Key Skills For Breaking Patterns

Earth Description The most basic form of meditation. Concepts The breath is the connection to the present Breathing meditation is the first introduction to mindfulness All subconscious patterns are based on avoiding the present Mastery Requirements Basic: Be able to meditate for 30 minutes straight Advanced: Be able to meditate for 1 hour straight AND be able to teach someone the basics

Earth Description The ability to be present with both the breath and any anxiety you experience Concepts Being present with fear is the first step toward expanding one's conscious awareness into their blind spots (subconscious) Mastery Requirements Basic: Be able to consistently breathe into anxiety Advanced: Be able to breathe into fear/anxiety even when you do not consciously feel it

Earth Description The practice of expanding into the present into one's body Concepts All subconscious patterns have both physical and mental components Releasing control in the mind becomes easier as you release control (tension/restlessness) in the body Mastery Requirements Basic: Be able to meditate for 30 minute straight Advanced: Be able to meditate for 1 hour straight OR be able to relax your entire body

Air Description The ability to identify recurring issues as part of a bigger cycle instead of a direct result of external circumstances Concepts Cycles are reinforced daily in ways that we are not consciously aware of Mastery Requirements Basic: Be able to identify that your current reality is limited due to cycles that you are not aware of Advanced: Be able to identify cycles from seemingly "normal" behaviors/thoughts

Air - Fire Description The ability to identify when one is in fight-or-flight mode Concepts Fight-or-flight mode is a biological response designed to protect us from danger Constant fight-or-flight mode is harmful to the body Fight-or-flight mode can vary greatly in its expression Fight-or-flight mode is easy to identify when you consciously feel anxious. However, can you identify it even when you do not consciously feel anxious? Mastery Requirements Basic: Be able to identify physical symptoms of fight-or-flight mode Advanced: Be able to identify fight-or-flight mode solely from subconscious behavioral/thought patterns even when you do not consciously feel anxious

Fire Description The ability to identify limiting beliefs Concepts Any belief that limits your awareness or the openness of your mind is a limiting belief Limiting beliefs are dualistic in nature Limiting beliefs enable thought patterns to run continuously without our conscious input Mastery Requirements Basic: Be able to identify basic limiting beliefs/expressions (I can't, I have to, I need to, etc.) Advanced: Be able to identify the limiting beliefs driving your thought patterns

Water Description The ability to identify emotional patterns Concepts All unconscious thought/behavioral patterns are based on emotional patterns Emotional patterns are dualistic in nature Mastery Requirements Basic: Be able to identify that your thought/behavioral patterns are based on emotional patterns Advanced: Be able to identify both sides of the duality in an emotional pattern