Posts from the Global Perspective Category
Blog: My Assisting the Birth Process.
Posted by David Ellzey on July 24th, 2010
Did I actually help give birth with my hands? Not exactly. Did I contribute to many women giving birth without pain and medicine? I hope so … Read on for how. It’s fairly inspiring and letting go is key …
For thousands of years the female human body has been a vessel for the mystery of creating and birthing an entire human baby. I am awed by this mystery 
and miracle. Since the dawn of medicine, however, there has been movement away from natural childbirth toward using medicine and hospitalization for birth. (Thankfully, in 1957, my mother went against the norm, fought off the doctors, and had me naturally).
Recently I had the joy of sharing the stage at a Hypnobirthing Conference in London with my dear friend, Jenny Mullan, (far right in picture). She is a prominent teacher of Hypnobirthing in the UK. This program assists women to relax and allow the natural ability of their body to give birth with less pain and often no medication, resulting in a more harmonious experience for them AND the baby. Relaxing is the key to allowing the blood, hormones, and chemicals of the body to direct the whole event. When fear enters the scene, blood is sent elsewhere than needed, chemicals can’t help as much to create the looseness of the joints or relaxation of the muscles ~ and the whole process becomes about tension, pain, and control by medicine, rather than fluidity and the beautiful cosmic event that it’s meant to be. The national U.S. average of women giving birth with cesarean section surgery is now 31%, or one in three woman, compared to 4% in 1965.
Marie Mongan (far left in the picture) is the contemporary proponent of hypnobirthing through her book, Hypnobirthing - The Mongan Method and through teaching. She was the honoree at the conference and is a pioneer in reminding us that who we are already has the wisdom to give birth not only to a baby, but to each moment of life itself.
Where does the Sedona Method(R) come in? Jenny is a Sedona Method coach and uses it’s techniques for releasing the fears of her parents-to-be. This helps in preparation for being at peace and open to a marvelous birth. She also shares it with the practitioners she trains to assist parents in the birthing process. She invited me to share the benefits of The Sedona Method with practitioners at this international conference. I was very pleased to do so.
What does birthing have to do with you? Birthing a baby is a metaphor for how you approach each moment of your life - either tight and contracted or loose and open. The truth of who you are - beyond the body - is unlimited in its ability to harmoniously handle each unfolding moment with ease. But just like in the birth process, if you are contracted inside emotionally and physically, each unfolding moment of life will have more pain than beauty. Resistance, fear, and contraction, guarantee suffering. Letting go is the greatest key.
If it’s hard for you to believe that life can be beautiful or fulfilling, just notice where these doubts come from. Were they there when you came out of the womb or did you pick them up along the way? If you don’t go into memory, are those doubts actually here in this moment ~ or is there perhaps more space here for new possibilities - if you don’t hold onto the past?
To let go of fear is to live life in a new way. Thousands across this globe are able to do that because of The Sedona Method. Click on the Calendar link above for when and where you can learn to let go of your fear, anxiety, and any feeling that hinders you living life to its fullest birth every moment.
I look forward to personally meeting you or seeing you again soon and helping you give birth to a tremendous life.
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Blog: Lester Meets Deepak. Part 2. The Infinite You.
Posted by David Ellzey on February 21st, 2010
Read on for how timeless truths can improve your daily life starting
right now as you read this.
I just finished Journey into Healing here in Phoenix, AZ, at the Biltmore Hotel, beautifully designed by Frank 
Lloyd Wright. The live program was given by The Chopra Center for Well-Being. Studying with Dr. Deepak Chopra and his co-founder, Dr. David Simon, confirmed for me that the timeless truth of our unlimited nature that Lester Levenson, the creator of The Sedona Method, pointed us toward has been known for thousands of years.
In this program we learned of how it was eloquently and poetically spoken of in the ancient Indian Vedic scriptures (eastern scriptures exploring how the human soul is an individual expression of the Infinite - and how to awaken to that inner truth).
As dear Lester counseled us, there is no separation between us and the cosmos or God, only an appearance of it. We are all expressions of what can be called in quantum physics - an infinite field of possibilities, as are the waves of the ocean. The waves remain an expression of the one ocean with an appearance of individuality. Lester was so clear in helping us let go of this egoic sense of separation. I believe this technique of The Sedona Method - used for letting go of the ego and all its suffering - is unparalleled in its simplicity.
Studying mime with a Kaballah Master (the mystic tradition of Judaism) at age seventeen, I was introduced to the idea that in space, both inner and outer, there exists an invisible and infinite potential of possibilities. We know in physics that there is no final ending or beginning to anything in existence. Life is better explained as an unending river of events appearing in time and space, yet originating from that which is timeless and infinite. In fact, let’s apply this to your emotional well being. If you want to feel free of your emotional turmoil easily and quickly, let’s try something …
Decide on a feeling that has hindered your happiness. Right now, I recommend you think of it now. Next, do me a favor and see if you can find where the absolute boundaries of the feeling are. Usually we can say its in the gut, or chest or neck, but really - check. Can you find the actual boundaries or does it seem that its energy bleeds into the area around it? Is it possible that your mind or memory is keeping it in place or appearing real by perceiving a fixed location? Let’s experiment. Quiet your mind for a nanosecond and open yourself to the possiblity that without the boundaries the feeling has the freedom to disappate or transform. What happens? Take your time. Try it….Open to this possibility. Go slow. Pause and breathe. Is there a shift, disappearance, or at least a bit of hope?
The Sedona Method brilliantly helps guide your attention to see that all feelings and thoughts are simply energy that can be allowed to dissolve, leaving inner peace, courage, and the deepest love. If you have ANY place in your life that is not as joyful or loving as you wish, whether in your relationships, at work, regarding the body, or money, you can dissolve your anxiety and other feelings and reveal the inherent stillness and wisdom which is your essential nature underlying all feelings. Stillness and wisdom are attributes of your boundless nature, the infinite you.
I can’t stress enough how essential a skill like this can be in daily life, especially in these times. With my heart, I highly suggest you check your calendar and move whatever you have to, to be able to attend the upcoming Sedona Method course here in NYC, April 10-11. If you are overseas, go to the Calendar link above and look at the upcoming dates in Scotland, England, and Holland in April and May. As a graduate, I recommend you rearrange your calendar to be sure to get to the advanced course, Effortless Relationships, to transform all your relationships and the one most importantly to yourself. Could you love yourself more? If so, do all you can to be at this course in New York on March 6-7 or in Holland, May 7-9.
So, my friends around this spinning planet, I send you my greatest care and good wishes. I very much hope to have the opportunity to support you in finding how a magnificent life is yours for the having.
For your freedom,
Blog: Did St Francis of Assisi walk his talk?
Posted by David Ellzey on January 6th, 2010
As the valley stretched before me across central Italy, my heart calmed and my stress quieted as I 
imagined St Francis of Assisi standing next to me atop the very wall I was standing on and saying, "Be still, David and know peace." As I was there in Assisi, I gained a sense of this great teacher who once voiced my favorite quote of my life, "Teach peace wherever you go and in whatever you do. And when necessary, use words."
Back in time, in a life-defining moment, St Francis stood on the battlefield and decided to walk away, against his families hopes for his reputation as a great soldier. He felt an unwavering voice inside telling him to follow peace. He definately walked the talk ~ and with violence and danger all around him.
When Lester Levenson, the creator of the Sedona Method, invites us in his teachings, to be still and know unlimited peace no matter what is going on around us, he wants us to know the peace that St Francis knew. This peace is beyond all worldly concerns. This is the invitation of the Sedona Method. Even amidst your daily trials, learn to easily feel free of anxiety, fear, anger and more.
For more information on how to dissolve anxiety and other emotions, click on The Sedona Method link above. For specifics on when and where you can find the peace that St Francis and Lester speak of click on the Calendar link above.
For your greatest life,
Video Blog: Speaking at a United Nations Leadership Training.
Posted by David Ellzey on May 22nd, 2009
One of my heart’s desires happened Thursday morning; To guide world leaders to move beyond leading from emotions and instead, lead from the innate wisdom of the heart. And to use my skills of humor and inspiration to support this transformation. Long story short, the leader of a UN leadership training saw me present principles of the mind’s limitations at a prior event on Wednesday evening. Afterwards, she asked me to present at a leadership conference for the UN Development Programme the next morning. The conference participants carry out the United Nations Programs around the world. Needless to say, their responsibility and stress is high, whether they deal with irradicating poverty, war, AIDS, or more. We explored how to be free of limiting past beliefs in order to bring about change of personal, organisational, national, and global significance. But more importantly for you, watch this video for how this relates to your life. (3:30 minute video)
To learn how to let go of long held beliefs that inhibit you from living a powerful life, see the Calendar link above for the schedule of life-changing events.
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With my greatest wish for your happiness,
David
Blog: Is Beauty or Suffering Your Homebase?
Posted by David Ellzey on May 8th, 2009
I was recently teaching The Sedona Method Coach Training in Holland. Afterwards, while exploring the
city and the tulips in the countryside, I was reminded of the magnificence that exists in color, shape, and life. I also live in New York City and am reminded of how when we forget nature, we suffer ~ we feel a disconnection with ourselves and life. Indeed, we are nature too ~ expressed in human form.
If emotions are feeling overwhelming, one suggestion, in addition to attending one of our free introduction evenings, is to find some air you feel nourishes you. Get to some form of nature to remind you of your larger connection to existence and the universe.
Don’t postpone this self-loving step. Take a moment to plan it now. Then look at the "Free Evening" link above and mark your calendar for the next Free Introductory Evening, or register for the next full Sedona Method weekend. Life is too short to postpone knowing outer and inner beauty any longer.
Here’s to your greatest happiness and success,
Today’s Blog: Stress and How to Know What is Beyond It.
Posted by David Ellzey on March 28th, 2009
Anxiety and stress created by the challenges of today’s world can seem insurmountable, but if you are willing, here’s a way to live from a calm and inner peace that is beyond all challenges. It requires that you be open to the possibility that you are infinitely more than just your body, thoughts or feelings.(Are your speakers on?).
For more information on how to let go of feelings that hinder your wisdom, courage, and inner peace, see the Calendar link above.
Here’s to your and the earth’s freedom to live its greatest life,
PS. Be sure to visit the Calendar link above. With the challenges you face, wouldn’t it feel incredible to have an easy way to weather the storm of today’s changes?
Peter, Paul, and Mary ~ and yep, me!
Posted by David Ellzey on December 12th, 2008
Okay, it’s true. I cried in Carnegie Hall. You listen to Peter, Paul and Mary sing Where Have All the Flowers Gone
during the holidays with a few thousand people from all around the world singing along and it might stir up some emotions as well. Add a world-class choir (with my friend, Marcela, in it) filling the hall with angelic music. I know it all may sound a bit silly, but let me say more.
In these days of pessimism and people feeling separate from their neighbors, much less other nations, hearing PP&M sing from their hearts about the need to move past war and hatred, somehow you could feel in the hall the great desire for oneness. But more importantly, the hall was actually filled with it, this common sense of a shared experience, a shared destiny.
Mary represented this idea well in one of her songs about walls coming down. The refrain was "If there is any hope for love at all, some walls must fall." So in this holiday time, I wish for each of you, to be able to love others, but most importantly to love yourself. It means some walls must fall. I speak here of the walls within you that developed at some forgotten time, that perceive the world as unsafe, regardless of the fact that in this moment in this chair where you sit, most likely you are safe. With time these walls give rise to armor around the heart, supposedly to keep pain out, but in truth locking pain in.
This armor creates a deep sense of aloneness and loneliness. This can mean in your relationships with your teenagers, your boss, your partner or friend, or even the counterperson in the local store.
So, my dear fellow journeyers during these times of great change, as best you can, consider seeing the depth of separation you feel, and letting it go, if even for this one tender moment. Take a breath, lower your shoulders, and take a break from holding the fortress gates closed protecting the city called "you". It takes a lot of energy to keep them closed. You deserve a rest. This break wont be given by some unknown person you are waiting for in some fantasy who will "save" you from your pain. This lifetime is short. Your break is waiting for you now, this moment.
For loving help in letting go of this habit of "self-protection" and discovering who you are beyond fear, explore this site (See Calendar in the link bar) for when and where we will be offering the chance to learn this simple yet life-saving skill.
For now, I wish you the greatest of holidays and a most rewarding inner peace.
PS: One thing that made the evening so special was sharing it with dear friends. Marcela was on stage in the choir; James, my best buddy; and Helene who many of you know, my senoir associate and dear friend. Thanks for the fun!
Can Inner Peace and Politics Mix?
Posted by David Ellzey on October 16th, 2008
As I was watching the final U.S. presidential debate between Obama and McCain, the greater entertainment was the show going on inside me, like the judgements and a feeling of pride at how "right" I am about things.
It was also intriquing to realize how the emotional game plan for each candidate is different. Obama’s approach is to instill calm and reasoning. McCain’s is to try to inspire passion and even fear and danger. If we look at this carefully, we recognize that these two men or their running mates are no different than many people we may know in our lives who trigger similar feelings that are familiar to us.
This is an important point about the role of politics as a mirror for our inner world. Our emotional responses to candidates are often based in old emotional patterns, like feeling out of control, not heard, taken advantage of, powerless, etc. This is one more way we can see that we live replaying the past. If you quiet your mind by releasing your emotional reactivity about the events and people in the political landscape, you will find a rewarding peace and a new mental clarity. From here you can participate and engage without losing your inner sense of equilibrium, serenity, or personal power.
During the next few weeks, whether you are in the US or not, make sure to notice that your feelings about the global political landscape are familiar feelings even from other times in your life. Then you can decide to release them and be in the world with less stress and more empowered choices of living.
If you like the idea of letting go, but are not sure how, review two pages of this site (seen above in the link bar), FREE Evenings and LIVE Seminars. (These events are scheduled during the next three weeks) Register and come shake my hand in person. It will be my great pleasure to share the Sedona Method with you ~ this eloquent and powerful technique for living at peace with power in this new era of human life.
Here’s to your greatest happiness,
Inner Peace as a lifestyle? Great American Think Out
Posted by David Ellzey on September 16th, 2008
Tonight I was on a phone interview and simulcast with my great friend and respected author, Stephanie Gunning. We explored the idea of living everyday with a quieter mind and from a feeling of Presence, or simple being. The call is a part of a magnificent event she co-created called, The Great American Think Out. You can read more about it by clicking on the graphic below.
We also explored this most powerful tool for quieting the mind, The Sedona Method.
If you were on the call, I hope you found it beneficial. Above all, my hope is that your inward call for inner peace is strong enough to join us at our FREE Introductory Evening this Thursday, Sept. 18 or at the upcoming Sedona Method Seminar Sept. 27-28 in New York City.
I hope to meet each of you and to support your experience of a happier life.
Please read further information in the links above, FREE Evening and LIVE Seminars.
Here’s to your freedom and happiness,
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Finding The Expanse Inside
Posted by David Ellzey on August 18th, 2008
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I got in late last night from my family reunion in Texas to find emails about one topic. Many of you have urged me to fulfill my promise to show you my cowboy hat, so here it is! And get ready to experience the inspiration of a Texas sky reflecting your own expansive being ~ in the video as well.
To learn how to feel the boundless nature of your own self everyday ~ after you watch the video, make sure to reserve your spot in the upcoming Free Introductory Evenings, the basic Sedona Method, or Advanced Effortless Wealth Course in the next two months. There are discount deadlines coming up, so see the link bar above and register soon. It’s that easy. Now on with my cowboy hat in the Texas sun!
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Here’s to your freedom,
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