Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 5, Issue -3, 1 September 2020 | Page 8

achieve) what we want, so we give up wanting, and deny ourselves the opportunity to even try. Feeling ‘unworthy’ can create this fear. You must really, truly desire what you are affirming with your entire body and soul, mind and spirit. Our ‘intention’ is the first step to successful manifestation. Don’t be half-hearted about it. Your body and soul will not fully resonate with your affirmations as they do not truly reflect who you are and your life path. STEP 2: The second step in achieving your goal or achievement is commitment to having it. This entails being willing to have it and all that it entails ... no ‘ifs’, ‘buts’ or ‘maybes’. Do not be half-hearted or ambivalent about it. You must be precise. This step requires you to focus upon your true intention/s and to experience the commitment and conviction that you have in it. You must be committed to your true desires in order to attain them. STEP 3: Step 3 is all about ‘affirmations’ and ‘affirming’ what it is that we want. Stating out-loud or writing down your affirmations is claiming what you want and affirming it. The more you do it, the better, as each affirmation activates your intention and this begins to establish it in the physical realm. The sound of our voice creates a wave form of energy, and the power of your intention and clarity of your visualisation gives the affirmation extra strength and endurance. In order to visualise the attainment of your goal, you must experience it as fully as you can in the here and now. A ‘vision board’ is another positive way to affirm and manifest your desires. Each of these actions will reinforce your inner conviction and affirms your goals to the Universe. STEP 4: The fourth step to successful manifestation is by being appreciative and grateful for what we already have in our lives today, as well as for what is to come. Give thanks for the manifestation as if it has already taken place. Be