Sometimes when it is difficult to let something go, we just need a little uplift in order to see "over" the feeling.  When we feel more empowered, it is easier to allow the feeling just to be there without trying to change it.  This gives more space around the feeling and let's it move, leading to letting go.  To do this, music can be very helpful.  By listening to music that we like, we can connect to a greater sense of ourselves and the world.  This allows for an increased ability to welcome our thoughts and feelings.  By just welcoming them a little more, we have more of an ability to let them go.  Music can become a tool for inner acceptance.

Music, however, is not the only choice available for letting go support.  You can also eat foods which lead to feelings of inspiration.  Some of these foods include raw chocolate, goji berries, and blue green algae.  Herbs can be very powerful as well.  These include tonic herbs like Reishi mushroom, Astragalus, and Asparigus Root.  All of these tend to increase feelings of well-being, which supports the letting go process.

Here is one of the most direct and easy ways increase physical and spiritual energy within you.  Doing this, especially if you've never experimented with tonic herbalism or yoga, can have profound and quick benefits to your state of well-being.

In Taoist Tonic Herbalism, Shen is a prominent energy associated with spirituality.  It is one of the Three Threasures.  The others are Qi (energy) and Jing (deep energy reserve associated with adrenal and kidney power).  When we have a lot of Shen, we can sense a feeling of upliftment even when dealing with stressful situations.  It allows us to have greater insight over it, rather than being caught up in our thoughts and negative emotions.  One of the most notable Shen Tonics, which increases this energy, is Reishi Mushroom.  It has been used for spiritual purposes as well as immunity and other physical benefits for centuries.  This is something which increases overall health over time as well as feelings of well-being.

When you take Reishi, you are taking something that increases your ability to rise above feelings of worry and other emotions that often pull us down and keep us feeling less than vibrant.  This allows us to naturally increase our ability to be present or "in the moment".  Your extra energy can be channeled into whatever you are doing in the moment so that you can fully experience it and feel a sense of deep appreciation and aliveness.      

In essence, Reishi is a wonderful tonic for many people and increases our natural ability to allow and release.

Yoga is also something which increases feelings of aliveness and contentment in many people.  By practicing it, in whichever way you feel comfortable, you can start to obtain these benefits.  The result is a calmer outlook and a greater ability to be "in the moment".  This can lead to a sense of energy within you that you can direct your focus toward and be in a state of meditation without the intense will needed to "block out" thoughts.  When we practice yoga or anything similar, we can be in a state of natural meditation and connection to life with little effort beyond the physical act of yoga.  Eventually, this ability can grow and meditation can become second nature.

Tai Chi and Qi Gong also can help this process, much like Yoga.

When you combine taking Reishi everyday with practicing Yoga, you have a very powerful process for  increasing your sense of spirit.

We all know about the mind-body connection.  If our body is cluttered, how will our thoughts be?  This question can make this concept more real and applicable.  Here is a basic idea, that you can take action on in order to have a more clear and centered mind.

Clear Your Body, Clear Your Mind.

By clearing our body of negative emotions and physical toxicity, we become more able to tune into our inner energy.  This allows us greater access to inner tranquility and clear thinking.  Meditation then becomes much more doable.

How then do we become more clear inside?

One way is to practice emotional releasing.  If you're new to it, check out The Sedona Method and EFT.  Both offer a powerful way to release emotional tension and become clearer inside.

While this is specifically focused on emotions rather than physical toxicity, it can allow your body to be better able to detoxify as you have less inner tension that you are holding onto.

Physical Detoxification

By having a clean diet, whatever that is to you, you are adding much less toxicity than you would otherwise.  Still, there are ways to remove what you might have built up which can be causing you issues.

One way is to follow a very clean diet, which could be a raw food diet.  By eating a raw vegan diet, focusing on lighter or easily digestible foods which do not take away your energy, you will have more ability to detoxify naturally.

One easy way to do this is to make green smoothies a big part of your diet.

You can also add in foods and tonic herbs to increase your ability to detoxify.  These include medicinal mushrooms like reishi and chaga, raw aloe vera products, algae products like spirulina, etc.  Check into David Wolfe's books and video's online to learn more about superfoods and herbs that can promote this ability.  Many that he recommends have incredible properties and naturally help you to detoxify.

Two products that can help you to detoxify heavy metals are zeolites and fulvic acid.  This alone can increase your clarity profoundly.

Matt Monarch, of The Raw Food World, frequently talks about the power of cleansing the colon.  He finds that it works incredible in combination with a raw food diet to remove toxicity quickly and allow you to feel more clarity.  One way to cleanse the colon, which he is most fond of, is colon hydrotherapy.  He also suggests enemas for some people as they are less expensive and can be done by yourself.

Dr. Robert Morse ND talks about the incredible power of a fruit-based raw food diet for detoxification. He finds that it allows you to cleanse more fully than other ways of eating.  He also recommends certain herbs that allow you to detoxify more effectively.

When your body is cleaner, your mind becomes freer, and negative thoughts are weaker

Letting go is something that can be effortless.  The key is to naturally access a higher state.  When we feel no concern over the result of letting go of something, we will drop it without resistance.  This happens naturally when we uplift ourselves to a state of clarity and contentment.  When we feel no fear, we look at our emotions without attachment.  The easiest way to get there is to be yourself.  Find that deep contentment within, though it might be hidden by emotions.  The moment you feel empowered, you can allow your feelings to be in front of you and just notice them.  If you are in a state of courage, you'll find them dissipating just by looking at them.  If they aren't, see if you are resisting letting go on some level.

If you are really having difficulty, there is one food which can help you to let go:  Chocolate.  Chocolate imparts a sense of love and acceptance that helps you to transmute any feeling into pure energy.  That energy then fuels your spirit and brings you up even higher.  Let chocolate show you how to allow and let go.

Listening to highly inspiring music, or whatever music that moves you, can also greatly increase letting go ability.  Just connect with that feeling of freedom and joy and match that with whatever negative feeling you are experience and watch it dissolve naturally.  Certain feelings, however, will be more difficult to accept initially but they can still be let go.  Music can make it much easier for certain people.

When we are first trying to meditate, our thoughts often appear to get in the way.  We may have underlying anxiety that makes it difficult to just breathe and be in the moment.  Here's what I've found to be helpful with this.

1.  Meditate while grounded.  This means that you have part of you connected to the earth.  New research has found that grounding or earthing increases overall health and reduces anxiety.

2.  Look at a tree or another plant and notice how it just is, without having to fight against wind or other forces.  It moves with it, without trying to change it.

3.  Try having a calming or energizing tea or food before meditating.  This could include Reishi Mushroom extract or even Dark or Raw Chocolate.  Dark Chocolate, for some people, has a calming yet energizing effect that encourages contentment and alertness.  See if this or other foods help you to be more "in the moment" during meditation.

4.  Drink water and focus on the flowing aspect of it, especially as you absorb it.  This might help you tune into that aspect of yourself.  Having a cup of springwater next to you might be very helpful.

5.  Do EFT first or just tap on some of the spots.  This could help by increasing calmness and overall energy flow.

6.  Let go of something that creates tension in you.  This can bring you to a meditation-like state without trying to meditate.  Letting go is a very powerful way to increase your ability to meditate.

7.  Listen to music that utterly inspires you and connect with that sense of upliftment.