Make today EPIC

Here are some tunes to get your day started off right.

Make this day EPIC!

What fears and limiting beliefs can you let go of or conquer?

Follow your heart and do something that makes you feel alive.

You are so much more than you know.

Yup, today's gonna be a good day! :)

Dance Party EVERY DAY!

Sean is right! Start your day off with your favorite song and get your body moving just for a few minutes before you rush out for class/work. It pumps you up and gets you in the right mind set for a positive, productive day. 
Here is the song that I am dancing to these days- 
Imagine Dragons, On Top Of The World.

Start your day with a smile! 
Share what songs motivate you! 

Romantic Love- one of the most powerful brain systems responsible for great joy and immense sorrow

"Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it’s going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it’s going poorly.”  Helen Fisher


Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies loves effect on the brain. 
She placed 15 people who were madly in love and had just been dumped in an MRI machine.
When shown the picture of their loved one 3 areas of the brain lit up:
*the ventral tegmental area, near the base of the brain, part of the reptilian brain associated with wanting and craving
This area contains dopaminergic neurons and therefore makes up part of our reward system.
This area also becomes active from cocaine use.
Activity in this area is seen in intense romantic love and becomes more active when you can't get what you want.
*the core of the nucleus accumbens, associated with calculations of gains and losses.
This area becomes active when you're willing to take a risk for huge gains or huge losses.
*areas associated with deep attachment to another individual.


Romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on earth.
The three main characteristics of addiction are: 
tolerance- you need to see the person more and more
withdrawal
relapse


Romantic love also encompasses an intense craving to be around the other person, 
motivation, and obsession- how often you're thinking about that person.
Helen believes romantic love is not an emotion but rather a drive, since it originates 
from the area of the brain associated with wanting and craving.


She also acknowledges that women and men experience intimacy differently.
Women tend to get intimacy from face-to-face talking, with an "anchoring gaze."
Men, on the other hand, gain intimacy from side-by-side doing.

Chakras- Seven Major Energy Centers

The crown chakra

Color: violet

Location: top of the head

Purpose:  Intuitive knowledge, spirituality, integration

Governing: top center of the head to, midline above the ears

Gemstones: amber, diamond, molavite

Flower Essences: lotus, angelica, star tulip

Third eye chakra

Color: indigo

Location: center of the forehead

Purpose: center of thought, action of ideas, insight, mind development

Governing: brain, n.s., eyes, ears, nose, pituitary, pineal gland

Gemstone: purple fluorite, sugalite, lapis

Flower Essences: wild oat, queen anne’s lace

Throat chakra

Color: blue

Location: throat, neck region

Purpose: learning to take responsibility for one’s needs

Governing: throat, thyroid, trachea, neck vertebrae, mouth , teeth, gums, esophagus, parathyroid, hyperchelemus

Gemstone: chrysocola, lapis, blue opal

Flower Essence: cosmos, trumpet vine, larch

Heart Chakra

Element: air

Color: green-pink

Location: center of chest

Purpose: emotional empowerment, seat of vital element, goodwill and natural understanding of feeling

Governing: heart, circulatory sys, blood, lungs, rib cage, diaphragm, thymus, breasts, esophagus, shoulders, arms, hands

Gemstone: rose quartz, malachite, emerald

Flower essence: holly, poppy, California wild rose

Solar Plexus chakra

Element: fire

Color: yellow

Location: solar plexus, rib cage point of lungs

Purpose: energy fxning, life force and mental understanding of emotional life

Governing: upper abdomen, umbilicus to rib cage, liver, gb, mid spine, spleen, kidney, adrenals, sm. intestine, stomach

Gemstone: jasper, golden topaz, yellow tourmaline

Flower Essence: chamomile, golden yarrow, peppermint

Hara Chakra

Element: water

Color: orange

Location: 3 fingers below navel

Purpose: emotional connection w/individuals as well as universe

Governing: sexual organs, stomach, upper intestine, liver, gb, kidney, pancreas, adrenals, spleen, mid spine

Gemstone: garnet, moonstone orange tourmaline

Flower Essence: Indian paintbrush, lady’s slippers, hibiscus

Root Chakra

Element: earth

Color: red

Location: base of spine

Purpose: kinaesthetic feelings, mvmnt, blood circulation, skeletal stability

Governing: spinal column, legs, feet, rectum, immune sys, blood circulation, skeleton

Gemstone: quartz, black tourmaline, hermatite, onyx

Flower Essence: corn, clemantis, rosemary

Balance your Chakras

The goal is to have the seven chakras in alignment so the universal life force energy can flow smoothly, and in harmony from one chakra to the next.

The Chakra	The Comment or Visible Action
The Crown	I acknowledge the Spirit as a major component of my life.
The Brow	I trust myself currently and in any future actions.
The Throat	I communicate with others honestly and with compassion.
The Heart	I allow myself to give and receive love without any intent or obligation from another or individuals.
The Solar Plexus	I am responsible for my life therefore I am responsible for my own decisions.
The Sacral	I safely express and experience joy.
The Root	I acknowledge that I am healing myself.

"But I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. 

You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person." 

Olivia Wilde