Daily Rituals 3/6

My search for daily rituals soon lead me to a youtube video of American Author, life coach and motivational speaker- Tony Robbins.

"powerful" was the first word I noticed in the title, and so I wanted to explore how this individual uses rituals to transform power.

Robbins starts with a strong declarative; "My mind serves me." This statement along told me which direction his talk was heading. I soon realised that his speech is about mindset and mindfulness, Robbins sharing the advice, that when you want to improve something, it Is in your mental and emotional state. This is something I have recently been researching more into in my personal life, and I was keen to learn more.

So Robbins begins describing what he implements into his daily life to give him power, and make him able to achieve the most from life. His morning rituals consist of 2 parts. Starting with a breathing exercise he describes as being similar to "the breath of fire" used in yoga. I have seen multiple studies showing the amazing results of breathing techniques, so it is not surprise to me that this is how a powerful morning routine may begin.

The second step is broken down into 3, 3 minute exercises. He calls this 10 minutes of "priming".

Starting the first three minutes is the focus of gratitude. One minute dedicated to a different thing he is grateful for. Robbins advises when doing this to "feel it and flood it". The reason he believes it is so important to practice gratitude is because he describes gratitude as being the "antidote" to the two emotions that mess up most peoples life: Anger and fear. The more you prime yourself with gratitude, these negative emotions cannot continue. "You cannot be grateful and angry or be grateful and fearful". Robbins choses two strong things to be grateful for and one small thing, as simple as the wind on his face. The reason it's important to him to also focus on small things is because he believes "if all you get grateful for are big things, then you're going to miss most of life".

The next three minutes consist of feeling the energy inside you and doing a prayer or blessing. This does not mean you have be religious, just simply sharing love into the work to yourself and those around you. Robbins does this to send positive energy to his family, friends, colleagues and explains how this as well is amazing in deepening your sense of gratitude.

The last the minutes, Robbins calls "3 to thrive". This is time to focus on three things you want to accomplish or achieve. Instead of hoping it will happen, step into your mind and experience it as if it is already done. Robbins tells you to "feel it, breathe it, celebrate it". This trains what is known as your 'Reticular Activating System' (RAS)- the part of your brain that notices things. Robbins uses an example which I can relate to, to describe what the RAS does. Have you ever bought a top that before, you never noticed, however as soon as you buy it, you see it everywhere? Thats due to the RAS. Robbins summarises this extending his point that when you're clear of what you want, and see it and create it in your mind, it creates a sense of certainty.