The Sedona Method: Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace and Emotional Well-being

I've been reading the Sedona Method over the last several weeks. I usually try and read books a little quicker, but for some reason, I haven't made much progress on it. That said, I don't think it's something you should read in a day anyway. The process itself is something that will take a little while to get used to using on a daily/hourly basis, but I do REALLY recommend making the time to at least learn the ins and outs of the method. It's all about releasing your thoughts and emotions and letting go of them, not suppressing them (the two are very different!)

Here are a few key thoughts and ideas from the method that I certainly think are worth noting:

Hale Dwoskin begins to explain the method in a very simple, physical way. Here's how he begins on page 36: "Pick up a pen, a pencil, or some small object that you would be willing to drop without giving it a second thought. Now, hold it in front of you and really grip it tightly Pretend this is one of your limiting feelings and that your hand represents your gut or your consciousness. If you held the object long enough, this would start to feel uncomfortable yet familiar. Now open your hand and roll the object around it it. Notice that you are the one holding on to it; it is not attached to your hand. The same is true with your feelings, too. Your feelings are as attached to you as this object is attached to your hand. We hold onto feelings and forget that we are holding on to them." So, this is the difference between saying "I AM sad." or "I FEEL sad." If you can start by separating yourself from the feeling, you've already taken your first step towards releasing. Make sense? At least a little bit?

It's also recommended to release and let go of your good feelings. This seems a little odd, but as Dwoskin says, you should "make room throughout your day for the posibility of gains, and stay open to the unexpected."

Lester Levenson, the father of the Sedona method, used to call the method the "bottoms-up method" - this explanation may help you understand it a little further. He says that what you may consider a peak experience right now will eventually become where you bottom out. Imagine a day when the best feelings you can imagine, are the lowest feelings you could ever feel b/c you're capable of an even higher level of happiness than you currently know today.

OK - since I'm still reading the book, I'll leave my thoughts here for now, and write more later. Visit www.sedona.com to learn more.

Kait