Small Steps Create Big Shifts
Small Steps Create Big Shifts: 7 Steps to Build Your Dream Life Today
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It is in our very nature to dream and evolve—to move past who we were, step into who we are, and fantasize about who we may become. This natural drive is how we learned to create fire, how we built the first automobile, and how we put humans on the moon. These fantasies are precisely how manifestations are born.
The problem so many of us face is that we have all of these big ideas, but we lack the framework of how to create. We don't know how to set a plan into motion to turn our dreams into our physical reality.
Worse yet, we can have such massive dreams and see the finish line so clearly that we get "lost in the sauce," becoming completely unable to see the forest for the trees. Have you ever had a dream to start a business? You feel the intense excitement of bringing a passion or hobby to life, only to completely freeze up when thinking about the business strategy, eventually giving up. Or perhaps you’ve dreamed of owning a home, only to feel so overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the undertaking that you fall into despondency, unable to formulate a single credible action step.
If so, you are not alone. The majority of people—myself absolutely included—have experienced situations just like these.
The Energy Traces of Failure
Where many of us go wrong is forgetting the basics. All of us carry past experiences of failure, shame, regret, or embarrassment. These low-vibrational feelings are not only experienced emotionally, but they are translated directly through our sympathetic nervous system, affecting our bodies physically.
These physical reactions to negative stimuli are stored deeply within our tissue. Negative energy has a way of getting stuck and creating stubborn blockages. As Dumbledore beautifully noted in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, “…magic, especially dark magic… leaves traces.”
True magic is simply the energies and intentions that we put into things. It is the way we label our experiences as good or bad, positive or negative. The negative connotations we give to past mishaps throw us right back into a state of fight-or-flight, causing us to forsake logic and instead act out of pure primal instinct.
The key to breaking this cycle is to push past our natural inclinations and begin to look at things exactly as they are—neither good nor bad, they just are. To do this, we must reconnect with our spiritual selves and return to the building blocks of our energetic foundation. For ultimate guidance, we can look to the ancient Indian practice of the Chakra System.
7 Steps to Turn Your Manifestations Into Reality
The Chakra System provides an exact, top-down blueprint for taking a non-physical idea and grounding it into physical reality:
The Crown Chakra (The Vision): This is your big idea taking shape in your mind. This is pure inspiration. Do not let fear or logic dissuade you at this stage.
The Third Eye Chakra (The Belief): You begin fantasizing about what your potential future could look like. Here, you must sit with the absolute truth that you are worthy of what you desire.
The Throat Chakra (The Proclamation): Speak your dreams into existence. Speak them out loud, claim them, and proudly proclaim your manifestation.
The Heart Chakra (The Alignment): You must be brutally honest with yourself here. Is this something you truly want, or is it someone else's dream? Does this authentically align with your soul? Are you ready to make the sacrifices it may take to carry it out?
The Solar Plexus Chakra (The Confidence): Believe in your power and actively work through self-doubt. In this stage, you build momentum by researching, gaining knowledge, and taking tiny action steps to prove to yourself that you are capable.
The Sacral Chakra (The Blueprint): Get creative. This is where you formulate your tactical plan. Keep a journal and write down every single idea. Write down your main goal and work completely backward to the beginning.
Example: If your goal is to own a home, write down "Own a home by [Blank Date]." Then, determine the size of the home you want and estimated cost. Next, break down how much you need to set aside each month. Look at your current finances—is it obtainable with your current income, or do you need to add a side revenue stream or cut back on luxuries? Keep breaking it down until you have a clear starting point.
The Root Chakra (The Grounding): This is where the real fun begins. You take everything from the previous six steps and put them into physical action. This is where your dreams finally take structural shape and become your daily reality.
Unblocking a Stagnant System
The primary reason many of us fail to manifest is that we are operating from a Chakra system that is completely out of alignment—a system clogged by old mistakes, past relationship wounds, and business failures. These clogged energies make it extremely difficult to look at your current circumstances logically, forcing you to react entirely from an emotional standpoint of fear and lack.
When we try to build a life from a place of unhealed energy, our foundations crumble. To help you balance your system from home, I highly recommend pairing my custom Chakra Alignment App, Sovereignty, with the incredible audiobook Chakra Healing: A Beginner's Guide to Self-Healing Techniques that Balance the Chakras by Margarita Alcantara.
Take Your Next Step
The Chakra system gives us the perfect cosmic blueprint to accomplish anything our hearts desire. While it offers a brilliant guideline, remember that your personal journey won’t look identical to anyone else's. One person might flow seamlessly from steps 1 through 7, while another might jump in and out of different stages several times. The key is simply to refuse to stay stuck when a roadblock pops up.
If you are ready to build a realistic plan to attack your biggest goals, burst through the energetic roadblocks that have stalled your progress, and experience the exhilaration of accomplishing what you set your mind to, I invite you to explore my 8-Week 1-on-1 Coaching Program. Together, we will create manageable, bite-sized action steps, clear out the blocked trauma standing in your way, and make your dreams a reality.
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You simply have to continue to put one foot in front of the other, believe with your whole heart that you are worthy of what you desire, and trust that small steps taken today will create massive shifts tomorrow.
