cleansing.
And this is something I do in a lot
of my guided meditations if you listen to them.
I learned this years ago from
this Chinese meditation class
I took with my family in Mandarin.
It was a whole thing.
But the simple version
of this visualization is you're meditating
and you're sitting there,
and you are envisioning like a white light
coming down in through your crown,
and it goes in from the top of
your crown through your body,
down your limbs,
and then you push it out
through the tips of your toes.
And so, you're breathing
in pure white light energy,
and then you're pushing out
anything that is stagnant,
anything that is negative,
anything that doesn't serve you.
And you're basically visually filtering your body
with this positive light energy.
So, that's just an example of one visualization,
meditation exercise that you can try.
I'm sure there's an infinite
amount of exercises, tools,
and resources out there for energy cleansing.
But this whole point is to
know that you have options
and try whatever interests you
or try whatever you're comfortable with.
You don't have to get all woo-woo and sage
and crystal everything, create an altar.
I'm not saying you have to do that,
but if you wanna do that, great.
There is something for everyone.
For other people,
it could be simply like I go for a swim.
It really doesn't matter as long
as you have some sort of practice
that you like to lean on.
All right, so let me know down below,
what is the one energy cleansing habit
that you are going to do today?
Let me know, out of all these options,
or maybe you have your own options,
what are you going to do?
What is the most appealing to you?
And what is gonna become
a part of your routine?
So, comment down below, so
we can all see your ideas
and share our ideas with each other.
Step three is energy redesign.
This is our opportunity to,
once we're done cleansing,
purifying, resetting our energy,
we get to design our energy.
And this is one of my favorite parts
because I love the power of intention.
I love the power of choice.
And really, our life and
our bodies is as we make it.
We get to design and
shape how we wanna feel,
how we want our days to feel.
So, anyway, going back to energy design,
this is where you simply ask yourself,
how do I want my energy to be?
How do I wanna feel?
How do I want it to be in the mornings
and the afternoons and the evenings?
And how do I wanna show up in the world?
How do I wanna show up
for the people in my life?
So, the first technique
is essentially setting your intention,
and then visualizing it.
So, this is very similar
to what we did in the video
about becoming your ideal self,
because all you're going to do is ask yourself,
okay, who my ideal self,
who do I wanna show up as?
What is the energy of that
ideal self throughout the day
or for different circumstances,
or different moments?
Does she wake up energized,
ready to take on the day?
Confident? How do you feel?
How do you wanna feel?
And what is your ideal energy?
And so, after you set the
intention, you visualize it.
And the more you visualize
it is essentially practicing
or rehearsing it in your mind,
so that you can show up more as that person.
You already know what it
is and what it feels like,
what it looks like, and so you just act it out.
Another practice for energy redesign
is utilizing the power of sound.
So, I mentioned how sound
is a very powerful tool to change our energy.
So, think about it, you can
listen to audio affirmations
that changes your energy.
You're literally designing it
and aligning it to the new
energy of these affirmations.
Or you can listen to
empowering motivational talks.
That's the power of audio.
But also, the power of music.
Choosing the right music to
design how you want to feel.
So, when I'm getting ready,
the playlist is crucial.
I guess for me, it depends on what mood I'm in.
If I want a chill,
romantic mood, I'll put on some love songs.
If I wanna feel confident,
I'll put on some K-pop upbeats,
really sassy, fierce type of music.
You can design how you show
up and how you wanna feel.
You design your energy by music,
and that's one of the quickest
ways to shift your energy.
Imagine you're just going from EDM
to slow jams to '80s music.
There's so many different genres
and they all make you feel a different way.
They all make you show up in a different way.
So, music is a shortcut for me
to literally design how I want to feel.
And that's also why I play so much meditation
and calming music throughout
my day, like classical.
Because I wanna feel calm
and peaceful in my home.
And so, my Spotify Wrapped at the end
of the year is all like classical music.
It's really funny.
Anyway, the last practice I'll talk about
for energy redesign is creating
an energy reset routine.
So, this is where you're gonna
pick three to four activities
that leave you feeling the very best.
And maybe you can create different
versions of this routine.
One is like, this is the confidence routine.
Another one is, this is the
calm my anxiety down routine.
Again, designing your energy
depending on what you wanna feel.
This is the social me energy routine,
or this is the introvert,
artistic version energy routine.
So, anyway, you can design
different energy routines
for each energy,
but the whole point is just choosing the three
to four activities that put you in that energy.
So, it could be like, okay,
I'm gonna do 10 minutes of journaling,
I'm gonna take a walk.
and then I'm gonna to this kind of music.
Or I'm gonna do gratitude
journaling, I'm gonna meditate,
and then I'm gonna call a friend.
Or pick three to four activities
that set you in that zone.
And it really is depending on
what energy you're designing
and what activities work for you, but create it,
and then try to implement it, see if it works.
And this is like an experiment
where if it doesn't really work,
you did these three things and
you still don't feel great,
okay, try something new,
try something different,
swap some activities out.
But once you find that routine for you
or that selection of routines for you,
then it'll be so much easier to just tap in
and become that version of who you wanna be.
Imagine you have a big day, a big presentation.
You're like, okay, I know I have this big day,
so that day, I have to do
these, boom, boom, boom,
these three things,
and I know I'll feel really good about it.
Or like, oh, I had a really tough week last week,
so now I know I have to do my calming
and reset energy routine.
So, boom, boom, boom,
I'm gonna shower, take a bath, whatever.
Now, let's talk about
manifestation through energy.
Energy is such a crucial part
of being an effective manifester.
Because law of attraction
states that like attracts like,
meaning if you believe good things are coming,
then good things will come.
If you worry and you focus
on all the negative things
that you don't wanna happen,
then those things are being attracted to you.
So, in that way,
you have to be really vigilant of your energy,
of your thoughts, your
emotions, and your beliefs.
All of those are energy.
When I say energy, I mean everything,
thoughts, emotions, belief,
how you carry, personality, everything.
So, all of that has to align
with what you're trying to manifest in your life.
If you look at who you wanna become,
the life you wanna create,
you have to find a way
to be that person now, to feel
like you are that person now,
to feel like you're living that life now.
And the more your energy
aligns with the energy
of your ideal future self, living that dream life,
the faster and more smoothly
you are going to attract that life to you.
That's the essential core of manifestation.
It's all about energy, energy design,
being intentional, knowing what you want,
and then becoming what you want,
with yet the power of your
mind, the power of emotions,
the power of knowing how to align everything.
So, this is why everything
we talked about in the
previous steps is so important
because you have to be aware of your energy.
Like where's the negativity?
Where's the limiting beliefs?
What's blocking me? Where
am I not feeling good?
And then, cleanse it.
How do I feel good?
How do I make myself feel better?
And then, design it.
Okay, where do I wanna go?
Where am I bringing this energy?
My energy's here now, it's like meh.
It's mediocre, it's average,
but I wanna be here.
I wanna be bright, confident,
amazing, flourishing, thriving energy.
How do I become that? How do I feel that now?
What makes me feel like I'm thriving?
Maybe I need to listen to this kind of music.
Maybe I need to go for a run,
feel good, get some endorphins.
Maybe I need small wins,
maybe I write a to-do list and cross off things,
because crossing off things
on my to-do list makes me feel good.
It makes me feel like I'm thriving.
Whatever works for you.
Whatever makes you feel like that person
that you are desiring to become,
that you are trying to attract,
that you have to become that energy.
And so, that's why energy
and manifestation really go hand in hand.
If you wanna learn more about manifestation
and the how, like all the different techniques
and practices you can try
to more easily manifest in your life,
I have more videos on that.
I'll share that law of
attraction playlist down below.
But I think I wanna guide you guys if you are,
whether you're a beginner or not,
but guide you to listen or
read manifestation books.
Because whether you've read the books before,
even reading the same book again
can give you like fresh aha.
It can remind you of the
basics of the principles.
And it can remind you that,
wow, it is all about my energy.
It's all about my belief.
So, I'll just share some of my favorites books.
Like one of my favorite books
is "Manifesting Change" by Mike Dooley.
I'm currently listening
to "Ask and It Is Given"
by Esther and Jerry Hicks.
They have so much content on manifestation
and this is one of the
foundational books I believe.
But it's funny that I haven't listened to it,
but I just decided to listen
to it recently this past month,
and it's been really
just bringing me back to
the core, really inspiring.
I also love Deepak Chopra's books.
I've listened to a lot of them.
One, I guess audiobook,
that I really like from him is
called "Creating Affluence".
I remembered listening to
that over and over again.
I would listen to that in the evenings on repeat,
even like as I'm sleeping,
'cause I really wanted to
ingrain it into my subconscious.
He also has a book called "Seven
Spiritual Laws of Success".
That is really good.
There are just so many great books out there.
Whether you want something more modern
or something more traditional and classic,
they're out there.
So, definitely go read,
catch up on some manifestation resources.
But that's that.
I hope you enjoyed today's video
on energy care and manifestation.
Let me know what you think.
Don't forget we have that free Notion template
with a worksheet that goes
along with this video.
And don't forget to check out all
of our other videos in the
Transform Your Life series.
I'll have the playlist here and down below.
If you like this video or the series,
then please share it with your friends.
I'd really appreciate it. And that's it.
I will see you in the next one.
Sending lots of love. Bye.
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