Stopping Hiccups with Your Mind!
There are so many great tools floating around out there promising to help you better control your reality. From the Law of Attraction to meditation, all of these mental exercises require the full belief and commitment of your mind in order to get the best results. This can be one of the biggest obstacles. How can we manifest our own reality, if we don’t really believe that it’s possible?
Starting small is a great way to build confidence in your ability to manifest your reality. Recently I discovered a new talent, that I think anyone can learn as a first step to taking control of your reality: stopping the hiccups with your mind.
I discovered my new talent almost accidentally. I was discussing a new article for ConsideringTheUniverse.com with Laura, when I got the hiccups. I was having a hard time talking and concentrating on the conversation because of the hiccuping. I finally got annoyed and said aloud, “I am going to stop hiccuping right now!” I shut my eyes and concentrated, my hiccups stopped immediately. Not even one more hiccup. Laura and I were amazed.
Since then I have consistently been able to stop hiccuping after the first hiccup. Here’s how:
- When you feel the first hiccup, stop everything you are doing.
- Shut your eyes and calm your mind.
- Take shallow, slow breaths, carefully controlling the rise and fall of your chest.
- Think about how your mind and body are one and you are in control of both.
- If you feel another hiccup, disregard it and continue to concentrate.
- When you feel that you have control over the hiccuping, return to your activities, but keep control over your body.
- Your hiccups are cured!
If this technique doesn’t work the first time, keep trying. I guarantee you, it is possible. Once you prove to yourself that you have control over something that seemed to be totally unpredictable, you will gain confidence in your manifesting ability.
Another good way to build confidence in your abilities is to pay attention to coincidences in your life. See our article on Nurturing Coincidences for a place to start.
Oh my gosh I can do the same thing. I tell people that I’m able to will away my hiccups and they don’t believe me.
I don’t go through exactly the same steps as you, though. I just relax the back of my throat like I am going to yawn and forget that I had the hiccup. In most cases I can end it before the second or third.
However, just a few weeks ago my mother and brother were visiting me and I got ridiculously strong hiccups at the restaurant table. I could not by any means stop them.
My theory is that I really needed those hiccups as a natural response to something, so they weren’t letting me will them away.
See, everyone? It is possible!