Written by: Priyanka Tiku Gupta, Executive Contributor
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Raising one's vibration has gained popularity recently, with many people turning to spiritual practices to improve their well-being. But what does it mean to raise your vibration, and is there any scientific basis for this practice? This article will explore the science behind raising your vibration, why it's important, and provide five practical ways.
What is Vibrational Energy?
Everything in the universe is made up of energy, including our thoughts, emotions, and physical bodies. This energy vibrates at a certain frequency, and the frequency of our energy is believed to affect our well-being and the experiences we attract into our lives.
In physics, vibrational energy refers to the energy of an object that is vibrating. For example, a guitar string vibrating at a certain frequency produces sound. Similarly, our thoughts and emotions vibrate at a certain frequency, and the frequency of our energy can impact our physical health, emotional well-being, and the experiences we attract into our lives.
Why is Raising Your Vibration Important?
Raising your vibration can have a variety of benefits for your overall well-being. Research has shown that positive emotions and greater well-being can improve physical health, boost the immune system, reduce inflammation, and improve mental health. Additionally, higher vibrational frequencies are associated with positive qualities such as empathy, compassion, and understanding, which can improve relationships and interactions with others.
Furthermore, the law of attraction suggests that we attract experiences that match our vibrational frequency. Therefore, by raising your vibration and cultivating positive emotions and thoughts, you may attract more positive experiences, people, and opportunities into your life.
To describe this even more simply, think of this like tuning into a radio channel; for those born in times of Spotify and Apple Music; for you, it would be what you watch on your social media feeds or your type of music playlists. The music or content you ultimately listen to is determined by the type of music or content you like. Similarly, your thoughts, feelings, and behavior determine what type of energy you are turning into and what you are likely to manifest in your life.
5 Practical Ways to Raise Your Vibration
1. Practice Gratitude
Gratitude is one of the most effective ways to raise your vibration. Research has shown that expressing gratitude can improve well-being and reduce stress. One simple way to practice gratitude is to keep a gratitude journal and write down things you are grateful for. Do this as often in a day.
Bonus Tip: When you practice being grateful, try to utilize all your five senses to feel the gratitude.
2. Practice Mindfulness
Mindfulness is being present and fully engaged in the current moment. Mindfulness practices such as meditation, deep breathing, and yoga can help to reduce stress and increase feelings of relaxation and well-being.
Bonus Tip: To practice mindfulness is to find an object in your surroundings and try to fully experience it using your five senses: touch, smell, sound, taste, and feel. For e.g., imagine staring at an orange flower in your balcony and just try to imagine how it smells, how it would feel when you touch it, admire the visual of the flower with all its color and shape, imagine how you would feel when someone would gift you this flower and lastly, if you would taste it, how would it taste.
3. Engage in Physical Activity
Exercise is an excellent way to raise your vibration, and physical activity releases endorphins, which are natural mood boosters. Additionally, outdoor physical activity can help increase feelings of connection to nature and improve overall well-being.
Bonus tip: Find any sport or a sporting partner, walk in your surroundings, even if it's for 10 minutes a day, walk on the terrace or the indoor treadmill while watching Netflix. The important thing is to move and to start, even if it is a small start, and to keep it consistent.
4. Surround Yourself with Positive People and Environments
The people and environments we surround ourselves with can significantly impact our well-being. Surrounding yourself with positive, uplifting people and environments can raise your vibration and attract more positivity.
Bonus Tip: Notice what environments in which people renew your energy and where you feel your energy is being depleted.
5. Let Go of Negative Thoughts and Emotions
Negative thoughts and emotions can lower your vibrational frequency and attract more negativity. Practice letting go of negative thoughts and emotions through journaling, therapy, or meditation.
Bonus Tip: One of the most powerful ways of letting go is to talk to yourself and share how you feel and what you want, even if no one is listening. Visualize yourself watching you and others in a memory that brings a negative charge, see what's going on, and try to forgive the other person or people for releasing yourself of the attachment.
In Conclusion
Raising your vibration can positively affect your overall well-being, including improved physical health, better relationships and interactions with others, and the attraction of more positive experiences and opportunities in your life. By practicing gratitude, and mindfulness, engaging in physical activity, surrounding yourself with positive people and environments, and letting go of negative thoughts and emotions, you can raise your vibrational frequency and improve your overall well-being.
Priyanka Tiku Gupta, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Priyanka Tiku Gupta is a multifaceted, internationally certified performance coach, an emotional wellness practitioner, and a founder of her wellness organization PTG Wellness. After 20 years of media and marketing experience, she took her 1st ever career break. Being ambitious, she pursued her passion for empowering people in her break, leading her to her personal development journey. She is now on a mission to drive the belief that life doesn't happen to us and that we can create the life we desire. She believes we all have this inner critical voice, yet there is a way to change that voice to your best friend.
She has 500+ hours of coaching and healing over 75 clients across Asia, the UK, Europe, Australia & the Middle East. She strives to take her clients on a transformational journey where they learn how to unleash their true potential by tapping into their inside voice as their unique superpower.
