How quickly could success happen if we got out of our own way?
By: Bonnie Taube
Tags: Life Purpose, Birth, Vision, Branding, Business

I’ve been struggling with what seems to be the most difficult aspect of transformation that I’ve ever attempted to master: Trust.

Trusting the process of life. Trusting that things will work out. Trusting that I’ll have enough money to pay the bills, that my business will be successful, that I’ll find a compatible partner, that my daughter’s lab test results will be clean, and the list goes on and on, and on.

I believe in the principles of law of attraction and have been practicing them to the best of my ability, but struggle, stress, worry, trying to do more, and suffering has had a stronghold on me.

It has been my DNA for as long as I can remember.

Feelings of safety, security, self-confidence, and self-worth have been strangers to me. Even stranger have been the elusive concepts of surrendering, letting go, allowing, and receiving. I’ve been trying hard to evolve into this and have been working hard to manifest many things.

All of this effort and struggle has left me feeling depleted.

Yesterday I felt run down, and my inner compass guided me to a self-care day. I went to see some of my favorite healers: nutritionist Joseph Strickland, The Joint chiropractor, and Tony Ward at the Neighborhood Acupuncture Project.

While sitting in the acupuncturist’s recliner, Tony had one hand on an acupuncture point on my leg, and the other hand held a needle. My body contracted as I resisted the pain of being jabbed. He asked me what was wrong, and for some reason I answered him by sharing a story about another time when I resisted pain by tensing my body.

I told Tony that 22 years ago I was in labor for 36 hours with a stuck cervix. It was dilated at 3cm for almost two days and because of the long-term stress, my baby and I were in danger. The nurses and doctors threatened to move me from the natural birthing center to the hospital.

The threat of medical complications and/or need for C-section put me on my knees into prayer.

Source listened, and the message was clear, “Stop resisting the contractions.” Stop tensing my body to resist the pain. Start breathing, relaxing, and allowing. It seemed so counter-intuitive to me at the time, but I did what I was guided to do out of pure desperation.

I breathed deeply and relaxed as best as I could as I allowed the pain and contractions to exist.

Three breaths later, I literally felt my pelvic bones pop open! I suggested to the nurses that they check my cervix because I thought that something may have shifted. The nurses obliged and measured me. Surprised, they announced to my birthing team and me that my cervix was dilated to 9cm! They advised me to get back in bed because I needed to start pushing soon! FYI, once the cervix has reached 10 cm, the baby can be pushed out.

I gave birth about 30 minutes later — 100% naturally to my healthy beautiful daughter, Montana!

Three breaths opened the birth canal!

So here’s the other strange part, the other miracle.

After I shared my birthing story with Tony, he looked astonishingly at me and said that as he drove to work, he got a divine message that he supposed to share with one of his patients. He had no idea to whom or why but he was to tell this person the following: Take three breaths, think of your vision, and let it go. Give your vision to the Universe [and it will be manifested].

So after Tony left me to relax in the recliner, I took three long deep breaths, thought of and felt my visions with all of my heart, and gave them to the Universe.

If three breaths with full trust and surrender can birth my daughter, can it also birth my visions?

I’ll keep you posted!!!