The best Book on planet: Enchanted Love: The Mystical Power Of Intimate Relationships By Marianne Williamson

A favorite book of mine is ENCHANTED LOVE by Marianne Williamson, one of the most revolutionary thinkers of our time.  I have read this book in December 2009, and now it found me again.  A splendid touch, a must read, for anyone who believes in the power of the deepest most intimate love.  Anyone who found the courage to remove the armor that holds their heart and freedom sheltered from the world of possibilities will not be able to put this book down. Thank you Marianne for your gift of shining in your glory, through what, you make ways for so many of us in this world to step into ours. 

"enchanted partnership begins with the conscious understanding, on the part of two people, that the purpose of their relationship is not so much material as spiritual, and the internal skills demanded by it are prodigious." High romance, she says, "is not about past or future. It is not about practicality. It is not about society or worldly routines. It is an audacious ride to the center of what is, at the heart of every person. It is a bold and masterful inquiry into what two people really are and how we might become, while still on earth, the angels who reside within us."

D e s t i n y

I can already see it

You know the one who is waiting for you

Like no one before

Right now longs for you

If he could fly

Would fly you away

Where you wouldn’t have to run from your past

Where your dreams would come alive

Where you don’t need to be afraid

To run to me far from everything

Then why would we keep this a secret

We have wanted this for thousands of years

We can choose now

Let your heart sing, listen, trust, and you will see

All your dreams, an instant, and will come true

Listen to your heart you don’t need to regret anything

The moment is here she’s been waiting for too long

All alone you wonder the streets, I am waiting

Alone I am waiting, free

I waiting for you

As long as I live, I am waiting for you

Such intense love

Such passion, the world hasn’t yet seen

Just trust me, it’s never been

Can you see it, the passions that call you

Sweeping through everything in her way

The heart helpless, as she battles the instincts--all in vain

Sometimes you cant escape your destiny

Sometimes everything you build; someone comes and shatters to pieces

Don’t fear the Universe gives us a second chance

Then why would we keep this a secret

We have wanted this for thousands of years

We can choose now

Let your heart sing, listen, trust, and you will see

All your dreams, an instant, and will come true

Listen to your heart you don’t need to regret anything

The moment is here she’s been waiting for such a long time…

All alone you wonder the streets, I am waiting

Alone I am waiting, free

I waiting for you

As long as I live, I am waiting for you

Such intense love

Such passion, the world hasn’t yet seen

Just trust me, it’s never been

Just trust me

52 weeks of bodily bliss: week 25: The glue that binds

I was at COSTCO yesterday and I kept passing this lady shopping while on her cell phone talking clear and loud enough for anyone to understand the content. She was quite over weight; anywhere form 60-100 lbs easy on her approx 5’6 frame.  What caught my attention was, how young yet weary and unhealthy  she looked, leaning onto her cart, slouching forward while yapping.  Her hair, skin and body showed obvious signs of dis-ease.

With whomever she was talking, they were talking about a third, how old she looked etc, and along the lines of that. This was obviously a relationship based not on well being, or truth.  Rather, what kept the ties strong was  the mutual enabling of one another, of staying in an unhealthy place in their lives, physical and non-physical realms.

This week I want you to examine your 5 closest relationships and ask yourself WHAT they are based on.

• Are they built on trust, if not, what?
• Are they based on criticism, or construction?
• Are they based on growth, or destruction?
• Are they based on love, or fear?
• Are they promoting your well-being, or your dis-ease?
• Are they promoting you being in shape (inside and out), or are they feeding the comfort of settling into an effortless,  mediocre existence?
• Are they supportive of your dreams (no matter how silly), or do they just tell you to 'skrew it' and loose belief?

What you find in each of these relationships and answers, do they surprise you, and are they what you WANT? 

If so celebrate each of these relationships.  If not, what will you do to change for the better.

An amazing book that can help you open up and go within is

Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

No matter what you find, stay in gratitude for it all.  For they all ARE contributing to your greater good, they all shape an important part of you.  Commit to a life of only putting yourself into circumstances/relationships, that serve the best in you, and never be afraid to do the work that it takes for you to keep on shining.

Have a fun week, go within, but go outside and keep moving--daily !!!!

All my love,

Monika

52 weeks of bodily bliss: week 24: ICE ICE baby

ICEwater.

We all know we need to drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day to boost health, performance, and even weight-loss.  What you may not know the colder the water the more calories you burn.

I.e. if you drink ice water instead of room-temperature water, your body will burn up to an extra 9 calories per glass.  If, drinking room-temperature water can burn about 16 calories per glass, you would put yourself to 25 calories in deficit per glass for ice water drank.  Even if you stay at your minimum 8, you are about 70 calories daily for no effort only benefit, 350 calories a week. In 10 weeks only changing THIS factor you can lose one full pound of body fat. I am in!!!!!!

Don’t forget, water is a MUST for all your bodily processes, including the ones that run your metabolism. If you're under hydrated, your body will underperform.  Not to mention when water flushes out fat deposits and toxins, it can up your energy levels…

Keep drinking and keep shrinking!!!!!   

52 weeks of bodily bliss... week 23: T I M E

Well, we are over the half way mark this year...I hope you are still ON track and are improving your fitness!!!!

I hear this all the time, I don’t have TIME to exercise because, of kids, work, work, studying, house, car…and what not.  I am the excuse buster and will always offer you a solution to find a way to get around things. The key to exercise, no matter if you like or not, you HAVE to CHOOSE to do it. Remember we always make time for what we WANT, what we value. Do you value YOU?  If not, what DO you value?


We all have lives and challenges, and if you think yours are bigger than mine, you are mistaken. Every person at every age has their challenges that are complimentary to their levels of life.

So the solution, no ‘not enough time’ is not-enough to NOT exercise. If you can only spare 10 minutes, give me the full 10 minutes of it.  But get creative and get honest, 10 minutes of skipping or light jog will be amazing. OR, I will challenge you to 10 madness circuits of burpies (yes yes my clients hate these and some even call them ‘the throw ups’).  Try 30 sec burpies fast, for numbers, with 30 sec rest. Alternate, no stopping for 10 full minutes. If you do this daily and keep with a sound eating- plan you WILL move things around and your bod will thank you! Try the same with 30 sec full out fast skipping, 30 sec rest, or 30 sec full out sprint, 30 sec walk. The choice is yours.


Try this as your new companion, an amazing gadget I use, the GYMBOSSSSS!!!!!!!


 


However when the tide does settle down you are to commit to a proper training regime that builds muscle, challenges the body and the brain, and keeps you progressing over time. 

Regardless of what life throws at you, get creative with your time.  Hire an expert to coach you and guide you through the challenges, you cant and should not expect yourself to know it all and do it all.  That is why we specialize in a certain aspect of life.  

Put you on your TO DO list so you can be proud of your  ‘TO HAVE DONE” list.  Because that is truly what life is all about the moments we stepped up and made it worth the fight ;)

Xoxo

Monika

52 weeks of bodily bliss... week 22: Check in, check on...say "I DO" to YOU!!!!!

I am hungry. Are you hungry?

I coach many clients online and in person changing their lifestyle and small habits that create the overall picture, that at times fall short of what they truly want, and settles them into a life less than they are capable of.  The most gruesome area of all is the diet, the foods to eat, the portions to choose, the cravings to conquer, the plan to stick to, the reason you are watching your diet and I could go on.

When one is on a monitored eating plan, it has to be followed. It is a very simple process.  I assess you, gather any related information you may find important to share with me.  I take a day or two to work on your plan.  All you need to do is stick to the plan follow it from A-Z, and with my coaching, that HAS to be ongoing and accounted to, you get to live the changes you signed up for at the start.

Simple? Very? Easy? Far from it.

One of the challenges that can cause one to fall off the plan, is their hungry nature. It takes time to fall off track it will also take time to get back on the train and ride it to the destination of choice, great overall health, and a beautifully functioning and looking body.

MONKOVACS@GMAIL.COM is my email for all those wishing to put the END on their restless quest for change.  It is possible, it exists, it can be yours--if you are willing to commit to act nothing short of your own interest.

Love,
Monika