The Power of Conscious Living: How to Recreate Your Life and Find the Key to True Happiness

The Power of CONSCIOUS

LIVING

Sandra

Kendrew

Copyright © 2012 by Sandra Kendrew

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-4447-2 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2011963741

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Balboa Press rev. date: 02/27/2012

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

References

Recommended Reading

I have worked with Sandra for several years, and can speak genuinely for her well intentioned heart and desire to help others. The Power Of Conscious Living is a truly helpful book for people from all walks of life who want to start taking control of their lives. Sandra explains the concepts and science behind a holistic lifestyle, backed up by research from the very best spiritual teachers and healers, in an easy to understand and comprehensive way. I am sure it will be an invaluable tool for all those who are drawn to read this special book

Claire Montanaro,

author of Spiritual Wisdom

This book is written for you!

"The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance"

Brian Tracy

"You must be the change you want to see in the world"

Mahatma Gandhi

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to my husband David, for his love, patience, support, belief in me and for allowing me the space to do my work over the last thirty five years! At least you have learnt to cook competently without my input and long may it last!

I am blessed and very proud of my children Nick, Charlotte and Hollie, plus grandchildren, who have shown me the true meaning of unconditional love. Thank you for all your support, for having the confidence in me to write this book and for just being there.

Thank you to my mum, Jean, and dad, Bill, (who I know is watching over me). I know I chose well. Your guidance, love, continued support and encouragement allowed me to follow my heart. Also Marjorie and Charles, for their wisdom, amazing knowledge and memories.

Thank you to my sisters Loraine and Julie, who fortunately are on my wavelength! and for their great faith in me to write this book. I have enjoyed the hours we have spent together discussing the world and life!

After many years spent talking about this book, we have made it, so many thanks to Ruth Badley, a friend, PR and Editor. I have really valued your skills with the written word, the input, time, patience and instant grasp of the content of this book, and your ability to respond to my emails is unbelievable!

Thank you to my close yoga group, Anne, Yvonne and Margaret who have been pushing me for over ten years to write a book. Thanks for all your support, and the confidence you have shown in my ability is really appreciated.

To all my teachers, especially, Claire Montanaro, Mike Robinson and Caitlin Walsh. You have contributed to my awakening, understanding of life and have pushed me to trust in myself – a massive thank you.

To all my other close friends and clients who have shared my journey, and allowed me to be part of their lives.

To John Moss and Helen Lamb at the British Society of Dowsers, thank you for all your co-operation and support in the past, and allowing me to use your illustrations on dowsing.

The biggest push to move out of my comfort zone, write this book and spread my knowledge came from Sonia Choquette, a brilliant American author and spiritual teacher, so an immense thank you for giving me the confidence that I Can Do It!

This book was assembled from my own experiences and work, from published scientific literature, spiritual teachers and authors who have allowed me to quote from their own research and books. I am eternally grateful for all your kindness and support. With infinite love and gratitude to the following:

Dr Deepak Chopra, Dr Harry Oldfield, Dr Bruce Lipton, Professor Chris Sinha, Eckhart Tolle, Mike Robinson, Rolf Gordon, Elizabeth Brown, Lynne McTaggart, Claire Montanaro, Dr Masaro Emoto, Dr John Briffa, Dr Joseph Mercola, Miriam Young, Dr Norman Shealy, John Ruskan, Dr Susan Cabot, Dr Ron Rosedale, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, Erin H. Shackell, Lionel G. Standing, Patrick Holford, Peter Russell and Dr Wayne Dyer

Preface

Natural forces within us are the healers of disease

Hippocrates

Every situation perceived properly becomes an opportunity to heal

Helen Schucman founder of A Course in Miracles

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination

Albert Einstein

My Journey

This book is about self-empowerment and being the creator of your own reality, the only way of living. It offers truth about the self, allowing you to live in joy, freedom, and in the present moment. In this way, understanding how you can take control of your life by being conscious becomes clear.

Do you wake every morning and embrace the day with joy and peace in your heart? Or do you wake up feeling tired, depressed, dreading the day ahead, and feeling that your life is missing something? If the latter sounds more like you most of the time, then read on. Life is for living, not just existing!

My healing journey began after I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) about thirty years ago and advised to take an anti- depressant. In my late twenties, with two children under eighteen months and suffering excruciating pain, it was tempting to take the advice, but a small inner voice kept urging me to look inside. I knew I had to treat the cause of what triggered my IBS, and so many illnesses nowadays-EMOTIONAL STRESS!

So why was I stressed? I had a loving, supportive family.

Worry, like all negative emotions, is based on conditioning and beliefs and generally involves fear of the past or fear of the future. The past is gone and no one knows what the future holds. There is only this moment, the Now! And this was my breakthrough, my Eureka moment.

Now is all we have so get on and enjoy it! None of us know what can happen in the next minute, let alone the next day. Live each day as if it is your last! Life is not meant to be a struggle.

I felt compelled to step out of my comfort zone and write this book and I have Sonia Choquette, New York Times best selling author to thank for giving me the confidence to do this. With my knowledge she suggested I wrote about constellation healing. This is nothing to do with the stars but rather a collection of all I have learnt - a book which brings my work as an eclectic practitioner together.

Sonia Choquette is a world renowned author, healer and spiritual teacher. Her books have sold over a million copies worldwide, including her best seller, The Answer is Simple. She helps people understand their soul’s purpose and life plan.

I want to help others on a similar journey and show how you can change your thoughts, beliefs, and Rewrite Your Lifescript! I have included some useful exercises if you wish to participate in this journey of change, and I can guarantee, with practice, your life will operate from a place of joy and peace, instead of fear. We are all creators of our lives and no one else is responsible or to blame. You do not have to be a victim of anybody or anything.

Eventually through diet, yoga and various complementary therapies, my IBS disappeared. I had developed a milk allergy due to the impact of stress on my digestive system. The stress had to be tackled, but in the meantime I cut down my intake of dairy products by switching to alternatives such as rice milk. For extra calcium I chose broccoli, kale, salmon, sardines, nuts, seeds and dried beans, rather than dairy products. I also had acupuncture, reflexology and healing which I found helpful in rebalancing my energies.

A few years later my third child was born, and I retrained in various complementary therapies, including Reflexology, Psychotherapy, Life Coaching, Dowsing, Reiki and other forms of healing. My original studies over thirty years ago in Home Economics led me to specialise in Nutrition. I took part in a weekly radio programme for BBC Radio, and wrote regular features on diet and nutrition for local and national newspapers and magazines.

As an eclectic, intuitive practitioner I recognised that people in my home town could benefit from a dedicated Holistic Health Centre. My vision was to establish a safe environment where a range of fully qualified complementary therapists could run their own clinics from a central base. At the time this kind of complementary health centre was rarely found outside the bigger cities. As many therapies were relatively new I had to ensure client confidentiality and provide a safe environment.

There were around twenty practitioners working from the centre. These included some forward thinking general practitioners that offered homeopathy and acupuncture as part of their services. Many of the GPs in local practices would also refer patients to the Holistic Health Centre.

Every practitioner at the Centre had to have professional qualifications and valid insurance from their appropriate professional body. I also ran International Therapy Examination Council (ITEC) courses at weekends, so life became very busy. After about five years I sold the Centre and decided to concentrate on building up my own private practice.

Some twenty years ago I first learnt how to dowse and then latterly became interested in the phenomenon of Geopathic Stress. I was continually exhausted, until I called on the services of Dr Arthur Bailey PhD, and my health improved almost immediately. He was an engineering scientist who had an immense interest in dowsing and healing, which eventually overtook his academic career. Dr Bailey visited my home and rebalanced the geopathic stress within it. This occurs when the earth’s natural radiation becomes distorted by weak, electromagnetic fields caused by underground water, mineral deposits, fault lines, construction, earthquakes and weather. In my work as The House Healer worldwide, I heal and rebalance energies within properties and work with the occupants to find the cause of their particular problems, through dowsing.

More importantly, I show them how to change their belief system and raise their consciousness, to ultimately allow them to create their own reality. This book is not exclusively about dowsing but there is a chapter explaining the process, as it certainly helps to develop intuition and demonstrates the power of the subconscious mind. For more information on the work I do see www.thehousehealer.co.uk

In this book I will be sharing ways of healing ourselves, others, our property and environment, and explain how to break free from the emotional turmoil which may hinder a full and swift recovery from illness.

We can influence our life by having positive thoughts which can raise our energy or consciousness, but it is not just about saying positive affirmations. First we must remove the debris of our conditioning and beliefs, then, positive thinking will have an impact.

Developing an awareness of the busy mind is needed to encourage change and to stop the endless circle of negative thoughts. Trust your intuition and act on it, without becoming attached to the outcome, otherwise the ego takes over.

CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS

AND YOU CHANGE THE WORLD!

WHAT IS WITHIN IS WITHOUT

We need to learn how to dance with life, be childlike and have fun. When we are born, we are pure essence, no negative thoughts, no ego, no fears, only loving souls. Then conditioning by society takes over. We need to go back to basics, go with the flow and clear the patterns of the subconscious mind to find inner peace and the abundant fulfilling lives we are meant to have!

To enhance your healing and journey in life, I suggest keeping a daily journal to record feelings, emotions, thoughts, actions, both negative and positive, and anything else you consider important.

REGAIN YOUR LIFE

Chapter 1

Energy and The Field

Zero Point Field

The existence of the Zero Point Energy Field has been known in quantum science since Albert Einstein discovered it in 1913, but most scientists ignored its relevance. This subatomic field is a mass of quantum energy, which holds energy from which everything comes.

Lynne McTaggart, an award winning American journalist living in England, says in her book, The Field:

"For a number of decades respected scientists all over the world have been carrying out well designed experiments whose results fly in the face of current biology and physics. What they have discovered is nothing less than astonishing. At our most elemental, we are not a chemical reaction, but an energetic charge. Human beings and all living things are a coalescence of energy in a field of energy connected to every other living thing in the world. This pulsating energy field is the central engine of our being and our consciousness, the alpha and omega of our existence"

It has been discovered that top scientists such as Peter Russell, a fellow of The Institute of Noetic Sciences, which I recommend referring to, says:

We are all in this together-we are all connected. We are all part of a global consciousness-a universal consciousness

Human beings have quantum energy within them that is constantly exchanging messages with this bigger sea of energy throughout the universe. The Chinese recognised this energy field as chi or qi. Other names used for it are life force energy, prana or universal energy.

This concept of our universe has fields of energy creating forces and interacting with each other. We have all experienced the situation where the phone has rung and we know who it is,