This is why I created the BENN method of four profound steps to help open your heart to feel love and light with every breath.

BENN stands for Balance, Energy, Nurture and Nourish = New Life.

Balance all areas of your life – physically, emotionally, mentally, energetically, and spiritually. Listen to your body, your body is the barometer of the soul, guiding you to restore your health and wellbeing. When you ignore the body’s signs or messages this can lead to disease. Any imbalance in your work or life can lead to adrenal burn out, sleep imbalances, and illness. My prior lifestyle was totally imbalanced, constantly pushing myself with work, over exercise, very little sleep, high cortisol, adrenal fatigue, and saying yes when I meant NO, which lead to my burnout.

When out of balance, you are in survival mode, which is a stress response of fight and flight. This drains your energy of vitality, health, and in the,long-term leads to disease. To move back into balance is to learn to self-regulate by being present and just breathing. When you breathe deeply down to your belly, this sends a message to the rest of your body via your nervous system that you are safe in your environment. By simply breathing and connecting to your heart, this shifts you out of your mind, which created the illusion of stress, to a place of peace, harmony, and balance. When you’re balanced, grounded, and focused, you attract more abundance, love, joy, and health into your life.

The meditation I teach calms your mind and body, allowing it to remain relaxed, balanced, peaceful, and harmonious. Your goal is to deflect the lower energies that throw you off balance and causes stress, feeling burdened, and suffering. When you drop your focus into your heart, it opens up to the joy of life.

Energy. You are a powerful energy being connected to source energy. You can shift the energy, heal your body, and change the cells in your body by your intention and thought. Life force energy is flowing through you constantly. This allows you to remain high vibration, energetic, and live a joyful life with vitality. When I cut off my connection from source, my energy and physical body quickly deteriorated. This is why it’s so important to connect to source through meditation, breathing, and feeling the flow of energy to heal your body. Now’s the time to deepen your connection with source and upgrade your heart-ware, and to co-create everything you desire in your life. Sleep is vital for your energy to make clear choices throughout the day.

Nurture is all about self-love, self-acceptance, self-worth, self-awareness, self-care, self-compassion, self-forgiveness, nurturing your inner child, and listening to your soul’s calling. Look at your shadow-self that requires healing and nurturing. Do you see your body through the eyes of love? This was a big learning moment for me when navigating out of an eating disorder. Give to yourself first, through selfcare. Fill up your cup, be kind and loving to you! This can simply be by taking a bath, saying NO to others, taking a nap, or sitting quietly in a garden and having a cup of tea. When you tune into your heart, you can transform any reaction into a loving action which improves your overall health and wellbeing.

Nourish your mind and body. Make healthy food choices for your body. Read books to feed your mind and consciousness. Nourish your soul with meditation and by participating in healing techniques, personal development tools, which will allow you to surrender and let go. Then come back to the present moment and breathe. Focus on thoughts, people, and activities that make you feel good that nourish your soul.