The word “psychic” may conjure up many thoughts and often gets associated with a view that only a “select few” possess this ability – yet, we all process psychic information through our psychic senses, often termed “The Clairs”, so what are they?
The information we process can be via the following senses, and quite often a combination:
- Clairvoyance – clear seeing
- Clairaudience – clear hearing
- Clairsentience -clear feeling
- Claircognizance – clear knowing
- Clairombience – clear tasting
- Clairalience – clear smelling
Clairvoyance is best described as seeing in the mind’s eye, or 3rd eye as it is also known. This is one of the most well known of the psychic senses, yet it is not the most common and usually takes time & practise to develop. Clairvoyance is when information is shown to the psychic via a scene in the mind, much like when you recall in your memory, the scenery at the beach, or recalling an accident, where you see information pictorially in your mind.
Clairaudience is the sense of psychic sound or hearing, this is when you receive impressions that are heard in the mind and usually not with the physical ears, although sometimes when communicating with spirits you may hear with your physical ears someone who is not here in physical form. However most clairaudience will be heard in the mind, such as a song or song lyrics that are sentimental between you and a deceased loved one may come into your mind, or you might “hear” information relating to your questions etc.
Clairsentience is the sense of clear feeling, this is a very complex sense as it can be as subtle as ‘feeling’ mild sensations in your physical body when connecting with spirit, such as tingling on the top of the head, the back of the neck or between the shoulder blades, or tingling sensations on the face- to ‘feeling’ physical ailments or pain associated with the person you are reading, or the spirit you are connecting with.
Claircognizance is when blocks of psychic information is downloaded to the reader. It is the psychic sense of clear knowing and is a very common psychic sense, which most people are unaware that they frequently use. It can be as simple as knowing who is calling on the phone (before seeing caller ID of course), to knowing that there is something wrong with a loved one only to find there has been an accident. This same sense is able to be consciously strengthened and used during psychic readings where you will just know certain information, such as the place a person has visited, whether their deceased father was a farmer etc.
Clairambiance also known as clairgustance means clear tasting, this is when a psychic may get a taste of something in their mouth that is not there, usually to confirm the person that they are connecting with, for example tasting wine, when the spirit you are connecting with was a winemaker etc.
Clairalience is the psychic sense of clear smelling. For example, smelling the perfume of your deceased grandmother, or the smell surrounding someone’s workplace that you are reading, such as a fishy smell, coupled with a Clair cognizant knowing that it is the workplace of your sitters deceased father.
These are the psychic senses that we all use at one time or another, WE ARE ALL PSYCHIC.
Just as we can all sing, unfortunately not everyone can consistently hit the right note. To do that takes: natural ability, training/practise and the passion and desire to consistently improve your abilities.
It is one thing to be able to do something naturally. It is somewhat another to put your effort, focus and soul into improving your technique and expanding your psychic senses consciously.
Narelle Scurr, Australian Psychic of the Year, 2014 and Indigo Tarot.
The above information has been the result of Narelle’s research and derived from many years of her own natural ability, study, practise & passion to consciously evolve her psychic senses.
She hopes to put this information into a book – what has taken her years to learn can help rapidly evolve any who are drawn to do so. All of the techniques that she shares are the techniques that she has used and been drawn to by her guides over the years. This has been a somewhat drawn out process, but she believes it is time for humankind to take a few leaps in our spiritual evolution. Just as we have been taking scientific leaps with our technology, it is now time to do the same spiritually, and she hopes to be of service to you on your journey.
On Sunday May 24, we open the doors to the Lower North Shore Embrace Life festival to celebrate the season of Autumn. Everyone was welcomed into the day with the rich tones of gold, orange and red and a beautiful space was created with the growing Embrace Life community where we celebrated local through wellness, art and music, here are some highlights.
Do you want to develop your intuition? Would you like an easy way to meditate and cleanse your chakras? Have you ever called on your healing Angels?
This meditation was channeled in 2012 during a powerful time when many Lightworkers were waking up to their purpose and starting to embrace their sensitivity and spiritual gifts. Use this meditation to cleanse your chakras, to recover from energy depletion or to open your third eye.
The 30 minute guided meditation takes you on a journey to: clear your chakras with your Healing Angels, fortify your aura, activate your third eye and psychic senses and experience deep cellular healing and spiritual awakening
Naomi Nonu-Carling has been communicating with Angels since childhood and has shared Angel messages with clients for 12 years through her courses and private sessions. Naomi co-created ‘Angel Contact’ with Steve Fearnley by channeling this meditation journey from her Guiding Angelic team.
Alison Filihia from Let Love Bloom shares with you the 3 key signs that your body is letting you know you are in much need for self care. Alison believes self care is a necessity not a luxury, and works with many people who are challenged by putting their needs first, find out if you are exhibiting the warning signs and then read her recent article on some simple things you can do to start the journey of self love.
Many people hold the belief that we all have a soul or life contract, that before you come into this world you have already agreed to achieve certain outcomes in this life.
This may range from the many experiences of Love, Compassion and Courage and can lead to certain experiences such as loss, a broken heart or betrayal; to growing compassion to yourself, your family, friends and animals and to build the courage to survive difficult situations that life may present.
All of these have a purpose, and are written or ordained into a soul or life contract.
This belief system allows for much freedom and scope of understanding, why certain people may come into your life and in an instant there is a connection.
These are the people that will play a role in your life, whatever the time frame. These people could remain in your life until you pass to the next life. They could also come and be gone in a fleeting time frame, hours/days/weeks/months. This time frame has been set prior to your arrival here on the earthly plane. This is all part of your Soul’s contract.
Broken down into the three categories, it could be explained as:
LOVE is the element we are all here to experience. This is what our entire earthly experience is all about. Know that there are many types of love. Romantic love is only one type, there is also friendship, family, nature, appreciation of those around you and people that may need our support, to name but a few.
COMPASSION is a feeling that is truly necessary for our life. Compassion for Self is imperative. In today’s world one tends to beat Self up over every little thing, our actions, our relationships, our careers, without cutting yourself slack. One tends to demand too much of Self without actually allowing Self the luxury of compassion.
With compassion for another, you are always able to see the story from a different perspective, and putting yourself in another’s shoes can open the heart and give the beautiful gift of compassion.
COURAGE to survive in very dire personal experiences. Remember we have all set out many experiences for spiritual growth.
Think about your life. What do you feel that you have achieved as a major achievement? Food for thought! Now realise that you have also contracted to take into account your minor achievements and trivial achievements. It all adds up to a Life Time, this life time and your experience in it.
Kathleen is a very experienced high vibrational clear pure Intuitive Channel, Medium, Aura Seer, and Tarot Reader who gives you the messages from your Guardian Angel, Guides, Angels and Loved Ones.
She practices high vibrational Energy Healing with certificates in Pranic Healing, Crystal Healing, Star Being Shakti Healing, Driana Tibetan Spiritual Energy Healing using hand held crystal bowl sound vibration healing to help you to glow with your inner peace.
Kathleen will help you to realise just how much you have achieved to this point in your life, and is hosting a workshop “Find Your True Life’s Path & Purpose” on June, find out more details on her website.
Peace. What is it? How do we know when we’ve felt it? How do we create it and what stops us from accessing more of it, more of the time?
There are so many different types of peace – an inner state, an outer state, a personalized experience, a global consciousness, the presence of a bodily sensation, the absence of a state of mind. Have you ever stopped to think of what peace actually means to you? Have you ever stopped to look at what you believe about peace and why that may be so? Lastly, can you recall any moments of your life that you would associate with the presence of deep peace?
For many people, peace is associated with stillness, with a flat line state of being, with a lack of excitement and movement. Consequently, everything possible is done to avoid being still in body, mind or spirit which often results in the creation of drama, continuous action, stimulation and even conflict, to keep a life of perceived boredom at bay.
Early childhood experiences with a parent or teacher may have encouraged us to push the limits of how much we could fit into the day, positively reinforcing our efforts to achieve as much as we could regardless of the cost. Later in life we may have had jobs that required us to follow a similar pattern, with efficiency and productivity front and centre. Limited time and strict schedules can leave little space for the energy of peace, provoking adrenal activity and a physiological environment where stress hormones are in plentiful supply. Everyday stimulants such as caffeine further enhance our stress response, taking us further from the peaceful state we seek.
What do you think your relationships would look like if they were peace-full? What would peaceful conversations sound like? Would you be at peace in a peaceful relationship?
It is interesting to look at what is happening in your life right now and then to go within and ask yourself, what would I need to believe about peace in order to create what I am seeing? Challenge yourself and look for the keys that can unlock the well of peace that lies within you.
Be aware of how busy you are and ask yourself whether everything in your schedule is completely necessary, whether it can be delegated or whether the timeframe can be adjusted. Factor in time for yourself. Time to just be, to feel calm and to breathe! If necessary, do this with your children, modelling for them the importance of 5 minutes peace and introducing them to a new paradigm of self-love rather than self-sacrifice. It may be more so in our being, than in our doing, that we create peace on Earth.
The following affirmations may be useful for you:
I am comfortable with peace.
I am comfortable with relationships that are harmonious and filled with peace.
I give myself permission to feel peace.
It is ok for me to feel peaceful, even if no one else is peaceful.
I am worthy of peace.
Jeannine is an energetic healer, holistic counsellor and author who practices on the Central Coast.
For questions, appointments or further information about The Beauty Evolution book, please feel free to call her on 0414 241 224, browse her website or email directly on essencepower@live.com.au
To be honest, many of us are not really raised to value self love and self care. Loving others and taking care of others is usually valued and praised a lot more in our society and within a lot of people’s families growing up.
The “disease to please” and an overwhelming responsibility to fix and rescue people can sometimes become way out of balance if we don’t stop, slow down and pay attention to what is really going on. Especially with women and mothers. Women are naturally born nurturers and carers and genetically enhanced to nurture and care for our children and families.
We don’t want to appear lazy or feel like we are not “pulling our weight”. Over time your body, health and inner peace can start to develop signs and symptoms telling us to stop and pay attention.
This is your inner guidance system trying to get your attention and many of us are not taught or raised to stop and pay attention. Often we are raised to carry on, toughen up or pop a pill to make the issue go away, not realising how and why we need to stop and pay attention.
And if you are interested in how your body is speaking to you, check out Alison’s recent video.
The mind, body, spirit connection is working 24/7 whether we notice it or not. Your body hears and feels every thought you think every second of the day and responds in kind. Our muscles, organs, glands and energetic body can either contract and tighten, or relax and expand, according to our conscious and subconscious thoughts.
If our body only ever hears negative thoughts about ourselves, how do you think it will respond?
Those negative thoughts will cause your body to constantly contract and tighten, increasing stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline.
Some physical affects of increased stress, high cortisol levels and lack of self love on the body can be: headaches, tight sore muscles in your back, neck and shoulders, digestive issues, food intolerances, fatigue, weak immune system, irritability, moodiness, weight issues, food cravings and sleep problems.
When you understand the mind, body, spirit connection it can really empower you to take back responsibility for your own health and happiness. Your body is an amazing design, but it needs your help!
Here are 3 suggestions that may assist:
1. We all know you are good at “doing” but do you balance it with “being”? Spend more time happily “resting and digesting” and tone down your need to keep “going and doing”;
2. Practice one of my favourite affirmations: “I now cut myself some slack, send myself some love, be my own best friend just for a change and love and accept myself just the way I am”;
3. Stop trying to drive other peoples lives and get back in your own seat, in your own car, on your own lane, on your own highway. Remember trying to drive 2 cars at once causes accidents and never gives others the chance to learn how to drive on their own.
For more information on “The Simple truth about why you need to STOP THE STRESS and increase your rest and digest” please visit her blog
Alison Filihia is a professional Holistic Kinesiologist, intuitive reader and messenger. Her business Let Love Bloom is located on the beautiful Central Coast, Australia.
Through her own healing journey with chronic fatigue and dealing with a loved ones addiction problems, she now uses a range of modalities to help her clients dissolve any blocks to healing their body, mind and spirit, restore balance, self love and inner peace.
Helping her clients understand that self love and self care is not a luxury but a necessity and creating a daily self care tool kit is vital to maintaining health, vitality, happiness and a life that Blooms.
For more details please visit her website or email bloomkinesiology@live.com.au
For more articles please go to Alison’s blogs “What’s Blooming” and to read about her journey with a loved ones addiction go to www.frominsanitytoclarity.tumblr.com
One of our community members, Toni Whitmont visited Cambodia last October and it touched her heart so much she has focussed her energy on supporting them through her sound healing – below Toni shares her story with you.
Last year I learned a huge lesson about love and gratitude, about putting things into perspective, and I learned it from a chance meeting with a Cambodian woman who was encountering crystal sound healing for the very first time.
Nimol is 30 years old. She lives in Phnom Penh with her three children Bayt, Nita and Benar. When I say she lives in Phnom Penh, I really mean she lives in an orphanage on the outskirts. She rarely gets to go into the city. Nimol is a “mama” to about 100 kids from infants to late teenagers, some of whom are abandoned due to their often profound and multiple disabilities. Others are HIV positive and are actual orphans. Nimol works seven days a week, 365 days a year and for her annual labour she is paid about $1,000. Nimol doesn’t speak English.
Most of the children at the NBIC* orphanage can vocalise but not that many of them can speak. Many of them can’t control their bodies, many of them have to be fed lying down. There are all sorts of shortages at the orphanage – there aren’t enough nappies (most of the children wear nappies into their teens), the few wheelchairs often leave them with cruel cuts and bruises, there are virtually no specialist carers. There isn’t even enough of their bodies – many of the children are skin and bone and it is often impossible to tell how old they are. Most of all, there aren’t enough mamas like Nimol.
What there is plenty of at the orphanage, is love and gratitude. Love and gratitude from the wonderful team of carers, volunteers and mamas, all ably and seemingly indefatigably led by Australian wonderwoman Colleen Kennedy. And love and gratitude returned tenfold from these brave and open hearted children to each other, to their carers and to the occasional awkward, uncomfortable visitor. Encountering women like Nimol is like encountering a miracle – five minutes in her company is like a five lifetime lesson on putting things into perspective.
Along with ten others attending a two week crystal sound healing retreat in Cambodia in October last year, I visited the NBIC orphanage. The purpose of the visit was to bring our gorgeous and healing crystal quartz singing bowls into their world. What we discovered was, while so many of the children are imprisoned in their bodies, they can sense and respond to sound. The sound of the bowls is sublime. It is ethereal. It is wonderfully energising and grounding while at the same time being completely uplifting. Watching the children’s little faces light up as we moved around the room, sometimes cradling them in our arms, bathing them in the pure crystalline vibrations of these marvellous healing instruments, was profoundly moving and beautiful. It was also the deepest lesson in love and gratitude, and in putting things into perspective.
An hour or so of crystal sound healing was all they could cope with. Colleen showed us around, we left our gifts of nappy wipes, clothes, cuddly toys and CDs. My gorgeous little cousins in Sydney had woven about 30 loom bracelets, which were placed on little wrists – for most of the children it was the only thing that they had that was actually their own. Think on that! And for some those bracelets gave them something to fiddle with rather than picking at their own skin. We left a quartz crystal singing bowl at the orphanage for Nimol and the other mamas to play.
Anyone who has visited Cambodia will know it has a history that is both rich and tragic. Travel there for even a couple of weeks and you get the sense of a generation lost, a nation struggling to remake itself, an extraordinarily distorted economy, and a seemingly huge tribe of foreigners with all sorts of projects to help to rebuild.
Bravehearts is one of those projects. It is a little project, run by Colleen and a few friends, and it simply tries to gather funds for anything more than the subsistence handouts that NBIC gets from the government.
Since my visit in October, I have been fundraising for Bravehearts through my crystal bowl sound therapy practice Sacred Vessels Sound Healing. Specifically, I am fundraising to pay the annual wages of extra mamas.
Toni will be at Embrace Life Lower North Shore on Sunday May 24 with her orchestra of beautiful quartz crystal and alchemy bowls. She will be doing a performance at 12.30 and a workshop at 2pm. Apart from that, she will be at her table and happy to talk to you about sound healing, Bravehearts and upcoming events.
Thanks to Bravehearts being one of three orphanages that have been “adopted” by Embrace Life’s Gratitude initiative, you too will have the chance to contribute on the day via one of the gorgeous Gratitude jars.
If you would to experience the bliss and transformational potential of the bowls, as well as have the chance to put things in perspective, come along to my Bravehearts Crystal Sound Healing, on Sunday July 5 from 4pm, at The Yoga Institute – 1/498 Miller St, Cammeray.
Thanks to the big heart of The Yoga Institute, the entire proceeds of the event will go directly to the program. Contact me at sacredvesselsounds@gmail.com for ticket information.
*NBIC stands for National Borey (realm/land) for Infants and Children
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We all want to begin the year with a new start and to keep our New Year’s resolutions and promises to ourselves. I declared late last year that this year would be the best year ever and it has been.
2015 has been an opportunity to take it to a whole new level. Wow, when you make that declaration and you are in alignment the heavens will open up for you.
My beautiful friend Deb King was wonderful to organise for our nearest and dearest to play The Wish Game on January 13 of this year. I was totally intrigued. I had heard so much about it and was ready to make my wish. The really yummy thing about it was that it was at our place and my partner Merv was willing to play the game too. Yahh, let the fun flow begin!
The minute the game came out with the infinity sign on this divine royal blue silk cloth, I felt blessed. We then chose a crystal which spoke to each one of us and rolled the dice. I was already in this magical vortex.
After doing thousands of psychic readings in my ‘old life’ and having used plenty of card decks, I KNEW there was something very profound about the meaning of these cards that Louise Laffey (creator of The Wish) had channelled – full of divine wisdom and so spot-on.
The night had plenty of laughs, sweet clarity, group love and the bond we had created was deeply sacred. If this was the start of January, I knew the rest of the year was going to be rich.
Why am I grateful for the Wish Game?
* Ten years of being with my partner Merv – playing The Wish Game has only bought us closer, I give thanks.
* Playing with other kind-spirited wishettes that have now created new friendships, I give thanks.
* The hours of JOY when I have played the game by myself on my app, on-line or in person, I give thanks.
* I have now had the courage to create a new ecosystem. Putting everything in storage and heading overseas to have my wishes fulfilled in LA and Hawaii. I am forever grateful.
Combining daily gratitude and daily wishing makes for a very uplifting day of miracles and magic.
With love and gratitude to Deb King and Louise Laffey for your generous hearts. Thank you for your bright visions as leaders.
Thank you Deb Shepherd for the humanity work you are doing and always shining your light. We love you.
To all that read this post – thank you for believing. May your wishes be granted xxx Aloha always xxx.
Karen Chaston is a confident, strong and focused woman who has much to share around self care, being in the moment and gratitude.
She often starts her day on the beach she adores and is always open to what opportunities come her way, appreciating her blessings and wanting women to realise their potential – it was not always the way.
Here is an intimate interview with one of our Embrace Authors, someone that has had to endure the heart wrenching experience of losing her son, yet took this as an opportunity to change her life, take up a pen and share the message for all us, a message that speaks about honouring what is important in your life, taking time to enjoy it and creating a habit of self care.
Former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a publicly listed company and Resonator with BraveHeart Women Global community, Karen is also a mother, wife, and author of two and soon to be three, books.
She knows first hand the importance of balancing both masculine energy (to make things happen) and feminine energy (to nurture the creative).
An inspiring figure to women and men, Karen’s personal journey of learning how to live and love again after the death of her son is truly a testament of her strength and resilience. Her books and her work with BraveHeart Women Global community lead us to walk a path of higher consciousness and to dive deeper into the understanding of gratitude and love.
We got a chance to interview Karen at our recent Central Coast Embrace Festival to hear her story. The following is the excerpt from the interview between our festival founder Deborah Shepherd and Karen Chaston and is written by Sze Wing, who supports our Embrace Authors within the Embrace community.
Deborah: “I am aware that your second book, Beyond the Mother’s Worst Nightmare is about your personal journey on losing your son, can you tell our audience a little more about this book?”
Karen: “About three and a half years ago, my 27 year old son Dan passed away very unexpectedly. We found him outside our door one morning. At this time, I didn’t allow myself time to grieve but went straight back to work – somehow, I didn’t take the sign and listen to what the Universe was telling me.
Then about a year later I was made redundant. In hindsight this was one of the best things that ever happened. I finally took a breath and looked at who I was. I realized I wasn’t honoring myself and my needs. I was also a lot heavier than I am now, I thought I was successful but in reality I was not “
“The grieving process itself had a lot of regrets and anger. I still remembered about two weeks before his passing, my family and Dan were spending some time in a pub on a Saturday afternoon and I just wanted to do some more work before I joined them. I ended up getting there after 8pm. It was normal for me to be so focused on work that I would miss these times.
What I learnt from his passing, and what the book is all about, is how to bring gratitude into life. Each chapter is about what I have done since my son passed away.”
Deborah: “So who do you believe would benefit from this book?”
Karen: “This book is about what is waiting for you in your life, about gratitude and love in life. It is for everyone, not just someone who has lost a loved one. I have often been told it has helped many people to change perspective on what is important.”
Deborah: “So this has led you down the path of bringing BraveHeart Women to Australia. We love the tag line Be, Create and Collaborate which is part of our philosophy at the Embrace Life community, so how do you see the connection?”
Karen: “After my son’s passing, I went to the BraveHeart Women Conference where women came together to collaborate with each other. My first book A Journey to Becoming Your Own Best Friend is about explaining the importance to women of understanding the physical difference between men and women, to nurture and collaborate is what we as women, have done over the centuries. The more we honor our masculine and feminine energy, we bring in the balance we need to create a more beautiful world.”
Deborah: “So you have captured your story through your two books, what is the link to the next book soon to be launched?”
Karen: “Yes, my third book is called Teenagers Playing Grown Ups. It is a story about four teenage pregnant women making different decisions over their unplanned pregnancies. The basis of the story is about not only the decision made, but also the consequences and where people are now – sort of like the “sliding doors” concept, the decisions made and the impact on their lives afterwards.”
Karen’s journey is something that no-one wants to experience, we honour her courage and bravery to share her message and to remind us to take the time to enjoy your life today, be grateful for all the blessings you have and to look after the most important person in your life – you!
Karen is truly passionate about inspiring women and embracing all that life has to offer. We are truly grateful to have her collaborating with us both creatively and energetically. We are very excited to see her new book coming out and shining on the shelves!
To learn more about Karen Chaston and purchase her books, please go to her website, check her out on Facebook or to find out more about BraveHeart Women, please go to: http://braveheartwomen.com