(Crossposted from The Ordinary Mystic)

Do a Google search for 'raising vibration' and there is no lack of information available. But in the spirit of the 'high vibes game' meme started at OptimistLab (I've just been tagged ... twice), I'll give my take on it as well as five things I do to 'raise my vibration'.

But first, the following individuals with great websites tagged me within a day of each other, before I had the opportunity to work on this post:

Jonathan Bankert from JonathanBankert.com
Pamm from My Secret Spiritual Dance

Five Ways I Raise My Vibes

Raising your vibration means different things to different people. To some it means increasing your level of good feelings, to others it means increasing your level of spirituality. From my perspective:



The closer you are to who you want to be, the better you feel and the more things in life just seem to fall into place effortlessly. That said, these are the things that work to help me be in that place:

• Meditation/Breathing Exercises
  

  As a daily practice, I like to start the day with meditation and some Kriya Yoga pranayams, or breathing exercises. This puts me in a positive frame of mind for the day.

• Modified Five Tibetan Rites
  

  These exercises do not take much time to perform and are great for generating rejuvenating energy. There are plenty of instructions on the web, but I perform a modified version taken from the book Your Hands Can Heal You, by Master Steven Cho.

• Kirtan/Chanting



Whether with well-known Kirtan chanters such as Krishna Das, or with a local group which gets together once a month, an evening of Kirtan leaves me so hyped up with energy that I can be a bit overwhelming with my family after I get home.

• Listening to inspiring music



Krishna Das, Wah!, Jai Uttal, and Snatam Kaur are among the artists that I listen to. Their music always puts me in a peaceful, positive, mood.

• Unselfish acts



In an episode of Friends, Joey tells Phoebe that there is no such thing as an unselfish act. In a sense, I have to agree. While family and friends provide plenty of opportunities to do things for others that do not bring immediate benefit to myself, the mere fact that they benefit is meaningful. Why? Because we are all connected, and if something happens that makes another happy, why is it any different than if it were happening to me?

Spreading Good Vibes

As part of this meme, I've tagged and submitted the following posts to the website High Vibe It, which functions like the community-based Digg website for articles/posts/news, except that the intention of High Vibe It is to focus exclusively on positive-oriented content. Some of these writers might already have been tagged, but I felt it good to draw attention to these posts anyway.

• Are you Using the Language of Love?
  

  By Mark at The Naked Soul, this post is a good reminder about being aware of how we speak to those whom we love.

• Installing the Love Software
  

  By surjit at gurushabad, computer geeks (and others, too) will find humor and meaning in this post about the ingredients for love.

• A compass tells you what you want most
  

  JackDirt at excommunicate.net tells how to tap into your subconscious for answers.

• A Better Way to Unleash Your Potential
  

  Lee over at absolutelee.com shows why our failures are no reason for giving up on a dream.

• Gardening for Your Soul and Your Success
  

  Joseph Bernard at Explore Creating a Meaningful Life relates gardens to our current life and beyond.

I definitely would!

What is so noble about allowing body parts to wear out so that you cannot do what you used to be able to do with ease, or so that you cannot enjoy your favorite physical activities? To have bones break more easily, muscles tear more easily,  brain cells react more slowly?

Given a choice, I would definitely keep this physical vessel in as useful a condition as possible.