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Posted by Kris Stecker on 06 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Wellness
“Actions are more important than words. But energy is more important than actions.”
Ananda, Age 4
She meant every word of it. She is building her understanding of her world. It was unsolicited advice during a walk on the beach. How wise. And yet, aren’t we born knowing everything and we lose our connection with the truth of life as we learn more information and facts?
This seems to be the pattern. We are connected with our source at birth and as we use language to categorize our world and develop personality from the influence of others around us, we lose our connection with source. We lose the most precious thing we have. It’s where the ability to manifest what we want comes from.
But why do we do this? It appears to be the human condition. We work to simplify our understanding of the world by naming and categorizing everything in it. And yet every time we name something, we limit it. And this process continues throughout our education and socialization process. It’s all part of a bigger push to make us all fit together in a social fabric. And the irony is that the more we attempt to simplify our understanding of the world, the more complex and convoluted it becomes.
Understanding this is at the start of recovering your prosperous nature again. The path requires letting go of the naming and categorization so you can make your mind clear and open again. It’s in the open and clear state that you can receive the creativity, inspiration and knowledge that you need to manifest your full potential.
Listen: Listen to the sun rise and set, listen to the stars at night and listen to the breathe moving in and out of your body. Be still and listen and suddenly your inner messages become easier to hear. Listen for the simple truth that resides within you. That is your strength. The sound of your soul. It can be trusted beyond all other voices.
The first voice you will hear is your mind. It will be trying desperately to stay in control of your life. Listen but do not be fooled. Keep listening until it gets tired and fades away. Get a Polarity session. Take a very long walk. Keep listening all the time. Eventually you will start to hear your true inner voice that comes from your source. It’s very different. It’s not urgent or frenetic. There’s no fear or confusion. It’s calm, clear and the most beautiful sound you will ever hear.
This is the sound of your energy. Align with this sound. You were born to be prosperous. There is unlimited energy available to you when the channels are open. This is the precursor to all action. Action will evolve harmoniously from your connection with energy. Staying connected with the energy while you act is vitally important. One creates the other. The results flow from the harmonious manifestation of source energy into action.
As we approach the final opening of the expansive cycle (June 21st) we are moving into the manifestation (harvest) part of the cycle. Harness this peak energy moment over the next 2 weeks and you can move farther and faster on your path than at any time before. Focus on connecting with source energy now and see how it transforms your life.
This is the essence of your prosperity. Enjoy it. Live it. Make it a full-time part of you. This is the gift.
Sincerely,
Kris
p.s. Your comments are greatly appreciated and a source of future posts. Thank you.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 28 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Energy Nerd, Health, Money, Personal Development, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, RYSE, Spa Tech Education, Spiritual Development, Wellness
When times are tough, it’s more important than ever to use every tool you have to succeed. This has never been truer than now. Even though an economic meltdown has been averted, the hardest is yet to come.
We are in a global economy and the rest of the world is hungry to eat your lunch. This is the stark reality. The prosperity of the past two decades has been an illusion driven by a credit bubble. That’s over and now the gloobal playing field is more level. Therefore we are all faced with a new set of challenges in manifesting what we desire. You have to bring your “A” game to be prosperous in this environment.
The challenges are many:
As an optimist, I hate to bring this news. However, that’s the reality we’re facing. But here’s another reality. There are people who are going to be thriving. They are the ones with the clarity to see the opportunities that are created by the chaos. But why will they thrive while most people will flounder?
Clarity, focus and health will be their advantage. These are all things that you have a high degree of control over if you choose them.
This is so simple it seems silly to repeat it, but I know without a doubt that only a few people are smart enough to do what I’m about to recommend. You see, the solution is simple but people have too many internal barriers to giving themselves what they really want. So instead they continue to justify their suffering by blaming external conditions instead of admitting that they aren’t really committed to success.
So here is all you have to do: Find a good Polarity Therapist and get at least 2 sessions a month for the next year. That’s all. Can’t afford it? I find that is rarely true. People will spend $50 to $100 a week getting coffee, going out to dinner, getting drinks and many other things that may be fun and relaxing, but moves them no closer to prosperity. They will spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a trip that gives them temporary relief and long term bills but they won’t invest in their health and prosperity. So again, it comes down to your choice.
Let me explain why Polarity Therapy will make you successful and maybe that will give you sufficient resolve to get regular sessions.
First, clarity: Polarity sessions clear the energetic obstalces to listening to your intuition and information from your body. This is cumulative so the more sessions you get, the clearer the signals and messages become. This is a huge advantage over people who are walking in a haze and not noticing what is going on around them.
Second, focus: As your fears and other blockages are removed, your concentration is greatly improved and you are less distracted by the noise of your emotions and body. Your improved focus allows you to act on the information you receive from your improved clarity.
Third, health: You must have good health to have the energy to maintain your focus and accomplish your dreams. Some people are strong enough to overcome health issues and still succeed. But they do this by doing the most with what they have. Everyone needs to do the same. In this coming year with H1N1 and other diseases, it’s more important to do everything you can to stay healthy. Polarity Therapy is the best I know for doing this. Again, it starts with having the clarity to hear the signals from your body about what you need to stay healthy. A clear individual is more likely to eat right, get proper rest and exercise more.
By getting regular sessions your intuition and creativity will start working at a higher level and you will have the focus and health to put this information into action. You will also be better at avoiding problems and your success will multiply. It’s at the core of all success.
So it’s up to you. If you say you want to succeed it’s time to make the commitment. Don’t put it off. Contact Spa Tech Institute to help you find a great therapist.
There are no excuses. Only missed opportunities.
Wishing you a healthy and prosperous life,
Kris
p.s. If you would like to know more about how energy actually improves your ability to manifest on other levels, please submit your comments and I will be happy to share what I know.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 16 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Money, Personal Development, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, Spiritual Development, Wellness
Hi. My Name is Kris and I used to work for large corporations.
But I’m in recovery.
This all came back the other day after interviewing a prospective student. Her story reconnected me with the deep feelings of insecurity and dependence that I associate with the large corporate environment.
Her story was compelling. She is an intelligent person with a lot to offer, but the management of the company was making her feel inferior and undermining her self-respect and self-esteem. She had been reduced to an obedient, and dis-empowered, employee who was more focused on keeping her job than in doing what she knew would help the company. The situation was draining her life force and creativity as she kept her head down, afraid to speak up or make suggestions that could lead to improvements in the company. The fear of negative reactions had stolen her strength.
As I was driving home it all came back. I remembered the managers who would take credit for other people’s contributions, blame the people who reported to them whenever something failed and played politics to make other people look bad. This behavior was more in some companies than others, but it highlights the basic dysfunction of the large corporate environment.
At the core is the shift to seeing the competition for promotion as other people in the company rather than following a mission to improve the world. Departments competed against other departments and employees and managers were always fighting to get to the top or prevent others from getting ahead of them. The large company setting created insulation between the work to be done and the results. Therefore most employees focused on “playing the game” instead of fulfilling the mission.
I didn’t function well in that environment. I pointed out ways we could improve and managers would take my ideas as their own and would prevent me from talking to people who could have made a difference. I was treated as a threat and my enthusiasm and self-esteem were ridiculed. It was painful and took me years to forget.
But I will always remember the day I left and felt like I could finally breathe again. It was like climbing out of a swamp. I was a mess from the experience but with every step I grew stronger. Eventually I was able to reconnect with my creativity. It took years of Polarity sessions to recover my confidence and self-esteem but over time it returned. And eventually the feelings of dread and fear were replaced by the daily feeling of waking up with great opportunities to grow every day.
However, I also still remember the feeling of leaving the illusion of the safety net of the large corporation. At first it was scary to not have the routine or the structure. But as I watched my friends get laid off I realized that the safety net was only an illusion. It became clear that the promises that were made and the benefits that were promoted were based on fear. The term “golden handcuffs” was very appropriate. Insecurity was fed and expanded to maintain the addiction.
The realization of the personal price paid for being addicted to the large company benefits and indoctrination is a hard to describe until you experience something different. But for those who are able to break free and experience themselves as the source of their creativity and security, freedom has a new meaning. It’s a soul freedom that is hard to imagine. But it is one of the most important freedoms we have.
And this freedom is at the core of true prosperity. Prosperity and being a slave do not go together. Prosperity thrives in a culture of freedom.
So what do you need to make the change?
So that’s all there is to it. The question you have to ask is this: If I do nothing to change, how is my life going to change 5 years from now. If I do nothing, what will change. The answer is almost always, nothing changes. Your life is just more of the same. The only difference is that you are more tired, frustrated, beat down and discouraged with every year that passes.
I wish you great experiences and prosperity as you take control and change your life.
Sincerely,
Kris Stecker, President
Spa Tech Institute
p.s. I look forward to your questions and comments.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 27 May 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Wellness
It seems like it was just last week that it was the beginning of a new year and I was encouraging everyone to write down their goals. 6 months have passed and here we are almost to the beginning of June and the official start of the summer season. So much has happened. The sky did not fall, we have 91% employment and things are about to pop.
So did you write down your goals? If so, take them out and look at them. How many of them did you accomplish. How many do you want to change. And what do you want to add to the list? This is a great time to review and refocus to take your prosperity to a higher level.
Summer is full of energy which is great for moving your life forward but can also be difficult because there can be sooo many distractions. This is why this is probably the most important time of year to refocus on what you want to create. With additional focus and the energy that comes with summer, you can get much more done in a shorter time than in the winter.
Now that we are out of the election cycle and the politicians are focusing on trying to get people back to work instead of trying to get elected, there is more optimism for accomplishing things. At the same time the economy is starting to accelerate again and the time to get in position for the next expansion is now. During the next 6 months things will start to ramp up and in a year they will be going full speed again.
It’s easier to get on the train when it’s in the station than when it’s already up to speed. That’s why this is the time to focus on getting everything ready. Write down what you want to manifest in your life (job, career, better health, home, etc.) and do what you need to do to get ready. Increase your skills, clean up old messes that might hold you back and get your strategy in place and ready to go.
The window of time is closing quickly so don’t delay. Don’t put things off until the fall. Do it now to get the most out of your future. Ride the energy. Like in surfing, you have to catch the wave to get a good ride. Don’t let it slip past. Open your eyes and make it a priority. Pay attention. Be ready to go. Catch the wave and ride it as far as it will take you. It’s a blast.
Sincerely,
Kris Stecker, President
Spa Tech Institute
p.s. If you have questions, please submit them as comments. I will respond in future posts.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 17 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Wellness
A recent Facebook comment about being laid off stimulated this post. My first reaction is to say: Congratulations. You have graduated from what you were doing and now you have the opportunity to go to your next level. Of course, I seldom say it out loud because most people are not ready to hear it in that way. They are dealing with their anxiety about not knowing what’s next.
It’s important to know how to go from loss to prosperity. Whether you do this for yourself or your clients, it’s an important skill to master. This creates the foundation of what we do at Spa Tech Institute.
As an agent of positive energy (which describes anyone who is working on prosperity) the more you help others to reach their highest potential, the more prosperous you become as well.
For people who are laid off or part of a company that fails, the experience is ultimately a loss or death and follows a predicable emotional pattern. This also applies to all losses: Death, divorce, financial loss and other similar events. Because it applies to financial loss as well, we are surrounded by a lot of people who are going through this experience now. Even if you did not lose your job, if you had a 401K, property or other investments, you have lost a lot in the last couple of years.
The question is: How can you stay positive and focused on the next level of manifestation after this happens?
FIrst, think of this as a graduation. It’s a completion, not a loss. Many spiritual traditions require new members to give up worldly possession, relationships and other things. When a person goes into the military, they shave their heads and erase their identity so they can become part of a new culture. This process shakes people up and gives them a chance to change.
Second, whenever there is a loss, most people go through the 5 stages of grieving: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Whether you quit a job or are laid off, graduate from school or move out of a house, be aware that this is a normal process. The more aware of the stage you are in, the faster you can move through it.
But how does this fit in with manifesting what you want? It’s simple. The 5 stages are all part of your transformation and evolution. At first you will be walking around in a daze. Then you will move on to being mad, etc. Ultimately, it’s our resistance to change at the heart of the struggle. Once we accept change we can move on to creating what we want in the world.
If we are able to treat all change as a graduation from one state and an opportunity to start something new, we can look at the situation as a positive event. It may take a while to get to that view but the faster we can move into it, the less likely we are to get stuck in one of the 5 stages of grieving.
One of the other great benefits of loss and the 5 stages of grieving is that it gives you a chance to identify what really matters. Most people eventually discover (after they have moved on to their next opportunities) that they really needed the change and were tired or bored of what they were doing. I think that people are far more powerful than they realize in creating the changes they need in their lives. For instance, ask yourself, were you getting up every morning looking forward to going to work or were you dreading it. Did you look forward to the weekend and vacations more than Monday mornings? What does that tell you?
So as you look at your situation, pay attention to what your inner voice is saying. Many people I know, even the ones who say they love their work, really mean that it is the best job that they can allow themselves to have. In other words, they love their job more than other jobs, but they don’t really love what they do. Again, the proof is in looking at what days you look forward to the most: Days off or days at work.
At this point you may be wondering what I’m smoking. Of course, nothing but energy. When you really love what you do you have a deep passion for it that fills your imagination and inspires you to contribute. Finding what you really love is the surest path to bliss and excellent health. It also gives you the prosperity that you deserve. I know from personal experience. I have had good jobs that I did not look forward to going to. And I have also found what I love to do. It is very different. I’m also surrounded by a lot of people who either already are doing what they love or are learning to do what they love.
There is nothing that makes live exciting as doing what you are meant to do. Every day is an adventure.
Be well and prosper,
Kris
Posted by Kris Stecker on 08 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spa Tech Education, Spiritual Development, Wellness
Optimism is a powerful choice that is at the root of your prosperity. The reason is simple: optimistic people are healthier so they can act on opportunities. This was supported in a recent study that found optimistic people were significantly healthier and happier than those who were not optimistic.
But the most important part to remember is that it is a choice. I know from personal experience that this is true. When I was younger it was very fashionable to be pessimistic to the point of being cynical. The reasons for this are complex and important to understand. The facts are that until I learned to change my view to optimism, I was more frequently sick and unable to see or act on opportunities that could have changed my life.
Understanding why people choose to stay stuck in pessimistic attitudes is a good starting place. As with all behavior there must be a perceived benefit or people would not choose it. Probably the most fundamental benefit is that it allows people to avoid responsibility for their reality or their failure. Or at least that’s the underlying belief. After all, if the world is fundamentally against you, then it’s not your fault that your life is difficult. It can be blamed on a wide range of external forces that you have no control over.
This strategy works provided the people around you don’t understand the mechanics of manifestation. For those who have moved towards self-actualization it is clear that you create your reality by the choices you make. When people around you don’t give you a waiver for the difficulties in your life, you can’t get handouts and welfare. When the people in your life push you to be responsible for your life, you are forced to take action to change your life and succeed.
For many young people a pessimistic attitude has served them well, getting teachers and parents to give them what they want. The reinforcement of this pattern results in pessimism being a default setting in people’s lives. This is seen in cultures that have relied on welfare for multiple generations.
So how do you break out of the pattern?
After you have the realization that you are the creator of your reality, the next step is to maintain a positive outlook. Here are some pointers to help you stay optimistic.
By understanding and following these concepts, you can have more of what you want in your life. You will be healthier which will give you the energy to act on the opportunities that others don’t see. As with all things that are powerful, it’s really simple.
I look forward to seeing you succeed on many levels.
Kris Stecker, President
Spa Tech Institute
Posted by Kris Stecker on 01 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Career, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Spiritual Development, Wellness
I know it’s a cliche but Happy New Year. Really. I hope you have your most amazing year yet.
Here’s how to make this year amazing. Write down (or video) what you want this year. My preference is written, not typed, as it uses a different part of the brain. But however you do it, consciously recording what you want is extremely powerful.
Check it out: (From a Harvard experiment done on a group of MBA students) The 13 percent of the class who had goals were earning, on average, twice as much as the 84 percent who had no goals at all. And what about the three percent who had clear, written goals? They were earning, on average, ten times as much as the other 97 percent put together. (From – http://www.lifemastering.com/en/harvard_school.html)
It really works. Spa Tech Institute is the result. Try it. What do you have to lose but an hour? I like to spend at least a day on yearly goals. I also revisit them throughout the year.
By setting your goals and writing them down, you are wiring your brain and attention to identify the things that move you towards your goals. It’s like when you’re thinking of buying a new car, and particularly if you know what you want to buy, you suddenly start seeing them everywhere you go. Or you buy a new coat and suddenly see other people that have the same coat.
If you really want to make this an amazing year, make your first goal to set weekly goals for the month of January. Take 10 minutes and just make a list of goals for the coming week. If you do this just for January you can see if it works for you.
Simple Instructions
By following these simple steps you will accomplish more and feel more relaxed and in control of your life.
I look forward to your feedback and questions.
Sincerely,
Kris Stecker
Spa Tech Institute
p.s. Your comments and questions are always appreciated. Simply reply at the end any of the topics. Thank you.
© Copyright 2009, Kris Stecker – All Rights Reserved.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 11 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Career, Health, Money, Personal Development, Prosperity, Relationships, Spa Tech Education, Wellness
SWOT is a powerful concept that you need to keep front of mind. Whether you apply it to your business or your life, it will help you to clarify and overcome the obstacles to success.
I have used the SWOT techniques repeatedly in dealing with the growth of Spa Tech Institute.
SWOT stands for:
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: SWOT
This requires some work on your part but it can be a lot of fun as well. Be clear if you are doing it for your business, personal life, health, finances or relationship. By narrowing it down your questions will produce better results.
After you decide what category of your life you’re covering, make up a questionnaire for your friends and family to answer. It is really easy. Just make a heading for each of the 4 areas of SWOT and leave space for them to fill in their answers. Request that they be as honest as possible.
Once you receive the feedback, here’s how to use it.
Now it’s time to use the information.
Now that you have the information, it’s important to put it into an action plan. The key work is ACTION. The plan should describe specific ACTIONS that you can take to turn Threats into Opportunities and Weaknesses into Strengths.
I will address how to develop effective actions plans in future posts. For now, start working on getting the information. Clarity is the first step in action. There is no point to acting if you don’t know what you need to change.
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Posted by Kris Stecker on 08 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Health, Personal Development, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, RYSE, Relationships, Wellness
A new study found that 3 out of 4 women are likely to have a stress related reaction to bad economic news and 22% of men will turn to drinking versus 15% of women during these times. This creates even more stress. The second part was that people are more likely to get sick, not sleep as well and act out in ways that creates even more stress in their lives.
I’m going to keep this simple. Stress cannot be avoided. It can only be managed. As co-owners and managers of a school with 5 locations, my wife and I lead potentially stressful lives. Without polarity therapy, we could never have survived the stress. In fact, polarity therapy was the only thing that helped me recover from the adverse effects from years of stress in high tech and business start up.
What I found was regular polarity sessions made me stronger in the face of adversity. Stress damages your energy systems. If you don’t get them repaired, the stress leads to secondary physical, mental and emotional problems.
The problem is, there are very few qualified Polarity Realization Therapists who know the techniques to repair the energy systems. Because they are often booked up, they are hard to find. They typically don’t advertise and most people find them by word of mouth.
So if you’re tired of letting stress run (or ruin) your life, start the search for a good polarity practitioner and when you find them, book as many sessions as you can. It will change your life.
Be well.
Kris Stecker
Spa Tech Institute
© Copyright 2009, Kris Stecker – All Rights Reserved.
Posted by Kris Stecker on 05 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Health, Money, Personal Development, Polarity Therapy, Prosperity, RYSE, Spa Tech Education, Spiritual Development, Wellness
Being in balance is the starting point for manifesting what you want. When you are balanced and aligned, you’re able to access your connection with your source which in turn supports receiving the information you need to succeed.
Here’s why. When you aren’t clear, your mind and consciousness are often focused on what you don’t have, things that bother you and other distractions. This is all white noise that prevents you from having clarity on what you want to manifest. This comes from fatigue, drugs, emotional turmoil and other stresses. The bio-chemical reactions make it difficult to focus on what is important.
The ability to manifest requires crystal clear focus. It’s like rowing a boat. If you use both oars equally, you will make a straight line to where you want to go. If you switch back and forth between oars you will go in circles or a curvy line that will make the journey much longer. The difference is balanced or unbalanced force.
There are several ways of gaining balanced force, some of which are faster than others. A long vacation is one way but it takes a lot of time. Exercise (particularly endurance activities like hiking or long distance running, cycling, or swimming) will bring balance through repetition of opposite arm/leg motion that balances the nervous system. Tai Chi and other meditations can contribute to the balance as well. However, these all require a significant commitment of time.
If you don’t have the time you can fast-track the process with Polarity Therapy or RYSE.
Polarity is all about balancing your energy to restore the optimal flow. The results are both immediate and long lasting. The more regular sessions you receive, the more your energy systems retain the correct flow. This is because your energy patterns are formed by habits. As a child you learn the patterns of those around you. Any dysfunctional patterns lead to problems that reduce health, vitality, creativity and the ability to manifest what you want in your life.
RYSE (Realizing Your Sublime Energies)is for repairing your energy patterns and learning to identify when they go off and how to bring them back into alignment. It’s based on Polarity theory but has been taken to the next level by Nancy Risley, RPP. As a Polarity therapist and teacher Nancy saw how her clients and students had more success manifesting what they wanted when they were cleared. She also saw what happened when they would forget and return to their previous energy patterns. The thing that was the most amazing was how fast it could be changed.
If you are tired of not manifesting what you want, there are several options. You can get a lot of sessions, you can learn to do RYSE on yourself or you can become a Polarity Therapist. The last option is the most powerful. In fact, there is an increasing number of artists, business people and others who are becoming Polarity Therapists because doing several sessions a week helps them to stay in the energy and manifest their creativity to new levels.
So to manifest more of what you want, start by getting clear. Get a session, learn to do RYSE on yourself and move forward with what you want in your life. If you need more information about RYSE or Polarity, contact the Spa Tech Institute.
Enjoy restoring your balance and manifesting what you truly want.
Be Amazing,
Kris
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