When I am entering my horse’s paddock, I instantly become alert and enter into a mindful respectful awareness . Horses are sensitive creatures, flight and flee is their more common response to any threat, like us it is their instinctual response for protection.
Fight is another response for horses too, and I have noticed that comes with the fear of separation or having been mistreated in some way. Horses are herd creatures – they belong together. I have been coaching and teaching mindfulness and creative practices for many years now to people who are experiencing severe anxiety and loss of meaning due to difficulties in their life, and see the similarities.
Mindfulness practice is currently the recommended self-care practice for people who have experienced extreme shock, trauma or have been witness to life threatening situations (AHPRA-psychology).
One of the ways to cope with these extreme events is to either fight or flee, to split psychologically. Just like horses. So if you are someone dealing with anxiety, emotional reactivity or acting “as if” you are okay when everyone else knows you’re really not, a horse can sense this incongruence immediately.
The horse will appear restless to you and may reflect back like a mirror what is really going on inside you, your need to control, your expectations, your anxiety. Because the horse is so finely tuned and aware, it can tune into you energetically in a pure way. This physical response occurs as an adrenalin surge through your body and the horses, which is a good thing for you because you are awake and present, watchful of what will happen next. Mindfulness practice helps you to notice what is occurring, what ever is being played out in the herd is a mirror of your own life and relationships, with practice you can remain with the physical tension, remain still, truly inhabit your body awareness with kindness and allow your relationship to grow into a mutually enjoyable experience.
Mindfulness practice
Mindfulness involves paying attention to each event experienced in the present moment within your body and mind, emotion, with a non-judgmental, non-reactive and accepting attitude. Mindfulness is also about presence. I am learning from my time Being around my horse (doing all manner of horse care) when he is tuned into me and when he is not. I take his presence with me when I drive home too. Presence of Being.
When I brush my horses I am acutely aware of the body awareness radiating from my horse. He is awake and fully present. It is good for me. I am in a state of flow in relationship with my horse in a very beautiful outdoor paradise. As I am aware of his presence I am aware of my own presence, which at times I find soothing and calming on all levels of being.
Often though I arrive to unexpected new comers in the paddock, or changes in the weather (I agist my horses so I am not in control of all the coming and going of other horses). The social interactions occurring in the paddock can change from one visit to the next and so I am awake to keep my self safe, especially when a dominant horse is blocking my path to my own horse.
There are also the occasions when my new horse doesn’t want to come with me, because really he is in paradise where he lives, a large paddock over 10 acres is way more appealing than me leading him somewhere else.
Mindfulness practice is all about observing these difficult and dangerous situations, being with an intense emotion with the quality of kindness, trying not to judge things as bad, good or better. I need to be flexible in my expectations.
Maybe today is not a day my horse wants to be ridden. There may be new horses in the paddock that have changed the dynamics, the next day the situation may change of it’s own making and I am able to ride my horse again, to enjoy a sunny afternoon of pleasant exchanges with my horse.
Isn’t this just like life?
Authenticity and qualities of my mind
Sometimes we can kid ourselves that we are so relaxed and enlightened, saying “I am over all that stuff” but it is not so, we have not reached a deeper insight and acceptance. You may have developed a facade for others, when really, you are so vulnerable.
The mind has a coping response of denial, distortion and dissociation which is beneficial, but can sometimes limit your life choices and relationships. There is a fatigue that comes after many years of energetically keeping that vulnerability out of sight, out of mind.
I have been caught out many times with this, and I have learned that through the regular practice of sitting meditation, practicing mindfulness in my everyday life, I do become more accepting of what is and what was, I know that I am not my thoughts, or my bodily sensations, or what people think or do to me. I am a soul, naturally grateful and happy to be alive.
Mindfulness meditation – sitting practice
Silent retreats, and sitting meditation are important to support your practice of mindfulness in everyday life. Insight meditation is where the focus of your attention is on a sensation, or on the breath. As you sit and notice your bodily sensations and the changes to those sensations, you notice and give attention to the myriad of thoughts that also arise into and out of your awareness.
Giving attention in a curious and caring way, not judging as right or wrong, developing more of an inquiring mind can lead to emotional equinimity. I do believe my horse is leading me to equanimity.
I teach what I need to learn – because it gives meaning to my life!
I have been meditating for most of my life, as a young child with my mother and then later with different meditation ashrams and centres, I have sat with Spiritual Gurus and sought to be an authentic person. I have taught meditation to my own children, and many people through out my life.
Mindfulness with horses is insightful and transformational.
My spiritual practice is my vocation. Working with others in a compassionate manner has led me to teach meditation and mindfulness practices to many people. The benefits are astounding and life transforming. You have an ongoing practice and a way of Being in the world that brings harmony and vitality to your life and those around you.
The insights
- Letting go of my expectations
- I wanted to ride my horse
- I wanted time to bond with my horse (it is a new horse)
- Attachment to the outcome -“I really had my heart set on riding today” poor me (victim mentality) or (I don’t have enough) I get to observe habitual responses that don’t work for me
- Letting go – I have to let go of the expectations I had of riding my horse that day – even if I think they are reasonable expectations
- Emotional flexibility – I am disappointed, possibly annoyed…as I let go of my expectations I can relax more and see this new situation as a learning opportunity
- Going with the flow – I love life and have more vitality when I accept what it is, rather than what I want it to be, or what it should be, or my dream illusions. I accept this is the situation, and it will change again
- Life is as it is – I can accept this new situation and adjust my expectations and behaviour and take each day as it comes. it is not predictable and the same. Life is always changing and so is my relationship with my horse. A wonderful practice at accepting life as it is
- Change is the only constant – I have equanimity when I trust this truth
- I am alive and grateful to be so
- Mindfulness insight – my horse is leading me to equanimity.
I am excited to be sharing mindfulness with horses at my weekend and 12 day wellBeing Retreats www.bluemountainswellbeingretreats.com. Simonette’s next retreat will be held on March 25th, 2016.
This month we are going to dive into a Goddess Experience. We are going to tap into their myths and ancient wisdom to support us in our modern everyday life, especially in the area of love and relationships.
Each goddess archetype has their own unique light and shadow aspects, tendency to act in ways that are shaped by their heritage and external circumstances. As mentioned in the article Embracing the Goddess Within Us, the goddess archetypes are in fact projected human experience, model from the fear and passion that exist in our feminine psyche.
Throughout this experience, as we read about the stories and myths of these goddesses, we can see the reflection of our own character. We may see the sensual and passionate qualities of Aphrodite (or Venus in Roman) and identify that as our own. We may realize that we resemble the wise image of Athena at work or the strength and focus from Artemis when it comes to achieving our goals.
Getting to know these goddess archetypes will help us to understand our natural instinctive behavior as well as reactive pattern towards the external influences. We will learn to honor and embrace our own goddess archetype/s that are alive within us. We will connect to these goddesses through different aspects and different stages of our life. For example, when we are looking for a romantic relationship, we may want to call upon the energy of Aphrodite. When a woman is looking to become a mother, she may want to develop the nurturing quality of Demeter. Or if you are looking to become the next CEO of your company, you may want to model the strength from Hera, the empress archetype.
Once you sign up to this experience, you will receive a “What Goddess Archetype Are You?” quiz on our launch day – Monday 8th February – to help you to identify some of the major and minor goddess archetypes in your own life. In the following days to come, you will learn more about these six Greek goddesses, how to draw upon their strength and talent, identify different influences at different stages of your life, and more importantly, you will learn ways to grow beyond some of their shadow aspects as well.
As we launch, we will create a Facebook event page where you can interact with others and share your experiences. You will also receive a meditation to connect with your inner goddesses. There will be lots of fun and discoveries. To sign up, simply click the button below.
You might be someone who’s tried it all. Yoga, meditation, energy healing, coaching, cleanses, and so on.
Deep inside you really know that you are an infinite being, and that you are the powerful creator of your own reality. Yet how can you fully access and use that power to heal and change the core issues in your life that matter the most?
After years of working as a spiritual healer and teacher, helping hundreds of people create powerful change, these were the questions I was still asking myself. I would see one person create fantastic relationships but struggle with health. Another with lots of abundance but stressful relationships. It seemed like many people on a healing and spiritual journey would keep bumping up against some kind of an invisible wall. And I would see some people who had started out hopeful and empowered almost give up on their dreams, even after doing heaps of spiritual workshops.
And for all the wonderful healing and growth I’d experienced in my life, I knew there was something more. I knew I could love myself more deeply, and more fully connect to the truly infinite creative power that dwells within us all.
As I continually searched for ways to be able to more fully heal both myself and others, I experienced many powerful healing methods and approaches. Some very complex, and some very simple.
But what I realised is the true unlimited source of all healing, is perhaps the most simple thing of all:
Unconditional Love.
The principle of unconditional love had always been very important to me. But what changed everything was when I realised that the deepest causes of all the stress, sickness, pain, and difficulty we experience are actually our belief systems and emotional patterns of ‘conditional love’, that we mostly learn in our upbringing.
Conditional love is the normal way most people learned to see the world, and it’s still the paradigm that a lot of healing is done from. And it’s these conditions on love that create blocks in your healing journey and growth.
It’s when we truly embrace unconditional love and fully release these old conditions that we can return to our most natural loving state. And it’s when we’re in a state of love that we automatically create health, joy and abundance in our life in all ways.
Simon Wing-Lun offers powerful unconditional love healing and coaching programs for people who want to create major healing and transformation in their lives.
If you know it’s time to create real breakthroughs and change in your life you are invited to his upcoming workshop in Paddington on Thursday February 11th.
This will be a great opportunity to learn about how you can use unconditional love to create healing & change with the issues that matter the most to you, and release your deepest blocks to manifesting your dreams. Read all about it and book your spot at his website.
When we think about the word “Goddess”, we may see in our mind an image of a gorgeous woman, sensual and passionate. For some, it is an image of a kind, merciful and nurturing woman. Another person may think of an embodiment of strength, courage and warrior like energy. These are all images of many facets and beliefs of a goddess, which itself is a complex dynamic energy form of the Divine Feminine.
Many of the ancient myths and symbols associated with the goddesses are still deeply embedded in our modern society psyche, for instance, when we see the image of Venus or Aphrodite, we immediately think of beauty, love or romance. What this tells us is that we are still living with the image and influence of the goddesses in our life, perhaps even without consciously knowing about it.
And as we look at the myths a little closer, we can see they are in fact a projected human experience, based on the hidden fears and passion that exist in our feminine psyche. For example, in the myth of Persephone and Demeter, when Persephone was kidnapped by the underworld god Hades, her mother, Demeter was deeply depressed. Since Demeter is a goddess of harvest and fertility, the land witted and nothing could grow from the soil. For the first time, dark and snowy winter came and humans began to starve. Her depression had indeed depressed the world.
This mythology clearly demonstrates the devastating effect of a mother and those around her when she loses her child or someone she deeply cares about. She is beside herself and makes choices that she wouldn’t normally make. Demeter can be characterized as a nurturing and motherly archetype, where she is also prepared to go to great lengths and depths to rescue those she loves. That’s her strength and power. All the myths reveal each individual goddess is unique and each has their own set of strengths and weaknesses, gifts and talents as well as fears and passions.
The same goes for all of us, as those stories are essentially drawn from our human experience of fear and passion. In another words, we all have at least one goddess archetype alive within us. We may have more, but one of them tends to have a major influence over the others at any given stage of our lives.
By becoming more aware about these goddess archetypal influences, we get to understand our emotional and behavioral patterns better. We come to know why we’ve made certain decisions in life and why we have certain emotional tendencies. We learn to be more mindful of our shadow aspects and develop ways to grow. And with a good understanding of who we are, we begin to accept certain qualities we didn’t like or weren’t aware of before. This path of loving who we truly are, and seeing our lives and beauties through the eye of a goddess, is in fact the ultimate path to reclaim our Divine Feminine.
If you would like to learn more about the goddess archetypes, especially in the area of emotions and relationships and if you are wondering what archetype has the strongest influence in you, you may like to sign up for our Gratitude Online 7 day Goddess Experience for this month. We will launch on the 8th February. Once you sign up, you will receive all the goodies when we launch.
You will receive a quiz to give you some clues about your goddess archetype, you will learn about stories and myths on specific goddesses that you can drawn upon their strength AND you are invited to come to our FB event page to share your experience and interact with one another. We will also post on the page a meditation for you to connect with your goddess/s and many other fun facts.
I am all for creating wonderful experiences, and the 14th February is a special day for me, not only is it a day dedicated to LOVE, it is also my wedding anniversary. So this month, I have decided to share some great Chocolate inspired Valentine treats, that you can create to enjoy on the day, for the family or as a special gift for a loved one.
Please note these are not my recipes, they are a collection of many great recipe blogs that come highly recommended.
And if you want to take this through to a lovely lunch or dinner, then check out With Food + Love, for more wonderful recipes. Not all are vegan but there is a lot that are or could be modified.
Chocolate Cashew Slice
(Need to acknowledge The Whole Daily for this recipe and image)
Base Ingredients:
1 cup of walnuts
1 cup of shredded coconut
1 cup of dates (soak them in hot water for 5 minutes, to soften and then drain)
Pinch of salt (Himalayan, or sea salt)
Method:
- Blitz all ingredients in your food processor until all combined (approximately 3 to 4 pulses)
- Press and smooth into the bottom of a round cage tin, lined with cling wrap and pop into the freezer while you make the chocolate topping.
Chocolate Mixture Ingredients:
1 cup of raw cashews
2 tablespoons of raw cacao powder
4 tablespoons of melted coconut oil
2 tablespoons of malt syrup
Pinch of salt
Method:
- Blitz the cashews in your food processor until they resemble a smooth powder (very fine texture)
- Place in a small bowl, add remaining ingredients and stir to combine
- Spoon chocolate mixture over the base, smooth with your fingers or the back of a spoon and place back into the fridge to set (approximately 1.5 – 2 hours)
- Slice and enjoy
- If you want to dress it up for a special treat, then you can’t go past a white plate and perhaps, something red on the side. Or wrap it up in cellophane, with a beautiful red ribbon, viola!
Coconut Bliss Balls
One of many Bliss Ball recipes, here is a great website for a few more, the top 5 Bliss Ball recipes, as shared by Naturimedica
Ingredients:
(Makes approximately 10 balls)
1 cup of finely shredded coconut
3 tablespoons of coconut oil
3 tablespoons of maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1.5 cups of dark chocolate chips (I love Sweet William chocolate)
Pinch of sea salt
Method:
Combine coconut, coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla extract in a food processor. Blend until combined and into a thick crumb texture.
Use your hands to mold the coconut crumb into bite-sized balls. They should stick together nicely. Place the balls onto a piece of wax paper. Melt the chocolate chips and use a spoon to gently drizzle the melted chocolate over each coconut ball. You want to cover the top and the sides, but be careful not to make a large pool around the base.
Sprinkle each ball with a bit of sea salt while the chocolate is still moist. You may want to cover them with a little more coconut and refrigerate until you feel they have set.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake Slices
(Vegan, and Gluten-free, and acknowledge One Green Planet for recipe and image)
Ingredients
For the base:
3 ounces of dates, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon of mixed seeds (suggestion: milled seeds)
1 tablespoon of tahini
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder, plus extra to dust
For the filling:
2 1/2 ounces of cashew nuts (soaked for a least 1 hour)
7 dates, pitted and soaked (also for at least an hour)
2 tablespoons of almond milk
1 tablespoon of tahini
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Pinch of ground sea salt
For the topping:
1 1/2 ounces of dairy milk chocolate (Sweet William is my preferred)
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
Preparation:
For the Base:
Add the ingredients together into a food processor and blend until combined. Press into the bottom of the pan you are using (you may want to grease this a little).
For the Filling:
In the food processor, blend all the filling ingredients together into a thick and creamy mixture. Scoop out over the base, smooth out the top, and place into the freezer.
For the Topping:
- Whilst the filling is in the freezer, melt the chocolate and coconut oil over a bain-marie, stirring well. Once smooth and fully melted, remove from the heat and pour over the cheesecake filling and return to the freezer. Freeze for at least 10 minutes to allow the topping to set fully
- When you are ready to serve, remove from the freezer and container. Allow it to defrost for around 10 minutes, then using a sharp knife cut into slices.
As Cupid busily prepares himself for love deliveries this Valentines Day, it’s interesting to ponder just how many people are sending those same loving intentions to themselves. Have you considered just how much you love yourself?
As a rule, it is much easier to express love towards others than it is to practise self love. We usually place ourselves last on the love list.
So how do we know if we are loving ourselves? Some of the basics might include taking time out or pamper yourself or treating yourself with loving kindness if you make a mistake. Alternatively, a lack of self love might be characteristic of saying yes when you really mean no, taking your work home with you or prioritising the needs of others before your own. These are all examples of ways that we place ourselves as a low priority and guarantee that your self love tank is running low.
Cupid’s arrival is as good a time as any to introduce ways to fill your love tank to the brim and start a love affair with the most important person in your life (that person is you by the way).
Here is a Self-Love Inventory to get you started:
1. Be Kind To Yourself – Often times our internal dialogue can be the voice of blame, shame, guilt or another emotion that carries with it a message of not being good enough. This voice is usually carried with you from childhood. It might be a “Don’t be silly” voice or a “Be quiet” voice. It is the voice that creates internal discord. Replacing those words with ones of kindness and love takes time and practise however, a good tip to start you off is to talk to yourself as you would your best friend or a small child.
This slowly trains the mind to use a more supportive internal dialogue.
2. Make Self Care a Priority -Self care increases loving feelings towards yourself, a grateful heart and elevates your mental health state. Without self care it is impossible to be the best version of yourself. It may be a morning walk or a mani pedi once a week, a coffee date with a mag or a fave book.
Anything that brings you respite and enjoyment. It is important to make self-care a priority in your life by putting time aside each day just for you.
3. Be Your Own Cheerleader – Now, I don’t mean shaking your pom poms in the air at the footy grand final. This is more about giving yourself the pat on the back you deserve for all the good stuff you do. It doesn’t have to be huge accomplishments. It can be for the little things like getting the baby to day care when you really had to forklift yourself out of bed, or for making a yummy dinner.
Congratulate yourself and celebrate the wins because you deserve it. This sends the message that you are good enough, capable enough and valued.
4. Surround Yourself With Amazing Peeps – You are the average of the five people you spend most of your time with. So, make your closest circle of friends good ones! Surround yourself with people who celebrate the person you are as well as your successes and low lights. This brings a sense of connectedness and joy.
Valuing who you spend your time with is one of the most important ways you can demonstrate love of self.
5. Access Compassion – Understand that you, like everyone else has experienced hardships. You’re not perfect. You’re human. You are learning. The one guarantee in life is that you will make mistakes. Torturing yourself with unkind comments and berating language is damaging. Understand that whatever your actions, you did the best you could at that time and that’s ok.
You will begin to see your self love blossom by nurturing yourself on a daily basis. As you begin to nourish your relationship with yourself, your relationship with others will also flourish. People will begin to gravitate towards you.
The love you show yourself will be mirrored in the way other people relate to you. It will take some time to turn these habits on their heads and give them their marching orders. But once you do, you will have paved the way for a deeper self love that even Cupid would be envious of!
Michelle Pietroboni is an Early Childhood teacher who currently works in an emotional healing capacity with young parents. She is passionate about living a joy-full and nourished life. Through her wellness journey she has recognised the importance love and joy play in living a fulfilled existence. She is dedicated to spreading love and joy through her professional work as well as her personal connection with others.
FB: Love Crush Joy Bliss
Blog: lovecrushjoybliss.weebly.com
Love Is…..Podcast
These podcasts support you to delve into the wisdoms, activations + daily activities required to attune + illuminate more love + gratitude into your heart, your life and the world, from the inside, out.
Kyla is a Soul Coach and Facilitator of Transformation. She is has spent the last decade deep diving with thousands of clients and workshop participants, continually looking for new ways to tap into the wisdoms, activations and daily actions required to TURN UP the love in our hearts, lives and the world, and she is excited to share this podcast experience with you.
Kyla will be launching her 2016 Turn Up the Love Online program on Sunday 14th February and will also be offering a special alchemical transformational meditation journey at our upcoming Embrace Life Festival in the Blue Mountains.
It’s time to awaken the author within! Are you ready to start your journey?
Every single person has a story that can help others; that means you have a book inside of you that you can share with the world.
The most powerful story you can write should come directly from your heart. This will not only resonate with your audience, it will also be truly inspiring for both you and your readers.
Many people talk about writing a book, however, many never take it any further and it remains a dream to them, don’t let that person be you!
Many people say they don’t know what to write about, while others say they wouldn’t know where to start even if they wanted to. Let’s make that first step together, are you ready?
The very first step to writing your book is understanding and knowing your ‘why’.
What is your ‘why’?
When you can answer that question, you will have all the success you need to not only write your book, but to complete your book and get it published.
Writing your book has the potential to affect your life, your business, your position in the world, and your own personal sense of power.
Knowing your ‘why’ gives you the fuel to write your book.
Ask yourself this question:
What transformation do you want for yourself from writing your book?
Let me briefly share with you the transformation I felt once I completed my very first book. Writing my book has completely transformed who I see myself to be in the world. Not only that, I feel very blessed that I can help people with anxiety and depression through my own words and experience.
As you can see the first book I wrote was on anxiety and depression. Why? It was something I went through due to many circumstances in my life at the time and writing a book about it was a wonderfully therapeutic and healing process that I needed to undertake to get to where I am today.
In the process of writing this book I was able to help many other people, and for that I am truly grateful.
Hopefully my story has ignited something inside of you that you can share and write about. It is really important to know what the main purpose of your book will be; following are some examples to help you:
- Is it to promote your business?
- Is it a self-help book?
- Is it a recipe book?
- Is it a craft book?
- Is your book an autobiography?
- Will the book be for children?
- Is it to build credibility for you and your business?
- Is it a book you wish to sell at events or workshops?
- Or, do you simply want to sell it online?
Remember, once you know your ‘why’ you are well on your way to writing your book!
If you would like to know more about awakening the author within, please contact me or come along to the Embrace Life Festival in the Blue Mountains on 28th February where I am running a workshop that will show you how to get your story out of your head and into hands!
Sue Kennedy – All Things Writing
Loving yourself encompasses your thoughts, intentions and actions. We have our own personal thoughts about good foods and bad foods and we make intentions to eat more or less of these, which then forms our eating habits. It is no wonder that food can become part of a love-hate relationship that we may have with ourselves.
As you can see, our relationship with food provides us with an opportunity to enhance our self-love. Here are 5 useful ways that you can incorporate an exploration of self-love through food into your day.
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The only food is ‘good’ food
Any food eaten in excess is capable of causing an imbalance in the body and mind. The best way to love yourself through food is to base your meals and snacks on nutrient rich whole foods. However, when you do eat foods that are considered occasional foods, such as sweets, chocolate and crisps, enjoy them. Really be present to the taste, the texture and how it makes you feel.
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Listen to your gut
For thousands of years, Eastern approaches such as Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine have stated that all health and illness stems from the gut. Western science is now discovering how our gut flora, called microbiota, influences the health of our mind and body. So far we know that basing our food choices on high fibre fruits, coloured vegetables, pulses e.g. legumes, lentils and whole grains, improves the balance of our gut flora, leading to improved physical and mental health. Including fermented foods e.g. yoghurt, kefir, miso, tempeh and sauerkraut, which are high in probiotics, also improve our gut and overall health.
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Take time to eat
Love yourself more through food by taking the time to sit and enjoy your meals and snacks. Make time to pause in your day, to nourish yourself and to recharge your batteries. Eastern medicine encourages us to focus our attention on eating, so our energy (Qi, pronounced chee) is available to support the digestion and metabolism of food. If we eat on the run, or we are distracted by thoughts of the past or future—then our Qi and blood supply will be diverted away from the gut, and our uptake of nutrients and Qi from food will be impaired.
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Share with others
I appreciate that we lead busy lives, but the preparation of food need not be a chore. Sharing the role of preparing food with others increases the enjoyment of this important part of the day. Perhaps each member of your household, or circle of friends, could take turns preparing their favourite meal to share. Sharing makes meal times a celebration of good food.
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Eat mindfully
Mindful eating is a practice that provides internal guidance on how you can love yourself more through food. It allows you to tap into your motivations for eating and allows you to reassess your relationship with food.
Mindfulness and mindful eating will be explored further in my workshop at the upcoming Blue Mountains Festival on Sunday 28th February and Gratitude Online next month.
Love yourself more through food by creating thoughts, intentions and choices that support the health of your mind and body. After all, for food to be our medicine, it needs to match our personal needs.
It’s easy to feel love when we are in the right moment, with the right person or in the right place in our lives. But what if we are yearning for more Love right now? How can we encourage the flow of Love into our lives when we may be battling through feelings in opposition? How do we move beyond what the logical mind is preaching about Love? Sometimes we get caught up in our head and forget what it’s like to live from the heart – the place where Love in all forms truly blossoms.
“Please sir…I want some more?!”
It is imperative to consciously make the choice to allow Love in. This is the first step to increase the flow of it towards you. The conscious choice to move towards Love is the seedling for its manifestation in your life. Some believe they are not deserving of Love, it is not for them or they can survive without it. In a limited sense, it’s true.
We can survive without food for days by living off water. But our body eventually deteriorates as it misses out on the nutrients, sustenance and energy only food can provide. Love also is a form of sustenance, an energy that runs through our entire being. Love is essential to our wellbeing as it promotes harmony, peace and fulfilment within.
How to allow Love in?
Send Love out to let Love in. Open a window in your home asking Mother Nature’s sweet breeze to blow through your home filling every corner with her soulful embrace, then send it back from your heart to hers. She is loving Mother Earth for all inhabitants, the ultimate fearless loving warrior who gives you everything you need. The perfect climate to breathe life into the cells of your body, vegetation to nourish you physically and beauty that surpasses any ego.
Her magic can also be felt in the gems she creates from the soil beneath your feet. With time and pressure her crystal magic is bestowed upon you beloved, for you to create a more loving and sacred space within you.
Crystal Love Grid
Create a crystal grid to enhance loving energy to flow freely throughout your life by sourcing from a new age
store or crystal supplier – 1 rose quartz crystal, 1 hematite crystal and 1 moonstone crystal. Wave them through the smoke of a lit sage or frankincense incense for cleansing. Then hold each crystal with your eyes closed, and place the intention for each one as follows:
Rose quartz (pale pink crystal) = to assist in opening the heart to love and attract a life partner too – if you so desire it.
Moonstone (milky/creamy coloured crystal) = call in the feminine divine energy of Mother Mary and Quan Yin to draw in healing love, compassion and forgiveness of past regressions paving the way anew. May an abundance of love be received in the absence of doubt or fear.
Hematite (silvery crystal) = removal of past attachments and negative cords, fear or resistance associated with attracting love. To strengthen, energise and enhance optimism, will & courage towards love.
Intuitively place them in a triangle formation at the window sill of your bedroom window. Keep your crystals charged by sending them a prayer and when meditating sending them light source energy in the form of love. Journal your feelings before and after placement of the grid and the journey which unfolds for you in the weeks and months to follow.
Crystal light & healing blessings, Lana Nicolaou
Lana is a certifed crystal healer, author, intuitive artist and coffee cup reader. You can order crystal grids from her website at www.lanaslightwork.com