In 2016, Embrace Life Festivals is incorporating all the things you love and expect from our festivals, with a connection to the energy of the location, and collaborating with local businesses to bring you our “destination festivals”
You get to choose if you come for the day, or take advantage of the accommodation and activities that are on offer, make a full weekend with yourself or your girlfriends – like a “do-it-yourself” retreat. Here is a wonderful video showcasing our first destination, the world renown, heritage listed Blue Mountains.
Want to know more, head over to http://embracelifelivelife.com.au/services/events-workshop/embracing-blue-mountains/
Being a big lover of ceremony, there are many ways we can mark the end of a year. Often it is with a big celebration with our loved ones and/or friends, however this year I have heard many people taking the time to reflect, to create a ceremony to acknowledge and integrate all the wonderful lessons they received from 2015, and honouring the year past before they move forward to create 2016.
I know in my life I often move forward too quickly, not spending the necessary time to reflect and honour all that has gone before. The time to allow conscious decisions on what I would like to celebrate, keep or to let go that which didn’t serve me.
So here is a 5 step process that includes an acknowledge of the year that has passed with the wisdom, joy and challenges; and an opportunity to let go of whatever no longer serves you, and in doing so allow you to move into 2016 with an understanding, perhaps a new set of skills and knowledge and an openness to receive all that this new year will provide.
Step 1: Be Proud of Yourself
Start this process taking stock of all the things you did well, allowing time to give yourself recognition of all that you achieved.
This can be a simple case of taking out a piece of paper or your journal and writing “I am proud of…..”
Step 2: Be Grateful
What are you truly grateful for in 2015, what people came in, or were present in your life? What were the challenges, and what gift or opportunity to grow did they provide you? What did you learn about yourself? What wonderful opportunities did you enjoy?
Take time to remember the moments of complete joy and happiness ~ is there a special photo, or song that really captures 2015 for you?
When capturing this, be specific in your description – take the time to feel into the moment and re-live how it felt, and giving thanks for this being in your life.
You may also want to capture, ” I am grateful for….”
Step 3: Time To Let Go
Ok, there may be a few things that did’t go to plan in 2015.
What do you feel most disappointed about? What decisions, attitudes, and beliefs do you have about this situation and how are these decisions affecting your life?
Do you feel it is now time to forgive and let go, or are you still holding onto something? if so, how is this inability to forgive affecting your life? What is causing you not to forgive?
And if you cannot forgive right now, consider are you “willing and open” to forgive and let go? even opening up that possibility is a great first step.
Letting go of feelings that are filling up your mental and emotional capacotu (when you are ready to do so) will allow space for other things, memories, people and energy into your life, so when you are able to, consider writing, ” I let go of…..”
I often use smudging when I am doing my forgiveness work, and if there is a person involved hold an intention in my heart that all is well. I send back all that no longer serves me, bringing back any power I may have given away and then in a wonderful bubble of love and light, wrap the person up and return their power back to them in a power of 7.
Staying with this intent until I feel it has dissipated, and can feel I have disconnected with love.
Knowing that we all are all connected, here to learn, grow and walk our soul journey has allowed me to see that although I may not agree with everything they have done, my “letting go” process, gives them and more importantly myself, the gift of forgiveness.
Step 4: Count Your Blessings
Now, that we have acknowledged the year, the moments of joy, the times of disappointment, and have come to a place to move forward, this is a beautiful blessing you could use:
“I breathe in and thank all that 2015 has given me, and as I breathe out I am letting go of all that now does not serve me. With each breath, in and out I am now open to bring in more abundance, fun, and beautiful ways to allow my life to flow, grow and flourish. I know that I am love, and all I desire is already here. All is well”
If you want to, you could also mark this ceremony with some beautiful sweet lemongrass and invite this intention into your life.
Step 5: Lets Create A Magnificent 2016
It is now time to move forward knowing that all that is required is now within you, everything else has been acknowledged , honoured and if required is now released. And if you have already, create your Dream Board or join us on the 17th for the Infinite Possibilities: Deliberate Creation With Gratitude Experience.
Time to create and tap into the infinite possibilities that 2016 will bring you – enjoy!
At a time that typically can be “stressful” the 12 days flowed into a beautiful lead up with our hearts open, and appreciating the true spirit of Christmas.
For this month, let’s continue this focus on gratitude into our new year, focussing on the joy of co-creation.
Taking part in this experience, you will get the chance to play with some fun games to see deliberate creation at its best. What a wonderful way to get the 2016 party started!
What to expect:
Apart from the everything and anything is possible! We will be setting up a week of deliberate creation, maintaining our vibration of appreciation and expectation, and witnessing how this will flow into our individual visions that have created for 2016.
If you haven’t already check out some of our articles, 5 Steps To Move Into 2016, A Mind Body Detox, Creating Beauty in 2016 and creating a Dream Board these may provide you with sparks of inspiration before the experience begins.
We will kick off with our newly created, “Colour Me, with Gratitude” and then start to experiment throughout the week different ways that allow you to fully understand how the universe works.
A specific Facebook page will be set up (and this is the cool bit) where we can share and witness what magnificent creators we all are. So expect many surprises, ah-a moments and a whole of fun!
If you are interested in getting some practical exercises and playing some fun games in the way of deliberately creating your life – join us on this month’s gratitude experience, Infinite Possibilities: Deliberate Creation with Gratitude Experience.
You will receive a Manifestation Playbook that will take you through step by step, playing your way through this wonderful creative process.
This experience will be launched on 17th January. Once you sign up you will receive the playbook on the 17th and also an invitation to our Facebook event page to share your experience!
Then on the 24th January, the day of full moon, you will receive a recorded celebration ceremony with a meditation, blessings and success stories via a video link to fully integrate and celebrate your experience.
As a numerologist I often play with the numbers: What will today bring? What is the number vibration of a business name? And in a new year (both as a collective and for my own personal life), What does a new year mean?
So we have just entered into 2016, what vibration does this hold?
Based on numerology, we have all been given a set of numbers based on your date of birth that correspond to our life-path, (what we are here to learn/experience); our personality (what we present to the world) and our destiny number (what we will receive as we integrate and walk true to our path).
This art of numerology is based on the cyclic nature of numbers and the vibrations that evolve over time.
When looking at a new year, the numbers provide us a general overview of the energy of the year both on a personal level and more broadly, as a collective or a general trend for the year, as each universal year represents a kind of planetary vibration.
As 2016, is a 9 year – this is a year of completion, each cycle goes in a series of 9, and so you may also hear that this is a karmic year. Many things that started in 2008, will now being coming to completion or will need to be completed. So you may find what you planted in 2008, is now coming into fruition or may come back for you to resolve, effectively what you planted in your year 1 has now returned.
Firstly, you may ask how did we get to the number 9?
You take the year i.e. 2016, and reduce it down to a single digit as such: 2+0+1+6=9.
The number 9 correlates to being of service, universal love and has a global humanitarian energy. We could sum up 2016 at an universal level in three words – completion (or karmic), rest and forgiveness.
So you may find relationships will come to an end or feel they have met their purpose, you may move homes or at least be more inclined to get rid of things that no longer serve you, you could experience a revisiting of things or even, needed to give something a 2nd go, one final try!
I always see the year 9 aligned with the Balsamic Moon phase, what is it that needs to be let go before the beginning of the New Moon. So you may also have many moments of spiritual clarity, or a needing to release, so try not to hold onto things too tightly as if it is time to let go, it will go anyway, it will just depend on how you experience it, with love and flow, or some kind of unpleasantry as you cling on too tight.
You may be inclined to finish off old projects, a time to clean out the decks and set yourself up for the beginning of the next cycle which will be in 2017.
Now this is only on an universal perspective, and we will get to your own personal year number shortly.
This universal energy will still play out in your life as we are all connected and you may also see it play out in our governments, global/local news, families/friends, communities, organisations and structures.
Remember the key words are completion, rest and forgiveness. So whatever you decide to bring in for 2016 take it easy and allow. Before things arrive you may need to allow others to fall away, or to let go of a firmly held belief for a new one to form, the key is to trust that all is unfolding as it is meant to.
OK, so now how does this relate to your personal year.
To calculate your personal year number for 2016, you need to use your date of birth.
I’ll use an example: 19/7/1975
Break it into single digits: 1+9+7+1+9+7+5 = 36,
And then keep reducing to you get a single digit: 3 +9 = 12; to then, 1 +2 = 3
So in this example, your Personal Year would be a 3.
Here is a quick overview, on each of the personal year vibrations. Please consider, this is not a prediction however, I always find, when I align with my personal year vibration things tend to flow easily, whereas sometimes when things don’t move as easily, it can be an indication as to why.
Personal Year 1 – it is a new beginning for you, time to plant your seeds for the next cycle and a perfect time to start something new. You may be placed in a situation when you will need to step up in your leadership or strengthen your sense of self. Often people will start a business, or take a few steps into a new reality, it is definitely a great year to begin, don’t feel you need to force things and it may not happen straight away, as we have just shown the cycles are in 9 years, but what you plant in your year 1 is a foundation for the years to come.
Personal Year 2 – this is a year of relationships, platonic, intimate and business, how do you relate to others and how do you allow this to influence the “you” that you present to the world. With the universal energy of the 9 as well, you may see some relationships needing to be allowed to go, and be open to receive new to arrive, you also are being asked to be more receptive and “connect” to your essence, you may also feel your intuition sharpens as you connect to the feminine qualities of the 2 energy.
Personal Year 3 – a great year for social interactions, gatherings and celebration. Time to expand your sense of self, lighten up and enjoy life in general. You may find yourself in more situations to connect, your circle of friends will increase and you may even be more talkative than usual. I always give a disclaimer in a year 3 to ensure you balance this energy with rest and recharge, to ensure you don’t stretch yourself to thinly, but the energy of the 3 is the child, and with the childlike energy it is a year of excitement and play.
Personal Year 4 – this is the year of building the foundations, planning and discipline. I have just left my year 4, it was a year of planning and designing a new home, and getting the foundations right in my business, it can be feel like a year of hard work. You may be asked to review and refine, look further into things to ensure it is correct and put things in place for your new ideas to flourish.
Personal Year 5 – a year of movement, after the previous year of discipline can feel liberating and time to make things happen. It is also a great year for self-expression, communication, healing and developing your voice. You may also find that travel will play a part in this year and there is change afoot.
Personal Year 6 – this is a year for you to focus on your health, harmony in the home and balance. Perhaps you have been working too hard, it is time to reserve your action energy and look to attract things in the “being”, become a magnet through visualisation, meditation and deliberate creation. Not to say this isn’t a good intent for everyone at any time but in the year 6, we are reminded of putting our energy into our home, family, health and for all the things that are important to us.
Personal Year 7 – this is a great year for self discovery, higher learning and introspection, what are your core beliefs and are you living true to yourself. Deep meditation can reveal major insights and you may even find yourself opening up more psychically. Consider also bringing in your dream journals as you open up to valuable insights. If you were considering studying or exploring something that will enrich your soul, I would definitely encourage you to go with your instincts with this, and see where your journey takes you.
Personal Year 8 – this is a year around abundance, control and power. It can be challenging if these areas are not a strong suit for you and sometimes these years can bring situations, where you need to reclaim your power where perhaps you have let it go. It can also be a great year of materialising abundance, it really does come down to what work and seeds you have planted in the years before, as it can also be one of the final hurdles you need to face into order to bring in what you are desiring.
Personal Year 9 – this is the year of transformation and endings. And as we are also having an universal year of the 9, this could be a big year for you in a completion cycle on many levels. You may find yourself quite challenged, and yet it also will be a time when you will have stronger access to personal power. Remember, it is a great year to be clear on what you want to create, letting go what no longer aligns with this, and with love to let it go, you are setting yourself up for your new cycle – so the three words of completion, rest and forgiveness will be doubly key for you this year.
And there you have it, 2016 based briefly on the numerological aspect – remember, this is not a pre-determinant, we are far too unique and wonderful to be captured by a generic overview, rather be aware of the vibration that will be supporting and around us this year, and if things feel right then tap into the flow.
So we have spent time saying goodbye to 2015, we have blessed all that it has given and have processed all that we want to take with us, or leave behind.
We then spend time creating in our mind what we want to bring in for 2016. We may even have created a dream board (or vision board), refined this to our one word or combo and with resolve, commitment and a firm intention, we step into the new year with new vigour and a determination – this will be the year when it all comes together!
For some of us, that is all that we need to do! As outlined in the wonderful advice given in our article around Deliberate Creation it really all that is required, or is it?
Well for some of us, we may trip over our tightly held subconscious beliefs that are on auto-pilot, sometimes we may not even be aware of their sabotaging nature to all that we want to co-create and manifest.
So how do we energise this intention, anchor it and keep focussed on the invigorating feeling that is already here?
Having a physical act or ritual, maintain a vibration of joy, anticipation and immense gratitude in the belief that what has been created is already here, well, some of us may need some assistance so here are a few things you may want to consider:
A Dream Board Sacred Space
When you have created your Dream Board, don’t leave it in the cupboard, nor ignore it – it is so important that you put it into an area that gives you a daily reminder of what you want to achieve, and in the process of it being in your awareness you are effectively energising it.
Creating a special space, or an altar is something you can do to keep your board in view, in doing so why not incorporate special objects: a feather, crystal, or something that means something to you and resonates with your vision.
Meditation
Take time in your meditation to visualise the dream. If it is a new home/car/job, take time to walk through the rooms in your “minds eye”. Take the time to do this each day, and continue to focus your mind on its existence and impending arrival.
It is really important that you connect and engage with all the senses: the feel, the sounds, the touch, the visuals – the more real we can feel it in within our physical sensations, the stronger we are in holding the vibration.
Act like it is already here
I love the story of Jim Carrey who wrote himself a personal cheque for $10 million, with a specific date and held it in his wallet with the belief it would one day be real, and you guessed it – it came about!
When you achieve your dream, what will you feel like? What will you be doing each day? How will you act? How will things be different than today, and then, “act like it is already here”. This vibration will align yourself for this to be attracted to you – the key here, is also knowing you deserve all that you are desiring and it is more about the Be-ing, rather than the Do-ing.
A simple “post it note” is a great reminder to keep you believing it will arrive, or another great story is with the Australian volleyball Olympic athletes, Kerri Pottharst and Natalie Cook who went through their daily regime of bending down to receive the gold medal, imaging what it would be like when they won and well, we know the rest!
Work with the Moon Energy
There are wonderful cycles within our natural world, and we tap into the moon cycle as part of a process of manifestation. The first new moon for this month is 10th January however, we get an opportunity to play with her supportive energy every month. It is a powerful and nurturing practice, to keep the focus on what you want to bring into reality.
I love working with both the New Moon and the Full Moon energy – a personal ceremony using oracle cards and smudging and my crystal bowl to amplify, is another option. I truly believe the power is creating a ceremony that means something to you, as it the action is not as important than the belief and the intention held.
Crystal Grids
Many people enjoy the quality of amplification of crystals, creating a crystal grid around a dream board, a piece of paper with your key words or a written down intention, is another way to energise your intent and keep magnifying it’s focus.
Keep a Positive Attitude
How many stories have you been told of people that have kept the dream, persevered until it happen – did you know it took Jack Canfield, 144 rejections before a publishing house said “yes” to his famous book, “Chicken Soup for the Soul”, and as someone said the other day, what would have happened if he gave up at 140?
Enjoy creating your 2016 dream, know you totally deserve to be happy, you are a magnificent creator and if you have had an idea, then it already exists, so in the wise words of “Thoughts of the Universe”
“Impatience is a sign that one has temporarily forgotten to behave at all times, that your dreams have already come true”.
As the start of the year, it is the perfect time to talk about deliberate creation and infinite possibilities. We all live in a field of invisible energy, we too, are part of this filed of energy. Some may call ourselves “an extension of source energy”, some may use the term “a spark of divine light”. Whatever the terms that you are comfortable with, the basic premise is the same: We are all part of this invisible energy field, and within this all-mighty field, there are infinite possibilities.
So with this premise, we are able to create what we desire.
However, there are few things we got to bear in mind.
- Whatever you focus on expands.
- Your beliefs and expectations affect your reality.
For instance, if you focus all your energy on what you don’t have, or say how unfair you have been treated, you will find more evidence to support your claim. Those unfair incidences either become more visible or they simply occur more frequently. Since what you think and feel (i.e. your beliefs and expectations) impact the energy field, you affect your reality by focusing on what you don’t want, in this case, unfair treatments, and more of those will manifest itself.
So golden nuggets # 1 for the new year is:
Focus on what you have and what are you are grateful for, not what you don’t have.
Now it is not to say we should ignore all unhealthy situations in life and simply turn a blind eye. It is about seeing the sliver lining and focus on what is the blessing in disguise. Look for the positive aspects and outcomes. There is no dark switch in the room, only a light switch.
Now, 2 more reminders:
- You are connected to everyone and everything in this universe.
- The universe is limitless, abundant and constantly recalibrating for us.
Since we are all energy, and we all co-exist in this invisible energy field, there is no place where your consciousness stops and mine starts. We are all connected in this energy field. Therefore, the pain and suffering of one side of the world can be felt and understood in another. The same goes with our prayers and love, they can be experienced and validated in the receiving end or other parts of the world. (More details please refer to the book The Intention Experiment by Lynne M. Taggart published in 2007 )
Miracles do happen when we have the right mind set. You may have experienced one of those moments when you knew there is no coincidence where you meet certain important individuals or event at certain time and certain place. We may not be able the predict what the universe is going to bring us next, but we are certain that there are limitless scenarios that can definitely blow our mind.
And here goes our golden nugget # 2:
Be a deliberate creator, you can manifest your desired life.
If you enjoy reading this article, we would like to invite you to join us on our Infinite Possibilities: A Deliberate Creation with Gratitude experience to kick start your new year with new intention for a better life. You can sign up here.
Once you sign up for this experience, you will receive a Infinite Possibilities: A Deliberate Creation with Gratitude playbook on the 17th January with exercises and games to help you to start creating a new desired life. Our Facebook page will also be live to serve as a forum to share your experience.
Then on the 24th January, the day of full moon, you will receive a recorded celebration ceremony with meditation, blessings and success stories via a video link to fully integrate and celebrate your experience.
My very first South Pacific 5 Stars cruising experience was literally manifested via the Law of Attraction.
Some time ago I throw it to the Universe and said: “I’d love to get on a luxury Cruise, it will be fantastic if there are spiritual lectures on board with teachers I like, I want more than 7 days but less than 2 weeks. I don’t want to fly to a location, it has to be from Sydney. I like to go somewhere warm and fun. I want a deluxe cabin. And I trust that all will be manifested in Divine right timing!”
So in less than 12 months, I was onboard with Abraham-Hicks for 12 nights and it was so much fun!
The South Pacific islands are such delights, clear blue water, soft sand, big coconut trees, colorful sea creatures and all the cultural experiences you saw on postcards or lonely planet, they are exactly Just Like That. I also loved being on a gigantic ship, the feeling of moving and floating above water, constantly motioning forward to our next destination.
Apart from those amazing things that naturally cheer up your spirit and we easily “take it for granted”, I couldn’t help but to notice how happy everyone is onboard. Mind you, a good 500 guests out of 2000 or so are participants of the Abraham-Hicks group, and you can easily spotted them as they were those EXTRA friendly, happy and fun people.
One of the subjects that people often asked during our lectures is on the topic of manifestation and deliberate creation. As it is the beginning of the year, it seems like the perfect timing to bring that up, as many of us tend to plan goals, create vision boards and so on during this time.
For example, you may hear something along those lines:
As you said, we are extension of source energy, we are deliberate creators and we can manifest our own reality. If we can think it, feel it, we can have it …. I believe it is possible, and I can feel it even … but …hmmm … Where is my stuff? What is my Lamborghini? Where is my lover? I have been wanting for ages …. Ok, I know you’ll say it is in my vortex but the trouble is, how can I move it from there to here, say my bank, my garage and my bedroom?
I have been following Abraham-Hicks for years, and over time, I’ve heard so many different ways of asking this question and Abraham ALWAYS responded with the same answers, but in so many different ways of saying it. I know, it is weird. I have never heard Abraham came up with something that isn’t aligned with everything else that was being said Before or After. Not a single slipped up.
So if I may attempt to summarize the answers (which will not be as good as the way Abraham sad it for sure…)
Ask and Its Given Step 1, 2 & 3
As long as you live, life provides unless experiences which provides you with many contrasts, you know what you do want and what you don’t want. When you want something, you launch out a rocket of desire. That is Step 1. Then Step 2, the universe/source will take care of creating the best version of what you desire and it will be done. It will be in your energy vortex, just like an escrow waiting for you. For Step 3, all you need to do is to get to the vibrational proximity to the vortex. And by feeling good, being happy and having a high vibration (a popular term is high flying disc), you will naturally end up in your vortex and what you desire will be yielded to you or say manifested in your life.
But then this happen (more often than we would like to admit)
However, what so many of us do, is to doubt or fear after we launched that rocket of desire. When everything is in the “Process of Becoming”. We talk ourselves to a low flying disc, and we are nowhere close to the proximity of our vortex.
Whatever you focus on expands, when you keep on beating the drums of “I don’t have it or its impossible”, when you focus your energy on the “Not Having It”, this become the most active and dominant vibration you offer, not the vibration that manifest what you want. (Yes, this is the most counter production vibrational strategy one can imagine)
This situation may continue on and on as the more you beat the drum of “Not Having It”, and since it is hasn’t arrived yesterday, the more active this vibration becomes and so more matching manifestation of not having what you want scenarios occur in your life. Now you are totally convinced that you won’t have it, it can ever happen.
Consider this scenario
You are driving from Santiago to Phoenix. You were following your GPS, and it said it will take 10 hours on a road. Now, 3 hours down the road and you saw nothing that indicates you are in the proximity of Phoenix. Then 6 hours passed, still nothing. If you trust your GPS, you won’t not stop the car and say, “Phoenix is an impossible dream, it won’t happen. Let’s go back home.” That would just be silly. If you would just stay on the road for another hour, you may very well see the signs of Phoenix.
The Art of Allowing
So the better way to get what you want is to allow the “Process of Becoming” happening, keep doing things or thinking thoughts that will yield you to a better feeling place, you may get inspired to take constructive actions to assist in accelerating this manifestation or you can ease into enjoying the journey of getting closer to your desire. Be easy on yourself, stop trying too hard to take score of how close you are or not, it will just drag you out of the vortex.
Take a nap. Reset your thoughts. Trust. Prepare to be delighted by the manifestation of your desire. You should have seen my face when I first saw Hay House advertising this cruise, “pleasantly surprised” would be a under statement! So enjoy your own process of becoming and of manifestation.
If you would like to learn more about Deliberate Creation, we have a wonderful experience launching on the 17th January called the Infinite Possibilities: Deliberate Creation with Gratitude. Once you sign up, you will receive a Manifestation Playbook with games and exercise that will help you to practice this Art of Allowing and trust in the limitless of this universe. We will also invite you to our Facebook Event Page so that you can share your experiences with us. It will be fun!
January, the first month of the year – what does it have in store, we have a fun game for you?
Take a few moments, centre yourself and take a deep breath, hold your intention or question you may have.
Pick a card between 1, 2 or 3, and then listen to the video above for the messages from the Tarot or if you want a quick overview:
Card 1 – 2 of Earth ( Pentacles) : Perhaps you need to reconsider what you have on your plate, are you tackling too much at once?
Card 2 – The Dreamer : time for that leap of faith, new beginnings and unexpected opportunities
Card 3 – The Emperor : time for organisation, structure and protection for your new ideas to grow.
If you would like more detail, listen to video as we explain the messages the cards hold for you. Although you have chosen one card, listen to the others as well, as they too will have a message for you.
At the start of the new year, we often spend time thinking about the year that has just passed and what we want to manifest for the year to come.
Manifesting is all about being clear about intention and remaining in an openness to receive, so while in this state of preparation, why not also take a few moments to “declutter”, and create a space to nurture your seeds of inspiration?
This month we are offering a few ways you may want to consider to purify, detox and declutter your mind, body and soul.
How is your body feeling right now?
Have you heard the old adage that you are what you eat? We are not suggesting you need to go full force on a newly announced fad diet or a fast track program to look like a Victoria’s Secret model by the end of the month, however, when we get stressed or overwhelmed there is a tendency to grab whatever food is around and not consider this is what we are consuming.
What fuels you, keeps your mind sharp and allows you to radiate a life full of energy and light, starts with what you put into your body. The principles of detoxing is pretty straightforward: focus on clean, living, nutrient-dense foods that will give you maximum nutrition with minimum stress to the body.
So here is a simple Detoxing Juice you may want to consider.
Green Detoxing Juice
What You Need:
2 apples
¼ cucumber
1 stick of celery
1 handful of spinach
A handful of mixed green leaves (e.g. parsley and watercress)
Ice cubes ( optional)
Method:
Stick ingredients into the blender, and viola!
All the fresh greens will cleanse your digestive system and balance the acidity within your gut, and if you want to add some variety consider Google, sourcing a great recipe book or just try out what vegetables or fruits you can find and enjoy.
The “rule of thumb” is to aim for a more vegetables to fruit ratio however, it is always best to go with whatever tastes good when you start, as there is nothing enjoyable about drinking something you don’t find pleasant. Then as you create this into a daily habit, consider increasing the vegetable/green ratio to fruit, as your palate adjusts.
Incorporating cleansing juices into your daily regime are tasty and give your body a chance to flush out any unwanted toxins. If you already have a juicer, a trip to your organic grocer or farmers market will be full of seasonal vegetables and fruits, or you may find companies that will ship juices to your door. You can also consider adopting a wonderful smoothie (we have shared a few of these in previous months) or raw vegetables, and remember to always keep your hydration high with lots of wonderful filtered water (with a little lemon juice).
Don’t feel you have to radically change your diet, as this can also bring up feelings of resistance, just incorporate what you feel is right for you, know this is a wonderful way to support your body and take things as quickly or slowly as resonates with you.
Here is another wonderful recipe for your body:
If you are looking to cool off from the summer heat and rehydrate your body why not create our Cucumber Mint Aloe Glaze. This soothing treatment is designed to repair skin suffering from sunburn or overexposure to the elements. The first course of action if you are suffering from sunburn is to get the heat out of the skin. The cooling and refreshing properties of the cucumber and mint will ease the heat out of your body while the active ingredients of aloe vera will give your skin a moisture surge.
Cucumber Mint Aloe Glaze Recipe
What You Need:
1/4 cup of cucumber, shredded with skin
1/4 cup of finely chopped mint leaves
1/2 cup of aloe vera gel
5 drops of Lavender essential oil
3 drops of German chamomile essential oil
Method:
Place the cucumber, mint leaves and aloe vera gel into a blender and puree. Add the essential oils and puree a little more. Refrigerate for approximately 30 minutes to allow for the gel to set. Apply to the affected areas. Leave on for 20 minutes and then rinse off.
Other things you can consider is finding time to include gentle exercise (yoga, walking, pilates) to support and energise the body, focus on your breathing and/or look to add 5 to 10 minutes to your day for your meditative practice. Take some time to read Our 5 Steps To Move Into 2016, maybe there is a few things to let go of on an energetic level to assist you getting ready for the year ahead.
So now you have taken time to focus on your body, mind and soul – consider your external environment?
Cleansing is not just about removing your inner clutter. Our homes and work environment can often be a reflection on what is happening on the inside. So why, not look at things that do not serve you anymore, that you do not want to continue to surround you in 2016, decluttering is a wonderful way to create space for the new.
Once you space is clear, create a special space for your Dream Board and all the things that will bring you joy. You may want to consider a plant, a painting or a crystal to support your vision, check out our article on How to Energise Your 2016 Dreams for some ideas.
Join us in our January Gratitude experience, Infinite Possibilities: A Deliberate Creation with Gratitude.
And while you are getting ready to join us, consider other wonderful ways to cleanse your environment through smudging and lighting an intention with a candle or sweet lemongrass, I often do this with the wonderful Abalone sets created by our community member, Vanessa Teklenburg and with the New Moon on the 10th it is a wonderful time to start the process of co-creating.
We wish you a month of dreaming and setting of intentions for a wonderful 2016, full of moments of pure joy, love and gratitude, and all that your heart desires.
What a wonderful way to showcase the Northern Beaches, and our 2015 program – we truly appreciate everyone that came to one (or all) of our events this year, and what a venue for us all to enjoy and celebrate this beautiful year of conscious connections and community.
Embrace Life continues to grow and expand, as we embrace each others uniqueness, share our gratitude, joy and our collective messages to all the amazing people who step into connecting on the day, workshops – ranging from yoga, sound healing, mindfulness, living your true purpose to natural health and wellbeing, music flowing throughout the day both on the Mantra Stage and in the foyer of our magnificent castle, wonderful wellness treatments and heartfelt intuitive readings, our many wellness exhibitors across the 2 levels and the Peace Angels giving Blessings of Peace throughout the day.
This day was magical, and we look forward to coming back in 2016.
Look out for the many exciting things to share with you in 2016 with our NSW destination festivals, and join us either for the day or the whole weekend, www.embracelifelivelife.com.au