so every morning as I was getting ready
for work I would have my favorite cup of
coffee and I would enjoy it on my
balcony
it was my ritual I would sit down and
instead of looking out at the amazing
view I had I would look down at the
parking lot and imagine that one day I
would be my fitness gyms parking lot it
was 2009 and the height of the recession
and while everybody is you know seeking
stability you know on the level of their
family and their job I was having these
intense visions of my potential and
fitness and so I mean they were there
they were crowding everything that I was
doing I could not stop thinking about
fitness and so you know one day without
approval from my family my bank account
my landlord I went ahead and I resigned
and then next Monday I was out teaching
boot camp that was the parking lot
I was out teaching boot camps at 16
ladies at the beach you know every
single morning for a full year before I
decided to make that decision to leave
my job I was out there visualizing it
didn’t stop after I made that decision
and in fact it intensified I think
because I was taking the steps towards
the vision it was being unfolded even
more every vision would unfold just a
little bit more and it was becoming real
you know I remember having this this
lucid dream where you’re you’re asleep
but you’re like awake also within the
dream and I was teaching a bootcamp
class and after it was over I asked
everybody to sit down and do what we do
now these mental Fitness seminars where
we were talking about the things that
makes us want to eat when we’re not even
hungry you know what are the feelings
and the beliefs that go into the
behaviors of driving past the
on the way home even though we said
today’s a day and we got the gym bag in
the back you know the relationships that
are disjointed possibly with family
members the the failed marriages the
lost of lost loved ones you know those
moments that you just don’t know what to
do with that’s what we would sit down
and talk about that leads to numbing the
leads to the self-sabotage and so I
taught that boot camp every single day
for five months that summer but then the
winter was coming and you know had to
figure that out so what do you do as a
new entrepreneur with no resources you
turn to Facebook does anybody know a
place that I could sub please I’ve never
you money
stop please in Chicago and nothing came
back for a full like couple of days
matter of fact a couple of weeks you
know it was in that third week that one
address came back and this was not in
the part of town that you just jump at
this was no party this is the
neighborhood affectionately call it
terror town so you know I don’t have any
money Mike well I might be able to work
this out let me go see let me check it
out I was following the vision I felt in
alignment and I Drive up and the first
thing that I noticed are these windows
huge windows on the outside that had
been painted white and then somebody
edged these amazing like swirls this
design it look like like magical wind
was blowing through that was what the
design looked like on the outside and
that’s it mm-hmm this is interesting so
I walk in and I’m approached by this
little small woman like she’s small in
stature about five feet and there’s
little tiny boys and she says hi Shanti
it’s so good to meet you we’ve been
waiting for you okay I walk in and oh my
it’s this amazing loft it’s an old art
gallery 18 foot ceilings exposed brick
open floor plan I don’t know if you guys
can see this but there’s doors on the
ceiling it had a rock garden like what
is this place I’m walking around and I’m
she couldn’t even show me the last room
before I’m like how much you want for
this place and I’ll never forget she
turns around and she says well Ashanti
how much can you afford oh but I’m
panicking inside cuz I’m like I don’t I
don’t want to insult this woman this is
my space I can feel it in my soul like
this is it so I just blurted out I got
so after I tackled this woman with a big
hug I just got on my grind you guys that
full year I was a one-woman force I mean
I taught every single class on his own
the schedule over 30 classes a week I
mopped the floors I answered the phones
I did all the marketing created posters
once his trade shows once the people’s
houses to personal trading then they
come to my house first dive and personal
training them there I created mental
fitness seminars weight loss challenges
and by that second year I was smart
enough to create a team Laura that’s
when things really exploded you know our
Fitness classrooms were just packed it
was insane you know our boot camps went
from 16 people to over 150 people thank
you our weight loss challenges went from
four people to over 200 people these are
people that hit goal we were starting a
you know to date we’ve helped
so one day I’m driving to the gym and I
pull into the parking lot and I’m faced
with an undeniable site that parking lot
was just like the one that I envisioned
all those years on my balcony that
vision came to reality and so my talk
today is about the power of
visualization my ask of you is to start
to put some intention on your visions so
let me ask you as a question how many of
you know exactly what you want out of
your it’s out of this lifetime okay
there’s a few hands out there so you
guys are probably visualizing even if
you don’t really know what that is or
even if you do but for the rest of us
how would you like to answer that
question today I let’s do it so there’s
three benefits of visualizing the first
it’s not the act of creation because you
already know what you want you just may
not have created the space to allow it
to come up that’s what I was doing on
that balcony it came up you create that
vision or you allow the vision to come
up but then you can also clarify once
you’ve clarified the vision the energy
that you’ve placed around that vision
there’s the vision but there’s an energy
that you placed around it and if in fact
it becomes or you notice it’s an energy
that is negative its tainting the vision
visualization provides the opportunity
to root that out okay so let me give you
an example of what I’m talking about I
work in Fitness right people come to see
me when they want to lose weight
Ashanti I’m ready to lose this weight
I’m getting rid of this stomach I’m
gonna do some things you know that’s
what happens right so I say cool let’s
do it how much weight do you want to
lose and
all of a sudden the conversation shifts
well I mean I don’t wanna be a slave to
the scale I just want to get healthy I
just want to feel better right you guys
know what happens and so I just asked
one question have you been the weight
that you’re trying to go towards before
and nine times out of ten the answer is
yes okay well what is that what does
that number they do the math so they’ve
clarified the vision they know where
they want to be they’ve done the math to
get that number and then all of a sudden
again the conversation shifts well I
don’t know that I you know want to be
that small again I was younger I didn’t
have kids you know I’ve got I’m busy now
at practice you know I gotta go back to
school I got all these things to do I
can’t be in the gym like that so they’ve
created the vision they know the number
but then the energy around is I can’t do
it I’m older now my time is not
available so it becomes an opportunity
for you to practice the mental fitness
to root out that negativity so that you
can fully go towards that vision that
you want to create for yourself so how
would you guys like to do it it’s one
thing to talk about it it’s a whole
other thing to experience it so once you
and your minds I go to the place that
you feel most comfortable a quiet place
some place that you’re uninterrupted you
know my place was the balcony some place
that you go when you just need to check
out from the rest of the world you can
be totally yourself it’s safe go there
in your mind’s eye and bring in as much
detail to that space as possible and I
want you to have a seat
so if you’re sitting on the floor I want
you to feel the hardwood below your feet
you’re sitting on a cushion feel that if
you’re sitting in a chair feel the
armrests you’re sitting there
how does the air feel in the room bring
it as much detail as possible studies
show that if you can quiet your mind
you’re more likely to visualize so be
there stay there
breathe into that space and now I want
to pick one area of your life that you
would like to visualize the
manifestation of it actually happening
right in this moment pick one area of
your life you would like to visualize
now if you’re not sure what that is I’m
gonna give you three options just pick
one the first area is and the level of
physicality I’d like to change my body
whether it be losing weight whether it
be gaining weight but gaining muscles
maybe you have an injury that you would
like to be healed completely maybe you
have some dis-ease going on within your
body that you’d like to be free from
imagine yourself walking without the
pain imagine yourself with the flat
stomach imagine yourself there fully go
there the second area is choosing to
resolve a conflict in your life maybe
you have some strife with a family
member
friends are at work maybe you just like
to be more punctual and have better time
management skills and resolve that
conflict fully feel that happening right
now and bring in detail to it giving
that person a hug whatever that might
look like for you and the third area is
going to be accomplishing a goal
maybe you’ve started it or maybe it has
not been begun at all but imagine it
fully coming to pass it is realized
right now stay there continue to focus
on your breathing and bring it as much
detail to the manifestation of it
happening right now what does it look
like as the goal has been achieved what
are you wearing without the disease what
do you do with your life now that you’re
free of it it’s never coming back
visualize it what are you doing now with
that
that you’ve now made amends with my
vision was having these people have a
seat on the floor and as doing these
mitzvahs mental Fitness 50% of us are
visual meaning the whole other half of
this room needs to feel the feeling of
an emotion joy strength support my
vision with everyone doing mental
fitness the room was hot because we had
just worked out it was a little wet in
the room because we were sweating this
the mirrors were steamed up as people
are sharing their success stories you
know they’re laughing and giving each
other high-fives so people are drinking
water I saw that somebody was sharing
something more vulnerable the room got a
little bit more quiet and more tight
bring in all of those experiences fully
stay there bring in another person the
benefits from your vision that will make
it more real for you now breathe into
that visualization you are there breathe
right now in that space now is there any
other energy that is tainting that
vision holding you back what red tape
might be there if any maybe you have
none see if you can let that go and
and now just for the sake of time go
ahead and twiddle your fingers twiddle
your toes and slowly open your eyes when
you’re ready I hope that you guys feel
really accomplished because your mind
was fully there and it knows no
different from it actually happening you
are a creator creators must create so
create this visualization is going to
help you to determine what you want and
then the mental Fitness will help you to
root out any sort of negativity so that
you can fully realize your vision thank
you [Applause]
for work I would have my favorite cup of
coffee and I would enjoy it on my
balcony
it was my ritual I would sit down and
instead of looking out at the amazing
view I had I would look down at the
parking lot and imagine that one day I
would be my fitness gyms parking lot it
was 2009 and the height of the recession
and while everybody is you know seeking
stability you know on the level of their
family and their job I was having these
intense visions of my potential and
fitness and so I mean they were there
they were crowding everything that I was
doing I could not stop thinking about
fitness and so you know one day without
approval from my family my bank account
my landlord I went ahead and I resigned
and then next Monday I was out teaching
boot camp that was the parking lot
I was out teaching boot camps at 16
ladies at the beach you know every
single morning for a full year before I
decided to make that decision to leave
my job I was out there visualizing it
didn’t stop after I made that decision
and in fact it intensified I think
because I was taking the steps towards
the vision it was being unfolded even
more every vision would unfold just a
little bit more and it was becoming real
you know I remember having this this
lucid dream where you’re you’re asleep
but you’re like awake also within the
dream and I was teaching a bootcamp
class and after it was over I asked
everybody to sit down and do what we do
now these mental Fitness seminars where
we were talking about the things that
makes us want to eat when we’re not even
hungry you know what are the feelings
and the beliefs that go into the
behaviors of driving past the
on the way home even though we said
today’s a day and we got the gym bag in
the back you know the relationships that
are disjointed possibly with family
members the the failed marriages the
lost of lost loved ones you know those
moments that you just don’t know what to
do with that’s what we would sit down
and talk about that leads to numbing the
leads to the self-sabotage and so I
taught that boot camp every single day
for five months that summer but then the
winter was coming and you know had to
figure that out so what do you do as a
new entrepreneur with no resources you
turn to Facebook does anybody know a
place that I could sub please I’ve never
you money
stop please in Chicago and nothing came
back for a full like couple of days
matter of fact a couple of weeks you
know it was in that third week that one
address came back and this was not in
the part of town that you just jump at
this was no party this is the
neighborhood affectionately call it
terror town so you know I don’t have any
money Mike well I might be able to work
this out let me go see let me check it
out I was following the vision I felt in
alignment and I Drive up and the first
thing that I noticed are these windows
huge windows on the outside that had
been painted white and then somebody
edged these amazing like swirls this
design it look like like magical wind
was blowing through that was what the
design looked like on the outside and
that’s it mm-hmm this is interesting so
I walk in and I’m approached by this
little small woman like she’s small in
stature about five feet and there’s
little tiny boys and she says hi Shanti
it’s so good to meet you we’ve been
waiting for you okay I walk in and oh my
it’s this amazing loft it’s an old art
gallery 18 foot ceilings exposed brick
open floor plan I don’t know if you guys
can see this but there’s doors on the
ceiling it had a rock garden like what
is this place I’m walking around and I’m
she couldn’t even show me the last room
before I’m like how much you want for
this place and I’ll never forget she
turns around and she says well Ashanti
how much can you afford oh but I’m
panicking inside cuz I’m like I don’t I
don’t want to insult this woman this is
my space I can feel it in my soul like
this is it so I just blurted out I got
so after I tackled this woman with a big
hug I just got on my grind you guys that
full year I was a one-woman force I mean
I taught every single class on his own
the schedule over 30 classes a week I
mopped the floors I answered the phones
I did all the marketing created posters
once his trade shows once the people’s
houses to personal trading then they
come to my house first dive and personal
training them there I created mental
fitness seminars weight loss challenges
and by that second year I was smart
enough to create a team Laura that’s
when things really exploded you know our
Fitness classrooms were just packed it
was insane you know our boot camps went
from 16 people to over 150 people thank
you our weight loss challenges went from
four people to over 200 people these are
people that hit goal we were starting a
you know to date we’ve helped
so one day I’m driving to the gym and I
pull into the parking lot and I’m faced
with an undeniable site that parking lot
was just like the one that I envisioned
all those years on my balcony that
vision came to reality and so my talk
today is about the power of
visualization my ask of you is to start
to put some intention on your visions so
let me ask you as a question how many of
you know exactly what you want out of
your it’s out of this lifetime okay
there’s a few hands out there so you
guys are probably visualizing even if
you don’t really know what that is or
even if you do but for the rest of us
how would you like to answer that
question today I let’s do it so there’s
three benefits of visualizing the first
it’s not the act of creation because you
already know what you want you just may
not have created the space to allow it
to come up that’s what I was doing on
that balcony it came up you create that
vision or you allow the vision to come
up but then you can also clarify once
you’ve clarified the vision the energy
that you’ve placed around that vision
there’s the vision but there’s an energy
that you placed around it and if in fact
it becomes or you notice it’s an energy
that is negative its tainting the vision
visualization provides the opportunity
to root that out okay so let me give you
an example of what I’m talking about I
work in Fitness right people come to see
me when they want to lose weight
Ashanti I’m ready to lose this weight
I’m getting rid of this stomach I’m
gonna do some things you know that’s
what happens right so I say cool let’s
do it how much weight do you want to
lose and
all of a sudden the conversation shifts
well I mean I don’t wanna be a slave to
the scale I just want to get healthy I
just want to feel better right you guys
know what happens and so I just asked
one question have you been the weight
that you’re trying to go towards before
and nine times out of ten the answer is
yes okay well what is that what does
that number they do the math so they’ve
clarified the vision they know where
they want to be they’ve done the math to
get that number and then all of a sudden
again the conversation shifts well I
don’t know that I you know want to be
that small again I was younger I didn’t
have kids you know I’ve got I’m busy now
at practice you know I gotta go back to
school I got all these things to do I
can’t be in the gym like that so they’ve
created the vision they know the number
but then the energy around is I can’t do
it I’m older now my time is not
available so it becomes an opportunity
for you to practice the mental fitness
to root out that negativity so that you
can fully go towards that vision that
you want to create for yourself so how
would you guys like to do it it’s one
thing to talk about it it’s a whole
other thing to experience it so once you
and your minds I go to the place that
you feel most comfortable a quiet place
some place that you’re uninterrupted you
know my place was the balcony some place
that you go when you just need to check
out from the rest of the world you can
be totally yourself it’s safe go there
in your mind’s eye and bring in as much
detail to that space as possible and I
want you to have a seat
so if you’re sitting on the floor I want
you to feel the hardwood below your feet
you’re sitting on a cushion feel that if
you’re sitting in a chair feel the
armrests you’re sitting there
how does the air feel in the room bring
it as much detail as possible studies
show that if you can quiet your mind
you’re more likely to visualize so be
there stay there
breathe into that space and now I want
to pick one area of your life that you
would like to visualize the
manifestation of it actually happening
right in this moment pick one area of
your life you would like to visualize
now if you’re not sure what that is I’m
gonna give you three options just pick
one the first area is and the level of
physicality I’d like to change my body
whether it be losing weight whether it
be gaining weight but gaining muscles
maybe you have an injury that you would
like to be healed completely maybe you
have some dis-ease going on within your
body that you’d like to be free from
imagine yourself walking without the
pain imagine yourself with the flat
stomach imagine yourself there fully go
there the second area is choosing to
resolve a conflict in your life maybe
you have some strife with a family
member
friends are at work maybe you just like
to be more punctual and have better time
management skills and resolve that
conflict fully feel that happening right
now and bring in detail to it giving
that person a hug whatever that might
look like for you and the third area is
going to be accomplishing a goal
maybe you’ve started it or maybe it has
not been begun at all but imagine it
fully coming to pass it is realized
right now stay there continue to focus
on your breathing and bring it as much
detail to the manifestation of it
happening right now what does it look
like as the goal has been achieved what
are you wearing without the disease what
do you do with your life now that you’re
free of it it’s never coming back
visualize it what are you doing now with
that
that you’ve now made amends with my
vision was having these people have a
seat on the floor and as doing these
mitzvahs mental Fitness 50% of us are
visual meaning the whole other half of
this room needs to feel the feeling of
an emotion joy strength support my
vision with everyone doing mental
fitness the room was hot because we had
just worked out it was a little wet in
the room because we were sweating this
the mirrors were steamed up as people
are sharing their success stories you
know they’re laughing and giving each
other high-fives so people are drinking
water I saw that somebody was sharing
something more vulnerable the room got a
little bit more quiet and more tight
bring in all of those experiences fully
stay there bring in another person the
benefits from your vision that will make
it more real for you now breathe into
that visualization you are there breathe
right now in that space now is there any
other energy that is tainting that
vision holding you back what red tape
might be there if any maybe you have
none see if you can let that go and
and now just for the sake of time go
ahead and twiddle your fingers twiddle
your toes and slowly open your eyes when
you’re ready I hope that you guys feel
really accomplished because your mind
was fully there and it knows no
different from it actually happening you
are a creator creators must create so
create this visualization is going to
help you to determine what you want and
then the mental Fitness will help you to
root out any sort of negativity so that
you can fully realize your vision thank
you [Applause]
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