Focus wheels are an amazing tool from Abraham-Hicks
for focusing your intention & shifting your feeling state
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A focus wheel is a great way to meet and move out of resistance!

I make a lot of focus wheels. I especially like them as a first-thing-in-the-day kind of activity to choose my focus instead of letting my inbox decide it. I also like them when I feel wobbly about something and want to land in a more solid place.

Make a focus wheel

• when you notice you're holding something in a way you don't like
• when something feels bad (stressful, painful, confusing)
• when you want to reach for or accomplish something that feels a bit beyond you right now
• at the beginning of the day or a task, to feel equipped to meet it with confidence and clarity

There are two simple steps. I invite you to pause a moment to ground yourself (just feel feet on ground and body on furniture) and locate the breath (just follow and feel a few breath cycles, or even one) before you begin. As you make your bubbles, stay aware of and connected to breath.
Step #1: write in the center of a page a statement of what you’re reaching toward, then draw a bubble around it
Step #2: write statements all around it  and circle those, until you have 12 bubbles that hold evidence of why you can truly believe and align with that center statement.

Step #1:

• The email to X is actually no big deal.​
• I’m ready to write up my online dating profile.
• I’m in a great process with job hunting.
• I'm experiencing personal growth as fun, juicy, life enhancing.
• I’m getting more and more organized with this project.
• My home feels better and better to be in.
• Work keeps coming into better balance with all aspects of my life
• I’m finding the clothes I feel great in.
• I’m happy with my exercise program.
• I know how to talk to Y about better systems for both of us.
• It’s time to book the flight to Dubai.

Once you have the center bubble, take your time writing one supportive statement at a time. Don't strive for them. Let them come to you as you follow the breath.

Examples follow for center statement The email to X is actually no big deal. (Treat each bullet point as a sample bubble.)

Go general: 

• People do this all the time.
• I write emails every day.

Evidence that you’re equipped:

• I speak and write in English.
• I have a functioning computer and solid email program.
• I already basically know what I need to say.

Evidence you’ve done it before:

• My email to Sally about the loan felt tricky but when I put aside what she’d think of me, it came out quickly and I didn’t end up editing much.
• I put off writing my advisor forever about dropping the Oct paper, and when I finally did, it was just another email.

Evidence you’ve done something similar in other realms of life:

• It felt like such a big deal to clear the downstairs closet and when I just showed up for it when I was in a good mood, I got through it so well I didn’t want to stop!
• It wasn’t hard to help Mom with taxes when I just got willing to sit down and do it.

Resources you’ve got:

• I can google sample emails about this topic.
• I can look back at the email Rosario wrote me when she wanted my input on the ethics of her activism project.

Evidence it’s already in progress:

• It’s actually begun in my draft box and I can take it from where it is now.
• I’ve been writing it in my head for days.
• There's a note next to my bed with a bit I didn't want to forget.

Anything that comes to mind: If it makes you feel like the thing you’re reaching for is doable, it gets to be a bubble on your focus wheel.

• I’ll feel better when it’s over.
• I’m going to do it first so I treat it like the priority it is.
• I’ll work on it in 15-minute chunks and keep coming back till it’s done.
• I love the feeling of sending off a good email!
• X and I have a history of good communication, and this email will be more of that.

Note: Rumor has it some focus wheels look more like a clock, with round bubbles kind of symmetrically surrounding the center circle. This has never been my experience.

focus wheel instructions
(diagram form)

The following diagram walks you through some kinds of bubbles you might create around your center statement.

focus wheel example
(diagram form)

The image below depicts a completed focus wheel. You start out feeling unsure of your capacity to make friends or impatient about bringing your new intention for friendships into fruition. Thus, the center bubble declares, "I'm making new friends who are good matches for who I am now." Then you write down all that comes to you that would support the truth of this statement. By the time all 12 bubbles are down and the page is full, you will typically FEEL different. And you probably actually believe your center bubble, or you're effectively scooching that way. Mentally, you're now pointed toward what you want, not what you don't want.