Mindset — Her Alchemy - Power From Within — Alicia A. Ayala Life Coach for Working Women

I went to California for what I thought was a business event. But this was the most powerful event I’ve ever experienced.

I came back home to myself.

I discovered things I had forgotten about why I hold the beliefs I do.

It was an experience of rediscovering myself, loving myself, and letting go.

There was a lot that happened but what I want to share with you is the Spoon Bending meditation.

The picture you see to the right is the spoon I bent!

I didn’t know in advance about this powerful meditation we were about to do on Day 2 of the event. They announced it in the morning with this video. My first thought was oh, okay there is no way I will be able to bend the spoon. Then my mind fought with itself - of course you can bend the spoon, you have done what you believed to be impossible before.

When we began the “training” which included the instructions for what we would do and would not do - I let go of my thoughts and decided to just be. I sat in the meditation and let go of any beliefs, thoughts or ideas. All is possible and all is available. Let go.

Through the meditation, the person facilitating asked you to think about an experience of extreme gratitude. What are you grateful for? What do you hold the deepest of gratitude for? The first thought was my two girls and the love I have for them. A burst of energy and light swept through me and emotion. I was filled with love.

She then asked us to think about what we love. And back and forth I thought about what I was grateful for and what I love. We were also asked to think about associated memories.

I thought about my family the one I created. The people I have in my life. And I thought about the two girls I get to be a mom to. The emotions that came into me were so powerful.

My body was flooded with love, gratitude and so much emotion. Tears fell as I remembered the birth of both girls.

I remembered golden light flooding through my body as they both emerged from me and I felt the power we are given as women to cultivate a space of love and compassion while pregnant. I remember the power we have as women to create, to love, and to hold powerful space for life.

I thought of how different both births were but how both were covered with love and light. I held within me, within my cells those moments and my extreme gratitude they were both healthy and breathing. It was unbelievable.

I kept thinking about all I have and all I love. It was simply a reel in my mind of all of it and how lucky I am to have lived and been able to experience this. All while pulsing this energy from my mind, into my body, and through my thumbs and finally into the metal spoon. I felt connected to the spoon in that moment.

When she was giving us instructions she said, “You will know when to bend the spoon. Don’t wait for my permission - do it when it feels right.” She said not to bend it with force but with your energy and vibration from the memories of love and gratitude.

As I became energetically aligned to the spoon and with so much emotion and energy pulsing through me and in my thumbs, I could feel the spoon change. It felt warm in my hands and it felt like rubber. The metal transformed to something else. And in this moment I felt it - bend the spoon. I pushed with my thumbs and hands and it easily transformed in my fingers.

Sheets of tears came from my eyes as realizations overcame me.

The spoon is life. You are capable of tranforming your life through your thoughts, beliefs, and ideas. You are powerful just as you are. But sometimes you need a reminder.

So go bend your spoons.

If you have a dream you think is impossible - it isn’t - go do it.
If you have a goal that feels hard - go do it.
If you have a love you feel is out there - go find it.