Angela Roberts
In the same way the elements of (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Spirit) hold our world in form, they function as the core energies that bring about success in any endeavor. As a teacher, trainer, or facilitator knowing how to use them when you are teaching anyone, including yourself, anything, will make a huge difference in your results.
Earth – Physical Realm: You need a step-by-step system that layers in the skills of your subject effectively.
Each stage of development needs to be mastered before you add in the next level of learning. You want to take the learner from their current abilities to the desired accomplished skill capacity.
Water – Emotional Realm: Your learners need to feel emotionally safe and supported to expand their abilities.
When your trainees or students are fearful or frustrated they contract and it makes it challenging to absorb the subject. You need to help them move beyond their contracted feelings into emotional stability and competency.
Air – Mental Realm: The thoughts and beliefs your learners hold about themselves and the subject are critical to their overall success.
As the educator you build a mindset bridge from your students current mental models to the chosen outcome. You help the learner to focus their mental energy in order to develop their next skill set.
Fire – Action Realm: Part of the job of a facilitator involves inspiring others to take action.
Learners must apply energy toward any skill they are developing to achieve mastery. As a teacher you demonstrate accomplishment each time you actively show the end result.
Spirit – Essence Realm: The more you can help your trainees fully engage and connect to the subject the deeper the learning will be for them.
You also uncover the unique talents of each student and help them to bring out their abilities. As you assist them in choosing to be more effective in the subject area you draw out their success.
Leaving out any one of the elemental realms weakens your teaching results. As a facilitator, teacher, or trainer adding an understanding and basic skills with the elements can help your personal life and it can improve your training results tremendously.
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The four elements of FIRE, EARTH, AIR, WATER & SPIRIT are the foundations of life. The heat of the sun, the earth beneath our feet, the air we breathe and the water we drink, our unique souls expression, are essential parts of our existence. They exist in a harmonious balance and this balance is necessary for us and the planet to stay alive.
The importance of each element
Fire: your energy, taking action, determination and continual movement or rest
Earth: your body, resources, physcal aspects of life (space/home/car)
Air: your thinking, imagination, beliefs, mental realm, sound, words
Water: emotional realm, connection, relationships, flow, magnetic attraction
Spirit: your souls purpose, trust, faith, connection to divinity, balance between dark/light, yin/yang, feminine/masculine, active/receptive.
The five elements serve as powerful guides on how-to live-in synergy with nature. Every breath of air relaxes us. Fire gives us strength and energy. We learn to flow and be more fluid like water. The earth reminds us to heal and nourish ourselves. When we align with the four elements, we become more present and tap into the wisdom of life itself.
The five elements serve as powerful guides on how-to live-in synergy with nature. Every breath of air relaxes us. Fire gives us strength and energy. We learn to flow and be more fluid like water. The earth reminds us to heal and nourish ourselves. When we align with the four elements, we become more present and tap into the wisdom of life itself.
We each tend to rely on one part of our self and dismiss the others. For example, in modern society we focus on our physical bodies (earth) and forget about tending our life force energy (fire). We rely on our minds (air) but ignore our emotional bodies (water).
Finding balance
We can bring ourselves back to balance by using the five elements as reflections of the different aspects of ourselves. Just as one of the elements is not more or less important than any other, no one part of ourselves is more or less important. By keeping the five elements in our awareness on a daily basis, we set into motion our internal healing which allows us to access the immense internal energy that is vital for change.
Natural Rhythms Faciliation training and resources offer a wide range of FIRE, EARTH, AIR and WATER activities to help bring your clients imblances back into alignment.
