Using the Laws of Attraction
Receiving Exercise #2
Exercise #2 - The energy of giving and receiving as it feels to you!
As we do these two assignments please include the members of the group! The goal is that this is a safe place to practice things that we may not feel comfortable with, so there is no assumption or requirement that you do what is asked or give what is requested, remember, we are practicing both giving and receiving and saying no is part of that!
Group Assignment:
1. Do the compliment exercise described in the video. The goal is to give a minimum of three compliments to see how they feel to answer the following questions:
a. How did it feel when people accepted your compliment?
b. How did it feel when people rejected or refused your compliment?
c. How did it feel when someone gave you a compliment and you accepted it?
d. How did it feel when someone gave you a compliment and you refused it?
2. Each day I want you to ask for three things from others. They can be little or small and the goal isn't whether anyone says yes or no, the goal is to practice asking for what you want. As you ask, pay attention to the following:
a. How did it feel to ask?
b. How did it feel when someone said yes?
c. How did it feel when someone said no?
d. How did it feel when you asked for something big?
e. How did it feel when you asked for something small?
Let's discuss the differences as a group. What did you notice about giving? What did you notice about receiving?
Journal Questions:
Here are some questions to answer in your journal to further explore this topic.
1. Describe the pushing feeling when you felt uncomfortable receiving what you asked for or compliments, both asked for and unexpected. What part of your body did you feel the tension or pushing in? Were you aware right away or in hindsight?
2. Describe the receiving feeling. How did it feel in your body? Did you feel safe receiving? Did you feel obligated to now give? Were you able to just take it in and that be enough? Did you question motives or agendas? Did you like it or was it uncomfortable?
As we do these two assignments please include the members of the group! The goal is that this is a safe place to practice things that we may not feel comfortable with, so there is no assumption or requirement that you do what is asked or give what is requested, remember, we are practicing both giving and receiving and saying no is part of that!
Group Assignment:
1. Do the compliment exercise described in the video. The goal is to give a minimum of three compliments to see how they feel to answer the following questions:
a. How did it feel when people accepted your compliment?
b. How did it feel when people rejected or refused your compliment?
c. How did it feel when someone gave you a compliment and you accepted it?
d. How did it feel when someone gave you a compliment and you refused it?
2. Each day I want you to ask for three things from others. They can be little or small and the goal isn't whether anyone says yes or no, the goal is to practice asking for what you want. As you ask, pay attention to the following:
a. How did it feel to ask?
b. How did it feel when someone said yes?
c. How did it feel when someone said no?
d. How did it feel when you asked for something big?
e. How did it feel when you asked for something small?
Let's discuss the differences as a group. What did you notice about giving? What did you notice about receiving?
Journal Questions:
Here are some questions to answer in your journal to further explore this topic.
1. Describe the pushing feeling when you felt uncomfortable receiving what you asked for or compliments, both asked for and unexpected. What part of your body did you feel the tension or pushing in? Were you aware right away or in hindsight?
2. Describe the receiving feeling. How did it feel in your body? Did you feel safe receiving? Did you feel obligated to now give? Were you able to just take it in and that be enough? Did you question motives or agendas? Did you like it or was it uncomfortable?
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Permalink Reply by Jill on -
One of my experiences doing this has been when I gave the people I work with, all women, thank you cards telling them what I appreciated about working with them. Several just stared at me with no response, several pretended like they didn't get them, and a few, two I think, actually said thanks and seemed to get that there was no real reason other than my appreciating them just because.
It is so weird that when someone tries to tell us thank you or I appreciate you that so many times women will squirm, or discount the compliment, or just plain run away! And then we wonder why we don't receive more in our lives! How silly we are!
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